Stephen Nedoroscik finale

That Pommel Horse guy, Stephen Nedoroscik, and his excellent partner, Rylee Arnold, finished 4th in the 2024 Dancing With The Stars final. Congratulations.

I am impressed. Male gymnasts are typically bad dancers. 😀

Six Olympians had previously won: Apolo Ohno (2007), Kristi Yamaguchi (2008), Shawn Johnson (2009), Meryl Davis (2014), Laurie Hernandez (2016) and Adam Rippon (2018).

Nedoroscik was the first male gymnast to be invited on the show.

Never has POMMEL HORSE had so much public appreciation.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Stanford gymnasts Jeremy Bischoff, Brandon Nguyen, and alum Riley Loos are back-up dancers.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. So cute.

Interview following the results.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Stephen surprised himself.

slo-mo Double Pike

Interesting angle.

the gymternet on Bluesky

If you want to find Gymnastics fans on the Bluesky microblogging social networking service, a quick way to start is to …

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Bluesky promises to be less toxic than Twitter / X. And so far I’ve found it better than META owned Threads.

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USAG’s future ‘training & wellness center’

USA Gymnastics is searching for a ‘campus‘.

I’m hoping this will get the offices out of Indianapolis. Ideally, the national sports governing body should relocate to a state government that better protects girls and women. For example, Indiana enacted a new total ban on abortion, which took effect on August 1, 2023.

Indiana does not have a law protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination.

In addition, a more central location geographically with better airline connections would be appreciated.

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Bart – 4 connected Kolmans

Looks like he could have done more. 😀

https://twitter.com/2023igmedia/status/1750598118733701121

Hashimoto Daiki – CASSINA to KOLMAN

Old code.

evaluating Ezhova

I’m hopeful judges will get more discriminating in the next quadrennial.

This very cool skill should finish square on regrasp. And show sufficient height.

Tap Swing conditioning

Short bodies with short limbs are not mechanically suited to do good Tap Swings. I find coaches spend too much time on this basic when it’s in a compulsory.

Easier is to have them condition. And introduce long swing on Rings. WAIT for them to grow before expecting a good Tap Swing.

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