… 2008 Olympians and alternates were recognized in Boston during the senior women’s final session: women – Shawn Johnson East, Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek, Bridget Sloan and alternates Jana Bieger and Ivana Hong; and men – Alexander Artemev, Raj Bhavsar, Joey Hagerty, Jonathan Horton, Justin Spring, Kevin Tan and David Durante, alternate.
Corrie Lothrop and Alicia Sacramone Quinn were unable to attend the August 19 recognition.
2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the 2008 team’s 10-medal performance at the Olympic Games, which at that time was the USA’s most medals since the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and at a non-boycotted Olympic Games. …
USAG
Kara Eaker – oh the flow
If only all Beam routines were so enjoyable to watch.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via Couch Gymnast)
P Bar hang skills
Training at Okohama Jr High School.
Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.
European Games June 2019 Minsk
2019 European Games (also known as the second European Games) will be held in Minsk, Belarus from 21 June to 30 June 2019. The games will feature 208 events in 15 sports (23 disciplines). The organizers expect around 4,000 athletes from 50 countries. …
Gymnastics at the games will be held in five categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining, acrobatics, and aerobics. All competitions will take place at the Minsk-Arena with a capacity of 8,000 seats. …
The 2018 Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Glasgow (GBR) served as the first qualifying competition for next year’s European Games.
The teams finishing in the top 6 of the team qualification are guaranteed two non-nominative entries for their national federation.
In the men’s competition the top 6 countries were
Russia, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey and France.
And in the women’s competition:
France, Russia, Belgium, Great Britain, Netherlands and Hungary.
At the 2019 European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics, to be held from 10 to 14 April 2019 in Szczecin (POL), nominative places will be decided. The second edition of the European Games will be held from 21 to 30 June 2019 in Minsk (BLR)
I got most of this information from Luba. Thanks!
U.S. National Teams 2018-19
Simone Biles, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre
Jade Carey, Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Sunrays
Kara Eaker, Grain Valley, Missouri/ Great American Gymnastics Express
Morgan Hurd, Middletown, Del./First State Gymnastics
Shilese Jones, Westerville, Ohio/Future Gymnastics Academy
Grace McCallum, Isanti, Minn./Twin City Twisters
Riley McCusker, Brielle, N.J./MG Elite
Trinity Thomas, York, Pennsylvania/Prestige
Jr National team:
Skye Blakely, Frisco, Texas/WOGA
Kayla DiCello, Boyds, Md./Hill’s Gymnastics
Olivia Greaves, Staten Island, New York/MG Elite
Sunisa Lee, St. Paul, Minn./Midwest Gymnastics Center
Konnor McClain, Cross Lanes, W.Va./Revolution
Leanne Wong, Overland Park, Kansas/Great American Gymnastics Express
Women’s gymnastics annual awards for 2018:
Coach of the Year: Slava Glazounov, First State Gymnastics
Sportswoman of the Year: Riley McCusker
Athlete of the Year: Morgan Hurd, First State Gymnastics
Star Service Award: Kathy Ostberg
Jordan Chiles – Wonder Woman
gymnasts name favourite sections of routines
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Morgan Hurd interview
U.S. Men’s Worlds selection
Sam Mikulak
Yul Moldauer
Allan Bower
Donothan Bailey
Alec Yoder
Akash Modi
Colin Van Wicklen
Marvin Kimble
Five will eventually be named to the team for Doha. The other 3 will be reserves.
related – Mikulak, Briones, Benas, Ah Chow & Drake are 2018 U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Champions
