Olympics 2024, 2028

The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday solidified an unusual plan to award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics at the same time in September, with one to be hosted by Paris and the other by Los Angeles.

Paris is favored to hold the Games in 2024, the centenary of the last time it hosted the Olympics, while Los Angeles is expected to hold the Summer Games for a third time in 2028. Voting by delegates of the I.O.C. will take place on Sept. 13 in Lima, Peru. …

NY Times 

 

Many consider the L.A. bid stronger for 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron attended the meetings. President Trump did not.

Maccabi Games results

1. Israel
2. USA
3. Canada

1. Ofir Kremer Israel 49.050
2. Yael Ganon Mexico 48.183
3. Veronica Binstock USA 47.283
Sr AA results

Sophie Ogburn, Lilly Groszman, Hannah Lefton, Molly Kohn, Deborah Greenbaum and coach Becky Caplan

Thanks Becky.

All about Power Tumbling

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That’s part of a new series of videos on the FIG YouTube channel right now. Multi-discipline.

Note: Some of the videos seem to be accidentally geo-blocked.

leg conditioning without ‘pounding’

Zari Goldmann posted a few ideas.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

When I’m putting together programs I generally schedule about 70% plyometrics (pounding) and 30% non-plyometrics.

If due to injury or growth pain gymnasts cannot do plyometric training, I’ll take them out of their conditioning program.

Augmented Reality for Gymnastics?

A.R. for normal people is coming soon. Perhaps with the upcoming iPhone 8.

Click PLAY or watch an example on YouTube.

How could we use this for coaching analysis?

Zurcaroh Acrobatic Group – THE REFUGE

The Austrian Zurcaroh Acrobatic Group was founded in 2009 by Brazilian Peterson da Cruz Hora.

Dance and Acrobatic Gymnastics.

Click PLAY or watch an impressive performance on YouTube.

If you like that, watch a performances from the FIG Gala Helsinki – World Gymnaestrada 2015.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Humberto Martinez)