Great routine. But the surprise for me was a Chinese gymnast achieving 6.6 Difficulty without using the usual Forward Giants in different grips series.
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Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships $100,000 prize money
For the first time in its history, the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships will cross the USD 99,000 mark in total prize money โ more than five times what gymnasts were competing for just one edition ago.
The 2026 Championships, set for Zunyi in the Peopleโs Republic of China this June, will see menโs and womenโs gymnasts compete for a combined purse that dwarfs the USD 18,000 on offer in previous years, when men took home USD 10,000 and women USD 8,000.
The jump didnโt happen by accident. Under a new funding model approved at the AGUโs Executive Committee meeting and Extraordinary Congress, the Union commits to matching whatever the host organizing committee puts in. For 2026, the Chinese side chose to go beyond the standard baseline โ voluntarily โ and the AGU matched them dollar for dollar, bringing each sideโs contribution to USD 49,500.
The model is now the template for all future AGU championships. Host committees set the floor, the AGU meets them there, and if a host wants to go further, the Union follows.
Beyond the headline figure, the structure of how prize money is awarded has also changed. Payouts will now reach gymnasts finishing as far back as eighth place in every apparatus final โ not just the podium. Itโs a deliberate move to make more gymnasts feel the weight of a result, and to raise the stakes across the full field.
Historic Boost: Asian Gymnastics Championships Prize Money Jumps to USD 99,000
Elena Colas – Beam
Oklahoma #1 Power Rankings into Men’s NCAA Nationals.
French AA champ to Algeria
21-year-old Djenna Laroui has announced she’ll be changing citizenship from France to Algeria, where she’ll join Olympic Bars champion Kaylia Nemour who did the same in 2022.
We wish her well.
The French Federation has to consider why some of their best gymnasts want to represent other nations.
Like the men from Columbia and Philippines, Algeria has a chance to qualify a TEAM to the L.A. Olympics.
Greenville Claims ECAC Championship Title
Hamlet Manukyan – Pommels
Amazing.
We’re going to need more deductions in the Code to separate the best specialists.
- Stretched position on Circles?
- Hip extension and split on Flairs?
- Amplitude of C of G above the Horse?
Perhaps more credit for VARIETY of elements.
Cal parents supporting their gymnast daughters ๐
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Daniel Marinov – Floor
One of the rare MAG Floor routines you can actually enjoy watching in 2026.
My girls will be feared by weak men.
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Poem by Daragh Fleming.
I๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎโ๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ.
But to everyone else theyโll be a consistent friend.
Theyโll never lack meaning.
๐๐๐๐ฎโ๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐.
Theyโll take up space and theyโll like what they like.
๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐๐.
My girls will be feared by weak men.
๐๐๐๐ฎโ๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฉ.
They will always know love, and never feel they have to earn it.
Theyโll know their value is inherent, has nothing to do with their looks.
๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐จ, ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ.
Theyโll be mothers one day if they so choose.
But their value wonโt be defined by the use of their wombs.
They will be whatever lives in their hearts.
๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ.
My girls will know poetry and song.
They know I will listen when something feels wrong.
They will learn that โwomen are too emotionalโ is an original lie.
And they will not grow up with a father who refuses to cry.
So yeah,
My girls will make some weak men shake in their knees.
๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ.
๐๐๐๐ฎโ๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ.
Thanks Jeff.
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