… cost 1/12th of the 2012 ceremony and 1/20th as much as Beijing’s in 2008. …
coach Daniel Jacob Erb in prison
Daniel Jacob Erb, 33, of Hatboro, was arraigned Friday on 48 counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child and related offenses, court records show. …
Erb most recently worked at Tumble Kids Gymnastics in Wyndmoor, court documents showed. He also spent time at the Newtown Athletic Club at their summer camp, according to a letter posted online. The letter said Erb spent a decade working in the York area before moving into southeastern Pennsylvania. …
If NCAA schools were Olympic nations
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Pingpong – Marta vs Aly
Aly Raisman is looking good
I predict it will be either Aly or Gabby collecting the silver medal in the AA.
5 female gymnast flag bearers
Amanda Turner:
Artistic gymnasts Ana Sofía Gómez (Guatemala), Catalina Ponor (Romania), and Giulia Steingruber (Switzerland), rhythmic gymnast Neta Rivkin (Israel) and trampolinist Rosie MacLennan (Canada) were selected as standard bearers as the 2016 Olympic Games kick off in Rio.
It is a record number for gymnastics to have five flag bearers at the Olympic Parade of Nations. Gymnasts often skip the Opening Ceremonies as qualification begins on the first day, and hours of queuing and marching in the summer heat is not ideal right before competition. However, the weather in Rio de Janeiro, where it is winter, has been mild. …
Olympic Opening Ceremonies HISTORY
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Reiss Beckford – Hard Way To Success
Episode 24.
Reiss was not allowed to try out for the Rio Olympics as he had not competed for Jamaica for 3 years in advance of these Games. He has an excellent chance to qualify for Tokyo 2020, however.
He trains with Max Whitlock & Brinn Bevan. Coach Scott Hann. Competes for Jamaica.
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Laurie Hernandez is fine
International Gymnast magazine had it wrong.
Shang Chunsong is ill
Could not do much at podium training yesterday.
… Shang caught a cold a few days ago and was having a fever,” said Mao.
Huang Yubin, the head coach of the Chinese team, confirmed that Shang had been ill for three days and she was too weak to complete routines on the apparatus.
But Huang said they had no plans right now to replace Shang with a substitute.
“She still has three more days to recover,” said Huang.
Shang, who finished fourth in the women’s individual all-round event at last year’s World Championships, is considered China’s No. 1 medal contender for the all-around event in Rio. …
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