5 new MAG elements submitted

For example, the Nguyen.

If done successfully at any time during the Games, these elements will be officially named for the gymnast who performs them. …

A free hip circle mount from the side of the bars with three quarter turn to handstand position.

Element value: E

The Nguyen use this

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Leyva – H Bar

Podium training. USA could win this apparatus as a team.

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related – Sam’s P Bar routine VIDEO

Looks like Brooks and Mikulak will do the AA.

U.S. Olympic leos cost $1200 each

“We’re in a crystal arms race”: Why the US Olympic gymnasts’ leotards boast nearly 5,000 Swarovski crystals

https://twitter.com/RhondaUSAGym/status/759403500816125953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Lexy Ramler – Seitz in combination

This is impressive. Seitz is the toe-on Shaposh with a 1/1 to mixed grip.

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Men’s Olympic Gymnastics

Inside Gymnastics – Olympic Men’s Podium Training—News, Notes & Quotes

Read more about the Men’s podium training day on FIG.

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Laurie Hernandez goes pro

Officially signed with Sheryl Shade of Shade Global.

Hernandez, currently a member of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team, plans to continue in elite gymnastics for the next four years and compete on Team USA.

Laurie
USAG

One of the favourites for World Champion 2017, I’m thinking.

Kenzo – Yurchenko 3 1/2 twist

Rio podium training.

http://papaliukin.tumblr.com/post/148404270679/todays-leo

Charlotte Drury update

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Charlotte Drury spent nearly seven years preparing for the Rio Olympics, and now she’s not sure if she’ll even watch them. …

The broken bone in her right ankle and the black boot covering it are a constant reminder of how close she came to representing the United States as its top trampoline gymnast.

“It was devastating, it still is devastating,” Drury said recently. …

Can you survive the crushing feeling of seeing your Olympic dream die?

Charlotte