Simone Biles & Mckayla Maroney

Simone’s Weiler + 1.5 pirouette

She’s submitting it for Olympics.

Just in case, I assume. 😀

Ukraine mourns athletes lost to war

Though I feel badly for Russian gymnasts, I’m 100% in support of banning Putin’s athletes. For as long as the invasion continues.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Philippines has never been stronger

The 3 Americans in Paris with family ties to the Philippines are good enough to anchor a team that could finish top 12 in the world in 2025.

➡️ Emma Malabuyo
➡️ Aleah Finnegan
➡️ Levi Jung-Ruivivar

Listen to an interview with the three on the BLIND LANDING podcast.

Search for it in your favourite podcast player.

Simone’s Yurchenko – fingers in

Exactly how we should introduce this Vault with beginners.

Later. MUCH later. There might be reasons to block with fingers facing out.

IG Olympic predictions

International Gymnast magazine will be in Paris. Here are their predictions for podium.

  • Gold – USA
  • Silver – Brazil
  • Bronze – China
  • Gold – Simone Biles (USA)
  • Silver – Rebeca Andrade (BRA)
  • Bronze – Suni Lee (USA)

Vault

  • Gold – Simone Biles (USA)
  • Silver – Rebeca Andrade (BRA)
  • Bronze – Jade Carey (USA)

Bars

  • Gold – Kaylia Nemour (ALG)
  • Silver – Qiu Qiyuan (CHN)
  • Bronze – Suni Lee (USA)

Beam

  • Gold – Simone Biles (USA)
  • Silver – Zhou Yaqin (CHN)
  • Bronze – Qiu Qiyuan (CHN)

Floor

  • Gold – Simone Biles (USA)
  • Silver – Rebeca Andrade (BRA)
  • Bronze – Jade Carey (USA)

Read the rationale including other contenders.