Russian Men’s Olympic training squad

Denis Ablyazin
David Belyavski
Nikita Ignatyev
Emin Garibov
Nikita Nagorny
Artur Dalolyan
Ivan Stretovich
Vladislav Polyashov
Dmitri Lankin
Nikolai Kuksenkov

Denis
Denis

Head coach Valery Alfosov has unreservedly supported Russian AA champion Nikolai Kuksenkov, naming him to a group of ten gymnasts eligible for participation in Rio even though the gymnast’s selection for international competition is currently impossible due to a positive drugs test.

The RGF is employing Swiss lawyers to defend Kuksenkov’s ‘honour and innocence’. …

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It really does sound like Nikolai is innocent.

George Washington’s best ever Regionals

What a season!

The No. 27 George Washington gymnastics team posted its highest-ever postseason team score with a 195.55 to place fifth at the NCAA Athens Regional on Saturday …

GW’s team score is the best-ever mark in 12 appearances at NCAA Regionals and nearly a full point higher than the previous best, which was 194.675 at the 2001 Southeast Regional. …

Head Coach Margie Foster-Cunningham was honored as the NCAA Southeast Region Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. …

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love your Gymnastics Coach

Many coaches are feeling rotten a couple of weeks out of the Gym.

We’re worried our gymnasts are starting to forget about us. 😕

1. We work strange hours.

3. Yes we go to work in sweat pants.

10. We aren’t going to be rich

18 THINGS ANYONE WHO LOVES A GYMNASTICS COACH SHOULD KNOW

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judging Artistry is impossible

That’s my opinion.

Therefore Artistry should not be part of ranking gymnasts in any Code of Points.

Science of Gymnastics Journal 2014:

Due to its nature and relatively poor definitions in the Code of points, judging of artistry may suffer from serious flaws in reliability and validity.

We have used the balance beam artistry evaluation forms given by 5 execution judges at World Championship in Tokyo 2011 to analyze reliability and validity. Data on 194 competitors was gathered.

Deductions were received by a highly variable number of competitors from separate judges in the same components of artistry. The variability of average total artistry deduction was relatively large …

We conclude that neither reliability nor validity of artistry judging was satisfactory in this analysis. …

THE JUDGING OF ARTISTRY COMPONENTS IN FEMALE GYMNASTICS: A CAUSE FOR CONCERN?

We can evaluate Execution and Difficulty in reliable ways. And come up with a score that would be consistent meet to meet, panel to panel.

Artistry could be rewarded by a separate (subjective) panel. Something like the Longines Elegance Award, but with a much better panel of evaluators.

Give this guy an award. 😊

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - Photo by Andrew Eccles
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Photo by Andrew Eccles

Eddie Penev – Li Xiaopeng vault

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

(via papaliukin)

USA team to Pac Rims

https://twitter.com/rhondausagym/status/717392227580792832

NCAA Men’s Championships

Ohio State will host the two-day event on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16. The NCAA has pared down this year’s event from three days to two days. Event Finals will be included in Saturday’s Team and All-Around Finals. …

As in past years, a live video stream will be provided on the NCAA website, not to mention a live-scoring feed.

Stick It Media – Record-Breaking Weekend of College Men’s Gymnastics

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Sadly the Men’s competition will be held the same weekend as the women’s Championships. Better for fans would be different weekends, as it was in 2015.