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Brazil’s Olympic Committee announced the nation’s Olympic sports athletes of the year Tuesday, another indicator of host nation athletes to watch at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Gymnast Arthur Zanetti won the men’s award, while sailors Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze shared the women’s honor. …
Zanetti became Brazil’s first Olympic gymnastics medalist in 2012 when he won still rings gold. He won silver at the World Championships this year behind China’s Liu Yang. …
Zanetti is the short honouree. 🙂
Cool. 🙂
via Vadim Golub
Team USA named Simone one of the top 14 females of 2014 in any sport.
Dvora Meyers: Mary Lou Retton said that you may be the most talented gymnast ever. Do you think she’s right?
Simone Biles: I wouldn’t say that, but I guess she’s one of the best gymnasts to ever, like, live. Coming from her, that means a lot. And I think it’s an amazing thing to have said about me.
She and others have also said that you’re unbeatable. Do you feel unbeatable?
No, not really. I feel normal. Whenever we go out there, I feel like anyone can beat me. That’s not my goal. I just go out there and have fun.
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Impact 25: Simone Biles On Power, Personality And Endless Potential
espnW’s Impact 25 is a who’s who of women and men who made a difference for women and sports in the past year.
related – Leonid Arkayev:
It is clear that gymnastics is now becoming more and more specialized and all-rounders are finding it more and more difficult to compete with those who prepare only one apparatus.
But look at the American Simon Biles – she is a beautiful all arounder, with her completely crazy floor exercise and vault. And the margin of error she has is such that she is easily capable of making up for her weaker pieces, and of making event finals. …
Lauren Hopkins posted some of the most anticipated new Seniors for 2015. Click through for career highlights and video.
1. Tyesha Mattis, Great Britain
2. Kim Janas, Germany
3. Nia Dennis, United States
4. Wang Yan, China
5. Amy Tinkler, Great Britain
6. Seda Tutkhalyan, Russia
7. Andreea Iridon, Romania
8. Ellie Downie, Great Britain
9. Maria Bondareva, Russia
10. Laura Jurca, Romania
11. Rebeca Andrade, Brazil
12. Bailie Key, United States
13. Yuan Xiaoyang, China
14. Flavia Saraiva, Brazil
2015’s New Seniors: The Extensive List
How many will qualify for World Championships, Glasgow, Scotland Oct 23rd to Nov 1st?
Bristol’s Claudia Fragapane wins BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2014.
via Nico on GymFever2012
Fabulous Fabian is an entertainer.
The last guy I saw do this many Tkachevs was Sharipov in the 1990s.
From Rome. Awesome camera.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That video got picked up by the mainstream site Mashable – Watch this acrobat pull stupefying stunts off a trampoline
Arabian Punch Front:
USA – Deanne Soza is recovering from her eye injury and is hard at work in the gym. Looks like she has most, if not all, of her skills back. Here she is working a double arabian that is beautiful.
I like Artistic gymnasts tumbling from Rod Floor to land on soft mats. Some of my former gymnasts will recall assignments where they could opt to do one big skill on competition Floor. Or 5 on Rod Floor.
Dec 14th – This Week In Training: Around the World
Great idea compiling training clips on one post. THANKS. 🙂
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