Aurelia Dobre Christmas 🎄

FIG MAG News 18 December 2025

Read the entire document for yourself.

Some notes:

  • benefits being realized in the reduction to 8 elements
  • FIG Executive Committee has approved placing a maximum cap of 0.5 for the dismount element group on Pommel Horse, Rings, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar.
  • triple salto elements are prohibited for Juniors
  • on Floor, corner transitions must be conspicuously different from one another. Otherwise a 0.3 neutral deduction is taken.
  • all variations of the Stag Leap with 1/1 or 1/2 turn will no longer fulfill the Jump/Leap requirement 
  • Certainly, current Floor rules have resulted in much more artistic routines. It’s working.
  • hold positions with open hands may be deducted for false grip if the wrists are on top of the Rings

I noticed many more appeals at the two 2025 World Championships. MANY were for STICK BONUS.

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Click PLAY or watch Clarification on Low Landings on YouTube.

Ouch. During Bhavsar and Moy type elements if the gymnast hits the floor the element will not be recognized. 

Very slight brushes could be controversial.

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A Winkler or Pogorelov (Element II.42) must be performed with a straight body up to the point where the feet pass nearest to the bar.

If the body is bent more than 45° prior to the feet passing the bar, the element will receive D value and a 0.3 deduction for nondistinct position. 

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Epstein to Larry Nassar FAKE letter

When first seeing the letter I assumed it was fake. And it was.

The Trump incompetents released the letter on December 22nd.

Next day the FBI pointed out the obvious. It’s a fake that never should have been circulated.

SafeSport suspensions: Al Fong (5 years) & Armine Barutyan (1 year)

Both pending appeal.

Fong and Barutyan’s suspensions are active and enforceable as of the date of issuance: December 22, 2025. They retain the right to appeal the sanctions, which could result in the suspensions being upheld, modified, reduced, or otherwise altered.

Here’s the only response I’ve seen, so far.

Gymnast paralyzed training Round-off Back Tuck

Gymnastics is dangerous.

This severe injury resulted in a lawsuit in Arizona.

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7′ 4″ Victor Wembanyama is FLEXIBLE

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Check out some of his warm-up exercises.

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