tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Like everyone, I’m a huge fan of Cal Berkeley since award winning Liz and Justin HowellΒ took over.
John Carney was named the WGCA Assistant Coach of the Year 2023, as well.
Certainly Cal is a contender for the Final 4 – 2024.
Listen to an excellent interview with Liz on the All Things Gymnastics Podcast.
Their gymnasts train more difficulty than they compete, in order to build confidence in their so-called easier routines.
Stella Zakharova, now age-60, born in Odesa, Ukraine, was an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist in team competitions for the USSR.
Felix Dolci and his teammates started a new podcast you can watch and listen to on YouTube.
SUBSCRIBE to help promote the launch. It’s called “The Rise Experience”.
The Canadian men were the big surprise at Worlds 2023, finishing 4th in qualifications to send a full team to Paris. This podcast will document their Olympic preparations.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
2023 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp, BEL
Womenβs Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee Report
Ukrainian politician Π ΠΎΠΌΠ° ΠΡΠΈΡΡΠΊ posted this image on Facebook.
He’s not happy the International Olympic Committee decided to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris under a neutral flag.
It may have been first posted by VisegrΓ‘d 24 on Twitter.
From Worlds 2023 in Spain.
China
Italy
Ukraine
Brazil
France
related – 2023 in review: a year of curve balls and comebacks in Rhythmic Gymnastics
And Safronov competed the Kasamatsu Vault at University Games 1973.
It was named after Shigeru Kasamatsu who competed it at 1974 Worlds.
Uncle Tim posted the details:
Canadaβs Minister of Sport, Carla Qualtrough, this afternoon announced a national commission to address safe-sport issues, but stopped short of calling a national inquiry.
… Β a suite of measures, including a Future of Sport in Canada Commission that will hold a summit and produce two reports during its 18-month mandate.
An independent commissioner and two special advisers will head the commission.
Among other measures announced were moving the new Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) and its abuse-free program out of the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC), increasing the capacity of AthletesCan, elevating Sport Canada’s athlete advisory committee to a ministerial committee, modernizing Sport Canada’s funding framework and developing a sport integrity framework, with policies around match manipulation and safeguarding children.
Toronto Star
’tis the season for showing routines to the general public.
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