no decision on RUS at Europeans 2023

FIG decided to wait until 28-30 March to hear from the Executive Committee of the IOC — before making any changes to the current ban on gymnasts from Russian and Belarusian gymnasts.

That makes it even less likely that the ban will be removed in time for Europeans 11-16 April 2023 in Turkey.

Netflix – Physical: 100

I highly doubt I’ll end up watching this. But it is an interesting concept.

$240,000 for the person last standing of the 100 who started.

Some have complained that the contests favour male contestants over female.

Physical: 100 is a South Korean reality competition

The show’s premise is to find the ideal human physique based on many tests of performance. …

Every participant has a plaster cast of their torso on set; if they are eliminated after a quest, they have to destroy the cast with a sledgehammer.

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Chin-up lifting sister 😀

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Thanks Doug.

1st Aussie Camp since Covid

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R.I.P. Rusty Mitchell

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Rusty Mitchell, who coached men’s gymnastics at The University of New Mexico from 1966-99, passed away over the weekend at the age of 80. …

Mitchell’s Lobos won 11 Western Athletic Conference championships out of a possible 18, and he produced 16 NCAA individual champions and 53 All-Americans. …

He was twice selected as Assistant Coach for the U.S. Olympic Men’s Gymnastic Team, Mexico City, (1968) & Munich, Germany, (1972).  …

GoLobos

We believe Rusty was the first to successfully compete Double Back on Floor in the Olympics. 1964 Tokyo.

gymnast T’Yonna Major murdered in mass shooting

This week Orlando Metro Gymnastics is hosting a fundraiser for the family of T’Yonna Major, the 9-year-old girl who was killed in the shooting spree in Pine Hills last week. …

‘An angel on our team’: Gymnastics coach of 9-year-old killed in Orlando shooting spree remembers her

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The rest of the world wonders why the USA cannot reduce the number of children killed by firearms.