H Bars do break – metal fatigue

I still recall the day in the 1990s when my boss Keith Russell insisted we recycle the horizontal bar at University of Saskatchewan. Pay for a new one.

He felt they had to be replaced every 10 years in a Gym with many adult male gymnasts.

impossible Judging scores

Yurchenko 1/1 is out of 9.5 in NCAA.

When a judge deems that vault has no deductions — with this landing — that judge should be reprimanded and lose future assignments.

Lara Mori retired

Tokyo Olympian Lara Mori, age-24, was the 2018 Mediterranean Games champion in the all-around.

Oklahoma upsets #1 Stanford

Game on.

Oklahoma 418.900 – Stanford 413.800

In a year where Stanford could compete as their own nation — and be competitive — they got beat by Oklahoma.

Mark Williams credits his Pommels and H Bar line-ups.

nature + nurture = performance

Where do top athletes come from?

The town of Belle Glade FL (“Muck City“), population 20,000, has produced an extraordinary number of NFL players. It’s a hotbed for American football.   

Indian Table Tennis star, Rajul Sheth, immigrated to the USA for University, and established the most successful program in the USA at the India Community Center in California. Rajul finds he needs to start 400 recreational players to end up with 1 National Team member at the end.

For any activity, you need some genetic aptitude. A work ethic. After that there are a number of factors that contribute to building top athletes.

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Gym Camps Malta & Portugal

WAG training camps with Carol-Angela Orchard and Pete Etherington are recommended.

  • Malta July 10-15, 2023
  • Portugal Aug 20-25, 2023

Details.

RUS Maxim Khodykin volunteers to fight in Ukraine

Russian gymnast Maxim Khodykin has travelled to fight in the country’s war on Ukraine, according to the national team doctor Sergei Gulevsky.

Khodykin has trained at the Russian gymnastics Olympic base – the Ozero Krugloye facility outside Moscow – although was not in the national team.

His last competition was at the Mikhail Voronin Cup in December, when he finished second in the men’s rings. …

Aleah Finnegan – Vault

GAGE form. Great landing.