College Gym News poll

15 editors of this fan site ranked the top 36 teams for the 2023 season.

  1. Oklahoma (13 first-place votes) 640
  2. Florida (4 first-place votes) 631
  3. Utah 604
  4. Michigan (1 first-place vote) 601
  5. Alabama 571
  6. Auburn 540
  7. LSU 522
  8. Missouri 498
  9. UCLA 490
  10. California 452

See the full list.

Here’s their rationale for how they came to that list.

“women doing Yoga”

This abstract art was created by the Artificial Intelligence engine called PlaygroundAI from the text prompt “women doing Yoga”.

Vault – highest E-scores (2006-2022)

McKayla Maroney, Simone Biles, Cheng Fei, Rebeca Andrade, Aly Raisman, Shawn Johnson, Gabby Douglas, Jade Barbosa, Jordyn Wieber, Elizabeth Price, Maria Paseka, Jade Carey, MyKayla Skinner, Kyla Ross, Anna Pavlova, Jordan Chiles, Alicia Sacramone, Aliya Mustafina, Oksana Chusovitina, Giulia Steingruber.

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twisting Flyaway – Playground

Awesome.

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Thanks Doug.

inspired by Ellie Black

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most spins ever on a Scooter 🛴

Ryan Williams @RWilly from Australia.

Rosie MacLennan has retired

Twice Olympic Trampoline champion, one of the greatest ever.

Now age-34.

Skyriders was my second home.

Dave was my coach for 22 years and he constantly expanded what I believed to be possible, letting internal motivation lead.

I got to train with @karen_cockburn_ my role model and mentor who became my training partner and friend. 

@jasonburnett_ always cheered me on and challenged me to be better. I had many incredible teammates over the years.
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I am grateful for the support over my 26 years of trampoline …

Miracle on Beam ~ Japan 2022

In the last quadrennial, I’d say the biggest shocker was Taiwan qualifying a full team to the Tokyo Olympics in Men’s Gymnastics.

In Liverpool, without question the biggest surprise was a team from Japan of relative unknowns.

In the qualifications, Japan had the highest team Beam score: 3rd (Shoko Miyata), 5th (Hazuki Watanabe), and 7th (Ayaka Sakaguchi).

And they didn’t compete the reigning World Champion on Beam, Urara Ashikawa.

In the team final, heading to the final apparatus, it looked like Japan would finish 3rd — automatic qualification to Paris.

The wheels finally fell off on Bars. Canada took the bronze team medal. Winning it on Beam.

Canada’s first team medal at Worlds was the 2nd biggest surprise in Liverpool.

Read more about Japan’s miracle meet on The Medal Count:

The Japanese Program is Absolute Madness