Lauren Guerin – best FX 2022?

Anybody tumbling lower should be deducted.

Superb leap and jumps.

Entertaining and energetic choreography.

NCAA judges should be studying this routine to fine tune who’s actually deserving of a 10.0 on floor.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

UCLA Gymnastics 2022 Intro Video

I expected a masterpiece. I expected a Deanna Hong masterpiece as we’ve seen in the past.

But this fantastic edit was directed and produced by Vanessa Zamarripa!

And it’s a masterpiece with a lot of original angles and concepts.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Cairo World Cup Final 2

Beam
πŸ₯‡ Yuliia Kasianenko UKR 13.400
πŸ₯ˆ Zsofia Kovacs HUN 13.133
πŸ₯‰ Daniela Batrona UKR 12.167

Floor
πŸ₯‡ Dorina BΓΆczΓΆgΓΆ HUN 12.733
πŸ₯ˆ Dildora Aripova UZB 12.600
πŸ₯‰ Laurie DenommΓ©e CAN 12.567

Rings
πŸ₯‡ Artur Davtyan ARM 14.980
πŸ₯ˆ Nazar Chepurnyi UKR 14.850
πŸ₯‰ Artem Dolgopyat ISR 14.450

P Bars
πŸ₯‡ Illia Kovtun UKR 14.833
πŸ₯ˆ Ferhat Arican TUR 14.800
πŸ₯‰ Ilias Georgiou CYP 14.367

H Bar
πŸ₯‡ Carlo Macchini ITA 14.400
πŸ₯ˆ Paul Juda USA 13.933
πŸ₯‰ Alexander Myakinin ISR 13.666

Illia Kovtun interview

Our Worlds AA bronze medalist has been on the World Cup circuit since before the start of Putin’s invasion.

So far his family is safe. But he’s very worried.

How NIL Reshaped Women's Gymnastics (With Alyssa Roenigk from ESPN) – Blind Landing

As the first generation of NIL gymnasts close the chapter on their NCAA careers this week, ESPN’s Alyssa Roenigk sits downs with Blind Landing host Ari Sapersein to look back at the stories that have defined this new era. They look back on Livvy Dunne's popularity, Leanne Wong's bow empire, Cecile Landi's tenure at University of Georgia and more. Check out Alyssa's reporting at ESPN.com and on social at @alyroe. Blind Landing is an award-winning independent podcast. You can support the work we do by leaving a rating and review, sharing this episode with your friends and by leaving us a virtual tip at linktree.com/blindlanding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
  1. How NIL Reshaped Women's Gymnastics (With Alyssa Roenigk from ESPN)
  2. Accountability In Gymnastics: Part 2
  3. Accountability In Gymnastics: Part 1
  4. Announcement From Blind Landing
  5. Paris Olympics: Floor Controversy & Athlete Camaraderie (feat. Olympians Betty Okino & Shallon Olsen)

DTB Stuttgart Men’s results

A great meet for Quebec’s Felix Dolci.

TEAM
1 USA 249,100
2 Italy 247,800
3 Germany 241,800
4 GBR 236,400
5 Canada 235,500
6 France FRA 235,050

DTB Stuttgart results

Vault
πŸ₯‡ Denelle Pedrick CAN 13.283
πŸ₯ˆ Asia D’Amato ITA 13.150
πŸ₯‰ Karina SchΓΆnmaier GER 13.033

Bars
πŸ₯‡ Giorgia Villa ITA 13.833
πŸ₯ˆ Romi Brown AUS 13.700
πŸ₯‰ Nola Matthews USA 13.700

Beam
πŸ₯‡ Konnor McClain USA 14.033
πŸ₯ˆ Martina Maggio ITA 14.000
πŸ₯‰ Sanna Veerman NED 12.600

Floor
πŸ₯‡ Angela Andreoli ITA 13.666
πŸ₯ˆ Konnor McClain USA 13.300
πŸ₯‰ Emily Whitehead AUS 13.000

TEAM

  1. United States 164,929
  2. Italy 163.598
  3. Australia 153.297
  4. Canada 151.694
  5. Netherlands 150.063
  6. Spain 148.362

The big surprise for me is Australia. Could we see the Aussies in the Paris Olympics?

’22 NCAA REGIONALS projection

If you can get to one of the four Regionals March 30-April 2, this is probably the strongest year ever for Women’s Gymnastics. Very competitive.

Though it won’t be official until the NCAA Selection Show on Tuesday, March 22 β€”top 16 teams should be seeded:

At Oklahoma: Oklahoma, Minnesota, Cal, Arizona State

At Auburn: Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, Denver

At NC State: Michigan, LSU, Missouri, UCLA

At Washington: Utah, Alabama, Michigan State, Oregon State

36 teams qualify for Regionals. In 2022 #36 Western Michigan got in with 196.215.

#37 Central Michigan just misses with 196.140.

See the full list of teams that qualified.

Stella Zakharova in Ukraine

Stella Zakharova β€” now age-58 β€”Β was Olympic team champion in 1980.

Worlds team champion in 1979 Fort Worth.

This war is stupid.