Giulia Steingruber retires

The fan favourite is now age-27.

‘Happy, content, and curious,’ Giulia Steingruber bids farewell to Gymnastics

1-arm handstand mount (Rankin)

Janine Rankin and other Canadian gymnasts of her era — including Jackie Bender — worked 1-arm handstand skills seriously.

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cast handstand with sponge

Putting a sponge between the feet is an ideal way to remind gymnasts to squeeze the legs together.

MLT likes the gymnast to hollow — then pike — to slow the down swing for the next kip. Of course hip flexion and/or shoulder extension would accomplish the same thing. The hollow position is an aesthetic preference.

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Women’s Empowerment USA

Artistic Gymnastics is one of the few areas of life not dominated by men.

… aside from the fact that MAG has 6 apparatus, WAG 4.

The Women’s March is set to return to Washington, D.C., on October 2nd.

Similar protests are scheduled around the States.

Portland filmmakers Eleven Films released #AmericanWoman – 2 minutes of pure pump-you-up adrenaline that screams ‘women’s empowerment’. …

… flashes images of powerful women, from Ruth Bader Ginsberg to Oprah to Simone Biles …

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https://twitter.com/Eleven_Films/status/1443988491558285317

Simone vs Herself – Sept 28th

Soon after her previous video, another episode was posted on Facebook.

This starts with Simone arriving Tokyo. She was feeling ready at that moment in time.

But qualifications did not go nearly as well as she expected.

The problems with confidence began before the Team Final.

Simone does not do Yurchenko 3/2. Yet was unable to Amanar in the vault warm-up. She did Yurchenko 3/2. Cecile didn’t see it coming.

Coaches — and Simone’s parents — supported her decision to withdraw. It was the right decision.

I feel awful for Simone, however. To train 5 years and have to withdraw. Damn. That’s hard.

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