tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
She be good. 😇
No. 1-ranked University of Michigan women’s gymnastics team swept the event titles and tied a program record on floor exercise to earn a 197.950 …
U-M tied a program record 49.700 on floor to conclude the meet …
Senior Natalie Wojcik notched four event titles … 39.675 …
Wojcik Wins Four Titles, Michigan Ties Program Floor Record in Win over ASU
A new study suggests that girls who begin participating in sports from the ages of 6 to 9 have higher retention rates than those who begin participating later in life.
These findings emphasize the importance of targeted retention strategies and supportive sport environments for adolescent girls and women.
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Start young. But keep the main emphasis on FUN and FITNESS, not performance.
It’s much harder to counter rotate out of Free Hip than Sole Circle.
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I volunteer to negotiate Jordyn Wieber‘s next coaching contract. 😀
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It’s going to be a very competitive season. 😇
… he intends one last hurrah – an exhibition in March during which he will take on all six apparatus.
“I’ll whip this hurting body through to perform on all of them,” he said with a smile.
“It’ll be tougher than qualifying for Tokyo, and that depresses me a bit, but I want to go out this way.”
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He’s calling that last exhibition THE FINAL.
Others will be joining him including members of the Japanese 2016 Rio and the 2009 Tokyo teams.
Blythe Lawrence:
… back-to-back Olympic all-around golds in 2012 and 2016 (the first man to do so since Sawao Kato in 1972), six consecutive world all-around titles collected between 2009 to 2015 (in a sport where no other man has more than two), and 21 world medals (including individual titles on floor exercise, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.) …
“He’s my hero,” echoed Carlos Yulo, the reigning world champion on vault, who on his best days shares Uchimura’s crystal-clear sense of execution and extreme difficulty.
The Philippines-born 21-year-old, who trains in Japan, credits watching Uchimura compete at the London Olympics as a key moment in his childhood. …
In pursuit of perfection, ‘King’ Kohei created pure art
Music professor Lasse Nettum created an original piece to accompany Uchimura’s horizontal bar routine from the 2011 World Championships.
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related – Magnastics – A History of Uchimura Kohei’s Winning Streak
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Mikaël Kingsbury (born July 24, 1992) is a Canadian freestyle skier and the most accomplished mogul skier of all time. …
He will defend his Olympic title in Beijing.
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