Kenzo has retired age-24

One of the most decorated MAG gymnasts all-time, he’ll be long remembered with so many named skills in the Code.

Dianne Durham to Hall of Fame

Dianne Durham, the first Black gymnast to win U.S. Nationals, will be inducted four months after her death at age-52.

  • The 2004 U.S. Men’s Olympic Team
  • Jim Aamodt – Longtime trampoline & tumbling coach and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
  • Rebecca Bross – Six-time women’s artistic World medalist
  • Dianne Durham – 1983 U.S. women’s artistic all-around national champion and pioneer
  • Chris Estrada – 2008 Olympian in trampoline
  • Gene Watson – Longtime men’s program coach and volunteer

The 2021 class will be inducted on Saturday, June 26 at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which will also include the induction of the 2020 Hall of Fame Class, whose ceremony was forced to be postponed last summer.

The event will also coincide with the 2021 National Congress & Trade Show, the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics, and the USA Gymnastics Championships, which serve as the national championships for the acrobatic, rhythmic, and trampoline and tumbling disciplines.

USAG

Nina’s Nabieva to cross grip

In reality, catching in cross grip should be the same skill.

Still — this is a cool combination and a very smart routine. Fewer skills to deduct.

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At a domestic meet, Sanne competed the same skill — but from Free Hip, much more difficult.

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Jennifer Gadirova – 2016 Floor

The 16-year-old Olympian in 2021 already had great presence and choreography when very young.

Winner of the Christine Bowker Artistry Trophy that year.

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And how about her Olympian twin sister?

Click PLAY or watch Jessica in 2016 on YouTube.

That’s from a new interview:

Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova, the teenage British twins set to star in artistic gymnastics at Tokyo 2020

step-by-step on Beam

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SIMONE VS. HERSELF episode 1

Can I Do It Again?

Simone at the very start of the pandemic.

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It’s only available on Facebook, so far as I know.

Tkachev front. Regrasp.

And very well done by Ben Bloom, co-captain of Washington Men’s Gymnastics.

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elevated roll to handstand

It’s easier to keep the elbows straight and to place the hands when rolling from a height.

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