Simone vs online trolls

#inspiring

Animated Simone Biles deals with online haters.

AND her new Beam dismount makes a return. Take that FIG. 😀

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Related – TikTok is adding a feature where you can batch delete annoying comments. We need more social media tools like this so people don’t feel forced to suspend their accounts totally when under attack.

Morgan Hurd for social justice

Morgan has been everywhere lately.

On the Half In, Half Out podcast.

The All Things Gymnastics podcast.

On The Power of Sports.

On the Tokyo Olympics REDDIT.

Morgan has things to SAY.

Read her piece on NBC SPORTS – Silence is compliance: Morgan Hurd’s call to action

Nebraska’s new facility

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Canadian Championships day 1

Lauren posted results from the virtual competition.

Ava Stewart has really benefited from the pandemic year. She’s been second to Ellie all season.

Sadly her teammate Ana Padarariu seems to be no longer eligible for the Olympics, unable to come back from injury. We may have to wait to cheer Ana at UCLA. I’d certainly support any appeal to go directly to Olympic trials.

It’s been a super difficult year for Canadians, many having faced multiple Gym closures and restrictions.

It’s weird, as well, competing “Nationals” in your own Gym. With no audience.

The one plus is avoiding injury on competition vault landing mats. I was at Nationals in 2012 when Peng was injured out of the London Olympics on a training day. Vault landing.

Gymnastics Canada posted some of the top routines on Vimeo.

Foam Pits allowed in GBR

Clubs can now reintroduce foam pits as part of sessions after research concluded that the risk of Covid-19 transmission in foam was low after one minute. …

British Gymnastics

One very tiny upside to pit closures during the pandemic was a reduction in overusing them.

Coaches had to schedule more progressions. Less throw and go.

USAG Development Program Nationals Results

USA Gymnastics Women’s Development Program National Championships for Level 10 athletes, previously known as the Junior Olympic National Championships, concluded Sunday …

All-around and individual event champions were crowned across 12 age divisions spanning junior and senior classifications. …

Region 8 claims Super Team title as 2021 USA Gymnastics Women’s Development Program National Championships wrap in Daytona Beach

Champions:

Junior A

  • All-around: 1. Emerson Fisk, Valrico, Fla./Golden City Gymnastics, 38.125

Junior B

  • All-around: 1. Alana Walker, West Orange, N.J./North Stars Gymnastics Academy, 38.425

Junior C

  • All-around: 1. Avery Neff, South Jordan, Utah/Olympus Gymnastics, 39.000

Junior D

  • All-around: 1. Hannah Scheible, Kimball, Mich./All American Flames Gymnastix, 38.800

Junior E

  • All-around: 1. Madison Ulrich, Fort Mill, S.C./Southeaster Gymnastics Center, 38.700

Junior F

  • All-around: 1. Kylie Coen, Fort Worth, Texas/Empire Gymnastics Academy, 38.925

Senior A

  • All-around: 1. Sarah Moraw, Holland, Mich./Champion Gymnastics USA, 38.375

Senior B

  • All-around: 1. Anna Roberts, Seattle, Wash./Metropolitan Gymnastics, 38.425

Senior C

  • All-around: 1. Selena Harris, Henderson, Nev./Gymcats Gymnastics, 38.950

Senior D

  • All-around: 1. Lali Dekanoidze, Matthews, N.C./Southeastern Gymnastic Center, 38.900

Senior E

  • All-around: 1. Skyla Schulte, Bolingbrook, Ill./Phenom Gymnastics, 38.950

Senior F

  • All-around: 1. Sloane Blakely, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics, 39.200

USAG Men’s Age Group Nationals

… Men’s all-around and individual event titles were awarded in Junior Elite and Junior National divisions for Levels 8, 9 and 10.

Regional team champions were also named for each division, while Junior National club team championships were awarded by level.

Levels are determined by age and skill level. Level 8 is comprised of athletes who are 11 or 12 years old. Level 9 consists of 13 and 14-year-olds, and Level 10 is split between two age divisions: 15-16 year olds and 17-18 year olds. …

2021 Men’s Development Program National Championships conclude in Daytona Beach

Junior Elite Level 8 11-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Hayden Brown, Corona Del Mar, Calif./SCATS Gymnastics, 130.100

Junior Elite Level 8 12-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Rahul Mandava, Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics, 125.900

Junior Elite Level 9 13-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Danila Leykin, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics, 131.300

Junior Elite Level 9 14-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Sasha Bogonosiuk, Buffalo Grove, Ill./Gymkhana Gymnastics Club and Dance Studio, 132.650 (not eligible for U.S. National Team)

Junior Elite Level 10 15-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Vahe Petrosyan, Van Nuys, Calif./Gymnastics Olympica USA, 134.100

Junior Elite Level 10 16-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Caden Clinton, Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics, 132.150

Junior Elite Level 10 17-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Landen Blixt, Fowlerville, Mich./Infinity Gymnastics Academy, 132.450

Junior Elite Level 10 18-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Nicolas Kuebler, Seattle, Wash./Metropolitan Gymnastics, 137.100

Junior National Level 8 champions: All-around – 1. Giorgio Alarcon, Winter Garden, Fla./Gymnastics USA, 72.850

Junior National Level 9 13-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Kai Prater, Franklin, Tenn./Harpeth School of Gymnastics, 69.500

Junior National Level 9 14-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Junnosuke Iwai, Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams, 73.900

Junior National Level 10 15-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Tyler Tran, Orlando, Fla./Gymnastics USA, 150.400

Junior National Level 10 16-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Luke Esparo, North Haven, Conn./New Era Gymnastics, 153.950

Junior National Level 10 17-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Jack Critz, Huntington Beach, Calif./SCATS Gymnastics, 155.350

Junior National Level 10 18-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Lais Najjar, Oak Brook, Ill./Lakeshore Academy of Art Gymnastics, 159.000

Lais Najjar has an FIG licence with Syria. In fact he competed for Syria at the 2019 Jr World Championships.