Twenty-year-old Ivan Litvinovich (BLR) upset a field that included two Olympic champions to take gold in men’s Trampoline Saturday at Tokyo 2020, giving Belarus its second consecutive Olympic title in the event.
The top qualifier and final performer on the trampoline in the Olympic final, Litvinovich capitalised on superior scores for difficulty and Time of Flight to best London 2012 Olympic champion Dong Dong (CHN), whose silver is his fourth Olympic medal, a feat unprecedented in Trampoline Gymnastics.
Bronze went to Dylan Schmidt (NZL), who captured New Zealand’s first Olympic medal in Gymnastics, edging Rio 2016 Olympic champion Uladzislau Hancharou (BLR), who finished fourth by 0.110. …
Suni Lee Olympic Flipbook
Yoder’s story
A real shot at an Olympic medal, Alec is finally getting the respect he’s deserved all along.
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Diana Varinska in Tokyo
talking about the ‘gymternet’
Fans are Fanatics.
We once had to rely on “mainstream media” to cover Gymnastics.
A few TV channels. International Gymnast magazine.
Sports Illustrated … every 4 years.
The situation for fans (and coaches) is much better today.
YOU and anyone online can post your own opinions the sport at no cost. And you might find an audience.
I recall when non-gymnast Spencer Barnes launched The Balance Beam Situation.
Instantly it was my #1 source of information on NCAA Gymnastics.
On the down side, every #hater, #troll and #bully can get online, as well.
Check an AP (mainstream media) article:
The ‘gymternet’: gymnastics’ devoted, sometimes toxic fans
Simone withdrew from Vault & Bars
MyKayla Skinner will replace her on Vault.
Melanie de Jesus dos Santos will go in on Bars.
Rémi GAILLARD – Olympic inspiration
Suni Lee to Auburn
The past 4 American Olympic champions did not compete in the NCAA.
They went PRO, disqualifying them from College.
So far Sunisa Lee plans to report to Auburn on August 11th.
“I do want to go to college and have fun and kind of get away from this elite atmosphere just because it’s so, like, crazy,” Lee said. “And I know that college is going to be way better.”
The transition should be easy. Lee’s longtime coach Jess Graba and Auburn coach Jeff Graba are twin brothers.
Jeff Graba doesn’t see why Lee can’t go to school while enjoying the trappings that come with being a multiple-medal winner in one of the Olympics marquee sports. …
Time permitting, she should be able to make just as much money as she would have normally made.” …
Olympic champ Sunisa Lee still focused on college, not fame
Smart.
As Jessica O’Beirne pointed out, Suni will have non-stop attention from the media while competing College.
Exactly what sponsors are looking for.
Olympic Trampoline Champion Zhu Xueying
🥇 Zhu Xueying CHN 56.635
🥈 Liu Lingling CHN 56.350
🥉 Bryony Page GBR 55.735
Two-time defending Champ Rosie Maclennan finished 4th.
gymnasts commiserate with Simone
Mental blocks are common in Gymnastics.
Simone’s could not have popped up at a worse time.
The one upside of all this publicity is preventing future injuries.
Every gymnast will remember the time the G.O.A.T. withdrew from the Olympics rather than risk getting lost in the air.
Gaar Adams , for example, trained at the Gym that produced the Hamm brothers:
… I tried to push myself past a “twisties” block at the end of one practice in September 2001.
Lost in the air, I fell on my neck and required spinal surgery, a halo brace and four months in a hospital bed.
A shade away from quadriplegia at the age of 13, my dreams of pursuing collegiate and elite gymnastics were over. …
The twisties: My gymnastics career may not have ended in hospital if I’d had a role model like Simone Biles
I’ve seen over a dozen similar stories recounted over recent days.
Victoria Moors, for example.
If it can happen to Simone, it can happen to anyone.
