Western Australian Institute of Sport investigation

… a group of 20 former WAIS gymnasts who have signed a joint submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s review of gymnastics culture in Australia currently underway. …

The Western Australian Institute of Sport shut down its women’s artistic gymnastics program at the end of 2016 after 28 years, following a review that prioritised WA’s contribution “to Australia’s international sporting success”.

Highland Sun

Mary-Anne Monckton and many other gymnasts and coaches have been interviewed.

I visited WAIS in Perth in the 1990s. At the time it was considered one of the top high performance programs in the world.

Kailin Chio American Classic Jr Champ

  1. Kailin Chio 53.650
  2. Madray Johnson 51.350
  3. Azaraya Ra-Akbar 51.250
  4. Gabriella Van Frayen 51.150
  5. Ella Murphy 51.100

Full results.

Kailin had the top score on Vault and Bars.

Katelyn Jong #1 on Beam.

Tiana Sumanasekera best on Floor.

Men’s EU Apparatus Finals 2

Vault

Igor Radivilov UKR 14.716
Andrey Medvedev ISR 14.658
Giarnni Regini-Moran GBR 14.583

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1386287643055607808

P Bars

Ferhat Arican TUR 15.300
David Belyavskiy RUS 15.133
Chrisitan Baumann SUI 15.100
Lukas Dauser GER 15.100

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https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1386302640687132676

H Bar

David Belyavskiy RUS 14.066
Andreas Toba GER 13.833
Adem Asil TUR 13.766

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https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1386312396214579205

Many of the top guys did not qualify. Then there were a lot of falls in the final.

Actually, who really impressed me was new senior Balazs from Hungary, despite the fall on Kolman.

Women’s EU Apparatus Finals 2

Beam

Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos FRA 13.900
Sanne Wevers NED 13.866
Anastasiia Bachynska UKR 13.333

Mélanie did dismount full-in.

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https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1386287277404418050

Floor

Jessica Gadirova GBR FX 13.966
Angelina Melnikova RUS 13.900
Vanessa Ferrari ITA 13.600

Watch the opening pass.

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https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1386302278177542152

Coach Nadyuk Irina Vladimirovna

I did not recognize the coach with Europeans Bronze AA Ilya Kovtun. (Ukraine)

I will now.

She’s doing a terrific job coaching the 17-year-old.

Michigan wins – finally

One of the biggest problems with women’s NCAA Gymnastics is predictability in results.

Many were happy to see Michigan win Nationals for the first time.

Now we can predict that one of 7 (not 6) teams will likely win next year: Utah, Florida, UCLA, Alabama, Oklahoma, Georgia, AND Michigan.

… Cue the LSU fans.

How can we adjust the rules to allow more opportunity for upsets?

Dropping Yurchenko 1/1 to 9.95 start helped. In fact, Michigan was the only team with 6 x 10.0 start vaults. They gambled on hitting those. And it worked.

BEST — I think — would be to more to 5-up, 5-count in Regionals and Nationals.

A 6th competitor would be named who could replace one of those five in case of injury. There should be some deduction if that happens — perhaps 0.5 each counting routine replaced.

Abby Heiskell led the Michigan Wolverines to their first NCAA women’s gymnastics national title

Baylor #ncata21 Champions

The National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association is the governing body for the sport of Acrobatics and Tumbling at the collegiate level.

It’s a fast growing emerging NCAA scholarship sport.

No surprise.

https://twitter.com/BaylorAcroTumb/status/1385777617983266816

Skye Blakely wins American Classic

Skye Blakely 55.350
Leanne Wong 54.450
Karis German 53.250
Addison Fatta 52.900
Kara Eaker 52.700
Kaylen Morgan 52.650
Faith Torrez 52.550
Elle Mueller 52.150

Sunisa Lee shines as Skye Blakely wins American Classic

Sounds like FloGymnastics video coverage was poor. And LIVE scores non-existent.

Women’s EU Apparatus Finals 1

Great to see Giulia win at home.

Vault

Giulia Steingruber SUI 14.824
Jessica Gadirova GBR 14.466
Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.416

Click PLAY or study Jessica’s vaults on YouTube. Great sprint, too.

Bars

Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.500
Vladislava Urazova RUS 14.333
Amelie Morgan GBR 14.100

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