Jake is only age-19 but already one of the best in the world on Floor and Vault.
He posted some highlights from his Olympic trials AA competition so we can see how the apparatus are coming along.
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train saltos UP to high, soft mats
Technique developed allows gymnasts to stretch fully — for safest possible landings — when the high mats are removed.
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Heath Thorpe – good FORM
One of the cleaner tumblers. And he has some style.
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Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
Men’s NCAA week 10
In a year of many firsts, Army had the pleasure of competing against Niigata University in the first ever international virtual dual meet.
Army came away with the win scoring 369.50 to Niigata’s 359.30. Neither team had their best performance, but the allure of an international meet was not lost.
Army was coming off of a quarantine, and Niigata was competing at 9am in order to accommodate the time constraints necessary to allow the meet to happen. …
Power Rankings this week:
Michigan
Stanford
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Iowa
Mahleea Werline – Floor
Wow.
Mahleea‘s choreography makes most of the Elites of the world look like cartoons.
She trains at Salcianu Academy.
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. I believe this was in Level 10.
insanely difficult tumbling
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British Gymnastics delays
A group of 17 former elite gymnasts, including three Olympians, who are pursuing legal action said they were “disappointed but not surprised” that the governing body had failed to reply to a “Letter of Claim” sent on 25 February and said that every day of further delay risks “serious harms” to those still in the sport. …
great spotter – Elchin Alibeyli
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racial bias in sport
With Simone and Gabby as black Olympic Champions, it’s easy to ASSuME that racial bias in sport is being reduced, at least in Gymnastics.
Not so.
At each step along the athlete’s journey — from youth sports to college to the professional world — there are glaring inequities, often along racial lines. …
Throughout history, white American athletes have been afforded the opportunity to improve unimpeded while minorities have been left to scratch and claw for every inch. …
UNEQUAL PLAYING FIELD
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