Everything you need to know for this week's U.S. Championships… my preview of the action ahead of Ft. Worth as Simone and Sam look for their seventh all-around titles. https://t.co/p0XtJRzSKN
As a promotion for his new book — make it happen — the Olympic Floor Champion is giving away signed copies and meeting with folks like you online.
#PositivePowerContest @GymCastic @kyleshewfelt
CONTEST: Have a coach who made a positive impact on your life? Enter: who was the coach who made the biggest positive impact on your life and why? Photos encouraged but not required. Use #PositivePowerContest tag @GymCastic & @kyleshewfelt Win: signed book & 15-min. chat w/ Kyle pic.twitter.com/qDxAYSV4zQ
Kelly Manjak coached Kyle from pre-competitive through two Olympics.
The EASY thing to do in 2004 as Olympic Champion was to retire. At the top.
BUT after a good break, Kyle decided to keep training for Beijing 2008. His 3rd Olympic cycle turned out to be the most challenging.
Changes to the Code of Points in 2006 didn’t help.
Kyle’s idol was Alexi Nemov for his artistry and style. Like Nemov, Kyle was a fan favourite.
Though I knew the story well — coaching at his club in 2004 — I was still enthralled to hear it told from Kyle’s point of view. Know that he’s very modest in this telling.
It’s well written as Kyle worked on his sports biography together with Blythe Lawrence. And had editing by Steve Cooper.
For 10 years, while one of the best in the world on Vault and Floor, Kyle was the most consistent. The more pressure, the more likely he’d HIT.
Kyle took maximum advantage of specialists: sport psychologist Hap Davis, dietitian Kelly Anne Erdman, physiotherapist Susan Massitti, and many others.
Uldi Hajdu, Eugene Galperin, Edouard Iarov and Tony Smith are additional coaches Kyle credits in the book.
Today Kyle Shewfelt is a public speaker, broadcaster, Gym owner and father who believes in “optimism and the power of a high five“.
I’d recommend the audio version, as it’s read by Kyle himself.
Part two of our Rotterdam World Championships preview, subdivisions 6 through 10. We're living in the age of Rebeca Andrade and Angelina Melnikova, so what history is on the line for two of the most decorated gymnasts ever? We size up breakout star Elena Colas and France, Great Britain on the team-final bubble, a veteran Netherlands team on home soil, Russia (competing as AIN), Canada, Spain and Brazil, then ask whether China has the vaults to go with its beam and bars. Plus a Man Break with Carlos Yulo, Casimir Schmidt and reports that Zhang Boheng is off China's roster, and our vault and beam final previews. Club Gym Nerd members get every episode ad-free, live Q&A after every day of Worlds and hours of extra Rotterdam podcasts. Join Club Gym Nerd. Want a taste first? The Worlds Bundle: three months of Club Gym Nerd, one payment, no auto-renewal. Our Worlds coverage is brought to you by Sand & Sea Travel. Use code GYMCASTICWORLDS. Live shows Rotterdam, Saturday October 24 after event finals, with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir New York City, Friday December 4, with Katelyn Ohashi Streaming and in-person tickets at gymcastic.com Worlds tools 2026 World Championship Headquarters: the schedule in your time zone and the 2026 leaderboard Worlds Roster Tracker Elite Score Explorer Chapters 00:00 Welcome + Sand & Sea Travel 01:15 Worlds schedule and what's on the line 02:24 The age of Andrade and Melnikova 05:23 Subdivision 6: France and Malaysia 11:35 Live shows: Rotterdam and NYC with Katelyn Ohashi 12:06 Subdivision 7: Great Britain and the Netherlands 20:00 Man Break: the men's all-around 27:50 Carlos Yulo, Casimir Schmidt and an upside-down iron cross 33:06 Updates: Worlds HQ leaderboard and the Worlds Bundle 35:47 Subdivision 8: Russia (AIN), Canada and Spain 43:43 Subdivision 9: Brazil and Switzerland 48:18 Vault preview 51:13 Subdivision 10: China and South Korea 1:00:52 Beam preview 1:03:33 See you in Rotterdam Our daily Rotterdam podcasts start October 15 after women's podium training.
I was lucky enough to see Natalia Yurchenko compete in person. She instantly became one of my favourite gymnasts.
Natalia was the first woman to compete her eponymous vault, at 1982 Moscow News.
The element was controversial at first, Yurchenko explained. Another parallel to Biles’ daring innovations.
“There were a lot of debates to allow it or not to allow it,” Yurchenko recalls. “I performed it in America, and the American judges, some of them, were really against it because it seemed way too dangerous …
A boycott of the 1984 Games in Los Angeles meant Yurchenko never got the chance to compete her element at the Olympics.
For Natalia Yurchenko, watching @Simone_Biles take her eponymous vault to the next level was a dream she had as a kid: to leave something for the next generation.
“I was amazed that we have Simone Biles, who can raise us all to that kind of level.”
I wonder if the Gymternet noticed when Meg Griffin did gymnastics in the "Meg Goes to College" latest episode of Family Guy, her FX pass looked like it was inspired by Katelyn Ohashi's NCAA viral routine. @GymCasticpic.twitter.com/0u8tVupQsE
An independent review into gymnastics in Australia says the sport has enabled a culture of physical, emotional and sexual abuse which many participants have described as “toxic”.
The report, carried out by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), made 12 recommendations …
… the report explored power imbalances between athletes and coaches, body-shaming and bullying, and a culture which it said helped “create an environment where abuse and mistreatment can thrive”.
In response, Gymnastics Australia said it “unreservedly apologises …”
