Elizabeth Booth put together a summary of where the Russian women’s team stands now compared with 2019.
Things are coming together perfectly for Tokyo.
Team Russia has definitely benefited by the 1-year Olympic delay.
Watch it here.
Rebeca Andrade training Bars
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
teen feminist empowerment
Gymnastics is one of the few domains where females are regarded as more important than males.
The opposite of American ConcussionBall.
It provides Simone Biles and other WAG influencers some power in how their lives are led.
The new Amy Poehler film MOXIE communicates some important messages for teens in 2021.
Here’s the clip that best sums up the themes.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Vanessa Ferarri has COVID
She began having Flu symptoms after the last competition.
Italy has been slow to rollout vaccines. And there’s been another surge due to new variants.
pay-per-view Gymnastics coverage?
Like many, I don’t want to pay a monthly subscription to FLOGymnastics.
But I MIGHT be tempted by pay-per-view.
Spain announced using a pay-per-view platform for their National competitions.
You could watch a meet LIVE or on replay within 72 hours.
Tickets were going for 6-8 Euros.
UPDATE – AFTER FAN PROTEST, THE FEDERATION DECIDED TO CONTINUE STREAMING FREE.
NOTE – Gymnastics Canada did not renew their contract with FLOGymnastics and will be posting a request for proposal (RFP) to find a broadcast partner.
Iowa gymnast Alex Greenwald
Recall Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida?
The deadliest high school shooting in United States history.
Iowa gymnast Alex Greenwald was there.
She writes “Just keep swimming” on her hand every competition to honour a childhood friend who was one of the 17 killed.
related – Florida gymnast finds strength, happiness, healing at the University of Iowa
International Gymnastics Camp 2021
Looks like a GO.
What I like best about IGC is their coach education program.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
IGC by email:
We have three COVID-19 safety plans in place and will utilize the most appropriate plan depending on the state of the virus at that time.
We’re remaining flexible to accommodate all guidelines set forth by the CDC, local, and state government for this summer.
All three plans will require PCR testing prior to arrival at camp, limiting exposures during the two weeks prior to camp, monitoring temperatures and antigen testing upon arrival with follow-up testing during the course of the campers stay …
Tramp #reversebouncekillnbuild challenge
watch EVERY gymnast at Regionals
… for the first time in ESPN history, the four NCAA regional competitions will be available live on ESPN3 with coverage of every gymnast and apparatus.
NCAA regionals will be hosted in Salt Lake City, Athens, Ga., Tuscaloosa, Ala. and Morgantown, W. Va., with coverage available on ESPN3 for Days 2 and 3 of competition, April 2-3. …
ESPN
Looks like this does NOT include those odd but kinda cool play-in dual meets.
Florida / Oklahoma lead NCAA
1T. Florida
1T. Oklahoma
- Michigan
- LSU
- Cal
- Utah
- Minnesota
- Alabama
9T. Arkansas
9T. Denver
Read Spencer’s weekly rankings update:
Cal’s 197.600 from Sunday, the #3 score in program history, clinched a major coup as the team will enter Pac-12 Championships as the top-ranked school in the conference. It’s the first time since the conference became the Pac-12 that neither UCLA nor Utah will enter the championship as the top team.
Road to Nationals posted a chart showing who’s mathematically locked for a 2021 Regionals appearance.
There are plenty of important competitions yet to come.
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