Dutch coaches for Tokyo

Head Coach: Bram van Bokhoven
Assistant: José van der Veen
Assistant: Aimee Boorman

Bram van Bokhoven is the Men’s National Coach, who accepted the WAG position on an interim basis.

Wevers, Kooistra, Zijp, Kiens and other personal coaches will continue to train the national team members. Some will coach on the floor at Europeans in Switzerland, as well.

If they needed to bring in a neutral, positive coach — Aimee Boorman is a good choice. It sends a message.

Div II & III NCAA Nationals

Centenary College, Lindenwood, Texas Woman’s University, United States Air Force Academy and host Southeast Missouri State.

Team and all-around competitions Saturday, April 10.

Finals Sunday, April 11.

Both will stream on subscription service ESPN+.

The USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships is open to schools with fewer than seven-and-a-half full scholarships.

Ellie Seitz on WAG competition attire

In an interview, Elisabeth Seitz questioned why female gymnasts can’t wear shorts.

You know, like MEN do.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Haleigh Bryant – Vault

Spencer watches more NCAA routines than anyone on earth — and he’d only award maybe three 10.0 scores this season.

Haleigh‘s vault is one.

Click PLAY or watch some of it on Twitter. The rest is out-of-frame.

Roxana – Nabieva

And a very good one.

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Simone Paris 2024?

As one of the biggest Olympic stars from all sports, the IOC should PAY Simone Biles not to retire. 😀

“Cecile and Laurent are from Paris so they’ve kind of guilted me into at least being a specialist and coming back,” Biles said with her trademark giggle. “But the main goal is 2021, the tour, and then we’ll have to see.”

Cecile and Laurent Landi have coached Biles since late 2017. Both were members of the French national team, and Cecile Landi competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. …

Olympic Channel
2024 Olympics Paris

Iowa State Cyclones – great season

Congratulations.

Sadly, it sounds like Sophia Steinmeyer had an Achilles injury.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Shane Wiskus – tumbling

… um. Perhaps it’s that other Minnesota gymnast, Gable Steveson — after qualifying for the Olympics in wrestling.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Should PanAms be cancelled?

Recall that PanAms were moved from USA to Brazil.

The President of the Pan American Gymnastics Union (PAGU), Naomi Valenzo, confirmed to Gymnastics Now Monday morning that the artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline Senior Pan American Championships (commonly referred to as Pan Ams) will no longer take place in the United States.

Instead, Brazil has agreed to host the events in June …

Gymnastics Now

This meet is critical in that 4 additional Olympic spots are decided from the AA. Two for men, two for women.

BUT the pandemic is worse than ever in Brazil. Over 4,000 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours for the first time. Only 8% of the population has had the first dose of any vaccine. Their President is a COVID denier who opposes any lockdown measures.

How can Brazil be safe for international travel by June?

Is there enough time on the calendar to move it again? If so, where? Canada — for example — wouldn’t allow the international travel.

I feel PanAms will soon be cancelled. And that’s a shame for those gymnasts who’ve trained the past year for one last shot at Olympic qualification.

Cordelia linked to the FIG policy: