Nice to see both men and women together at a meet named for the Men’s National Team selection event, normally held in Vegas.
USA Gymnastics announced Thursday that the Winter Cup will be Feb. 26-28 at the Indiana Convention Center, featuring an expanded field of men’s and women’s senior and junior gymnasts.
Fans will not be allowed to attend, but there will be live television coverage …
The 2021 Winter Cup, Nastia Liukin Cup, and Elite Team Cup will be held without fans at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis Feb. 26-28, and for the first time, Winter Cup will feature both men’s and women’s divisions! Tune in on NBC and NBCSN! https://t.co/kmjbZeAqwXpic.twitter.com/mLB6OYboPd
The two-time World all-around medallist returned to international competition for the first time in three years on Thursday.
… competed at her first international competition in more than three years on Thursday (17 December) as she led Romania to the top of the standings during the qualifying round at the Women’s European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Mersin, Turkey.
Many top nations, including defending team medallists Russia, France, and the Netherlands, have chosen to skip the event due to COVID-19 concerns. …
Russia will not be able to use its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years after a ruling Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The Lausanne-based court halved the four-year ban proposed last year by the World Anti-Doping Agency in a landmark case that accused Russia of state-ordered tampering of a testing laboratory database in Moscow. The ruling also blocked Russia from bidding to host major sporting events for two years.
Russian athletes and teams will still be allowed to compete at next year’s Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, as well as world championships …
The senior team competition will be a fight between Ukraine and Romania, one will come down exclusively to who has the fewest meltdowns in the team final. …
… Hungary should advance to the team final comfortably and be in compelling position for bronze, though the Czech Republic and an unproven-but-talented Turkish squad will be thinking, “Hey, why the hell not?” …