Men’s Europeans Finals

A lot has been said about whether these championships should have happened given the global health crisis, and the question is debatable. The outcome, however, may prove important for gymnastics’ next chapters in many of the countries whose athletes turned up and won medals today. 

Imagine that in Tirana and Vilnius, young boys who watched Petrov’s and Tvorogal’s stand on the roof of Europe today will feel encouraged to give gymnastics a try. …

Blythe

Floor

1.Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) 15.000/6.0

2.Aurel Benovic (CRO) 14.600/6.3

3.Yahor Sharamkou (BLR) 14.533/6.3

Pommel Horse

1.Matvei Petrov (ALB) 14.566/6.0

2.Filip Ude (CRO) 14.533/5.6

3.Ferhat Arican (TUR) 14.433/5.8

Rings

1.Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 15.000/6.0

2.Vinzenz Hoeck (AUT) 14.800/6.1

3.Igor Radivilov (UKR) 14.766/6.0

Vault

1.Igor Radivilov (UKR) 14.733 (14.933/6.0 – 14.600/5.6)

2.Yahor Sharamkou (BLR) 14.700 (14.600/5.2 – 14.800/5.6)

3.Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) 14.483 (14.766/5.6 – 14.200/5.2)

Parallel Bars

1.Ferhat Arican (TUR) 15.100/6.6

2.Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 14.766/6.2

3.Robert Tvorogal (LTU) 14.500/5.9

High Bar

1.Robert Tvorogal (LTU) 14.800/6.4

2.Tin Srbic (CRO) 14.600/6.2

3.Alexander Myakinin (ISR) 14.200/5.9

Click PLAY or watch high flying Tvorogal on Twitter. I love that Hecht half !

https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1338149439031095296

History Made As Men’s European Championship Concludes

Paul Hunt is closing his Gym

Hunt’s Gymnastics Academy in Midvale, Utah will be closing.

“I’m excited and I’m sad,” he said. “My daughter works with me and I was hoping to be able to leave the business so that she could work and make a living at it, but I’m not going to be able to do that. …”

“At one time, I thought I would die coaching. I couldn’t imagine my life without the gym,” he said. …

How COVID-19 is bringing an end to a longtime passion for a gymnastics lifer

We all know Paul (now age-68) from his fantastic comedy routines.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Kohei’s 15.7 H Bar

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Ukraine wins Euros*

In the absence of the majority of the western European countries, as well as Russia, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine won both the men’s junior and senior team titles at the 34th European Championships held in Mersin, Turkey.

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https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1337777521279045633

Host Turkey led in the prelim competition. But an injury to Abdelrahman Elgamal in warm-ups cost them.

Mai Murakami – Japan AA Champ

Mai wasn’t happy with her performance in prelims. But the AA final went well.

Click PLAY or watch all 4 apparatus on YouTube.

Read the Olympic Channel write-up.

Read Lauren’s report.

visual perception of gymnasts

Building on the research of Thomas Heinen.

Alexandra Pizzera (GER) is the researcher. Fabian Hambuechen, the gymnast.

Recall that Fabian wore glasses for much of his career. Visual information is critical for H Bar releases, of course.

The lecture “Visual perception of complex movements” focuses on the visual sense and how this sense is used by athletes, coaches, and judges in sports.

Different gaze control strategies are explained and how gymnasts use their visual perception to control aerial skills. Finally, methods involving visual perception to support the learning process as a coach are presented.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Sanne – Free hip layout Tkachev

MUCH harder and less consistent than from sole circle IMHO.

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Turkey leads at Europeans*

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Mai Murakami wins All Japans

Murakami Mai 112.097
Hatakeda Hitomi 108.663
Soma Ui 107.497