Her Gold medal Bars from Stuttgart.
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Terrible news.
Melanie Coleman died after being injured on a Bars dismount in training.
“We are heartbroken and stunned by Melanie’s passing,” head coach Mary Fredericks said. “She was an incredibly hard worker and a sweet-spirited young woman. …”
Melanie’s family has set up a GoFundMe.com page, as well as a page that coordinates meal donations to the family at MealTrain.com.
This slow motion video clip has been popping up on my social media feeds for weeks.
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The general rule followed by many coaches is to do all skills with legs together to start:
LATER — and carefully — introduce straddle technique if and when needed. Canadian Olympian Maddie Copiak (170cm) never straddled. It’s possible.
related – teach long kip before glide kip as it’s less complicated for the beginner.

Stuttgart edition.
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https://twitter.com/morgihurd/status/1193333509722660864
Love this skill. I wish more gymnasts worked it.
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Luan Peszek points out that Olympian Sam did two seasons of Level 4 AND two seasons of Level 5.
Jessica did one season of Level 4 and two seasons of Level 5.
Jessie Pezsek finished a great career finishing at Western Michigan University.
At the time, I was frustrated they were not “staying with the group” and moving up to the next level. However, what I learned after looking back on the situation, is repeating a level was the best thing that could have happened to each of them.
They developed confidence, got a taste of success and mastered the basics. They were able to quickly progress through the levels after …