A lot tougher. 😀
Mathilde Steensgaard is an Obstacle Course Racing European and World Champion.
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GymCastic on Bluesky
@GymCoaching on Twitter is no longer posting nor commenting. Owner / dictator Musk has gotten increasingly dangerous. We are boycotting X.
If YOU are trying to quit Twitter, as well, follow GymCastic on Bluesky, instead.
So far, Bluesky seems the best gymternet alternative.
Here’s their wrap-up of week 2 WAG NCAA.
dance video – Jungle – Keep Me Satisfied
My favourite music video of 2024 was Jungle – Let’s Go Back.
They’re back. New video is somewhat similar.
If ONLY our gymnasts could move half as fluidly as lead dancer Will West.
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Choreographer – Shay Latukolan @shaylatukolan
Assistant Choreographer – Lars Bohte @larsbohte
Dancer – Will West @willwest Dancer – Mille Lund @millelund
Dancer – Stefano A Addae @stefano_saa
Dancer – Kikz Katika @kikzkatika
Dancer – Joy Duckerell @joy_duckrell
Dancer – Fatou Bah @faatoubah
Dancer – Kenrik Sandy @kenrickh2osandy
Dancer – Emma Nielsen @emmanielsenn
Agency – Paraplue @plue_agency
Artist Handler Paraplue – Naïm Ymani @naimymani
Dancer – Jade Monteban @jademonteban
Dancer – Robin Benjamin Hartog @_robinbenjamin
Dancer – Kenzo Alvares @kenzoalvares
Dancer – Jozz Okonkwo @jozz.official
Dancer – Rosa Thomford @rosathomford
Dancer – Devante Walden @devantedw
Men’s NCAA Coaches interviewed on 2025
Wow. The College coaches have widely diverging opinions on the changes put into place for 2025.
Inside Gymnastics – Christy Sandmaier:
The 2025 men’s NCAA season will see not only a new Code of Points in play but also changes to the format of men’s college meets. The head-to-head dual meet format, first introduced in 2021, is now optional, rather than required, but the more major shifts are going from 5-up, 5-count on each event, to 4-up, 4-count, with a new maximum of 12 competing athletes per team, down from 15 in past seasons. …
Inside asked all 15 NCAA men’s gymnastics head coaches for their opinion on these significant shifts in competitive format, and how they feel the new rules will help, or hurt, the sport, and received a wide range of thoughtful, interesting answers…
NCAA Coaches Address Changes in College Men’s Gymnastics
Yuan Xiao, University of Michigan, wonders if MAG NCAA might yet be forced to 3-up, 3-count in the future.
Ignacio Yockers – Pommels
With routines dropping from 10 to 8 skills, I’m guessing many of the top guys will drop the Magyar – Sivado sequence as it takes too many circles. And risks a skew deduction.
2025 CGA All-Stars meet online.
Looks like going shirtless is allowed.
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Simone 2024 Sportsperson of the Year
Kameron Nelson – 2 Triple Backs !
Kameron Nelson — from Avant Coeur Gymnastics, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
First Artistic gymnast to compete 2 Triple Backs on Floor. And only 8 skills count in 2025 so his difficulty score is HUGE.
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Men’s NCAA week 1
Wolfgang Hambüchen interview
Like everyone, I was a huge fan of Olympic Champion Fabian Hambüchen.
Three Olympics. Three medals on H Bar.
Father / Coach Wolfgang tells that his son was VERY inflexible in the hips when he started. But loved our sport.
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Katie Harper – Bars
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