Posts Tagged ‘team gymnastics’
Gymnastics on a Tighter Budget? It’s More than Possible, Here’s How
For children of all ages – boys as well as girls – gymnastics can be a great way to develop all kinds of physical, mental and life skills. It can also be an awful lot of fun and a great way for kids to socialize in a safer environment. Unfortunately some parents are put off…
Read MoreAs an Era Ends, a Look Back at Martha Karolyi’s Gymnastics Legacy
If you followed the gymnastics competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics – and we’re sure you did to at least some extent – the you probably know that at the end of the women’s competition, when the US’ ‘Final Five’ emerged even more triumphant than many people had expected, it was a slightly bitter sweet…
Read MoreMost Memorable Moments from the 2016 Olympic Gymnastic Performances
The 2016 Olympic Gymnastics competitions in Rio were some of the most spectacular, memorable and most watched of all time. Over the course of the competitions nearly 200 hugely talented gymnasts, male and female, flipped, leaped, twisted and soared for the crowd, a crowd that was enthusiastic – and vocal – every second of the…
Read MoreWhy Did the 2016 Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team Name Themselves ‘The Final Five”?
Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman lived up to every expectation that had been placed on them at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and more. They came home with nine medals between them, including the team gold and have officially gone down in the record books as the most successful…
Read MoreMeet the Men of US Gymnastics in Rio to Redeem Their Reputations
In the run up to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, which are now finally here, the Women’s US Gymnastic team has received a huge amount of attention. And not just from the US media either. The ladies are considered hot favorites to scoop up the golds, especially 19 year old ‘supergirl’ Simone Biles and…
Read MoreRemembering The Magnificent Seven Twenty Years Later
Many of the gymnastics fans rooting for the US Women’s Gymnastics team in Rio vividly remember their predecessors, The Fierce Five. Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber famously scored a team gold in London in 2012 and became the darlings of the international media and some of the most recognizable…
Read MoreFour Gymnasts to Watch in Rio Who are Not Simone Biles
Anyone who has even the slightest interest in gymnastics knows that in Rio in August all eyes are going to be on the 19 year old Texan phenom that is the hurricane known as Simone Biles. Many pundits and even former Olympians feel she now has what it takes to make the kind of impact…
Read MoreAs McKayla and Kyla Say Goodbye, A Look Back at the Legacy of the Fierce Five
February 2016 has been a bittersweet month for gymnastics fans. While looking forward more and more every day to the upcoming Olympic trials that will decide just which of the many talented male and female US gymnasts will be heading to Rio in August to represent their country,
Read MoreFive Fabulous Female Gymnasts Who May Be Headed for Rio 2016
On the 5th of August, 2016, the Rio Olympics will officially begin, and by then we will have known for over a month which young female gymnastics stars have made the team that will set out to emulate the amazing success of the ‘Fierce Five’ – Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross, and…
Read MoreWhat Is Competitive or Team Gymnastics?
Everybody has seen a gymnastics competition or exhibition. From floor exercises to the vault to the uneven bars, gymnastics have always been a source of inspiration and athletic accomplishment. Some of the most compelling stories in sports from Nadia Comanechi to the 2012 U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team have come from this storied and competitive field.…
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