I recently went to OU vs Florida's womens meet. I noticed the mats and equipment are not raised on podiums.
Why do they do podiums in elite? Out of curiosity.. Also, how does the equipment stay stable enough on podiums?
Did anyone else happen to see Riley’s leo for podium training? I know MG Elite pushes the boundaries in regards to their leos, but this one seems unsafe. She was constantly pulling and tugging at the top during training. I would think that this would raise safety concerns because if the gymnast...
Saw this on FloGymnastics:
Floor: Gabby, Laurie, Simone, Aly, Madison
Vault: Laurie, Gabby, Aly, Simone, Madison
Bars: Aly, Simone, Gabby, Madison, Laurie
Beam: Gabby, Aly, Laurie, Simone, Madison
So looks like Laurie won't be able to do AA after all:-(
Wonder if they use her on bars in...
I think we're probably safe in assuming Donnell Whittenburg is the first all arounder. Who will the US put up as the second? I could imagine making an argument for Naddour (hi bar issues), Leyva (consistency), or even jumping Marvin Kimble from alternate to all arounder, figuring the experience...
Is anyone else watching the podium training live feed? I saw that Simone has a punch barani on beam now! I'm having a little bit of a hard time IDing most of the gymnasts but I'm pretty sure I saw Aly on vault and her DTY didn't look as clean as I expected.
Any other observations?
Do you know of anywhere online where I can watch the Olympic podium training? I think I remember watching it online 4 years ago, but I can't remember where...
Thank you!
USA gymnastics posted videos of all 24 routines for the US girls and if you haven't seen them, you should. When they say the US team is deep this year, boy they aren't kidding... These six girls are profoundly good and they aren't even all seniors.
Gabrielle Douglas - Vault - 2012 Kellogg's...
Is that just what it's called or are there more than one type of training session? The other question could be in the question thread but since I saw it on a video of practice for the visa Championships I'll ask here.
There was a girl doing her bars routine and her coach would clap loudly when...