Tag Archives: gymnastics

#VintaGymnastics – Olga Korbut

Everytime I think of Olga, I can’t keep myself from smiling. Her routines were superb, done with such ease and cheerfulness, just a joy to watch.  Especially her uneven bars and beam routines are unique, including her own signature elements,

#VintaGymnastics – Vera Caslavska

How can I describe the distinguished Vera? The gymnast  who competed at three Olympics,  won seven Olympic gold medals, received two scores of 10 at  the 1967 European Championships, trained with potato sacks and logs replacing beams during the Soviet

3 non-Romanian gymnastics performances I enjoyed in 2013

As we draw to the end of this year, I cannot help but wonder at how quickly it seems to have passed. 2013 was a year of transition, from an Olympic cycle to another. We left London behind and started

[Mondiale 2013] McKayla Maroney si Kenzo Shirai – primii campioni mondiali in finala pe aparate

Sportpalais, Antwerp (BEL) – Kenzo Shirai din Japonia a castigat in urma cu cateva momente prima finala pe aparate din cadrul Campionatelor Mondiale de gimnastica artistica de la Antwerp. Cu un cvadruplu surub, marca inregistrata “Shirai” incepand cu aceste Mondiale,

Sandra Izbasa: ”I would like to compete first of all for myself…regardless the result”

Sandra Izbasa, our two-times Olympic champion, only did floor on Saturday, during the first competition day of the National Gymnastics Championship. She received the highest score in the competition (15.100), the same as Larisa Iordache. Sandra Izbasa, the floor Olympic

2013 Europeans analysis – #1 Aliya Mustafina

Aliya Mustafina is definitely the gymnast to watch in Moscow. The star of the last Olympic cycle, Aliya, is going to start a new journey, aiming the Rio Games, right on home soil in Russia. Coming after the Olympic Games