The Weekly Roundoff

A roundup of this weeks news from around the gymternet! FIG President calls for sports to be separated from politics: This week, in an interview with Jiji Press, the President of the International Gymnastics Federation, Morinari Watanabe stated that he believes sports and politics should be separated in principle. He was speaking specifically in relation to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the subsequent banning … Continue reading The Weekly Roundoff

The Weekly Roundoff

A roundup of this weeks news from around the gymternet! Chuso is not finished yet! This week, the Uzbekistan Olympic Committee published an interview with two time Olympic medalist, Oksana Chusovitina in which she stated that she is indeed preparing and working towards the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The 46-year-old who had said prior to the Tokyo Games that they would be her last would … Continue reading The Weekly Roundoff

The Weekly Roundoff

A roundup of this weeks news from around the gymtermet! 1. Dominique Moceanu gives birth to third child: 1996 Olympic gold medalist, Dominique Moceanu announced this week that she had given birth to her third child with husband, Mike Canales. The child, a girl named Victoria Olympia Canales will join older sister Carmen and older brother Vincent at home in Ohio where the family reside. … Continue reading The Weekly Roundoff

Figure Skating has it’s Sydney 2000 moment- but it’s much worse

If you were to take a quick glance at Simona Amanar’s Wikipedia page you might be mistaken in thinking that the Romanian had stood atop the all-around podium at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. She is officially named as the 2000 Olympic all-around champion. But Simona was not the gymnast that stood atop the podium on September 21st, 2000 to accept the gold medal. … Continue reading Figure Skating has it’s Sydney 2000 moment- but it’s much worse

2022 Doha World Cup Nominative Roster Released

The 2022 Doha World Cup is set to take place from March 2nd-5th 2022 in Doha, Quatar. The nominative roster has now been released and is as follows: Algeria Chama TemmamiSihem HamidiLahna Salem Australia Breanna Scott Belarus Anastasiya Smantsar Hong Kong Cheuk Lam ChanHiu Ying Wong Hungary Csenge Maria BacskayBianka SchermannDorina Boeczoego Kazakhstan Alexandra ShametkoKorkem YerbossynkyzyAida Bauyrzhanova Malta Ella BorgTara Vella Clark New Zealand Reece … Continue reading 2022 Doha World Cup Nominative Roster Released

2022 Cottbus World Cup Nominative Roster Released

The 2022 Cottbus World Cup is set to be held from 24th-27th February 2022 in Cottbus, Germany. The nominative roster has now been released and is as follows: AZERBAIJAN Samira Gahramanova BELARUS Adelina RylkoAnastasiya Smantsar CANADA Audrey RousseauRose Woo CZECH REPUBLIC Lucie Trnkova GERMANY Lea Marie QuaasAiyu Zhu GREAT BRITAIN Ellie Downie GREECE Elvira KatsaliKonstantina MaragkouAreti Pagoni HONG KONG Charlie Chan Cheuk LamAngel Wong Hiu … Continue reading 2022 Cottbus World Cup Nominative Roster Released

The Weekly Roundoff

A roundup of this weeks news from around the gymternet! Peggy Liddick suspended: Former Australian National Team Coach, Peggy Liddick has been found guilty of multiple allegations of abuse by the Australian National Sports Tribunal and will be suspended for a period of four months from coaching. Liddick, who was also the personal coach of 1996 Olympic gold medalist, Shannon Miller served as the head … Continue reading The Weekly Roundoff

The return of excitement to the sport of Gymnastics

There has been much talk in recent years about the USA’s dominance in the world of women’s artistic gymnastics. The U.S. have been admired from afar by gymnastics programmes around the globe for their success and dominance on the world stage. In the past decade, the U.S. have won every single World and Olympic team title, every single World and Olympic all-around title and have … Continue reading The return of excitement to the sport of Gymnastics

2021 U.S. Olympic alternate Emma Malabuyo talks her comeback from serious injury to make the Olympic team, her plans for college & more

Three years before the Tokyo Olympics were scheduled to take place, Emma Malabuyo was on the top of her game. Malabuyo, who trains in Texas was one of the top junior gymnasts in the U.S. and represented the U.S. at competitions in Canada, Italy and Japan. She also placed 2nd all-around and 1st on floor exercise at the 2017 U.S. National Championships. Leaving behind an … Continue reading 2021 U.S. Olympic alternate Emma Malabuyo talks her comeback from serious injury to make the Olympic team, her plans for college & more

Tokyo Olympic Team Masterlist

Argentina Abigail Magistrati Australia Georgia Godwin Emily Whitehead Austria Elisa Hammerle Azerbaijan Marina Nekrasova Belarus Anastasiya Alistratava Belgium Maellyse Brassart Nina Derwael Lisa Vaelen Jutta Verkest Brazil Rebeca Andrade Flavia Saraiva Canada Ellie Black Brooklyn Moors Ava Stewart Shallon Olsen Caymen Islands Raegan Rutty Chile Simona Castro China Lu Yufei Ou Yushan Tan Xijing Zhang Jin Fan Yilin Guan Chenchen Chinese Taipei Ting Hua-tien Costa … Continue reading Tokyo Olympic Team Masterlist