Recent content by Peridot

I have seen some very impressive videos of African athletes (unsure which country) competing on foam mats. It would be amazing ti see what they could do with decent equipment. Do these athletes ever get the chance to compete internationally?

I’m so distracted by the way she holds a pen to write 😅 How old is she now? It’s great to see so many “older” athletes staying in the sport. Don’t necessarily love her gymnastics but she’s got my support

Is it possible to do a Korbut without bending your arms?

It was the straddle jump 1/1 yes. And I agree it did not look fully rotated but wasn’t 100% sure since he jumped straight out of it

How DO you pronounce it? I assumed M-J …. Is that wrong? I work with kids and shudder at some of the names. I have an amazing collection of names 😂

I think comedian Joe Lycett did a whole show on this topic. He visited all the birminghams to invite them to be sister cities or something along those lines. (He is from Birmingham England).

She (Liddick) has judged me at local events! I see her very regularly

Different person 🙂 I just wanted to change from my actual name and chose the name of a character from a tv show I like 😅 I was on gym world back in 2004 but mostly read with only rare posts (hence the name change soni felt I could post more). I lurked a little bit in other forums too but I...

I think maybe yes, I need to pick a team to follow

Thank you for this very detailed reply! I probably should have prefaced by saying I’m not American so don’t really have a great understanding of sport or college in the US; but I think I can kind of piece it together from this description and from what others have said. I’ll have to try and...

I watched a meet on YouTube (I’m not actually sure what I watched, Cal, Oregon, UCLA). Can someone give me a rundown on how this all works? Who competes against who? How the season works etc? What the different ?divisions Mean - pac10 etc. Maybe this will be the year I actually understand it...

Even though I’ve read the book a couple of times myself, I greatly enjoyed “re reading” it via your summaries and the surrounding conversations… thank you!!

I just finished watching it… I really enjoyed it but was also simultaneously slightly horrified by what they are forced through. I was thinking of it when I was reading some of these descriptions from the show

It fascinates me how many gymnasts do not buckle their grips completely. Having those flappy ends would drive me mad!

Yes the shorts part need to be a little firmer fitting or a little longer so they don’t ride up and crease like that