Recent content by Sanzhirovka

And in the case of Russia annexing Ukrainian regions, which part exactly is "complicated"?

Well again, the banning from the Olympic Games is, afaik, pretty directly related to violating the Olympic Charter. That is, Russia illegally annexed regions of Ukraine and forcibly subordinated those regions' regional Olympic committees to their own. FIG is a different matter. However, I...

"Should" is carrying a lot of weight here. Russia is a state with a government that controls its citizens with near omnipresent propaganda. And that propaganda includes using the Olympics and using Olympians - even using athletes who are minors - to bring glory to the state. Any AIN medal is...

I might be interesting to compare average deductions for double tucks vs double pikes.

Other than bars, I don't see that Colas is doing anything terribly "difficult too early". Even on bars, the only thing I might find dangerous is so many inbar skills.

It's worth taking a look at the Instagrams of the gymnasts still at Avoine. Many of them seem to be sticking by their coaches and especially by their club. One of the things that has many people upset is that the Spotgym article dropped just before EOYF and as a result, the Federation banned...

Okay, this time I'll be more straightforwards - we are getting off topic. Also, this comment helps me keep the ads down, I guess?

And Romanian bars - are getting better?

Can someone post the finals results here? Can’t seem to find them even on FIGs Twitter, I guess because I don’t have an account. I’m only seeing their posts from a year ago

Where can i watch qualifications from this?

yeah, that’s the one! I was hoping someone had listened to it and could give me a recap.

Anyone listen to Patrick Kiens interview with apparently with Gymcastic where he supposed talks a bit about working in Romania?

Same. Love Euros. Looking forward to seeing Romania climb back and it will be interesting to see how the new leadership handles it, especially in terms of the national coaching staff.

Hearts out to Ana and Romania. Hope things go their way more and more

Several weeks later she sent a thank you to Martha--she doesn't look up to or admire her, but she did learn from her: Periodization for elite gymnasts, how to be discriminatory about skill choices, how to trust her instincts That is very interesting.