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The Final Five meet Zac Efron!

#Simone Biles #Gymnastics #Zac Efron #Olympics #Rio 2016 #FinalFive

Forget the gold medals - THIS will be Simone’s highlight of the Olympics! :P

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2016 American Cup: Maggie Nichols

irishdaniel

She is very photogenic.

Lol her front foot in her leaps drives me crazy because her switch ring is terrific otherwise. Although Maria Kharenkova has a similar issue.

thepushyqueenofsluttown

That front foot is so ridiculous and such an easy fix that it completely ruins her gymnastics for me, if I’m honest. The only event I can stand her on is bars. I honestly wouldn’t mind her beam work if she would just stop with the flexed foot, but…

afanasyevas

^Same! It’s so frustrating!

fuck-usag

WUARGH NOW I SEE IT AND I CANT UNSEE IT

As a ballet dancer, it drives me NUTS! Everything else about her switch ring is great so idk why she can’t fix that.

2016 American Cup: Amy Tinkler

#jenni pinches #great britain #gymnastics #olympics #ucla

WERK! <3

Jenni Pinches

Just listened to British Olympian and UCLA Bruin Jenni Pinches’ @gymcastic interview from episode 20 in 2013 and was inspired to create some GIFs of her illustrious gymnastics career :)

LOVE the leo on the bottom right!

flaviasaraiva

how to beam by yang bo

LOVE HER

decencybedamned

can we please talk about the Arkansas warmup leo

alxblack17

Does it say Wooo Pigs?!

jyosef

WOOOO EY! PIG SOOIE!

decencybedamned

Jesus. Well thanks for clearing that up!

impressedbymckayla

that video is terrifying

What the

Get To Know The Blogger- Gymnastics Edition

In light of the Olympics being next THIS year I decided that I would start a tag to get to know the blogger- gymnastics edition! Once you are tagged (even if you aren’t feel free to do it anyways) fill out the questions and then tag 5-10 more people. If some questions don’t apply to you just leave them blank :) (for example if you aren’t a gymnast put N/A).

I was tagged by: no one, but I read @nanningbee‘s :)

Name: Susie

DOB: November 28

Gym Fan Since: 2008

Coach Since: N/A

Favorite Quad to Date: I’ve really only watched one full quad so far in my gym fandom (2009-2012), but I like this quad the best so far (2013-2016), so hopefully 2016 doesn’t let me down!

Favorite Olympics: 2012

Favorite Worlds: Glasgow 2015

Most Disastrous Competition: Sydney 2000, hands down

Favorite Gymnast of All-time: WAG: I have to pick just ONE? I’ll go with Vanessa Atler but I could give 234348098 different answers to this question, MAG: Danell Leyva

Favorite Gymnast Currently Competing: Simone Biles and Eythora Thorsdottir

Met any gymnastics celebrities?: Sam Peszek and the entire UCLA 2011-2012 team, Miss Val, Chellsie Memmel, Kerri Strug, Shawn Johnson, Paul Hamm...and probably forgetting someone else that I met at the 2012 Olympic Trials :P

Favorite Event to Watch: uneven bars

Favorite Event as a Gymnast: In my brief rec gymnastics experience before I destroyed my body I enjoyed the beam and floor since I could actually do some skills on those two events :P

Gymnastics Pet Peeve: bad form

Favorite Skill(s): double layout

I’d like to tag:

Consider yourself tagged if you read this and want to do it :)

#gymnastics

jordynslefteyebrow

#shawn johnson #gymnastics

I will never get tired of watching Shawn’s beam routines! That tumbling pass in the top image is my FAVORITE, EVER!

dragalescwho

ONE DAY UNTIL NORAH, RAGAN, LAURIE AND A BUNCH OF OTHERS ARE SENIORS

gymnasticdream-deactivated20200

ONE MORE YEAR TO THE ACTUAL ROAD TO RIO BEGINS

arabianpunchfront

Road to Rio… Drink!!

Road to Rio! 20th anniversary of the Mag 7! 40th anniversary of Nadia’s 10!

#gymnastics #olympics #vanessa atler

Thanks @papaliukin for making me feel old (and I’m not THAT old :P Just a quarter-century or so...)

BRING ON 2016, aka Rio Year!

The marvelous Vanessa Atler

She was truly remarkable; one of my favorite gymnasts!

From Wikipedia: “ A member of the U.S. national gymnastics team from the age of 12, Atler was one of the United States' most successful gymnasts as a junior in the late 1990s. Known for her explosive vaults, difficult tumbling skills and likable personality, she won or medaled in several important meets, and was considered to be one of the front-runners for the 2000 Olympics. However, injuries, coaching conflicts, gym changes, mental breakdowns and bulimia symptoms derailed her progress in 1999 and 2000, and after a poor showing at the 2000 Olympic Trials, she was controversially left off the Olympic team despite placing sixth overall. “

I’ve heard that she actually didn’t want to be on the Olympic team and face all that pressure, so for her it was actually a relief not to make it. So sad that gymnasts (and no doubt other Olympic-level athletes) face so much pressure at such a young age! I can’t imagine how tough it must be to be in their shoes! So much respect.

marksmcmorris

thor-has-a-bae

look at those huge f-ing eyes…

I miss her!

txgymcoach

Random thought… There will be no Gabby/Simone match up during the Olympic year (until possibly the olympics). I think that could be why they are both headlining these other events. It makes the Gabby/Simone showdown story way more interesting at the olympics. It’s less interesting if Simone is beating her all year long.

tailofalastor

This is actually 100% valid

movedtotheinternett

They have to compete against eachother at nationals and trials though, but then at least at nationals they can play the “american cup champ vs pac rim champ” card and then the “olympic champion vs world champ” card at trials

mustafinesse

unless maggie beats gabby at american cup *dreams*

txgymcoach

I’m actually excited to see the Maggie/gabby showdown. I think it’ll be a close one.

I agree. It should be a really good competition between the two. I do feel that Gabby has more upgrade potential though, but still could be interesting! I think Maggie already proved she shouldn’t be counted out!

Is the list of Pac Rim attendees out? I’m going since it’s happening approximately 10 miles from my house!

decencybedamned

UCLA is like Romania in that they’ve both been kinda shitty with occasional flashes of brilliance for the bast several years but we keep including them in our list of best teams to watch out for.

LOL they’re also becoming like Romania on bars. You have Peng and Nush who are good, then it’s a bit downhill from there.

arabianpunchfront

Ucla is off my it list atm but their recruit list is hard to ignore. Romania has another year or two before they come off my list. We’ll see!!

I think UCLA is going to have another season on the struggle bus like the last few seasons, but everything could change starting next year when Miss Val finally gets her A+ recruits. I wouldn’t be surprised if we start to see a resurgence after some years in a slump.

beentherestuckthat

whoa whoa UCLA has Peng, Nush and Katelyn. I also wouldn’t be surprised if Savvidou does well in the ncaa circuit on bars.

Well, last year they had Peng, Nush, and Peszek. Those three were definitely in a league of their own on the team and contributed most of the big scores on all events. Last season looked promising in the second half (after such a terrible first half), but alas they crumbled at nationals. Oh well, at least Peszek ended her career on a high note as an individual.