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Post by Admin on Aug 17, 2018 18:55:17 GMT
2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships - Junior Women - Day 1 It has been a difficult year for USA Gymnastics as it continues to experience the fallout of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse case, with new survivors coming forward almost weekly. Former Olympic gymnasts Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian announced they too had both been victims on Thursday, joining the growing list of over 300, which includes Simone Biles and several of her former national teammates. Questions continue to swirl about the organization's future and leadership. As a result, the actual sport and competition have deservedly seemed secondary. "It's definitely been a transition," said Ragan Smith, the reigning all-around national champion and 2016 Olympic alternate. "We're just training at our gyms right now. I went to a training camp in Tennessee, but that's the one that got cancelled halfway through because everyone got fired. It's definitely different. "We don't see the other girls often anymore .... It's definitely harder because you're not really sure what everyone's doing or what you're expected to do."
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Post by Admin on Aug 18, 2018 19:30:47 GMT
2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships - Senior Women - Day 1 Grace McCallum cracks the top 3, but Simone Biles still leads the way. Morgan Hurd in second going into the final rotation!
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Post by Admin on Aug 19, 2018 19:11:13 GMT
2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships - Junior Women - Day 2 A three way tie for second place with ONE rotation left! Who ya got? Leanne Wong wins the #USGymChamps for junior women!
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Post by Admin on Aug 20, 2018 18:52:00 GMT
2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships - Senior Women - Day 2 - International Feed The Olympic champion not only won her fifth title at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Sunday night, she swept all four of the event titles. Even her “worst” event, uneven bars. “I guess I never thought it would be possible because you have to be so consistent,” said Biles, the first woman to sweep all the titles at nationals since Dominique Dawes in 1994. Fast-forward a couple of months, and there’s a chance she could claim a medal on every event at the world championships in Doha, Qatar. That’s almost unheard of because the events require such different strengths: power and amplitude on floor exercise and vault, grace and precision on uneven bars and balance beam. Gymnasts need a combination of all of those qualities, of course. But it’s rare for a gymnast to have them at a level high enough to be a medal contender on every event. “I saw it once before,” Tom Forster, the coordinator for the women’s national team, said, referring to Dawes. “It was shocking then and it’s shocking now, too. It’s incredible. Simone Biles – Floor Exercise – 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships – Senior Women Day 1 Score: 14.450 (6.7, 8.350, -0.6) Aug. 17, 2018 – TD Garden – Boston, Mass.
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Post by Admin on Aug 22, 2018 19:06:20 GMT
Interview: Riley McCusker - Day 2, 2018 US Championships
Senior U.S. Championships
🥇1 Simone Biles, WCC, 119.850 🥈2 Morgan Hurd, First State, 113.300 🥉3 Riley McCusker, MG Elite, 112.750
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