Gymnast Li Xiaopeng and speed skater Yang Yang have been elected the newest members of the Laureus World Sports Academy. Legendary speed skater and International Olympic Committee member Yang Yang and Chinese Olympic gymnast Li Xiaopeng now become the 49th and 50th members of the Laureus Academy, a unique collection of the world’s greatest living sportsmen and sportswomen dedicated to changing the world through the power of sport. Olympic legend Edwin Moses, Chairman of the Laureus World...
The book "Championship Gymnastics" represents an entirely new approach to the study and understanding of gymnastics movement. It is the only textbook on the market that bridges the gap between theory and practice. Whether you are a gymnastics performer, teacher, coach, or even a judge, thi s textbook seamlessly weaves together the “science” of biomechanics with the “art” of gymnastics movement. Rather than laboring on complex physics formulas, fundamental principles of biomechanics are clearly explained and presented...
Representatives from 22 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Europe gathered in Baku this week to take part in the third, and final, NOC Open Day ahead of this summer’s inaugural European Games. The three-day programme saw 59 delegates from around Europe receive updates on the latest Games preparations, with presentations and workshops delivered by several Baku 2015 directorates including Medical and Anti-doping, Transport, and Accommodation.
Olympic medalists Jonathan Horton, Danell Leyva and Oksana Chusovitina and Olympic team members John Orozco and Jake Dalton will be among competitors at the Jewish Community Center of Houston’s 2015 21st Houston National Invitational gymnastics meet Friday and Saturday at NRG Arena.
Horton, a two-time 2008 Olympic medalist and two-time national all-around champion from Houston, and Leyva, bronze medalist in the 2012 Olympic all-around and the 2011 world parallel bars champion, will be joined at the annual meet by...
Taking a breather after busy fall, two-time Canadian gymnastics champion Ellie BLACK of Halifax made the most of the one event she entered this year at Elite Canada, easily winning the gold in the women’s beam final on Sunday, February 01.
Ellie Black, who ranked 7th on balance beam at the 2014 world championships in Nanning, finished well ahead of the seven other Elite Canada finalists with a score of 14.950 points.