Gymternet Weekly: Feb. 17-23, 2020
It’s never a dull week around the gymternet! Here’s our weekly round-up of news, videos, and more from your favorite gymnasts.
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1. The Russian ladies Tik Tok’d
It looks like this took place during some kind of promo shoot, but V interesting nonetheless.
2. The reigning Olympic vault champion retired
Ri Se Gwang, who has two vaults named for him in the Men’s Code of Points, retired after an epic Korea. Read more about it here.
3. BYU’s Shannon Evans won all the awards
The senior AAI Award nominee was named the MRGC Gymnast, Vault Specialist, and Uneven Bars Specialist of the Week.
4. Sam Oldham had great power on pommels
The Olympic bronze medalist also recently opened about his struggle with mental health and the road to Tokyo.
5. Chuso upstaged us all on beam
Never change, Chuso. Never change.
6. Bram got de Verhofstad into the COP
7. The lovely Eythora did some agility training
We could never. Eythora is the Dutch queen we don’t deserve.
8. Tanaka STUCK IT in Melbourne
The double pike of our dreams.
9. Chellsie Memmel did THAT
Someone give her a leo and Olympic spot NOW.
10. Gage Dyer was #goals on floor
Dyer won floor at the 2020 Winter Cup. That front double pike is the stuff of our dreams.
11. Gymnastics represented in the land down under
Seriously, it was a competition to remember. Recaps here: qualifications day 1, qualifications day 2, finals day 1, finals day 2.
12. Australia’s Tyson Bull shared this masterpiece
13. Michigan went BIG
The Wolverines earned their fourth-straight Big Ten regular season title and a program-record 197.950. Read more here.
14. Supportive teammates… supported at OSU
15. Laurie Hernandez looked LEGIT on beam
It will never get old watching this beam queen kill it.
16. James Hall turned into a tornado
17. Olivia Dunne is heading to Milwaukee
The former elite qualified in one of the final spot for the Nastia Liukin Cup in a fittingly Nastia-pink leo!
18. And FRESHMAN Abby Paulson did the dang thing!
Paulson channeled her inner Peng-Peng Lee against… Peng Peng’s old team… to earn her first-ever perfect 10 and secure the win for Utah.
