Kenzo SHIRAI Retires

Kenzo Shirai sensationally won a gold medal on floor in 2013 World Championships. The 17-year-old Shirai was the youngest Japanese male gymnast who won gold medal. He was the part of the gold medal winner Japanese team in 2016 Rio Olympics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_hW_2slfYA Skills Named After Kenzo SHIRAI (2017-21 Code of Points) Unfortunately his persistent ankle … Continue reading Kenzo SHIRAI Retires

Hak-Seon Yang Has Been Selected to Represent South Korea in Tokyo2020 Olympic Games

Hak-Seon Yang, the Vault Olympic Gold medallist in London 2012 has been selected to represent KOR in Tokyo Olympic Games. The vault named after him has still got 6.0 points Start Value which one of the highest in the current MAG Code of Points. Handspring straight front with 3/1 turns was performed for the first … Continue reading Hak-Seon Yang Has Been Selected to Represent South Korea in Tokyo2020 Olympic Games

Men’s Artistic Gymnastics World Rankings

Apparatus World Ranking 2018-2020/21 Floor Exercise                     RK GYMNAST NOC (GER) 2018 (AUS) 2019 (AZE) 2019 (QAT) 2019 (GER) 2019 (AUS) 2020 (AZE) 2020 (QAT) 2020 TOTAL (BEST 3 ) 1 YULO Carlos Edriel PHI  20 30   20         70 1 ZAPATA Rayderley ESP    … Continue reading Men’s Artistic Gymnastics World Rankings

Chinese MAG Championships AA – High Level Nationals, 2021

Xiao Routeng wins the CHN Nationals in 2021 followed by in second place Zhang Boheng and in third place Lin Chaopan. The fourth placed Sun Wei had a superb competition on the second day of the Nationals and deservedly earned the fourth place. Very much likely that these gymnasts secured their spots in the national team for the Tokyo Olympics. 1 … Continue reading Chinese MAG Championships AA – High Level Nationals, 2021

Masters of Ruin – Z Magyar (HUN)

At the beginning of the Olympic cycle, the scores are much lower comparing to the last year’s events of the Olympic cycle. Gymnasts develop their routines’ difficulty and their performance show significant improvement. Their routine construction continuously raises the standard throughout the four years, correspondingly, to the Code of Points. Unfortunately, it does not happen if a gymnast is part of the Hungarian Men’s Artistic National Squad. In 2017 European Championships there we two gymnasts, B KARDOS and A BABOS made the top 24 AA Final.  Sadly, in Basel in … Continue reading Masters of Ruin – Z Magyar (HUN)