GOAT. Her tumbling runs are sick.
https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/ ... 21808.html
Simone Biles
Re: Simone Biles
A superb athlete. I marvel at these gymnasts, springboard and platform divers that can perform these precise routines while rolling, twisting and somersaulting in the air for a few seconds....
I hope Ms Biles can keep her act together during the next year and at the Olympics...
I hope Ms Biles can keep her act together during the next year and at the Olympics...
Re: Simone Biles
8th USA gymnastics Championship - I believe this is a new record. That is so awesome.
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Re: Simone Biles
Suni Lee helps give USA a terrific one-two punch:
Reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee overcomes health issue to compete at US Championships
https://apnews.com/article/reigning-oly ... f3a81d2e86
Strictly going by standings, reigning Olympic all-around gold medalist Sunisa Lee finished last at the U.S. Championships — yet ask anybody who knows her and they will view those results in a completely different light.
“I’m beyond proud of her that she was able to come out here and show what she did,” Jordan Chiles said.
“It is exciting to see her overcome everything that she has and come back out here stronger, because I think it does send a good message to the younger ones,” said Simone Biles, who won her eighth championship.
The score sheet with Biles on top and Lee at the very bottom hardly told the story of Lee’s tumultuous year dealing with a kidney-related health issue and just how much it took to even get to San Jose this past week.
more ...
Reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee overcomes health issue to compete at US Championships
https://apnews.com/article/reigning-oly ... f3a81d2e86
Strictly going by standings, reigning Olympic all-around gold medalist Sunisa Lee finished last at the U.S. Championships — yet ask anybody who knows her and they will view those results in a completely different light.
“I’m beyond proud of her that she was able to come out here and show what she did,” Jordan Chiles said.
“It is exciting to see her overcome everything that she has and come back out here stronger, because I think it does send a good message to the younger ones,” said Simone Biles, who won her eighth championship.
The score sheet with Biles on top and Lee at the very bottom hardly told the story of Lee’s tumultuous year dealing with a kidney-related health issue and just how much it took to even get to San Jose this past week.
more ...
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Re: Simone Biles
Cathy Rigby. This gifted cutie inspired an entire generation of gymnasts:
She will always be a great sports heroine to everyone.
She will always be a great sports heroine to everyone.
It has been proven a hundred times that the surest way to the heart of any man, black or white, honest or dishonest, is through justice and fairness.
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Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Re: Simone Biles
Simone has come back stronger than ever, really looks like she's in a class all by herself right now.
This girl is pretty nuts too...this is just amazing.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=sea ... heerleader
This girl is pretty nuts too...this is just amazing.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=sea ... heerleader
Re: Simone Biles
DMac wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 11:29 am Simone has come back stronger than ever, really looks like she's in a class all by herself right now.
This girl is pretty nuts too...this is just amazing.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=sea ... heerleader
Amazing!
It has been proven a hundred times that the surest way to the heart of any man, black or white, honest or dishonest, is through justice and fairness.
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Re: Simone Biles
Many moons ago I was one of many who lobbied for passage of Title IX. At that time I was hoping that it would lead to the promotion of more traditional female sports such as gymnastics (now called artistic gymnastics), synchronized swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatics, competitive team dance, precision team ice dancing (also called synchronized skating), and even Apollonian dance. Bearing in mind that Title IX is gender neutral, I was also hoping to see more mens sports such as field hockey, cricket, rugby (both codes), Greco-Roman wrestling, and hurling. Sad to say, Title IX did not help to promote these sports but, in fact, killed them in many schools. One of the sports that suffered the most was gymnastics, mens gymnastics especially so. As for womens, back in the day we had about 200 college teams around 1970. Today, I understand we have only 63. These losses have been attributed to compliance with Title IX though I do not believe this attribution is entirely warranted. The problem, as I see it, is that schools direct excessively large amounts of financial resources into major sports. This while minor sports go unfunded and then disappear.
In the old days, college sports coaches were paid no more than a professor. That 's the way it should be. There is no need to pay million dollar salaries for coaches. The money can be used to finance all the sports mentioned above while paying the coaches the same amounts as faculty members are. College sports should be about having fun, promoting good character, and good citizenship. Not about enriching coaches who have the option of working in the pro ranks or filling the pockets of school regents.
Let's spread the wealthy and have more college sports. This will likely give us many more Simone Biles, Suni Lees, and Cathy Rigbys.
In the old days, college sports coaches were paid no more than a professor. That 's the way it should be. There is no need to pay million dollar salaries for coaches. The money can be used to finance all the sports mentioned above while paying the coaches the same amounts as faculty members are. College sports should be about having fun, promoting good character, and good citizenship. Not about enriching coaches who have the option of working in the pro ranks or filling the pockets of school regents.
Let's spread the wealthy and have more college sports. This will likely give us many more Simone Biles, Suni Lees, and Cathy Rigbys.
It has been proven a hundred times that the surest way to the heart of any man, black or white, honest or dishonest, is through justice and fairness.
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Tiffany: Gymnastics Super Star!
Tiffany Stratton - folks here in the Tundra are now speaking of Tiffany as the New Goddess of Sports:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qm4x09KT1c
How gymnastics prepared her for wrestling:
https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1350072/ww ... wrestling/
awesomeness:
https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sp ... ymnastics/
This wonderful sport is about so much more than beauty as strength, charisma, conditioning, and stamina are all essential elements. At bottom, it is a sport about personal excellence. The many athletes discussed on this thread fully illustrate all this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qm4x09KT1c
How gymnastics prepared her for wrestling:
https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1350072/ww ... wrestling/
awesomeness:
https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sp ... ymnastics/
This wonderful sport is about so much more than beauty as strength, charisma, conditioning, and stamina are all essential elements. At bottom, it is a sport about personal excellence. The many athletes discussed on this thread fully illustrate all this.
It has been proven a hundred times that the surest way to the heart of any man, black or white, honest or dishonest, is through justice and fairness.
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Re: Simone Biles
Simone Biles wins US Classic ahead of hotly-anticipated Olympics return in Paris
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us- ... 47575.html
Simone Biles certainly looks ready for Paris with more than two months to go before the Olympic games begin. The gymnastics superstar began her bid for a third Olympic team looking as dominant as ever at the US Classic on Saturday, winning the all-around gold with a score of 59.500 – nearly two points clear of runner-up Shilese Jones.
The 27-year-old Biles, the 2016 Olympic champion, recorded the highest score on vault and floor exercise and came in second on uneven bars and balance beam in her 2024 debut.
“I was just happy to be back out there, get through those nerves again, feel that adrenaline,” Biles said. “I can’t really complain how the first meet back was.”
She did a handful of her signature skills, including hitting the Yurchenko double pike on vault and a tumbling pass that ends with a triple-twisting double-flip. Biles completed the vault — which requires her to clasp her hands to her knees while she flips backward twice — with coach Laurent Landi watching from the side. Mr Landi had been standing on the podium to spot Biles during previous attempts, a decision that cost her a half-point neutral deduction.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us- ... 47575.html
Simone Biles certainly looks ready for Paris with more than two months to go before the Olympic games begin. The gymnastics superstar began her bid for a third Olympic team looking as dominant as ever at the US Classic on Saturday, winning the all-around gold with a score of 59.500 – nearly two points clear of runner-up Shilese Jones.
The 27-year-old Biles, the 2016 Olympic champion, recorded the highest score on vault and floor exercise and came in second on uneven bars and balance beam in her 2024 debut.
“I was just happy to be back out there, get through those nerves again, feel that adrenaline,” Biles said. “I can’t really complain how the first meet back was.”
She did a handful of her signature skills, including hitting the Yurchenko double pike on vault and a tumbling pass that ends with a triple-twisting double-flip. Biles completed the vault — which requires her to clasp her hands to her knees while she flips backward twice — with coach Laurent Landi watching from the side. Mr Landi had been standing on the podium to spot Biles during previous attempts, a decision that cost her a half-point neutral deduction.
It has been proven a hundred times that the surest way to the heart of any man, black or white, honest or dishonest, is through justice and fairness.
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq