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Whitlock & Smith Provide 1-2 Punch for Brits on Pommel Horse

Whitlock & Smith Provide 1-2 Punch for Brits on Pommel Horse

British Men's Gymnastics is having a remarkable World Championships. After winning their first medal (silver) in the team competition, the Brits added to their medal haul in the first day of Event Finals. Max Whitlock earned silver on FX (15.566) and won his first World's gold medal on [...more]

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Uchimura Makes it a Half-Dozen World All-Around Titles

Uchimura Makes it a Half-Dozen World All-Around Titles

Japan's Kohei Uchimura--The King--has dominated men's gymnastics like no other has done before. He makes it look so easy that many almost take him for granted. He's a reliable entity, like the sun rising every morning. Only fitting--Japan is called "the [...more]

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Uchimura Leads Japan to World Men’s Gymnastics Title

Uchimura Leads Japan to World Men’s Gymnastics Title

The monkey is finally off their collective backs. Kohei Uchimura and his teammates finally won a World Team title, their first since 1978. Incredibly, it wasn't their long-time nemesis, China, who they ended up edging out. It was Great Britain! The Brits won their first team medal in the history of the World Championships. Rather historic, especially after their [...more]

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Danell Leyva Leads Team USA to Finals and ’16 Olympic Berth

Danell Leyva Leads Team USA to Finals and ’16 Olympic Berth

The U.S. men's gymnastics team looked a little sloppy and raggedy at times, but they got the job done. Their 5th place finish in the qualifying round of the 2015 World Championships guaranteed their placement in Team Finals and an all-expenses paid trip to Rio next summer. For good measure, our guys qualified for eight Event Finals spots, led by Danell Leyva in the [...more]

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Jake Dalton?

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Jake Dalton?

How do you solve the problem of deciding the best team of gymnasts to represent your country in a Worlds or Olympics? How much do you need to know and when do you need to know it? There are some opinions that the United States men’s gymnastics program is choosing its team too early and should follow the lead of [...more]

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Intercollegiate Gymnasts on the World Stage

Intercollegiate Gymnasts on the World Stage

Check out this list of current and former male NCAA gymnasts on the nominative list for the 2015 World Championships! [...more]

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Update From Temple Men’s Gymnastics

Update From Temple Men’s Gymnastics

Temple University’s Men’s Gymnastics team continues to compete with varsity and club collegiate programs despite being dropped from varsity status on July 1, 2014. Its slogan is “Dropped but not Broken.” Starting in 1926, Temple had sponsored varsity men’s gymnastics for 88 years until its recent demotion to an elite club within the Campus Recreation Department. Coach Fred Turoff continues as head coach and is entering his [...more]

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NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Update From Coach Mike Burns

NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Update From Coach Mike Burns

University of Minnesota Head Coach Mike Burns has submitted the following update on the status of NCAA Men's Gymnastics. He has made us all aware of the top mandate for gym fans... We need to fill up St. John Arena April 14-16. Ohio State will be hosting the 2016 NCAA Championships, and will be a logistically desirable location to draw large numbers of fans from all over the midwest and beyond. We've received our marching orders... Let's Fill Up St. John! [...more]

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StickItMedia Exclusive Interview:  Heinz Schulmeister

StickItMedia Exclusive Interview: Heinz Schulmeister

We're excited to present an exclusive interview with Coach Heinz Schulmeister of SoCal United (SCU), the newest men's intercollegiate gymnastics program. Long a hotbed for men's gymnastics talent, the Southern California area has been without a intercollegiate program since the demise of UCLA's storied program back in 1994. Aside from Stanford and Cal, Southern California high school graduates have had to venture out-of-state to participate in men's intercollegiate gymnastics. Along came Schulmeister, a men's club coach at Torrance's Studio West, to found an exciting new [...more]

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Mikulak, Watts & Grooms Earn U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Titles; World Team Announced

Mikulak, Watts & Grooms Earn U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Titles; World Team Announced

To most men's gymnastics fans, it was a foregone conclusion. Nothing was going to prevent Sam Mikulak from winning another U.S. Championship. In fact, Mikulak (183.65) went wire-to-wire to capture his third straight all-around title. In doing so, Mikulak earned automatic selection to the 2015 World Team. Joining him with an automatic berth is 2nd-place finisher Donnell Whittenburg (179.30). Mikulak and Whittenburg each earned top 3 placements on [...more]

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