MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

With Worlds only a couple days away, the gymnasts are hard at work perfecting their routines before the games start. Of course the best part is all the training videos coming from Montreal.

The favorite topic of discussion this quad (besides the hideousness of wolf turns) is the triple twisting Yurchenko. Many have been rumored to be training it, North Korean gymnast Hong Un Jong submitted the triple twisting yurchenko, (known about the gymternet simply as the TTY) at the 2013 world championships,

The ladies of Team USA have arrived in Rio and have begun preparing for their expected Olympic domination. Photos and videos are beginning to surface of the team. Instead of donning the traditional hot pink training leos that have been associated with team USA since the dawn of time, the ladies sport a patriotic red leo with a blue stripe with white stars. Simple, minimalist and definitly not hot pink. #RipHotPinkNation. Photo via Gymternet Clan

With the Rio Olympics just around the corner, gymnasts are adding new skills to their repertoire that they may possibly add to their routines when the time comes. US gymnast, MyKayla Skinner is one such person. Skinner has been busy at work.

World team champion Alyssa Baumann has been caught on video upgrading her skills.  A video has surfaced of Alyssa training an Amanar (yurchenko style vault, round off on, 2 1/2 twists off). This video has been floating around Tumblr for a while (yes, I am very behind and I am sorry) and  The Magnificent USA, Russian and Romania confirmed that this is Alyssa.

I'm super late in posting this and for that, I apologize. via gagecenter.com Here is 2014 Worlds team member, Maddie Desch training at the Ranch for Team USA's January training camp. She's shown adding some upgrades on bars and some new connections on beam and floor. Here is what I saw:

Fear not gymterneters, Laurie Hernandez is back. Thank the Gym Gods. She's featured in this camp video working on all sorts of good upgrades. Follow my blog with Bloglovin

The good folks at USA Gymnastics have once again came through for the Gymternet at large and they have supplied us with training videos from the January training camp. This video features junior Ragan Smith training some pretty bad ass skills for such a tiny person. After watching this video, I now know two things.

Swaggie Maggie is getting her swag on in the gym.. The Pan American Team gold medalist and all-around bronze medalist posted a video on her Instagram account of her training a new skill, a full twisting double layout.

World and Olympic Medalist, Aliya Mustafina is hard at work in her new gymnastics home in Penza. She's fixing something that has plagued her fans for so long... her twisting form.

For a girl that was retiring from elite gymnastics several months ago, Tatiana Nabieva has come back with a vengeance. After helping the Russian team to a bronze medal at the World Championships in Nanning, China, Tataina aka "Tanya" has decided that this is an ideal time for her to train upgrades.

Since injuring herself post Russian Nationals, all has been quiet on Viktoria Komova's front. The 2012 Olympic silver medalist injured her ankle shortly after the Russian national championships, leaving her unable to compete for Russia at the European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Today, a video surfaced of Vika training on the uneven bars, her signature event.

Worlds preparation is entering the home stretch. This means getting in routine shape and putting together new skills. Olympic vault bronze medalist, Russian gymnast Maria Paseka has been seen training a handspring Rudi vault.

Young Bailie Key is joining the ubiquitous Amanar club.

First year senior Alyssa Baumann is finding her niche. In this video from the May national team training camp, Alyssa was shown training beam and bars. She's got those beautiful WOGA lines and it's especially apparent on the beam.

 Here is young Jordan Chiles,another junior on the US National team, during the May training camp. She's only 13 and won't be old enough for the 2016 Olympics in Rio since she'll just be 15. She's got beautiful form and artistry and surprisingly powerful for such a tiny wispy little thing.

Bring on the upgrades. US national team member and Tokyo World Cup silver medalist, Maggie Nichols was spotted at camp adding a serious upgrade to her bar repertoire.

MyKayla Skinner is proving herself to be a valuable part of team USA. At the National team training camp at the Karolyi Ranch, MyKayla has been looking stronger and more consistent than she has.

At the May national team camp, young Bailie Key was seen throwing some serious new skills.

While the European Championships are happening in Sofia, China is hosting the their national championships in Nanning, just four months before the World Championships will be held in the same city. Consider it the Chinese warm up to worlds.