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Sokol. Members of the Sokol club in sports costumes, circa 1900. The Sokol movement ( Czech: [ˈsokol], falcon) is an all-age gymnastics organization first founded in Prague in the Czech region of Austria-Hungary in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner. It was based upon the principle of "a strong mind in a sound body".
Sophina Saade DeJesus (born October 6, 1994, in San Jose, California) is an American artistic gymnast and dancer of mixed Puerto Rican and African-American descent. [4] A former elite gymnast, she was a member of the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team from the fall of 2012 to her graduation in 2016.
Before that, she coached at three gyms in California: Diamond Elite Gymnastics in Chino, Club Champion in Pasadena, and East Bay Sports Academy in Concord. [17] On March 29, 2017, Dantzscher was one of several former gymnasts who testified before Congress about the sexual abuse committed by USA Gymnastics' national team doctor, Larry Nassar.
How new compensation rules are transforming college gymnastics and attracting Olympic stars. Kaetlyn Liddy and Carla Kakouris-Solarana. September 19, 2024 at 7:00 AM. Jordan Chiles of Team United ...
Members of the Sokol club in sports costumes, circa 1900. Photographed by Šechtl and Voseček. The Sokol movement (Czech: [ˈsokol], falcon) is an all-age gymnastics organization first founded in Prague in the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner. It was based upon the principle of " a strong mind in a ...
Dominique Helena Moceanu (/ moʊˈtʃiːɑːnuː /, moh-CHEE-ah-noo; Romanian: [moˈtʃe̯anu]; born September 30, 1981) [ 1 ] is a retired [ 2 ] American gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal-winning United States women's gymnastics team, the " Magnificent Seven ", at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Moceanu trained under ...
Inside the design of intricate, crystal-patterned U.S. Olympic gymnastics team leotards. Thuc Nhi Nguyen. July 10, 2024 at 9:30 AM. The day after hearing their names called as members of the 2024 ...
By 1910 it accounted for 60 cities in the Russian Empire that had their Sokol gymnastics societies. The Russian Empire figured among the 12 countries, representatives of which, at the first international Olympic Congress in Paris in 1894, decided to revive the Olympics and established the International Olympic Committee .