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Donnell Whittenburg
Donnell Whittenburg (born August 18, 1994) is an American artistic gymnast. He is a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. Early life and education Whittenburg was born on August 18, 1994, in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Edgewood High School and later a local community college and DeVry University. He was coached as a youth by Abdul Mammeri. He decided to pursue gymnastics and moved to Colorado to attend the United States Olympic Training Center under Vitaly Marinich. Gymnastics career Whittenburg's strongest events are rings, vault, and floor. He won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He was the 2014 U.S. National champion on Vault and is the 2015 U.S. national champion on rings. At the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Whittenburg won the bronze medal in the team event with the Americans, and contributed scored on floor exercise (15.300), still rings (14.766), vault (14.966) and parallel bars ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Winter Cup
The 2024 Winter Cup, known officially as the Kentucky Winter Classic, was an artistic gymnastics competition held at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 23–25, 2024. As in recent years, the competition included men's and women's gymnastics. Background The event was held in Louisville, which had hosted the previous Winter Cup. Three-time Olympic champion Gabby Douglas, who had last competed eight years earlier at the 2016 Olympic Games, announced she would make her competitive comeback at the 2024 Winter Cup; she later withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19. Competition schedule The competition had senior and junior competitions for both women's and men's disciplines. The competition schedule was (all times in eastern). Friday, February 23: * Winter Cup – Senior Men – Day 1, 1:30 p.m. * Winter Cup – Junior Women, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, February 24: * Winter Cup – Senior Women, 1:00 p.m. * Elite Team Cup; Junior Men Competition Day 1, 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2023 Pan American Games – Men's Rings
The men's rings gymnastic event at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on October 24 at the Training Center for Collective Sport. Results Final Qualification References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games - Men's rings Artistic Art is a diverse range of culture, cultural activity centered around works of art, ''works'' utilizing Creativity, creative or imagination, imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an express ... Pan American Games 2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vault (gymnastics)
The vault is an artistic gymnastics maneuver typically performed on a pommel horse or a vaulting table. Both male and female gymnasts perform the vault. The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is VT. The apparatus German Friedrich Ludwig Jahn popularized the vault's early forms. The apparatus itself originated as a "horse", much like the pommel horse but without the handles; it was sometimes known as the vaulting horse. The horse was set up with its long dimension perpendicular to the run for women, and parallel for men.What's With That Weird New Vault? an August 2004 "Explainer" article from ''Slate (magazine), Slate'' The vaulting horse was the apparatus used in the Olympics for over a century, beginning with the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's vault, Men's vault in the first modern Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rings (gymnastics)
The rings, also known as still rings (in contrast to flying rings), is an artistic gymnastics apparatus and the event that uses it. It is traditionally used only by male gymnasts due to its extreme upper body strength requirements. Gymnasts often wear Grip (gymnastics), ring grips while performing. The apparatus The apparatus consists of two rings that hang freely from a rigid metal frame. Each ring is supported by a strap, which connects to a steel cable suspended from the metal frame. The gymnast, who grips one ring with each hand, must control the movement of the rings and their body movements at all times. Dimensions The measurements of the standard apparatus are specified by Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, Fédération internationale de gymnastique (FIG) in its ''Apparatus Norms'' document: * Inner diameter: ± * Diameter of profile: ± * Distance from the point of attachment to the lower inner side of the rings: ± * Distance between two points of att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Baltimore Sun
''The Baltimore Sun'' is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local, regional, national, and international news. Founded in 1837, the newspaper was owned by Tribune Publishing until May 2021, when it was acquired by Alden Global Capital, which operates its media properties through Digital First Media. David D. Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, closed a deal to buy the paper on January 15, 2024. History 19th century ''The Sun'' was founded on May 17, 1837, by Arunah Shepherdson Abell and two associates, William Moseley Swain from Rhode Island, and Azariah H. Simmons from Philadelphia, where they had started and published the '' Public Ledger'' the year before. Abell became a journalist with the ''Providence Patriot'' and later worked with newspapers in New York City and Boston.Van Doren, Charles and Robert McKendry, ed., ''Webster's American Biographies''. (Springfield, Massa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgewood High School (Edgewood, Maryland)
Edgewood High School (EHS) is a four-year public high school in Edgewood, Maryland, Edgewood in Harford County, Maryland, Harford County, Maryland, United States. The school is located in the southern portion of the county near U.S. Route 40 in Maryland, U.S. Route 40. It is home to the International Baccalaureate program for Harford County, as well as the Academy of Finance and the Teacher Academy of Maryland (TAM) programs. About the School Facilities The former Edgewood High School building was on slightly more than and according to Maryland state records, the primary structure was built in 1954. Since that time, it was renovated or added to five times, in the years 1958, 1967, 1969, 1975, and 1996. With the recent population growth in Harford County, combined with the expected population growth due to Base Realignment and Closure, 2005, BRAC, it was decided to build a new school building on the same grounds. Completed in 2010, the new building is and increases the stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artistic Gymnast
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used to score performances and regulates all aspects of elite international competition. Within individual countries, gymnastics is regulated by national federations such as British Gymnastics and USA Gymnastics. Artistic gymnastics is a popular spectator sport at many competitions, including the Summer Olympic Games. History The gymnastic system was mentioned in writings by ancient authors, including Homer, Aristotle, and Plato. It included many disciplines that later became independent sports, such as swimming, racing, wrestling, boxing, and horse riding. It was also used for military training. Gymnastics evolved in Bohemia and what later became Germany at the beginning of the 19th century. The term "artistic gymnastics" was introduced to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artistic Gymnastics World Cup
The Artistic Gymnastics World Cup is a competition series for artistic gymnastics sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). It is one of the few tournaments in artistic gymnastics officially organized by FIG, as well as the World Championships and the gymnastics competitions at the Olympic Games and the Youth Olympics. Beginning in the 2017-2020 quadrennium, the All-Around and Individual Apparatus World Cup series are used to qualify a maximum of seven spots to the Olympic Games. History The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) hosted the first artistic gymnastics on an international scale in 1975. This genre of sport from then onwards was named as the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, an original competition reserved for the current best gymnasts. It was composed of a single and unique event, bringing together very few gymnasts in all around competition and in apparatus finals. This initiative was taken in a particular context, since the world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships
The 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships is the fifteenth edition of the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships. The competition was held April 8–10, 2016 at the Xfinity Arena (for artistic and trampoline events) and the Everett Community College (for rhythmic events) – both of which are in Everett, Washington. The 2016 event marks the fifth time that the Championships have been held in the United States, and the second time in Everett (the first being 2012). The event served as the second international team elite competition for the U.S. women's national team (after the City of Jesolo Trophy) and the first for the men's team. Background On March 17, 2015, American national gymnastics governing body USA Gymnastics announced that Everett had been selected to host the Championships for the 2016 edition – a result of the successful event in 2012. USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny said the 2012 championships were "the best Pacific Rim gymnastics event we've SA Gymna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Pan American Gymnastics Championships
The 2021 Pan American Gymnastics Championships was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2021. Three gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics (from June 4–6), rhythmic gymnastics (from June 11–13) and trampolining, trampoline (from June 11–13). The event was originally to be held in the United States but was changed due to concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic. The event serves as Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification, qualification to the 2020 Olympic Games. Medalists Artistic gymnastics ;Notes :On June 23, 2021, Argentinian gymnast Martina Dominici was provisionally suspended for using a banned substance during the 2021 Pan American Championships. Dominici's scores have been removed from the official results. She had previously won the vault gold medal, all-around and floor exercise silver medals, and the uneven bars bronze medal, along with a bronze medal with the team. Rhythmic gymnastics Trampoline gymnastics Meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2023 Pan American Games – Men's Artistic Individual All-around
The men's artistic individual all-around gymnastic event at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on October 23 at the Training Center for Collective Sport in Santiago, Chile. Félix Dolci of Canada became the first Canadian to win the men's all-around title since Wilhelm Weiler did so at the 1963 Pan American Games. Results Final Qualification References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games - Men's artistic individual all-around Artistic Art is a diverse range of culture, cultural activity centered around works of art, ''works'' utilizing Creativity, creative or imagination, imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an express ... Pan American Games 2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
