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Hard work the cure for Australian gymnasts
Australia's gymnasts have world-class facilities and support but will continue to under-perform without hard work and greater development of junior talent.
That's the blunt verdict from newly-appointed women's national team coach Mihai Brestyan ahead of this week's national championships in Melbourne.
Brestyan was appointed in March to replace the long-serving Peggy Liddick after Australia's women failed to qualify for the team event at the Rio Olympics.
A decorated coach in the United States, Brestyan believes Australia's gymnasts have the potential to deliver much better results.
"It's one of the countries I think should be on top of the world, based on the facilities you have, based on the conditions, on the support from the government," he told AAP.
"Something is wrong maybe in the concept of the preparation, and the idea of working hard is not enough compared to what we have in the United States.
"It's a huge difference - the efficiency of the practice, the intensity during the practice.
"The problem is how I can implement the knowledge from the books, from the TV, the clinics, in my gym, and what I do in there.
"This is, in my mind, a
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I'm an All-Around Gymnastics Fan: My events include reading, watching, commenting, and writing
I'm a big women's gymnastics fan. Knowing I love dance, sports, and nearly all things feminine and strong, this should come as no surprise. If you know me it's also no surprise that while I took gymnastics as a kid I didn't last long. I was flexible, but I was also fearful (I would think to myself, "Why should I risk falling off that beam when I can read a book about someone else on the beam?"). It's been a thrilling 24 hours for fans of USA gymnastics, with the women's team winning the team gold in decisive fashion.
As Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas prepare to compete in the All-Around competition I've been preparing for my own All-Around gymnastics meet. My best event is the first- reading- and I'm really trying to up my game in the last event- writing.
1) Reading- Every four years the gymnastics shelf at the library gets restocked. This year the bookshelf is especially full (likely due to the continued popularity of Nastia Liukin, Alicia Sacramone, and Shawn Johnson from the last Games) for both kids and adults.
First is Donna Freitas' Gold Medal Summer, which I especially enjoyed knowing Freitas is a professor (of religion).
The message of Gold Medal Summer-- t
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Top women's tutor for Athletics Australia
Leading cosmopolitan coach Mihai Brestyan disposition steer Australia's gymnastics ambition to description 2020 Athletics Games abaft being decreed women's own coach.
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