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International Gymnast August 1986

A little sass with the brass

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New FB Page for Gymnastics Drills

Gymnastics Progressions is run by Euro Stars (with Justin Laury). Facebook page for Euro Stars. 

Sonya Profile in the Daily Bruin

Joining UCLA gymnastics as a walk-on, freshman Sonya Meraz started only competing in exhibition routines, but by the end of the season worked herself into one of the team's all-around gymnasts. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Pilfering the entire article:

At the end of the senior meet against Stanford in early March, UCLA gymnastics’ three seniors received farewell cards from their teammates in a warm special presentation. On each card were the signed names of the whole team and a silhouette of the graduating athlete drawn by freshman Sonya Meraz.

Having enjoyed drawing since she was little, Meraz said she is good at drawing animals, especially cats. She took a few drawing classes in high school, but now she mainly does it for fun, updating her Instagram with her recent work. Meraz said she finds parallels between her hobby and gymnastics.
“I have my music on and it’s blasting, I get in the zone for drawing. And I’m just focusing on what I’m doing,” Meraz said. “I think gymnastics is kind of the same. You get into that zone, and you’re just focusing on the little details and what you need to do to make it happen, to make it work, so you can make it good.”

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TBT: Doris Fuchs Brause

1966 World Championships travesty:

Again, disappointment found Doris at the 1966 World Championships.  Her performance on the UB was underscored at 9.866 that caused the audience to explode into thunderous and continuous noise halting the competition for one hour and fifteen minutes; however, the gymnasticswise audience was unable to influence her score. It was not changed. Many in the world’s gymnastic community feel that it was this performance that revolutionized the future of uneven bar routines with its continuous movement and daring elements such as a between the bars salto also known as a Radochia salto according to Wright or a “Brause” according to Doris.

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