Gymternet News

Beth Tweddle is Going Home!

Hi Everyone I just wanted to let you know the good news that I am being discharged from hospital today pic.twitter.com/aN0a56oQy6

— Beth Tweddle (@bethtweddlenews) February 16, 2016

After sustaining a back and neck injury from a February 6th crash while training for the British reality show "The Jump", Tweddle was discharged early Tuesday Morning.  Tweddle had surgery in Austria to fuse her spine, and has reportedly begun to walk unassisted.  Tweddle posted the good news on her personal Twitter page, which is the latest of Tweets from her family updating the world of her ever improving condition.

Tweddle, a two time World Champion on the uneven bars and one time World Champion on the floor, was participating in a practice run for the British reality show "The Jump", when she was injured.  After successfully performing the ski run, Tweddle was unable to stop and crashed into a barricade.  Tweddle's injury is the latest of five injuries to stars of the show, which is now facing a possible cancelation.

We are very excited to hear of Beth Tweddle's improving condition, and continue to wish her well in her recovery.

Laney Madsen Qualifies Elite

The Gymternet has been waiting for Laney Madsen to qualify elite since November 2014, when Madsen became the first gymnast in history to be invited to a National Team camp without ever competing as a gymnast, to see this 14 year old compete at the elite level.  Madsen can call herself an elite gymnast after making a switch from All-Star Cheerleading to gymnastics about 3 years ago, a meteoric rise in the sport.  Madsen received her compulsory and optional scores at the 2016 Brestyan's Las Vegas meet, held from February 12, 2016 to February 14, 2016.

This past year has been one of the roughest for me. I've tried and failed, I've tried again, and failed again. I smiled, I cried, I doubted, I thought it wouldn't be possible anymore, but in the end and in my darkest moments- I pushed and I found my hope. I've never worked so hard in my life. I learned that I need to let go of my fears and rely on God. When I can't see the light, I need to ask God where I go and let Him guide me, because after this bumpy and hard road, God never gave up on me and He led me to achieve my goal🌟 After all the hard work I've put in to this, I finally passed Elite Compulsory today and am finally an Elite Gymnast❤️🙏🏼 Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't do something, you want something, go get it.💪🏼 💜#believe💜 

A video posted by Laney Madsen (@laneymadsen) on Feb 12, 2016 at 11:01pm PST

We congratulate Laney, her coaches, and her family on qualifying elite!

Last Week of Averaged NCAA Rankings

After 7 weeks of NCAA competition, most teams have somewhere between 6-9 meets under their belts.  Next week, after each school has competed in 7 competitions, the rankings will be determined by a Regional Qualifying Score, instead of a straight average.  A team's RQS is determined by taking the top 6 scores, at least 3 of which must be from away meets, and dropping the highest score.  The remaining five scores are then averaged.  Up until this point, rankings have been decided by straight averages.  The Balance Beam Situation has compiled a list of the top 25 teams if RQS was implemented today, and it is a very interesting read!