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Kensley Behel
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Ph.D. Performing Arts Health
Olympic Researcher with NBC
Men’s Gymnastics Coverage via Neutral Deductions

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Not going to World Championships has been so strange because I haven’t missed one in person in seven years, but we are also soaking up these last few moments before baby girl arrives!
October 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What a Final!

History was made as Hashimoto became only the second man in history to win three world AA titles in a row.

Zhang continued his streak of never finishing lower than 2nd in a major AA final!

Noe Seifert won the first Swiss AA medal since 1950!
October 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
MAG PBar Data ahead of the World Championships
October 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
World-Leading Still Rings Scores heading into the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships.

NOTE: Some of the breakdowns for scores (i.e. Donnell's 15.250 from selection camp are not formally available and were left blank on purpose).
October 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Some Pommel Horse Data Ahead of the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships.
October 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Some FX data ahead of the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta

1. Top 8 World FX Scores using Domestic & Int. Comps w/o Bonus

2. Top 8 World FX Scores using Int. Comps ONLY

3. Top FX Difficulty using Domestic & Int. Comps.

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October 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Public update about Lorenzo Bonicelli’s injury from FIG MTC member, Steve Butcher
July 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
PODCAST: The Death of the Scale??

We discuss if the scale is actually going away, and if so, what might be replacing it!

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July 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
2025 European Gymnastics Champions: Great Britain

Team: Harry Hepworth, Jake Jarman, Jamie Lewis, Jonas Rushworth, and Luke Whitehouse
May 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
OKA Shinnosuke defeats Hashimoto Daiki for the 2025 NHK Trophy AA title.

Both Oka and Hashimoto have automatically locked spots on the World Championships team!
May 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Event Leaders after Qualifications at the 2025 Chinese Gymnastics Championships.

Of note: Zou Jingyuan is the first gymnast to break 15 on parallel bars and did so with a hop on the landing. Liu Yang tied Adem Asil's world-leading score on rings from the Osijek World Cup.
May 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Chinese Gymnastics Championships Top 6 AA Qualifiers
May 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Team Netherlands for the 2025 European Gymnastics Championships!
May 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Team FINLAND for the 2025 European Championships
May 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Event leaders after Day 1 in Varna!

👀 Ngoc Xuan Thien posted the highest pommel horse score from an FIG meet in 2025!
May 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The accolades keep coming for Olympic medalist, Stephen Nedoroscik. The two-time bronze medalist has now been nominated for Critics Choice Award Male Star of the Year!

Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles
May 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Team Switzerland
April 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Team France
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🧵 Leipzig 2025 Euros MAG Teams

Team Great Britain
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Headed to the University of Michigan this week to work with ESPN on the NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships Broadcast!

I'll be in a similar role to my role at the Olympics (aka behind the scenes crunching numbers and providing research)
April 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Day 1 MAG Qualifiers from the 2025 Osijek World Cup!
April 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Dang & Hoopes made history this past weekend! Since the open-ended code (2006) they are the only U.S. MAG athletes to have gone 1-2 on pommel horse at an FIG World Cup.
March 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Event Leaders following Qualification at the Baku World Cup
March 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I asked USAG why "in priority order" was ignored in National Team selection, this was their response.
March 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Riley Loos Is the 2025 Winter Cup Champ!
February 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM