We talking about Gymnastics Practice at Fisk University

Fisk University is the first HBCU to launch and house and intercollegiate women’s gymnastics program. The inaugural season will begin in January of next year.

School administrator said he made the decision after the growing interest among student athletes to be an elite HBCU experience.

Now the team is reportedly training at the National Gymnastics Training Center. 

 

Fisk University’s first-ever gymnastics team has yet to compete in an official meet, but one practice was all it took for the now-viral high flyers to win over the internet.

 

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“Woman’s gymnastics exemplifies the values of Fisk University: determination, excellence, and a commitment to a more just and equitable future,” the announcement read.

In March, the team announced it would be head coached by Corrine Tarver, who became the first Black gymnast to win an all-around championship in the National Collegiate Athletics Association while at the University of Georgia.

“Sometimes gymnasts that are Black and Brown are looked at as not having the ideal body type, or they don’t have the right lines or things of that nature,” she told NewsOne. “So if they are not the superstars, they have a tendency to get overlooked a little. This is an opportunity for them to have a place because I understand how that feels, and I invite those girls to come on our team.”

 

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