Entries from August 2010 ↓

Now posted in both English and Russian.

… the Official Website dedicated to the talented Russian Artistic Gymnast Anastasia. Anastasia is a three-time Gold Medallist at the 2010 Junior European Championship in Birmingham in the Uneven Bars, Floor Exercise, and Team Final! She is also the Silver Medallist in the All Around …

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Bar clinic today. We’ll be talking, as always, about tangent of release:

… the body’s mass center exits from any external swing at a 90° angle to its radius of rotation (tangent to the swing) …

Just as the archer’s bow establishes the flight direction of the arrow, so too does the tangent release establish the flight direction of the gymnast. …

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double back tucked

Information excerpted from Championship Gymnastics: Biomechanical Techniques for Shaping Winners, by Gerald S. George, Ph.D.

That graphic would generate a discussion regarding whether or not she might “pull-in” to the bar by shortening the body before release. … She might.

I’ll use this layout flyaway graphic, instead, to introduce the concept of “tanget” to the point of release of swing.

Of course the path of flight is a “parabola” after release. (Unless the gymnast goes straight up, straight down.)

The problem with biomechanics is the risk of generating more heat than light.

There are a number of wrap-ups on the Youth Olympic Games.

Gymnastics – No Ceiling posted videos of 10 of the best performances at the YOG.

One of the biggest surprises was Guatemala’s Ana Sofia Gomez Porras on Beam. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That was also posted on Amy’s The All Around tumblr blog.

Watch Beam Finals highlights on the official YOG YouTube channel.

McKayla Maroney

… clean, powerful, and technically precise – one of the most effortless appearing Amanars in the world. She scored a huge 9.6 E-score and 16.1 final score …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That comes from Andy Thornton’s American Gymnast blog – Women’s Top Five Routines…Visa Championships

Click PLAY or watch the endlessly entertaining Alicia Sacramone on YouTube.

I didn’t vomit anywhere out of nerves …

Breaking. Today.

Almost everyone knows Don from his many years at Woodward West Gym Camp. He and wife Sara today agreed to move to Go For It Gymnastics in Las Vegas.

Fantastic news. Everyone at the gym is SUPER excited.

The 2004 Olympic Floor Champion is headliner at our clinic at Go For It Gymnastics.

We’re doing 4hrs coaching clinic, 4hrs athlete camp. (90 athletes)

Themes: Gymnastics is FUN. Gymnastics is SAFE. Gymnastics is … EASY.

Ultra-clean with good potential.

Linked via Aunt Joyce.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The WOGA tap over the low bar seems to work well for her.

Greg Marsden – Wall Photos on Facebook

Do I spoil my girls? You bet I do!

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Congratulations to Oleg and Ukraine.

Here’s The All Around wrap-up of the last day of Finals, including a description of his win on P Bars.

Oleg Stepko

From the Facebook album: 2010 Youth Olympic Games by Grace Chiu GraceClick

The biggest surprise of the morning was that these two gymnasts finished GOLD and SILVER on Vault in a competition that has the word “Olympics” on top of the banner.

Vault: 1. Ganbat (MGL) 2. Arican (TUR) 3. Abad (ESP)

… Erdenebold Ganbat took gold in the vault to give Mongolia its most successful result in history. With a handspring double front and a double-twisting Tsukahara, Ganbat edged Turkey’s Ferhat Arican (handspring full to piked front, Tsukahara 2 1/2), 15.650-15.662. Top qualifier Nestor Abad (Spain) won the bronze (15.450). …

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Erdennbold Ganbat of Mongolia:

And here’s Ferhat Arican of Turkey.

How fantastic for those up-and-coming gymnasts, their coaches, their federations.

The absurdly difficult open-ended F.I.G. rules have not slowed the progress of international development on the Men’s side.

Here’s the IG write up on the last day of Artistic competition at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore:

In the wake of mistake’s from all-around champion Viktoria Komova, China’s Tan Sixin claimed both women’s gold medals Sunday. Tan, the all-around and uneven bars runner-up, was near perfect on balance beam and floor exercise. Tan nailed her acrobatics on beam, including a high two-foot layout to Korbut; switch Yang Bo; front tuck; and a front aerial sheep jump. She took one step to the side on her dismount (ff, ff 2 1/2) to earn 15.550 (6.3/9.25).

Komova appeared tired after victories Thursday in the all-around and on Saturday in the vault and uneven bars. …

read more – Tan Takes Two Golds in Youth Olympics Finals

Let’s start a scandalous rumour …

Tan Sixin is TOO OLD for the “Youth” Olympics. Her age documentation falsified. I read it on the internet, … somewhere …

Artistic Gymnastics has concluded.

China’s Tan Sixin was the STAR of the final day of Finals.

Floor: 1. Tan (CHN) 2. Bulimar (ROU) 3. Komova (RUS)
Beam: 1. Tan (CHN) 2. Ferlito (ITA) 3. Donald … Komova 7th (2 falls)

Vault: 1. Ganbat (MGL) 2. Arican (TUR) 3. Abad (ESP)
Parallel Bars: 1. Stepko (UKR) 2. Muntean (ROU) 3. Edalli (ITA)
High Bar: 1. Oldham (GBR) 2. Abad (ESP) 3. Zhu (CHN)

via The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook

Congratulations to IOC, FIG and meet organizers. I’m astonished how smoothly the Artistic discipline has gone. In fact, the Games themselves seem to be a big WIN for Olympic sport.