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Team USA took the gold medal convincingly over Canada and Brazil, tied with 343.95 each

The top seven teams, which also included Columbia, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Argentina, advance to the 2011 Pan Am Games, which will also be held in Guadalajara.

Inside Gymnastics

Amanda Turner has a write-up on IG:

Mexico’s Daniel Corral won the all-around title over Glen Ishino (U.S.) and Jorge Hugo Giraldo (Colombia) as the Pan American Gymnastics Championships began Thursday in Guadalajara, Mexico.

… The 20-year-old Corral (88.75) won the all-around gold over Ishino (88.15) and Colombian Olympian Jorge Hugo Giraldo (87.45). …

read more and get full results – U.S. Men, Corral Win Pan Am Championships

Chicas compete manana.

Over the past few years, my favourite videos have been those put together by John Geddert, coach of Jordyn Wieber and dozens of excellent athletes.

His Yurchenko DVD is still the best single resource out there.

Previously you had to email John … or see him at an event … to buy them. Those days are over.

Brilliantly, John’s using Facebook to promote and distribute.

If you are a member of Facebook, click through to his DVDs page.

They are $30ea or 4 for $100. (Ask your club to buy them for the staff.)

He will have a website, as well. But it’s not up and running, as yet.

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NOTICE: Starting Oct. 1st this site is going to start linking directly to Facebook pages. If you are not a member, that’s going to be frustrating.

But even Dave Adlard and Miguel Costante have joined FB. How many more coach holdouts could there be?

Everyone loves Jessica Lopez from Venezuela.

Now finished her NCAA gymnastics career at the University of Denver, she keeps on getting better.

Click PLAY to watch some recent Bar training from SaltoCafe. Or watch it on YouTube.

(via Couch Gymnast)

Coach Nilson Savage believes she could be top 10 at World’s 2010. She’s competing at Pan-Ams this weekend.

Shout out to the ancient Canadian Men’s Artistic Gymnastics coaching manuals.

• Level 2 Manual – CAD$75
• Level 3 Manual – CAD$75

Though not updated for years, these are still the best English language coaching manuals. The Rings, Pommel and Parallel Bar chapters are particularly strong.

Planning, Biomechanics and Physical Preparation content is good, too.

Leave a comment if you’ve other MAG coaching manuals you still use.

Best MAG edit in a long, long time. Don’t miss this one.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (8min 38sec)

That’s from RedNasvw who lives in Rotterdam.

Men’s gymnastics is still evolving. It’s exciting. It’s amazing. … Much more so than WAG.

(via Michael Outram)

Don’t pound if you really don’t have to …

… Texas Dreams elite coach Chris Burdette explains a set up they use to work tumbling on their low impact days. They have an air track set up on an incline which allows them to get numerous tumbling repetitions with just a back handspring entry.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

Advanced gymnasts like this are better off on the Air Floor, I’d say.

Variations of this inflatable apparatus are available from TumblTrak.

More reps, less stress.

Marissa King
Imogen Cairns
Laura Edwards
Rebecca Wing
Jocelyn Hunt

Coaches
Elizabeth Kincaid
Michele Walduck

Reiss Beckford
Luke Folwell
Danny Lawrence
Max Whitlock
Steven Jehu

Coaches
Scott Hann
Paul Hall

link – British Gymnastics

Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will send gymnasts, as well.

Quebecker: Worlds Team: Beth Tweddle, Becky Downie, Hannah Whelan, Danusia Francis, Jennifer Pinches and Nicole Hibbert.

The U.S. women spell out TEAM at their hotel in Guadalajara, Mexico as they prepare for the Pan American Championships this weekend.

From the Facebook album: Wall Photos by USA Gymnastics

What’s the best link for that meet?

High resolution FULL version available from Gymnastics Training Tips.

On Facebook, FAB announced the publication scheduled for Sept. 15th, 2010.

I assume that’s in German. He’s possibly the most famous male gymnast in the world.

With Sandra and Kai Beckedahl Psotta
Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag GmbH
256 pages
ISBN 978-3-89602-948-5
Price 19,90 EUR (D)

Fabian hates pommel horse. I wonder why they didn’t use a Horizontal Bar photo?

Fabian Hambüchen – career highlights, so far

This is Aasha. She’s all over the internet despite being born only in 1999. The little one with layout Geinger.

From the Facebook album: Profile pictures by Aasha Bambii Kimpton

Kids will love one of her videos, posted on Gymnastike.

Having a high profile online … Is that a plus or minus for kids this young? Or both?

Kirill Prokopiev is a young Russian gymnast. Not a strong tumbler (2009), but you can watch his air flare on YouTube. (embedding disabled)

Kirill is only the second Artistic gymnast to compete the air flare, after Morgan Hamm.

Watch the masters on an air flare compilation video.

Thanks bboysistou (YouTube) for the tip that another gymnast finally figured it out.

via Google Translate of their 2011 page:

The Association Sportive Gymnastics Gymnastic Club Integral Carbonell, with the backing of the Sports Federation of Gymnastics and Allied Costa Rica are pleased to invite you to the XI International Championship Stars Gimnàs-Ticas.

Through each of the events has succeeded, with the participation of more than 500 athletes representing clubs from different countries like Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, Dominican Republic, Honduras , Bolivia, Canada, Jamaica and our 2010 edition, we for the first time with some of Cuba’s national team who gave a high level competition and brilliant show.

Dates:15 TO 19 JUNE 2011

Location: National Gymnasium Eddy Cortes La Sabana, San José, Costa Rica

Women’s Gymnastics:
Level I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X (USA Gymnastics Levels) Pan Child A and B and FIG

Male Category
Class 4 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13 +
Class 5 7-9, 10-12, 13 +
Class 6 8-9, 10-12, 13 +
Class 7 9-10, 11-12, 13 +
Class 8 11-12, 13-14, 15 + (child 11-12 years Programme Pan)
Class 9 +15 (Pan Children’s Program ages 13-14)
Class 10 FIG Open

Thanks GML for recommending this meet. A tropical alternative to the meets in Cancun.