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Talia Chiarelli – Bars Final

Talia had a great day 1 finishing 5th all-around at the Canadian National Championships.

@taliachi posted this chat with her coach Mihai Brestyan back in Boston.

Mihai
:-)

Her Boston Bruins went up 3-0 over the NY Rangers, as well.

4 finger grips?

Blanton’s Gymnastics Consultancy on Facebook:

Anyone ever tried these?

4 finger grips

Beth Tweddle montage

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Beth Tweddle Montage from Martyn

Wouldn’t she have been great at the Pro Gym Challenge?

Her’s is still the toughest Bar routine all time.

Ida Gustafsson – Bars

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(via Full TwistSwedish National Championships)

Melissa Metcalf – 9.7 Bars

As a junior elite, Melissa Metcalf of Desert Devils tied for eighth on uneven bars at the 2008 Visa Championships. Injuries kept her out of competitions the following couple of years and she ultimately returned to level 10 …

Great amplitude on transfer low to high.

Watch more video of JO Nationals 2013 on gymnastike.org

Huang Huidan – Bars

Probably the best routine in the world right now.

6.6 difficulty

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AAI Graphite E (Soft) Rail

After the 2013 JO National Championships, the 407-352 Graphite E (Soft) Rail will become the standard uneven bar rail used in J.O. competitions throughout the US.

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This flexible rail provides the feel of wood with the strength and resiliency of fiberglass. It is manufactured with less Graphite strands, making it 15-17% less rigid

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Jonna Adlerteg – Bars

Swedish Champion :-)

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(via Full TwistSwedish National Championships)

Chinese Apparatus Finals videos

BARS | BEAM | FLOOR

Russia does not rest

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics posted an excellent interview with Russian WAG head coach Evgenyi Grebyonkin:

… Who is training with the Russian team?

‘Aliya Mustafina, Ksenia Afanasyeva, Maria Paseka, Anna Dementieva, Tatiana Nabiyeva, Katya Kramarenko, Evgeniya Shelgunova, Anna Rodionova, Alla Sosnitskaya, Ekaterina Baturina, Olga Bikmurzina.’

Which athletes will participate in the Universiade?

‘It’s a mystery (smiles). We are currently training ten girls, and I do not want to single anyone out. All are prepared and understand who has more chances, who has less. It is clear that the top three contenders are Mustafina, Afanasyeva and Paseka. But Paseka is open to question – she has only two apparatus.

grips

Grebyonkin says that after her qualification fall on bars at Europeans, Afansyeva is now trying out hand grips. But she will not compete on bars at this summer’s Universiade in Kazan.

read more – Evgenyi Grebyonkin : ‘it would be risky to show our whole strategy in the first year of the Olympic cycle’

Huang Huidang GOLD Bars

Chinese Nationals.

Gymnast #391:

Huang Huidan UB EF Gold. D 6.6 + E 8.534 = 15.134. Wow I like her routine. …

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E = only 8.534

Merde. :-( This Code is idiotic.

H Bar stoop shoot drill

Nick Blanton:

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Nick’s been sharing his videos (over 50) on Facebook, as well.

Ruggeri Kolman on WAG rail

I’m betting Paul Ruggeri will bring the house down if he catches this on a woman’s rail at the Pro Gym Challenge.

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Has any guy ever caught Kovacs on that rail?

(via Tkatchif-your-lucky)