Emil Sollie Photography – photo shoot.
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That’s Espen Jansen from Norway. He competed 2011 Europeans at age-42.
related – GYMmedia interview with Epsen 2011 (VIDEO)
Entries Tagged 'rings' ↓
Espen Jansen on Rings
June 13th, 2013 — Gymnastics, photos, physical preparation, rings
Rings – Victorian Cross
June 12th, 2013 — Gymnastics, rings
Stanford’s Peter Derman tried it in College. Danny Rodrigues from France (VIDEO) has been competing one or two variations in routines since at least 2006.
But who’s this strong man?
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Somebody tell him that skill is … impossible. 
via Valentin, Dave Adlard and others on Facebook
Worlds 2013 in Belgium
June 11th, 2013 — Gymnastics, pommel horse, rings
The first World Championships after the Olympics I call the “unimportant” Worlds.
Balance Beam Situation explains why.
That said, I’m going.
Worlds 2013 in Antwerp looks to be really entertaining.
There’s no Team competition, so nations can send the individuals with the best chance of qualifying for a Final. By 2014 it will — again — be all about Team.
Uchimura will again be the man to finish second behind. He was happy with his performance this weekend at NHK Cup.
Click PLAY or watch his Pommels / Rings on YouTube.
It sounds like Ryohei Kato has also confirmed an AA spot to Worlds 2013 for Japan.
(via Gymnast #391)
Canadian FISU Team
May 31st, 2013 — Gymnastics, NCAA, rings
Selected for Universiade in Russia.
Artistic – July 7 to 10
Rhythmic – July 14 to 16.The Canadian roster is highlighted by a pair of 2012 Olympians, including Ellie Black, a Dalhousie University student from Halifax on the artistic side, and Kelsey Titmarsh, a Ryerson University student from Thornhill, Ont., in rhythmic events.
Rounding out the women’s artistic lineup are Erica Devereaux of Logy Bay, Nfld., Sarah Flett of Winnipeg, Natalie Gervais, also of Winnipeg, and Mackenzie Itcush of Calgary. They will be accompanied in Russia by coaches David Kikuchi and Jeremy Mosier, as well as team leader Rachelle Valel.
The men’s artistic squad is comprised of Evan Cruz of Halifax, Tariq Dowers of Mississauga, Ont., Aiden Marsden of Edmonton, Cory Paterson of Oakville, Ont., and Joshua Stuart of Richmond, B.C., who will perform under the leadership of coach Christopher Foo and team leader William Greg Jackson.
Kelsey Anderson of Vernon, B.C., joins Titmarsh on the rhythmic roster, along with team leader Tatsiana Kastsenkava.
Canada will compete at the Universiade in women’s artistic gymnastics for the first time since 1999. …
Rings is the weakest apparatus for the Canadian men, after our two top Seniors.
Tariq is young with potential for a big start score in future.
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Lytwyn vs Morgan – Rings
May 28th, 2013 — Gymnastics, rings
Kevin Lytwyn and Scott Morgan both scored 14.550 in the Canadian Championships 2013 Rings finals.
photo from Vali
Kevin was credited 6.2 difficulty.
Scott 6.5 difficulty.
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full results (PDF)
Taiso Pro Gym Challenge
May 11th, 2013 — Gymnastics, rings
The guys at Taiso, Saskatoon seem to be doing their own skill v skill v skill challenge.
Vanessa Zamarripa on Rings
May 11th, 2013 — Gymnastics, rings
@ProGymChallenge
Dalton – 2 1/2 off Rings
May 3rd, 2013 — Gymnastics, rings
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(via Uncle Tim on Google+)
Giuliano Stroe – Iron Cross
April 16th, 2013 — ethics, Gymnastics, parents, physical preparation, rings
Uncle Tim schools us weaker mortals in the details of Iron Cross on Rings.
Crazy strong Giuliano Stroe from Romania kicks off the tutorial.
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in praise of Oleh Vernyayev
March 26th, 2013 — Gymnastics, Olympics, rings
Oleg Verniaiev, as it’s often translated in English. I use the wikipedia spelling.
11th AA at Olympics 2012, Oleh is one of the best AA talents for the coming quadrennial.
161cm (5’3″)
Only age-18 or 19 now, he’s going to be a monster on Rings by Rio.
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Though finishing 2nd AA at American Cup, he could have competed much better.
Sadly, the National Team of Ukraine has no money. Coaches and athletes were sent home from the National Training Centre to their own gyms.
anatomy of Rings
March 23rd, 2013 — Gymnastics, physical preparation, rings
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(via Gymnast Crossing)
Balandin skills on Rings
March 11th, 2013 — Gymnastics, rings
UPDATE
Balandin 1 is hang vertical pull up with straight arms to swallow (Maltese) 2sec
Balandin 2 is hang vertical pull up with straight arms to inverted cross 2sec
Both are E-parts. Both are awesome.
Is this Balandin 3?
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Let’s see what Aleksandr Balandin competed last week at Russian Championships.
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Balandin 2
Oops. My mistake. That was from a competition in the LAST code.
Click PLAY or watch his most recent routine on YouTube.
He used what I assume will be called the Balandin 3.
He ended up finishing only 5th on Rings. Due to the fall on dismount.
That first routine was posted on a site new to me — Videos of Russian Gymnasts – Aleksandr Balandin page.
Ws van Wijk caught my error. And linked to the correct routine from Russian Championships. THANKS.
Rings – double w 2 1/2 twist (F)
March 10th, 2013 — Gymnastics, rings
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