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Score looks too high to me.

Best Ring men of the strong all-arounders: Horton, Maestas, Sender, Silverstein … who else?

Rings and Pommels are the weakest apparatus for USA.

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Here’s a sample video tutorial from Lee. Teaching Ring swing. (using straps or — as Lee would call them — ”loops”)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (12min)

The goal is to swing to invert cross position as efficiently as possible. The kids need learn to keep the shoulders low.

See the interesting trench pit at 7min 30sec.

Great stuff. Exactly what Edouard Iarov, former Men’s National Coach of Canada, recommends. Delay the gymnasts going for handstand until they are able to keep arms relatively straight.

This site is must follow for all serious MAG coaches. Both coaches are on twitter.

GymnasticsPlanet.co.uk

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The prospect of competing at a record sixth successive Olympics is not the only thing spurring Jordan Jovtchev to battle through the pain barrier this week. If the 38-year-old Bulgarian dynamo books his ticket to the London Games in July, it will also ensure the survival of his federation. …

Universal – INTERVIEW: Bulgarian federation’s future rests on Jovtchev’s shoulders

The old man looks great.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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Though Brazil lost their biggest name — Diego Hypolito — to injury, they’ve fought passionately to qualify as a team.

Click PLAY or watch the Worlds 2011 Silver medalist on YouTube.

… just as I published Arthur sat down a tumbling line. Then over-rotated dismount out-of-bounds. They do miss Diego on Floor.

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15.000 (Difficulty : 6.500; Execution : 8.500).

Love that Victorian Cross. And I’m glad he’s only doing one of them, not two as he’s used in the past.

That’s from the FIG Olympic Qualifications London 2012 (Visa Gymnastics 2012) playlist on YouTube.

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Jay Soucy, of Evergreen Gymnastics in Lisbon, NH recommends this product for cleaning chalky mats. It’s intended for hardwood floors and other flat, smooth surfaces.

The Shark Steam Mop and replacement Cleaning Pads.

Keeping a gym clean is one of the biggest challenges for any manager.

(via gymmomentum – A NEW WAY TO CLEAN CHALK!)

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“Building the Gymnastic Body” (see right hand navigation) is the reference text.

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Click PLAY or watch one of his 9yr-old demonstrators on YouTube.

More Gymnastic Bodies videos on YouTube.

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FX
Fang Hailiang 15.075(6.3)
Zhou Shixiong 14.625(6.1)
Du Wei 14.025(5.7)

PH
Zhang Hongtao 15.975(6.6)
Lu Chenxi 15.45(6.4)
Fu Yu 14.9(6.4)

SR
Luo Xuan 15.5(6.9)
Liu Yang 15.45(6.6) 
Jian Lei 15.25(6.8) 

Chinese Gymnastics Blog – MAG Event Finals Results – Day 1

V
Zhang Zhongbo 16.575(6.4) /15.975(7.0) – 16.275
Qu Ruiyang 15.725(7.0)/15.975(7.0) – 15.85
Huang Xi 15.85(7.0)/15.50(6.6) – 15.675

PB
Dong Zhendong 15.175(6.7)
Deng Shudi 15.125(6.4)
Wang Peng 14.925(6.2)

HB
1 Zhou Shixiong 15.15(6.6)
2 Deng Shudi 15.0(6.8)
3 Lu Le 14.9(6.7)

Click PLAY or watch Zhang Zhongbo’s Vaults on YouTube.

Chinese Gymnastics Blog – MAG Event Finals Results – Day 2

See more results & routines via those links.

Though the Vault champion did Dragalescu, there weren’t many in the competition. And surprisingly few Yurchenko vaults. (I heard that there had been in the past several of the top gymnasts injured on Yurchenko vault landings. Some coaches don’t like that family.)

Almost every Chinese gymnast in the meet did either Kasamatsu or Handspring vault. Or both if they were trying for Finals. It’s difficult to tell the difference as Chinese coaches teach the vault from “Tinsica” (handspring with 1 hand in advance of the other). … I don’t like it. A vault should be either Tsuk or Handspring — anything in-between should be significantly deducted.

Horizontal Bar was the “weakest” apparatus. Check out the winning routine.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I saw perhaps 90% of the HBar prelim routines, counting only 1 double somersault over the Bar. No Kolman. No Pegan. …

If FIG devalues some of the skills used by Zou Kai and most Chinese, they’ll need scramble to learn new elements. A Chinese official is responsible for Horizontal Bar on the MTC, however. Let’s wait and see what happens with the next Code.

Japan could beat China in a Team Final, 3-up 3-count. But I’d still call China the favourite to win the London Olympics.

Their biggest weakness is lack of a strong AA. Ono suggests that Zhang Chenglong could get on the podium if he improved his Rings. Strategic thinkers, I’ll bet China concedes the AA medals to others, and trys to win Team and as many apparatus medals as possible.

With the smaller team size it’s not likely we’ll see Zou Kai defend his Olympic Floor and H Bar titles … but never say never. He keeps surprising me.

Videos come from Alar’s piibunina YouTube channel and results via GymChina: News on Facebook.

Alar has been flying back and forth between Europe and China following domestic competitions this year.

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