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May 25th, 2012 — Gymnastics, humour, judging, safety, vault
Busy at the Canadian Championships, I’ve not had time to follow Men’s Europeans. But I had time to watch THIS.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Reminiscent of Paul Hamm in the 2004 Olympics debacle.
related – American Gymnast – The Coolest Routine of Men’s European Championships Thus Far
(via Examiner)
May 23rd, 2012 — Gymnastics, vault
Our youngest competitive division for girls.
TEAM Final
1) Ontario
2) B.C.
3) Quebec
4) Alberta
5) Saskatchewan
HIGH PERFORMANCE (prelims)
1) Cassandra Buchan (58.600)
2) Angel Zhong (54.375)
2) Sydney Townsend (54.375)
4) Oleksandra Yermolchuk (53.600)
5) Seina Murase-Cho (52.250)
6) Audrey Rousseau (51.950)
Click PLAY or watch Cassandra Buchan’s Vault from Gymnix on YouTube.
NATIONAL NOVICE (prelims)
1) Jade Chrobok (54.025)
2) Megane Roberts (52.650)
3) Madeline McLellan (50.800)
4) Shaelyn-Rae Brown (50.425)
5) Caroline Graham (49.775)
6) Audrey Levesque (49.025)
full results will be posted on Gym Score Depot
May 21st, 2012 — Gymnastics, safety, sport medicine, vault
… this sport is simply too dangerous. 
Canadian gymnast Peng Peng Lee was injured in the first day of training at Canadian Championships. On Vault landing, Double Twisting Yurchenko. On the same skill she dislocated her kneecap last year. The same knee was injured.
Fans everywhere are wishing a speedy recovery.
Photo via Grace Chiu on Facebook.
May 20th, 2012 — Gymnastics, Olympics, vault
Without their two top gymnast, Beth Tweddle and Hannah Whelan, The City of Liverpool gymnastics club has defended their British Team title in Guildford.
Team Result
1 – 162.200 – Liverpool
2 – 160.900 – The Academy
3 – 160.300 – Notts
Top senior all-arounders from today (Unofficial- I might have missed someone!)1. Rebecca Tunney 56.55
2. Danusia Francis 55.1
3. Ruby Harrold 54.8
4. Imogen Cairns 53.4
5. Jennifer Pinches 52.85
6. Nicole Hibbert 52.7
7. Jocelyn Hunt 52.5full results via Going for Gold
More interesting is that this was the first “trial” for the GBR Women’s Olympic Team.
… Florida’s Marissa King came back from her NCAA Collegiate Stage to try and qualify herself to London 2012. She had a 14.6 on Vault, 13.15 on Floor …
Click PLAY or Marissa’s Vault on YouTube.
Still, carrying Beth Tweddle as a specialist, Marissa is a long shot, at best:
Vault
1 14.850 – Ruby Harrold (The Academy)
2 14.750 – Rebecca Tunney (Liverpool)
3 14.600 – Marissa King (Huntington)
4 14.500 – Nicole Hibbert (Heathrow)
5 14.300 – Niamh Rippin (Notts)
6 14.200 – Imogen Cairns (The Academy)
see more apparatus results
Over 70 BGTV videos from British Teams 2012.
May 20th, 2012 — Gymnastics, Olympics, safety, sport medicine, vault
Terrible.
2010 world vault champion Thomas Bouhail (France) publicly accused doctors of medical negligence, nearly six months after the Christmas Eve accident that may have cut short his brilliant gymnastics career.
On Dec. 24, Bouhail suffered a broken tibia and torn knee ligaments in a fall off high bar. He held a press conference Friday afternoon, speaking publicly for the first time about the incident …
“I almost lost my leg,” he said. “It’s a miracle it was saved. I’ve undergone 15 operations and they’ve taken a lot of my muscle. Today, I still cannot lift my foot.” …
May 16th, 2012 — Gymnastics, vault
Stick It Media on Facebook has been linking to some highlight routines from USA Men’s Jr Olympics 2012.
Here’s the best I’ve seen, so far.
… Chandler Eggleston sticking the first 17.00 VT ever done in JO Nationals competition.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
May 15th, 2012 — bars, beam, Gymnastics, vault
I often link to Sports Girls Play.
The former gymnastics coach / editor Char has another blog called Doll Diaries.
In one post, she details how to construct a Vault set-up for the American Girl of the Year doll, McKenna:
… In her books, McKenna is working towards the Level 4 team. In the US, Level 4 gymnasts compete vault on a large mat system and do a vault called a handstand to flat back. …
McKenna needs a springboard to go with her vault. …
Great fun for the DIY gymnastics enthusiast – How to Make a Gymnastics Vault for Dolls
Put away the electronic gaming for a while. 
related :
• How to Make a Balance Beam for your Dolls
• Dolls doing a Bar Routine (VIDEO)
May 13th, 2012 — bars, beam, floor (women), Gymnastics, vault
Romania is back. They won 3 gold medals in the apparatus finals. Sandra Isbaza (Vault), Catalina Ponor (Beam) and Larissa Iordache (Floor) dominated the competitions. Russia saved the honour with Victoria Komova (Uneven Bars). …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Andy Thornton – Five takeaways from gymnastics Europeans
(via The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook)
May 13th, 2012 — Gymnastics, Olympics, vault
Couch Gymnast:
Oksana Chusovitina may be focused today on winning another gymnastics title, but it seems those days of collecting hardware are soon to be over.
This weekend German sports site Ran reported that gymnastics legend Oksana Chusovitina has decided to end her decades-long career after the London Olympic Games.
This is huge news from the woman whose career has seen her competing for the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, Uzbekistan and Germany. At 37 she is the oldest gymnast competing in the elite international scene. …
Brigid’s already speculating on when Oksana will unretire to inspire her Uzbekistan team. She’s National Coach.
At Europeans, Oksana finished 1st in Vault prelims.
May 12th, 2012 — ethics, Gymnastics, humour, vault
May 1st, 2012 — Gymnastics, NCAA, vault
Balance Beam Effect on NCAA Championships Finals:
… As we all know, the stupidest rule in all of NCAA gymnastics requires gymnasts to suddenly perform two vaults in event finals.
Either they need to do away with the second vault and just have them perform the same vault twice, or they need to require potential qualifiers to perform a second vault in Semifinals, like we currently see in elite.
Both of those solutions would eliminate the insufferable parade on non-10.0 vaults in finals. …
That’s dangerous. Chucking a second vault you don’t train regularly.
And Vault is almost always the most disappointing Women’s Final. It was again in 2012.
… In a final marked by only three athletes attempting two 10.0 vaults, Kytra Hunter came out on top. The 2012 AA champ came up with a near stick on her Yurchenko Layout 1 1/2 and then landed a Yurechenko Layout Full with a large step to secure the win. She outpaced Bama’s Diandra Milliner, who threw the same two vaults for 2nd. Georgia’s Kat Ding stuck a solid Yurchenko Layout full and then added a tucked version (with a step) for 3rd. Defending champ Marissa King had a low landing on her Tsuakahara Layout Full, after landing a Tsukahara Layout 1 1/2.
“Everyone on vault doesn’t really have another vault, so everyone feels the same about it. They’re all confused. It’s kind of hectic.” — Rheagan Courville on the two vault rule in NCAA event finals, to The Daily Reveille
“I don’t train it at all. But in the last week, we’ve been doing one or two in practice. I’m really scared of that vault (Yurchenko full). With the one and a half, I can spot my landing but that is harder for me to do with the full,” Hunter said. “I just went out there and did whatever I could.” — Kytra Hunter on her NCAA winning second vault, a Yurchenko full, to The Orlando Sentinel
Click PLAY or watch Kytra Hunter on YouTube.
In regular competition, Vault is often the most boring apparatus. Judges don’t discriminate well between an endless series of Yurchenko 1/1s.
EliteAthlete10 on College Gymnastics Board makes some recommendations for improvement – Solution to Separating Vault Scores
Leave a comment if you’ve an opinion on how to improve NCAA Vault.
Those gymnast admissions come from Examiner – The quotable NCAA Championships
April 28th, 2012 — Gymnastics, Olympics, vault
To win the World Cup in Croatia, Ellie upgraded her Handspring front 1/1 to Rudi. It worked. 15+ is a BIG number in Canada. The Olympic selection committee will be impressed.
Click PLAY or watch Vault 1 on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Vault 2 on YouTube.
Note that YouTube videos can no longer be played full screen on this page. (They can from Vimeo.) Has something changed with how YouTube delivers embedded video?
April 27th, 2012 — Gymnastics, humour, vault
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