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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.
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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 19th, 2012 — Gymnastics, horizontal bar, judging
May 17th, 2012 — Gymnastics, judging, parallel bars
Zhou Shixiong – 2012
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F or G value?
Leave a comment on the YouTube page if you have an opinion.
May 15th, 2012 — Gymnastics, judging, rings
The highest possible Still Rings D-score (without kip to victorian and O’neill to Li Ning hang).
Azarian to Maltese F
Rodriguez F
Azarian to Planche E
Carmona F
Layout Yamawaki E
Backuprise to Maltese E
Maltese to Inverted Cross E
Layout Honma to Handstand D
O’neill E
Layout Double Double FDifficulty: 5.3
Connection: N/A
Element groups: 2.5Start Value: 17.8
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May 14th, 2012 — ethics, floor (men), Gymnastics, judging
Gold: Zou Kai (6.5/15.85)
Silver: Zhang Chenglong (6.5/15.35)
Bronze: Cheng Ran (6.1/14.725)
Bronze: Deng Shudi (6.2/14.725)
Long Zhang won 2nd on Floor at Chinese Nationals with a routine without a double somersault.
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I like this tall gymnast. But a set of rules that scores his routine up with the best in the World is fatally flawed. Nobody wants to see a routine composed entirely of twisting and roll-out skills in the Olympic final.
Will the FIG MTC demand a variety of different kinds of skills in the next Olympic cycle?
Stoica and his committee have been a big disappointment 2009-2012.
May 14th, 2012 — Gymnastics, horizontal bar, judging
Our Olympic Champion Zou Kai is a little cleaner than usual winning the recent Chinese National Championships.
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He is money in the bank consistent. And a great lander.
Zhang Chenglong had a 7.7 start.
via Cirque Casting Scout Jun Chen.
May 14th, 2012 — judging, safety
Has this ever been a problem for you as a coach?
British Gymnastics Policy on Body Piercing and Adornments (PDF)
There are some workarounds. For example, fake magnetic jewelry.
(via Gymnastics Wales on Facebook)
May 12th, 2012 — Gymnastics, humour, judging
We’re on the road at 4:30am, headed up to visit our friends in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan for their year-end FUN meet.
A few of the FUN rules for this competition:
• Gymnasts are expected to be LOUD and cheer
• optional suits, shorts allowed
• use any mat on any event at anytime
• after Vault, show a progression into a different vault for a .5 bonus (on stacked mats)
• after Beam, show any additional dance or acro elements (FIG B +) on a Floor Beam for bonus
• after Floor, show an acro (B+) skill into pit (with mats at height) or an additional Dance (C+) element for half of the value of the skill
details (PDF)
Thanks Mike.
May 9th, 2012 — Gymnastics, horizontal bar, judging, Olympics
The world’s most “difficult” Horizontal Bar routine.
Click PLAY or watch Epke Zonderland on YouTube.
April 29th, 2012 — Gymnastics, judging, safety
Kori applies water (creatively) to ensure the top mat does not slide upon landing her dismount.
April 27th, 2012 — acrobatic gymnastics, judging
The 2012 World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships ended in a tie.
1. CHN – Jian Tang, Lei Wang, Yi Zhou and Yeqiuyin Wu
1. GBR – Dorian Walker, Jesse Heskett, Matthew Evison and Richard Hurst
3. RUS – Valentin Chetverkin, Maksim Chulkov, Anton Danchenko and Dmitry Bryzgalov
Click PLAY or watch Russia on YouTube.
Here’s Great Britain. (VIDEO)
April 26th, 2012 — judging
… they’re ALWAYS training.
This guy made the “Promposal” to Jessica Savona AT workout.
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She said yes. 
This is Savona’s last year in High School. She’s going to LSU next season.
April 24th, 2012 — ethics, floor (women), Gymnastics, judging, Olympics
Full Twist has results and links to routines.
Russia 177.30
Switzerland 161.55
Great Britain 160.00
Aliya Mustafina 58.95
Anastasia Grishina 57.70
Anna Dementyeva 56.55
Click PLAY or watch Aliya’s Floor on YouTube.
Looks like she’s gaining confidence with her knee after ACL surgery. Good progress. But she’s got a long way to go to be ready to contend for the AA in the Olympics.
Scores from this meet are VERY high. Yet, Valentina Rodionenko keeps insisting that the Russians are underscored:
… The judges exaggerate our small mistakes. And they do the opposite with our rivals. The same error can be penalized in different ways. And when the judges’ alliances begin, the game is on. …
What Alliance?
“… Canada, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand …”
There are a few judges who would be quick to disabuse her on that.
Valentina Rodionenko does a disservice to her Team with these outbursts. One former Russian Team member asked me, “Why is Valentina Rodionenko now a spokesperson for Team Russia?”
I don’t know.
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