There’s not much secret about the Classic in Chicago.
Blythe Lawrence will be there, LIVE blogging for Examiner.
Abigail Millet
Jordyn Wieber
Sabrina Vega
Mckenzie Wofford
Mckayla Maroney
Brandie Jay
Anna Li Brenna Dowell
Kennedy Baker
Sarah Finnegan
Gabrielle Douglas
Mykayla Skinner
Kyla Ross
Chellsie Memmel
Grace McLaughlin
Rebecca Bross
Casey Jo Magee
Nastia Liukin
Mackenzie Brannan
Amanda Jetter
Bridget Sloan
Brianna Brown
Alexandra Raisman
Elizabeth Price
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!)
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.” …
London, the premiere panoptic city was one of the first to blanket itself with CCTV cameras; its heavy security and surveillance cordon is nicknamed the Ring of Steel.
London decided to make its surveillance yen a dominant feature of its otherwise goofy mascots. “Wenlock” and “Mandeville” both have a huge single eye made out of a camera lens so that they can “record everything.” …
After winning Stars and Stripes, Steve is leading trials to be chosen the sole American Olympian. But the final trial is worth 50% so he needs to HIT to stay ahead of brother Jeff.
Both Bros were recently interviewed on the Today Show. (VIDEO)
She’s canceled out of Secret U.S. Classic May 26. That’s the final qualifier for Visa Championships in St. Louis, Mo., June 7-10.
She can still compete Visas and try to qualify for the Olympic Trial in San Jose. But I have my doubts that she will.
… Chow said Johnson is still recuperating from a knee injury, and said he wasn’t sure if she’d be able to compete in St. Louis. If she misses that event, she wouldn’t be eligible for the Olympic Trials in San Jose at the end of June, meaning her longshot attempt to make a second U.S. Olympic squad would be over. …
How did the triple Olympic medalist stay on top through 4 Trampoline Olympics?
‘eat, sleep, train’
… My workout
“I work out six days a week in the afternoons or evenings, four hours a day, with one day off for recovery. Some of the work is trampoline and technical tricks with video analysis, with a coach teaching us form and improving our routines.
“I do short sprints on the bike, and weight training. I focus on lower body for power to weight ratio. Now I’m in a force phase, so I’m lifting heavy weights. Yesterday I squatted 305 pounds – I weigh 120 pounds. You need strong legs to get height on the trampoline because we’re going up to 18 feet in the air.
I’m judged on three elements out of 10: form, difficulty and then “flight time,” so power-to-body-weight ratio is important to get height.
“I do ballet once a week to help with form and posture and hot yoga twice a week to stretch me out and de-stress; I like the sweat and the heat.” …
Unlike in recent years, the five-woman team — down from six in 2008 and seven in 2004 — will be named on the final day of trials, which will be held June 28-July 1 in San Jose, Calif., instead of after a post-trials, two-week selection camp held at the Karolyi ranch …
“The selection process in 2008 was the longest, most stressful process of my life, and I felt like I was run into the ground,” (Shawn) Johnson said.
“After trials, I was like, ‘Ahh, I made the team. Oh wait, no I didn’t. I still have to compete.’
This way, it will preserve me more and hopefully do the same for the entire team. It’s one less meet you have to be on your A-game for. If you look back at 2008, our entire team was at its strongest at trials and then we slowly started to break down. I think they learned from 2008, and this time, I think we will peak at the right time.” …
… Who would have thought that the best bars final of the quadrennium thus far would NOT include Beth Tweddle, Aliya Mustafina, a single Chinese gymnast, or a single American? …
