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Tsukahara 1969 Muscle Beach

coach Rick — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:03:02 +0000

Chris Castner posted this pic of Mitsuo Tsukahara:

… We were working out at Muscle Beach when a bus dropped off members of the touring Japanese Mens’ and Womens’ Olympic Gymnastics Teams…to see this world-famous location.

… No warm up…he didn’t even unbutton his coat or loosen his tie! (Note the Olympics logo on his jacket). At the time, the Japanese Men were the best gymnasts in the world…

See the original on Facebook.

Tsukahara was recently back in California, training at Byers with the Japanese girls.

Ron Bell (coaching out of the Stanford Gym) recognized Tsukahara and shared the photo. Thanks.

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beginner girls competition Ireland

coach Rick — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:07:21 +0000

I attended Renmore Gymnastics Level 1 Regionals Qualifier. This is the first level for beginner girls in Ireland, competition held only for Floor and Vault.

FUN is highest priority.

Scoring was done with pencil and paper. Gymnasts flashed the scores manually. No computer errors at this competition!

more photos

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MAG podium training London

coach Rick — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:22:52 +0000

FIG is posting photos on Facebook.

Venue looks great. It’s an honour to be here … the next best thing to the Olympics.

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Eileen Langsley on sport photography

coach Rick — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:01:45 +0000

The great U.K. photographer posted 12 of her favourite shots of the year on her blog Where Sport Meets Art – A year end tradition

Click through to see those and her tips for zoom images.

Her official site is langsleysports.com.

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USA MAG Olympic photo shoot

coach Rick — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:07:18 +0000

The men’s pics are up.

John Orozco. - Harry How/Getty Images for USOC

See the rest.

(via Examiner – The gymnastics week in review: Retirement in Switzerland, rebranding in Ireland)

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hanging with Vika

coach Rick — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:01:33 +0000

Sabrina Gill and Stefanie Merkle run in to Anastasia Grishina and Viktoria Komova on the streets of Marseille!!

Originally posted by Stefanie’s coach, I saw it on Oakville Gymnastics Club Women’s Blog.

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gymnasts in the news …

coach Rick — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:48:05 +0000

A very cute Olympics preview in L.A.

World VAULT Champ McKayla Maroney. Credit: Harry How/Getty Images for USOC

See more from that event linked from Examiner – Check it out: The U.S. women’s “British” Olympics shoot!

Meanwhile, Lauren Mitchell’s been shooting a TV ad for VISA. There are stills from that session posted on Facebook.

UPDATE:

Visa, a proud sponsor of the Olympic Games for 25 years, announced today that Australian gymnast Lauren Mitchell will join sporting greats including swimmer Michael Phelps and shot put gold medalist Valerie Adams as the face of its London 2012 Olympic Games campaign. …

VISA MEDIA RELEASE linked by Lauren on Facebook.

Meanwhile …

@John__Orozco: To go pro or not to go pro! #Indecisive

Sure. Why not. … EVERYBODY go pro.

I’ve announced my own decision to GO PRO on Twitter. … #waitingforthecallfromNike

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Namba Gymnastics Club, Osaka

coach Rick — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:01:08 +0000

A few pics of the facility. It’s the top floor of a building conveniently right beside the train station. In Japan you must maximize use of valuable space.

This gym has more air matting than any other I’ve ever seen.

Some things are the SAME in every gym. The smell. And a cluttered collection of grips.

see more photos

P.S. … the tidiest gym I’ve ever seen is run by Wolfgang & Elfrida Goermann, the Winnipeg Gymnastics Centre. Here’s their story.

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acrobatics at the Rugby World Cup

coach Rick — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:01:51 +0000

Former Kiwi gymnast Karry Summers is a pole dancer, working out between clashes.

She’s happy the All Blacks finally won the World Cup.

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more Nabieva pics

coach Rick — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:03:43 +0000

Many continue to be fascinated with our Worlds Bars silver medalist. There’s a heap of new photos from Tokyo on her website.

Let’s keep this next one for when the Russian media complain about her being underscored on Vault. (Her form has actually improved since 2010.)

related – RT.com – Russian gymnasts judged harshly?

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