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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)

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Gary Connery is apparently the first person to skydive out of an aircraft and land on the ground without injury without the use of a parachute.

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(via Kottke)

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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.

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… The four-part HBO Documentary Films series, The Weight of The Nation explores the obesity epidemic in America. Watch all four parts of The Weight of the Nation …

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… Sodas, juice, sugary breakfast cereals, fast food and most processed snack foods are bad for us, their proliferation corresponding historically with the national weight gain.

Fresh food costs more than junk food, which puts the poor more at risk. Children are surrounded by the siren call of unhealthful food, fad diets don’t work and real change takes time. …

LA Times – Review: HBO’s ‘Weight of the Nation’ pounds away at obesity

… sugary soft drinks are the no. 1 source of calories in our diets,” said Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “We get more calories from sodas and sugary drinks than any other individual food — cake, cookies, pizza, anything.” …

Soda giants scramble to fill void as sweets consumption declines

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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.” …

IG – Devastated Bouhail Accuses Doctors of Negligence

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… I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count the flips & twists.

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The crew from Skyriders in Toronto will be a highlight of the Canadian National T&T Championships next week.

Recommended by TrampGuy.

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Talk about inspirational. The best feature I’ve yet seen on this girl.

Lola, from California, is legally blind, suffering from a condition called Nystagmus, which means her eyes move constantly, causing her to see double.

It means she has no depth perception whatsoever and when she’s running up to the bar she cannot see it until she’s just five feet away. …

Lola feels the tag “legally blind” is not accurate. She can see. But not with much precision. She wants to be treated the same as every other athlete.

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(via the Tumbl Trak email newsletter)

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British Gymnastics Policy on Body Piercing and Adornments (PDF)

There are some workarounds. For example, fake magnetic jewelry.

(via Gymnastics Wales on Facebook)

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Kyle Shewfelt grew-up much smaller than the other boys.

‘WIMP’, ‘Pansy’, ‘Homo’..were all words he would hear regularly, causing him to cry on occasion. At six he began gymnastics and continued to receive name calling for his choice in athletic sports. This bullying only made Kyle push harder.

He refused to be known as a wimp, so he continued training in gymnastics and forced himself to become tougher. …

If you want to help eradicate bullying, click over to Facebook photo and SHARE.

Kyle’s not gay. But suffered bullying from homophobes.

Happily, I think things are changing for the better. At least in some parts of the world.

Josh Dixon came out publicly while competing for Stanford, I think. He’s now at the USOTC in Colorado Springs commenting:

… he has not had a single negative response “in any way, shape or form.” If anything, the only homophobia he has encountered has been from within himself. He acknowledges he once felt internal pressure about being a gay man in what some label the “gay sport” of gymnastics. He didn’t want to fall into a stereotype. But he’s come to embrace it, and he says his sexual orientation now makes him stand out more at the elite level. …

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… Some are trying to make fitness cool.

Let’s Move! Flash Workout initiative by Beyoncé Knowles is a part of a larger Let’s Move! campaign to end childhood obesity in the United States.

The campaign was started by First Lady Michelle Obama. The Let’s Move! Initiative has the goal of “solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation so that children born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight”. …

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… Watch thousands of students from across the country and around the world dance to Beyoncé’s “Move Your Body” in the 2011 Let’s Move! Flash Workout. …

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letsmove.gov

related – A big fat (cigar smoking) idiot had the nerve to criticize Let’s Move founder Michelle Obama for her diet and fitness. Talk about picking the wrong battle.

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