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TeamGym competitions exhibit gymnastic skills in three different disciplines; floor, tumbling and trampet. …

It’s big in Iceland and Nordic European nations.

The USA Gymnastics TeamGym National Championships will be held in Hollywood, CA this June.

Learn more about this fun new discipline in this profile of the top British team.

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(via British Gymnastics)

The best I’ve seen.

Team Gym athletes.

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The Icelandic Jr Women’s Team, European Champions 2012, will show you.

Some big time difficulty.

It begins with Floor. Tumbling starts at 3:12. Trampette at 4:40. And Trampette Vault at 5:30.

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Thank Niclaes Jerkeholt for the link.

Senior Men Finals:
Denmark – Gold
Sweden – Silver
Norway – Bronze

Junior Men Finals:
Denmark – Gold
Norway – Silver
Sweden – Bronze

Senior Women Finals:
Iceland – Gold
Sweden – Silver
Finland – Bronze

Junior Girls Finals:
Iceland – Gold
Denmark – Silver
Sweden – Bronze

full results

official website

The best place to learn more is the Facebook page for TeamGym2012.

Here’s the squad ready to rock TeamGym Europeans in Aarhus, Denmark Oct 17-20th.

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A new promo video from the Nordic Championship in TeamGym that was held in Larvik, Norway in September.

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TeamGym competes running single mini-tramp rather than double mini-tramp currently being competed in Birmingham. Amazing triffus skills.

Thanks Robert Andersson for the link.

In Iceland I saw two of these height adjustable resi-pits. (The lift mechanism was broken, on one.)

It’s Cirque du Soleil level technology!

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They were originally marketed for Team Gymnastics, a sport that often sets-up and takes-down every day. But the very best use I’d say is for Vault training. They lift up as high as 2m 20cm.

Bruno Grandi:

… Ten years ago, on October 28, 2001, the vaulting table debuted at an official FIG competition. It was in Ghent (BEL) where the first Men’s qualifying subdivision was underway for the 35th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. …

A long re-evaluation process came to an end when the table replaced the vaulting horse. The abrupt change from tradition to contemporary has been a shock to some. And in that context, my compliments and deepest respect to the FIG Vice-President at that time, Siegfried Fischer (BRA), for fervently defending the new table as President of the Apparatus Commission.

Safety was the driving force behind the change. …

FIG

All now agree that the change was a huge improvement. But at the time it was controversial, for WAG.

On the Men’s side, under MTC Chair Hardy Fink, it was a no brainer. The first time we saw the new horse in my region — at Jurassic Classic — every FIG MAG competed on it. First day.

In fact, I can’t conceive of a better design other than to better pad the front and back, under the table. That’s best done with separate donut mats.

There have been very few innovations in 10yrs. The best would be the Tarpan TM available out of Denmark. It’s easy to move and store. And goes up to 165cm for Mini Tramp Vaulting.

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HGB Backstrand out of Sweden has signed on as an advertiser. Support them supporting this site.

They are big into gymnastics, tumbling, Team Gym and Cheer.

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Since we started the production of the air4tumble we have sold over 300 airfloors around the whole world!

… it rewards your air time if you are tight enough during the tumbling-pass …

… safer on all landings.

The company is adding new apparatus: an inflatable incline, the flip & jump trainer and air barrel.

Details on air4tumble.se

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by site editor Rick McCharles

Update: I was invited by Gummi Brynjólfsson to attend a year end gymnastics performance at Gerpla, the biggest club in Iceland. They were celebrating the 40th anniversary of the club founding.

All 4 shows this weekend were sold out. I’ll post some video clips of the excitement soon.

The Reykjavík phone book (or catalog) is covered with gymnasts, front and back. These girls are European Champions in Team Gymnastics. They are kind of a big deal here at home.

I’m next headed north on the ringroad out of Reykjavík tonight, on the island for a couple of weeks hiking holiday.