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She’s canceled out of the Secret Classic. And speculation is that she’ll withdraw from the May 25-26 U.S. Classic in Chicago, the final qualifier for Visas. Would that be the end of Shawn’s “comeback” for this Olympics?

But as Shawn says in that video, “Failure’s a wonderful thing“.

She’s already one of the great champions of all time.

… the pony tail has awesome powers to make a beam routine look polished, precise, and elegant.

Here’s what I mean.

Study any beam routine you admire and you’ll notice there’s a certain rhythm to it, accented by skills, leaps, and turns. The gymnast seamlessly picks up the rhythm after each accent. It’s this quality that keeps the routine flowing even if there happens to be a wobble or balance error. …

1) Snap the pony tail with each turn.

2) After each completed skill or leap / jump combination, stop and hold the finished position until the pony tail stops, then resume. …

Beam Training Secret Weapon

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Event Finals at Europeans.

Watch that double front again in slow motion.

Here’s the best I’ve seen, so far.

… Chandler Eggleston sticking the first 17.00 VT ever done in JO Nationals competition.

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Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Ferney Lopez Camacho and Emilio Toledo on Facebook)

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The 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games will be hosted in Ontario, Canada.

(via Mikaela’s coach Susan Barrett-Manjak on Facebook)

McKayla Maroney

See them on NBC – Model Olympians: U.S. Gymnasts

More on GYMMIN’ MIEL.

Did you see Maroney’s new second Vault verified at the last camp? (VIDEO)

She’s truly the best vaulter in the world.

The former gymnastics coach / editor Char has another blog called Doll Diaries.

In one post, she details how to construct a Vault set-up for the American Girl of the Year doll, McKenna:

… In her books, McKenna is working towards the Level 4 team. In the US, Level 4 gymnasts compete vault on a large mat system and do a vault called a handstand to flat back. …

McKenna needs a springboard to go with her vault. …

Great fun for the DIY gymnastics enthusiast – How to Make a Gymnastics Vault for Dolls

Put away the electronic gaming for a while.

related :

• How to Make a Balance Beam for your Dolls

• Dolls doing a Bar Routine (VIDEO)

‘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.” …

Globe and Mail – An Olympian’s workout routine: ‘eat, sleep, train’

But there will be no audition in Regina. Instead, it’s in Ontario this summer.

… The Casting team will be hosting auditions in Burlington, Ontario on July 21, 2012, for circus performers.

The disciplines that we will audition are:

Acrobatic, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics;
Synchronized swimming;
Diving;
Trampoline;
Tumbling;
Other sports

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