Year: 2010

Over the years there have been hundreds of gymnastics references on The Simpsons. (No doubt many of the writers had kids in the sport.)

The Children of a Lesser Clod episode marks the first appearance of Lugash the Béla Károlyi-esque gymnastics coach. …

In the Little Girl in the Big Ten episode Lisa is failing Gym Class.

She’s sent to coach Lugash for training. Once there, Lisa learns that gymnasts are SMART. (Actually, they’re College girls, but petite.)

If interested, click through to watch the full episode .

I’ve linked to this promotional video before. Now Gymnastics Canada has posted it on YouTube.

A fair bit of the footage comes from Oakville Gymnastics in Ontario.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The All Around posted a must read interview with Russian junior women’s team coach Oleg Ostapenko, formerly in Brazil.

… How are the preparations for the Youth Olympic Games going?

We have two gymnasts training for the Youth Olympic Games: Viktoria Komova and Maria Paseka. Komova will compete, provided everything goes according to plan. Paseka is the reserve gymnast. They are preparing at Round Lake and training well. The competition is still a while away. I’d say Komova is about 70% ready [for the competition] now, so we are aiming to peak for the actual meet. I’m satisfied with where they are right now. …

Do you agree that a world class gymnast like Komova should be age ineligible for this year’s world championships?

I would have allowed the girls born in 1996 to compete at the world championships that precede the Olympics. I don’t like it that they can’t. But those are the rules, and we have to obey them. …

read it – Interview: Oleg Ostapenko

Komova is the favourite to win the inaugural Youth Olympic Games.

photo – Svetlana Boguinskaia with Oleg

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Good front loops and back loops on pommel horse require the gymnast to have extension in their circle ….

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I’d linked to this video in the past, but it seems that link is broken.

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More MunchTheSilivasFan.

(Linked by Brett MacAulay on Facebook.)

We’ve linked to the Norweigan Rhythmic montage maker KajaRG in the past.

Here’s another interesting, perhaps even haunting, edit.

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A good edit.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (8:44)

These girls are great. While watching, I had an epiphany:

If Cheer didn’t tumble, Artistic gymnastics coaches would enjoy the sport. Enjoy it as much as Acrobatic Gymnastics.

The turn off for Artistic is dangerous tumbling.

Am I right?

Gymnastike is there posting a and live blog. Gymnastics Examiner articles. @intlgymforum and @gymnastike are tweeting live updates.

Official meet home page. USAG scoring page.

Leave a comment if you have other good links, especially sites live blogging.

Anne Phillips on Gymnastike posted this saying it was probably the most impressive routine in podium training at Covergirl.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike. (fall)

http://c1403192.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/player.swf

Katelyn started at GAGE. But she’s training at WOGA now.

I’ve only seen two girls ever who can bend over and touch their elbows to the Floor.

How about this?

Click PLAY or watch this little girl from Adrenaline Gymnastics, Denver, on YouTube.

Wow.