Year: 2010

More superb work by malimalimali123. It’s got some great moments, especially dance parts.

Song: “United States of Pop 2009 Mashup” – DJ Earworm

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

This is another excellent pick by the Quitter’s Try gymnastics montage blog.

All coaches must never forget one of the saddest moments in Olympic history, the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili in Vancouver. And we must do everything we can to prevent catastrophic sport injury in future.

David Kumaritashvili, 46, the father of Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who was flung from the track during a practice run in Vancouver and died, hold the portrait of his son at funeral service in Bakuriani, Georgia. Photo by David Urbani/Itar-Tass/Cameleon/ABACAPRESS.COM
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… Tuesday’s ceremony was held 40 days after Kumaritashvili’s death, in line with the rites of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

An Orthodox priest read a prayer and local men sang traditional Georgian chants over Kumaritashvili’s grave in the cemetery of a tiny church in this mountain village, Georgia’s top winter sports resort.

The athlete’s father, David Kumaritashvili, said in a speech at the ceremony that his son’s death shouldn’t discourage young men from practising luge.

“The tragic death of my son mustn’t stop the development of that sport,” he said.

Georgian Olympic Committee chief Georgy Natsvlishvili said a luge track will be built in Bakuriani in the luger’s memory.

The International Olympic Committee has said it will help fund the track’s construction in the village that was formerly a winter sports training centre for Soviet athletes. …

Globe and Mail – Furlong, other sports dignitaries pay tribute to Georgian luger

Condolences to friends and family.

… the Sooners clinched their third straight Big 12 title with a team score of 197.175 on Saturday at the Devaney Center in Lincoln, Neb.

OU swept all four team event titles en route to the highest score by a Big 12 Champion since 2001.

Sooner Sports – OU Women’s Gymnastics Notches Three-Peat

1 Oklahoma 197.175
2 Nebraska 196.625
3 Missouri 195.900
4 Iowa State 194.850

full results

more Oklahoma photos

(via gymtruthteller)

The team to beat at National Championships.

UCLA Gymnastics team won its 15th Pac-10 Conference title and second consecutive, scoring 197.35 to record the highest score amongst all conference championships this weekend. The Bruins hit 24-for-24 routines, with all but the very first routine of the day scoring 9.8 or better.

Bruin sophomore Vanessa Zamarripa won the all-around with a 39.575 and vault with a 9.95 to capture her first career Pac-10 titles. She was also named the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year. Senior Anna Li recorded her first-ever perfect 10 on uneven bars to win the event, her third Pac-10 event title in her career. Junior Brittani McCullough also won a Pac-10 title, tying for first on floor exercise with a career-best 9.925. …

read more – UCLA Bruins

Russia’s Anastasia Grishina is another good nominee for “best gymnast in the world” scoring 59,450 all-around. With a 15.9 on Bars (9.4 E score).

Junior
1. Anastasia Grishina (RUS)
2. Kyla Ross (USA)
3. Erica Fasana (ITA)
3. Andrea Foti (ITA)

Senior
1. Alexandra Raisman (USA)
2. Ksenia Semyonova (RUS)
3. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)

full Junior results (PDF)
full Senior results (PDF)

Commentary:

Gymnastics Examiner – Alexandra Raisman, Anastasia Grishina take the titles at Trofeo di Jesolo

Gymtruthteller – Junior Jeselo AA results

Gymtruthteller – Jeselo results for the seniors

At the 2010 SEC Gymnastics Championships in Jacksonville, Florida.

1. Florida 197.050
2. Alabama 196.875
3. Georgia 196.825
4. LSU 49.300
5. Auburn 195.575
6. Arkansas 195.275
7. Kentucky 194.800

Ashley Priess from Alabama won the all-around.

Susan Jackson won Vault and was named SEC Gymnast of the Year.

In winning their first SEC championship since 2007, the Gators never blinked when freshman Liz Green fell off the beam twice after four straight Florida gymnasts had hit their routine. In years past, that’s the kind of mishap that had a devastating ripple effect on Rhonda Faehn’s team, but not this year and not on this night.

The reason?

The Gators knew SEC Freshman of the Year Ashanee Dickerson was next up and Dickerson never blinks.
“She’s been a machine all year long, somebody that we can always say we know she’s going to hit,” said Faehn, the 2010 SEC Coach of the Year. …

read more – Gator Country

Handstand walking is a great drill for future pirouetting, but a drill that is overused by many coaches, I feel.

I don’t allow kids to walk in handstand unless they can keep form and shape. In general, for beginners, I only have them walk backwards and sideways. Not forwards. This is doubly important for boys on parallel bars many of whom “learn” to take steps forward to save balance.

See more great gymnastics photos by DigiNik13 on flickr.

Those athletes are ultra inspiring.

Universal Sports and GE posted some highlight pics.

see more photos from Vancouver

I didn’t post this when I first saw it earlier in the month, yet I’ve come back to it a couple of times since.

There’s no big “story” in athletes trying to explain a bad meet. … I guess I simply like listening to these two charming gymnasts.

University of Georgia Senior Grace Taylor and sophomore Kat Ding after their road loss at Michigan

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(via Couch Gymnast)

Congratulations Vancouver, athletes and everyone involved.

Sir Philip Craven tonight declared Vancouver 2010 the “best-ever Winter Paralympic Games” as he brought the curtain down on an event that has inspired, enthralled and surprised in equal measure at a Closing Ceremony that was a fitting finale even though the rain did make it something of a test of endurance at times. …

inside world parasport – Winter Paralympics declared best-ever by IPC President

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Russian wheelchair acrobat Maxim sedakov breakdances for Sochi 2014 during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympic Closing Ceremonies in Whistler, British Columbia, March 21, 2010. UPI/Heinz Ruckemann Photo via Newscom
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