2010 – Page 171 – Gymnastics Coaching.com

USA Men’s Collegiate Championships

… not for Division 1 NCAA, but for everyone else.

If you’re close to Colorado Springs this weekend, support the sport meet by attending.

… “USA Gymnastics is proud to sponsor the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships as part of its efforts to support and promote collegiate gymnastics at all levels,” said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. “Collegiate gymnastics is an important segment of our sport and this event provides additional universities the opportunity to compete for a national title.”

At the men’s USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships, the team competition is divided into two categories, varsity and collegiate. The varsity competition is for Division I, II, or III, four-year institutions with gymnastics as a varsity sport, and the collegiate team category is for two-year or four-year degree-granting schools with gymnastics as a club sport.

The schools in this year’s field are: Varsity — College of William and Mary, Springfield College, U.S. Air Force Academy and U.S. Naval Academy; and Collegiate Club Division — Arizona State University, College of Brockport, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Portland Community College, University of Texas and University of Washington …

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Jiang Yuyuan NOT going to Wisconsin

This is a repost, clarifying a mistake …

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A bevy of well-known Chinese athletes, including several gymnasts, will take part in in a University of Wisconsin Madison study session, according to The Capital Times. …

The six month program, which begins in June, is a “non-degreed seminar enabling the Chinese student-athletes, currently enrolled in graduate studies at the Beijing University of Sport, to build their English, science, leadership and coaching skills.”

Amongst the 11 expected athletes are gymnasts ~~Jiang Yuyuan~~, a member of China’s gold-medal-winning women’s team in Beijing, 2001 World medalist Sun Xiaojiao and legendary beam worker Yang Bo.

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~~Is Jiang Yuyuan going to train in Madison, WI …~~ … She’s competing in Edmonton next weekend.

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An update from Inside Gymnastics explains where the error started:

Amongst the 11 expected athletes are 2001 World medalist Sun Xiaojiao and legendary beam worker Yang Bo, as well as rhythmic gymnast Sui Jianshuang, who won a silver medal in Beijing.

UPDATED: The Capital Times updated their story, changing the athlete names to reflect what we have listed above. The original story indicated a member of the 2008 gold-medal women’s team would be among the contingent, not rhythmic medalist Sui.

It was Sui Jianshuang, not current active gymnast Jiang Yuyuan, who’s going to Wisconsin

IOC – tough on age cheats

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge was interviewed in Singapore while there inspecting preparations for the first ever Youth Olympic Games this August.

… he warned the IOC would not tolerate anyone cheating by faking their age to meet entry requirements, as has happened at Olympics in the past.

“It is true that in the past there has been cheating both by pretending that they were older, in sports like gymnastics, or by pretending they were younger than the age category in some team sports,” he said.

“We definitely are going to follow that. We will be relying very much on the National Olympic Committees and the national federations because they are running sport on a day-to-day basis.

“If we suspect any cheats, we will be tough, there’s no doubt about that.”

Jacques Rogge vows tough line on age, drug cheats

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The timing of this statement could not be worse for Gymnastics China.

Recall that the FIG declared Dong Fangxiao guilty of being underage at the 2000 Olympics.

The only defence offered by Luo Chaoyi, director of the Gymnastics Center of the General Administration of Sport in China, was that Fangxiao was not underage. But that after retirement she and her family for some reason contrived to lower her age in all subsequent documentation. I joking called this forging her own passport.

Why and how Dong would do this is so ludicrous a suggestions that I’m sure the IOC must sanction that athlete and her Federation.

Especially now that Jacques Rogge has declared himself tough on age cheats.

There’s almost certain to be age falsification scandals in some sports in Singapore.

I’ve not heard any specific calendar date for an IOC ruling on what to do about the medals won by Dong Fangxiao and her team in Sydney. Leave a comment if you know.

Extreme Slackline

A lot of gymnastics gyms are adding slack lines. Inexpensive. Fun. And … fairly safe.

Backflips, Frontflips, 360s, 540s, Drops, Spins, ….

Click PLAY or watch a competition on YouTube. (10min)

I’ve not used them much. Leave a comment if you’ve got advice about slacklines for coaches like me.

Thanks

gymnastics week in review

The Gymnastics Examiner wrap-up …

Gymnastics Examiner – The gymnastics week in review for March 24th

I missed this story:

… USA Gymnastics will induct seven new members into its Hall of Fame this year. The honorees are Olympians Dominique Moceanu (1996), Wendy Bruce (1992) and Kip Simons (1996) who is now coaching the Air Force Academy men’s team, new U.S. men’s national team coordinator Kevin Mazeika, two time trampoline Olympian Jennifer Parilla and her coach Robert Null, and Ellen Garlicki Nyemcsik, a former rhythmic gymnastics World Championships team member, who has done wonderful things for the sport in the U.S. (USA Gymnastics) …

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Jorge Hugo Giraldo, Jessica Lopez – South American Games Champions

Wonderful Jessica Lopez has not retired. She’s getting better!

… Lopez, second at the Nadia Comaneci International in February and third at the American Cup in March, claimed an easy victory over two Brazilians. With the highest score on each event, Lopez defeated Leal by nearly 3 full points. Priscila Cobello won the bronze.

“My performance could not have been better — it’s marvelous!” a thrilled Lopez said.

In Wednesday’s event finals, the former Denver standout added three more gold medals on uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.

“I thank God I had a very good performance in the competition today, and I am very proud to give these medals to my country,” said Lopez, 24. “It’s thanks to all the work and preparation I’ve been doing with my coach (Brazilian Nilson Medeiros) that I was able to have this triumph.” …

International Gymnast – Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela Rule South American Games