Year: 2010

Samantha Sendel from Skydivers in Canada pulling off a gutsy from the ceiling trick.

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One more. From the Athens Olympics.

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Thanks Gymplaza.

It hurts my Achilles every time I see one.

Amanda Turner posted a translation of an article from the Chinese Gymnastics Association:

China did not expect the Russian women to score so well at the recent world championships, Chinese women’s head coach Lu Shanzhen revealed in a recent interview. …

During the team finals at Rotterdam, the Russians missed two routines on bars, but hit 10 of 12 routines to take the title. …

“[Prior to Rotterdam], I saw the videos of two of the Russian gymnasts doing Amanars, but I thought they were sloppy and would definitely be devalued,” Lu told newsportal “Tencent.” “The same thing happened on their triple-full dismounts from beam.”

I don’t know where he could have got that impression.

Frame grab:

Tatiana Nabiyeva in 2009.

Courtesy My RC Videos

Even Tatiana didn’t know if she was going for triple or Amanar.

She’s the most out there space cadet we’ve seen in years. Da.

Easy.

Click PLAY or watch Mike Wilson on YouTube.

He was upping the difficulty from his Truckee Triple.

(via kinesthesist)

That’s topic of a recent College Gymnastics Board thread.

Sarah Shire competed ff layout ff layout last season.

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I’d love to see more long tumbling series in FIG competition. Especially those connected to the mount (VIDEO) like the good old days.

What exact Rules change would encourage that?

(via IG forum)

Athens Olympics.

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Thanks Sher.

Has anyone done that tumbling line since?

EDMONTON — Gymnastics coach Perry Nile Larsen embraced his wife in the hallway outside an Edmonton courtroom on Wednesday afternoon, after being found not guilty of sexual assault and sexual interference for an alleged incident involving a 12-year-old gymnast. …

Larsen, 40, was charged in 2008, after a then-12-year-old gymnast told her mother that he pulled her sweatpants and underwear down three times while she was in a back-bend position during a drop-in practice at the Capital City Gymnastics Club.

After listening to several days of testimony — as well as a full day of closing arguments on Wednesday — Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Mel Binder said there was not sufficient evidence to find Larsen guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

“I’m not at all sure that the incident occurred,” he said.

Binder noted that there were more than 50 people in the gym at the time of the alleged incident, but no one — not even the complainant — actually saw what happened, The judge also rejected the girl’s testimony about where exactly the alleged incident occurred.

… Larsen previously faced charges in relation to two other girls, but Engel said those charges were withdrawn by the Crown in the spring. …

Edmonton Journal

Of course the reputation of a coach is ruined even with this kind of allegation.

Larsen has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against Edmonton police chief, officers alleging broad police misconduct in the case.

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http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20101202/edomont-coach-sues-101202/
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http://www.leaderpost.com/health/Edmonton+court+hears+final+arguments+against+gymnastics+coach/3913242/story.html
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/sign+sexual+touching+club+workers+testify/3885848/story.html

Former French star Ludivine Furnon and acrobatic partner Nicolas Besrnard have advanced to the finals of La France a un Incroyable Talent.

The pair, calling themselves Duo MainTenanT, will face off against three other candidates in the final …

… will be broadcast in France on Wednesday, 22 December. The winner will receive 100,000 euros and will have a place at Le Festival Juste pour Rire in Montréal.

THE ALL AROUND

That post has links to some of their TV performances.

When’s the last time your saw double layout punch front? … aside from Mohini in Athens.

Click PLAY or watch her Floor from 2000 on YouTube.

She won finals with this routine over Produnova, Amânar and Raducan.

Mike Wilson on the Truckee River doing 60 foot double and triple backs.

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Thanks Terry, for that link.

What kind of Photoshop trickery is this?
🙂

there has been no digital manipulation involved. …

Mighty Optical Illusions

(via Flip Catch)