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Falls on balance beam and out-of-bounds deductions on floor exercise cost fifth-ranked UCLA in a 195.975-195.625 loss to eighth-ranked Stanford on Sunday afternoon in Pauley Pavilion. …
Vanessa Zamarripa won the all-around (39.5), beam (9.9) and floor (9.9). Brittani McCullough won the vault with a 9.9 while debuting a Yurchenko 1.5 vault. …
… Stanford was shaky on balance beam …
Congratulations to the new Olympic Champion.
And well deserved. Perfect back layout double twist. (I don’t care about the moguls or speed of the run.)
I’ll post video for both men and women when video eventually gets posted online.
Oft injured Rebecca should be in good shape for March 6th, the American Cup.
How’s she doing?
Click PLAY or watch her beam from the WOGA meet this weekend on YouTube.
Should she replace that Sheep Jump?
Update. Marcus points out it’s not as bad as it looks at full speed.
Check the comments for other concerns.
Rebecca is a fantastic gymnast. But is she fantastic enough to be the next Olympic Champion from WOGA? …
I’m not convinced she is. Rebecca’s legs, especially on bars, are very deductible.
amazing capture by GrinnellGirl
From one of my former gymnasts.
Several large circus tents previously used by Cirque du Soleil are on their way to Haiti to be used as a temporary headquarters for the Port-au-Prince government, according to the man donating them.
The self-contained tents would replace government buildings destroyed a month ago by the devastating earthquake that killed at least 200,000 people, Nevada real estate developer Tom Schrade said Thursday. …
The tents have 33,000 square feet of interior floor space, including heating and air conditioning systems, interior and exterior lighting, toilets and 900 padded chairs, Schrade said. …
Conrad Hilton and the Clinton Foundation are transporting the tents.
(via Cirque Tribune)
Anna’s boyfriend says he’s UCLA Gymnastic’s BIGGEST FAN.
It’s hard to argue after seeing this interview. Don’t bother sending Anna a valentine.
Click PLAY or watch fan boy on YouTube.
(via @uclagymnastics)
From Ivan Cuk, Editor in Chief:
The new issue starts with an article by German authors Thomas Heinen, Pia Vinken, and Konstantinos Velentzas addressing a very interesting dilemma of twist directions.
The second article is the contribution by Trevor Dowdell from Australia who is exploring characteristics of coaching.
The third article is about the reliability of judging in men’s artistic gymnastics at the University Games in Belgrade 2009, written by a group of authors from Slovenia and Hungary: Bojan Leskošek, Ivan Cuk, Istvan Karacsony, Jernej Pajek and Maja Bu?ar.
The fourth article comes from Slovenian author Matjaž Ferkolj who has researched kinematic characteristics of Roche vault on vaulting table.
The second issue of our journal concludes with an article from Portugal in which José Ferreirinha, Joana Carvalho, Cristina Côrte-Real and António Silva analyze the evolution of flight element on uneven bars from 1989 to 2004.
It’s all free. Click through to the home page for links (PDF) to each article.
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