Year: 2011

In a thriller, Kent State finished ahead of both Stanford and Minnesota to clinch the 2nd and final spot as a Team to NCAA Championships 2011.

Congratulations.

I was interrupted in following live coverage when friends dragged me away to a delicious THAI restaurant. …

… so far

University of Michigan 197.025
Kent State

Michigan 197.025
Kent State 195.450

DISASTER for Stanford 195.225 … TIED with University of Minnesota. … Neither qualified as a team.

UCLA 197.475
Georgia 196.750

Click PLAY or watch Kat Ding seal the deal (9.95) on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NTQ1NDgyMDk4

Watch more video of 2011 NCAA Regional Championships on gymnastike.org

Oklahoma 197.350
Utah 196.450

Fan favourite Christine Peng Peng Lee fell twice. But this was still Stoi’s favourite Doha routine.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Love the Barani. … But I wish Peng Peng would go back to her double twisting front layout dismount. That was cool.

She’s verbally committed to UCLA. (Miss Val signed her before she had even made the big comeback. Peng Peng’s got killer charisma live.)

Only a few of the best in the world can do kip that way, including this young Chinese gymnast.

Select kids with the right genetics and flexibility. Start young. And condition with specificity.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Chinese Gymnastics Blog has Yao Jinnan’s Floor and Bar Finals, as well.

60 Minutes did a glowing profile on a tough, successful basketball coach. … Not everyone will agree with his draconian methods.

St. Anthony in Jersey City, N.J., doesn’t even have its own gym, but it has Coach Bob Hurley, who has taken the team, now ranked number-one in the nation, to 24 state championships.

Click PLAY or watch a preview on CBS News.

http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf

Watch that show if you get the chance. It first aired Sunday, March 27th.

Female gymnasts are ideal for this sport and activity.

… featuring Paul Robinson, Sasha DiGiulian, Vasya Vorotnikov, and Ashima Shiraishi. Presented by Central Rock Gym in Worcester, MA …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

A nice edit by Anne from Gymnastike:

This week’s gymnastics workout video features one of the top NCAA teams in the country and the Big 10 Champions, the University of Michigan. This workout was filmed just a couple weeks before the Wolverines won their 5th straight Big 10 team title. In the national rankings, senior Kylee Botterman has held the #1 ranking in the all around most of the season and Michigan has consistently been in the top 10. UM will be hosting one of six NCAA Regional Championships this weekend (TODAY) and plan to be one of 12 teams to advance to the 2011 NCAA National Championships.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/Mjk4NDgxMzkz

Watch more video of Workout Wednesday, Season 5 on gymnastike.org

BEAM
1. Sixin Tan – China 14.550
2. Ashleigh Brennan – Australia
3. Gaelle Mys – Belgium 13.400

FLOOR (PDF)
1 Yao, Jinnan CHN 510 5.60 14.200
2 Brennan, Ashleigh AUS 500 5.30 13.300
3 Matias Hypolito, Daniele BRA 505 5.30 13.250
3. Jocelyn Hunt, GB 5.10 13.250

VAULT (PDF)
1 Sasaki Junior, Sergio BRA 16.012
2 Huang, Yuguo CHN 15.850
3 Zou, Kai CHN 15.750

P BARS (PDF)
1 Jursch, Christopher GER 121 5.80 14.800
2 Yerimbetov, Yernar KAZ 134 5.90 14.700
3 Pina Valenzuela, Felipe Andres CHI 108 5.50 14.400

H BAR (PDF)
1 Zou, Kai CHN 109 7.70 16.425
2 Chen, Xuezhang CHN 112 6.80 15.175
3 Rossi, Kevin SUI 150 5.70 14.500

Congratulations to Qatar Gymnastics Federation organizers.

related – Gulf Times write-up on day 2 of Finals.

Not the best routine I’ve seen him do. Still, the Arab superstar won both prelims and Finals in his own region. Congratulations.

Click PLAY or watch him on YouTube.

With all the problems right now in his homeland, Jordan, this is one bit of good news.

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