Year: 2011

Boise moves into the top 12.

1 Florida 197.035
2 Stanford 196.656

3 Utah 196.165
4 Georgia 195.950
5 Oklahoma 195.933
6 Oregon State 195.821
7 Alabama 195.770
8 Michigan 195.635
9 Nebraska 195.438
10 UCLA 195.430

11 Arkansas 195.180
12 Boise State 195.038

… see more on College Gym Fans

Stanford will be tested next weekend against Oregon State, UCLA, Nebraska and Michigan. That should confirm whether or not they are the default to win NCAA Championships this year, … should Florida falter.

GymInfo – Top 25 Teams

Thanks JAO for catching a mistake in my earlier post.

Disappointment, satisfaction, appreciation.

That from Cerasela Patrascu, the Romanian gymnast who retired after the 2010 World Championships.

In this interview she eloquently communicates the mixed emotions of the elite gymnast.

… “I am not happy with what I have accomplished in gymnastics, because I know I could have done more. My dream was a medal on the uneven bars and to go to the Olympic Games. I, however, don’t have any regrets that my parents took me to gymnastics. I don’t miss anything, I had the best life a child could ever have” …

fangymnastics – [Must read] The happy gymnast`s sad story – Cerasela Patrascu (Prosport article)

He won Winter Cup convincingly. And qualified to National Team.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The final installment in Jason Shen’s essay on how his team won the NCAA gymnastics championships.

Inspiring.

… Whenever we would do an amazing routine or skill, instead of getting super high-fivey about it, we would just shrug our shoulders and say “Just another day in the office.” Because we were professionals and outstanding performance was just what. we. did. …

Part 3 (Finale): How I Blew Out My Knee and Came Back to Win a National Championship

This site has over 7000 posts. Of those, I’d love to link the 300-400 best technical posts from an online Table of Contents.

Ideal would be a wiki, where others could add, delete and edit

Yet every time I research the state of the art wikis, I’m disappointed.

We don’t need much:

• WYSIWYG easy page editing for ‘normal’ people
• hosted
• good security

I’m currently experimenting with Google Sites.

Click PLAY or watch a tutorial on YouTube.

Leave a comment if you can recommend other options.

… Mai Murakami, 14-year-old, will compete at the 2011 California Classic Gymnastics Invitational from March 4-6. This gymnastics competition will be hosted by the Southern California Elite Gymnastics Academy …

Mai is coached by Japan’s former male Olympic medalist (Seoul and Barcelona), Yukio Iketani. …

Cultural News

She will travel from there to compete City of Jesolo in Italy, Mar 19th.

The new littlemissgymnast blog links videos. Including her double layout on Floor at age-13.

More cheese.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I love cheesy.

The cast of Glee halftime show (Heads Will Roll / Thriller) was far more entertaining than Black Eyed Peas at the Super Bowl. … What was with the audio on that?

Yet another team pushing the magic 197 only half way through the season.

This today at Arizona State (194.800)

… details to come on OSU Beavers.

Next weekend Stanford, UCLA and Oregon State all compete at IGI Chicago Style (” Largest Women’s Gymnastics Invitational Meet in the World!”) on Friday at Navy Pier.

Stanford then heads to Ann Arbor, Michigan for a tri-meet with Michigan and Nebraska on Sunday.

Two GREAT meets.

It’s the first of The New Dimension Of Gymnastic Videos.

Black and White. Camera angles you’ve never seen before. Excellent editing.

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

Martijn Kuikman, Producer.

That’s a bit of a teaser. There’s more to come.

Kuikman is a Dutch gymnast who studies Media & Entertainment.

Thanks Tarik.

It’s worth watching the introduction to this video. Good question:

Why do women’s Health and Fitness magazines put skinny models on the cover?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Personally, the only magazine cover I check out is Oxygen. Those covergirl athletes are extraordinarily fit.

I’m still concerned about safety at CrossFit clubs, though the best are very safe.