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Apparently she’s the first woman to do one. That surprises me. Guys have been doing them for decades.
Kimmy Fasani Lands First Double Backflip for Women:
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Is that what they call “landed” … ??
🙂
(via Transworld Snowboarding)
Here’s a look at the all around rankings:
(2 days of competition were combined)1 Jacob Dalton, 176.250
2 Danell Leyva, 175.150
3 CJ Maestas, 172.750
4 Alexander Naddour, 170.750
5 Andrew Elkind, 170.600
6 Joshua Dixon, 168.800
7 Jesse Silverstein, 168.600
8 Tim Gentry, 167.500
9 Tyler Mizoguchi, 166.800
10 Alexy Bilozertchev, 166.750
11 Joseph Hagerty, 165.800
12 Sho Nakamori, 165.700
13 Dylan Akers, 164.400
14 Donothan Bailey, 163.300
15 Christopher Stehl, 162.950
16 Mel Anton Santander, 162.550
17 Jake Martin, 161.850
18 Chris Turner, 161.400
19 Jordan Valdez, 159.500
20 Jesse Glenn, 159.450
21 Stacey Ervin, 158.700
22 Craig Hernandez, 158.000
23 Alexander Buscaglia, 157.650
24 Maximilian Mayr, 154.700
Gymnastike links videos of many of the top routines.
National Team announced:
… 2011 USA Senior National team from now through August 2011:
Chris Brooks, Houston/ Hilton HHonors
Chris Cameron, Winter Haven, Fla./University of Michigan
Jake Dalton, Reno, Nev./University of Oklahoma
Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif./Stanford University
Andrew Elkind, Cherry Hill, N.J./Hilton HHonors
Jonathan Horton, Houston/Hilton HHonors
Glen Ishino, Santa Ana, Calif./University of California, Berkeley
Steven Legendre, Flower Mound, Texas/University of Oklahoma
Danell Leyva, Miami/ Hilton HHonors
CJ Maestas, Corrales, N.M./U.S. Olympic Training Center
Tyler Mizoguchi, Houston/University of Illinois
Alex Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz./University of Oklahoma
Paul Ruggeri, Manlius, N.Y./University of Illinois
Jesse Silverstein, Suffern, N.Y./U.S. Gymnastics Development Center II
Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J./Ohio State University
The University of Oklahoma star took prelims with 88.10.
And proved himself in Finals winning the AA, Floor and Vault.
CONGRATS.
OU sophomore Jacob Dalton won the 2011 Winter Cup all-around title and regained his position on the U.S. Senior National Team late Saturday night.
Overall, one third of the national team will remain from the University of Oklahoma men’s program. …
Joining Dalton on the U.S. National Team are (Chris) Brooks, sophomore Alex Naddour, senior Steven Legendre and Olympic silver medalist Jonathan Horton. …
Dalton, a three-time All-American, claimed the all-around title for the weekend after he posted a two-day total of 176.250. Posting an all-around score of 88.150 on the final night, the Reno, Nev., native also claimed the floor (16.150) and vault (16.550) event titles. …
read more – Sooner Sports
Almost. … 196.975.
vs San Jose State (season high 193.825)
I still recall Thomasina Wallace and SJSU upsetting Stanford in 2009. … That didn’t happen tonight. Stanford will maintain their #2 ranking in the nation.
The No. 2 Stanford women’s gymnastics team hit five scores of 9.90 or above on the way to a season-best performance in a 196.975-193.825 victory over San Jose State at Burnham Pavilion on Saturday. …
Stanford improved to 9-0 overall this season and 44-1-1 at Burnham Pavilion since 1998.
The Cardinal next takes on Pac-10 rivals UCLA and Oregon State at the IGI Chicago Style Invitational on Friday at Chicago’s Navy Pier, and then heads to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a tri-meet with Michigan and Nebraska on Sunday.
Wow.
I never give this team the respect they deserve. That away score at New Hampshire puts them in the league with the top teams … chasing Florida.
Kylee Botterman scored 39.575 to win the all-around. Again.
GoBlue.
U of Washington Huskies scored their best team score of the season, 195.800. They should move up in the rankings, as will Michigan.
Good news.
It sounds like rehabilitation is going well and we’ll see the intriguing French gymnast in Berlin.
… “the Games is the goal,” Youna Dufournet … “all in good time,” she hastened to say.
Prior to London, Tokyo and there are world championships. This will be in October. And even before that, there will be Berlin and the European Championships in early April. …
read more in French … or in English via Google Translate
Andy Thornton has been pouring over the videos posted by USAG, linking to the best of the best.
Team USA needs pommels desperately, especially since Sasha Artemov is not back in shape, as yet.
Glen Ishino from Cal Berkeley (3rd AA PDF) has a good shot to make National Team, especially with a 14.90 on horse.
Click PLAY or watch Glen on YouTube.
Andy liked this set, too:
Click PLAY or watch Alex Buscaglia on YouTube.
… That had to be the best Liukin (full twisting laid out Tcatchev) I’ve ever seen, and nearly every skill he did had a unique style to it. Great body position on his releases, and great form throughout the routine. Same D-score as Leyva (7.4), but amazingly this scored 0.2 lower in execution than Leyva’s! …
Danell is awesome talented, but he really does need to improve his execution.
See many, many more routines on American Gymnast – The most stunning routines from Vegas – Day 1!
The all-around leader had the top Floor score in prelims.
6.900 difficulty, 9.000 execution =15.900
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
His tumbling is quite stylish. The connections as embarrassing as every other top guy these days under the Grandi code.
Artistic gymnastics … right. 🙂
My old biomechanics professor, Benno M. Nigg at the University of Calgary, says … not necessarily:
His overall conclusion: Shoe inserts or orthotics may be helpful as a short-term solution, preventing injuries in some athletes. But it is not clear how to make inserts that work. The idea that they are supposed to correct mechanical-alignment problems does not hold up. …
NY Times – Close Look at Orthotics Raises a Welter of Doubts
He’s about to release a new book titled Biomechanics of Sport Shoes.
Of course many people swear by them, including this guy.
Funny.
Thanks JAO.
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