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Results are rolling in fast and furious. Check the Quick Links atop the home page.
Click PLAY or watch some highlights on YouTube.
If you are still trying to figure out Trampoline and Tumbling, here’s a short description on the official Worlds website.
2013:
Rhythmic Gymnastics: Kiev, Ukraine – 14th to 24th September
Artistic Gymnastics: Antwerp, Belgium – 25th September to 7th October
Trampoline Gymnastics: Sofia, Bulgaria – 7th to 10th November2014:
Rhythmic Gymnastics: Izmir, Turkey
Artistic Gymnastics: Nanning, China – 3rd to 12th October
Trampoline Gymnastics:2015:
Rhythmic Gymnastics: Stuttgart, Germany – 7th to 13th September
Artistic Gymnastics: Glasgow, Great Britain – 24th October to 1st November
Trampoline Gymnastics: Odense, Denmark – 1st to 5th December; World Age Group Championships – 25th to 28th November
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Enrique Tomás González Sepúlveda is a Chilean gymnast, the first in his country to win medals at the Pan American Games and World Cup events.
Here is the start of a documentary created by Thomas’s sister Marcela. It’s all part of a project to help Tomas qualify for the Olympics, something he’ll try to do at the Olympic Test Meet, January 2012 in London. (I’m not sure how, still confused by the FIG rules.)
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo. (Spanish)
He’s mustachioed for Movember, as you can see. 🙂
If you would like to help, email documental (@) tomasgonzalez.cl
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It seems Cirque keeps opening shows, but never closing any. They are closing Tokyo Disney, I’m sad to say. 😦
… Since its opening on 1 October 2008, Cirque du Soleil “ZED” has continued with encouraging audience support. But as of Saturday, 31 December 2011, the production will come to an end.
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.
I saw the excellent show after Worlds. And went backstage. Many are disappointed and upset to be winding down. It’s definitely one of the most popular shows within the company.
Some acts are being moved to existing shows. (I heard the excellent double trapeze troupe is going to Mystere.)
… Part of the problem was the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The show was black March 11 through April 20th. Special netting was brought in to protect artists in case of aftershocks during performance.
Zed was the first show to reach its one-millionth guest faster than any show in Japan, and did see great success with over 1,000 performances …
In fact, ticket sales boomed … right after the announced closing.
… Andrea was involved in a car accident on Friday the 18th of November, 2011. The accident took her life. …
Read a tribute posted by Matt Brinker, Head Coach at Southern Ohio Gymnastics Academy.
Dory Roettker, Matt and everyone at the club miss her terribly.
… A young gymnast in Namibia was also killed recently in a car accident. I feel the most dangerous aspect of being a gymnast is the motor vehicle commute to and from the gym. 😦
Results day 1 via GymChina: News on Facebook.
They credit piibunia.
The MAG competition was far stronger than the WAG. And deeper.
With the National team absent, they still had 90+ strong gymnasts competing. And I was told there are perhaps another 150 seniors training who did not qualify.
China is far deeper than Japan, by comparison. Deeper even than USA.
Their B and C teams could contend for Olympic team medals.
It’s the final day of competition in Hong Kong … and I’m over in Macao. 😦
The best place to follow what’s happening is Chinese Gymnastics Blog.
Here are WAG medalists from Finals day 1:
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Li Yiting 14.45(6.0)/14.775(6.3) – 14.612
Angel Huang 13.70(5.2)/13.675(5.0) – 13.687
Jiang Tong 13.85(5.3)/13.275(4.8) – 13.562UB
Luo Peiru 14.925(6.6)
Huang Huidan 14.65(6.6)
Xiao Kangjun 14.225(6.5)
The 2011 Chinese Individual champion on Bars has a very good release that’s not a Jaeger and a strong dismount, setting her apart from most other competitors.
Click PLAY or watch Luo Peiru on YouTube.
6.6 + 8.325 = 14.925 1st
GymChina: News on Facebook:
Watch the last day of finals of CHN nationals on the official site! Nov. 20th 14:30 local time, 00:30 CST, 6:30 GMT. (iPhone and Android also supported.)
Try that LIVE video link here.
related – FIG assigns 2014 Artistic worlds to Nanning, China – October 3 – 12, 2014
Zhang Hongtao Pommel Horse champion, 2011 CHN Individual Championships, Hong Kong.
6.6 + 9.375 = 15.975 1st
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Pommels was the strongest apparatus. Literally dozens of world class routines.
See more MAG & WAG videos from Hong Kong.
Russian star Viktoria Komova recovered from a fall off balance beam to win her first Elite Massilia title Saturday in Marseille.
Komova topped Canadian junior Victoria Moors and Emily Little of Australia in her first appearance at Elite Massilia, according to information provided by GymNet. Komova posted the highest score of the meet (15.7) on uneven bars, and tallied 13.55 on beam, 14.05 on floor and 14.45 on vault.
Continue reading on Examiner.com – Viktoria Komova, Russians capture Elite Massilia titles
more photos on GymNet
Open Division:
1. Jessica Dowling, CAN, 54.1
2. Georgia Rose Brown, AUS, 53.650
3. Kaitlyn Hofland, CAN, 53.3Team :
1. Canada Mixed, 155.250 (Mauchel, Dowling, Flett, Black)
2. Canada Futures Gymnastics, 154.070 (Hofland, Carvalho, Douglas, Deans)
3. Australia, 154.450 (Wheeler, Chung, Brown)Continue reading on Examiner.com – Jessica Dowling wins Open Division at Elite Massilia
The men’s pics are up.
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