… new bar routine in the Tokyo training hall before the start of competition at the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships. …
Lopez is a 2008 Olympian and a former University of Denver collegiate gymnast. She placed 10th all around at last year’s World Championships and has continued to improve each year. Watch for Lopez in both the uneven bars, and all around finals.
Adrian STOICA and Steve BUTCHER signed off on a memo from Men’s FIG Tech Committee. I list only some here. Click through for the entire list.
ELEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR EVALUATION 2011 WORLD ARTISTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS TOKYO
(MAG)
Rings
2. Salto forward piked or stretched with 5/2 turns (D value, EGV)
Submitted by Max WHITLOCK (GBR)
Vault
3. Handspring forward and salto forward stretched with 3/1 turns (7.4 value, EGIII)
Submitted by YANG Hak Seon (KOR)
Parallel Bars
5. Moy piked with ½ turn to upper arm support, also with straddle (B, EGIII)
Submitted by Mahmood ALSADI (QAT)
7. Swing forward with 5/4 turn on 1 arm through Healy to support (F value, EGI), any momentary stop will result in two independent elements
Submitted by Epke ZONDERLAND (NED)
8. Double salto forward piked (F value, EGV)
Submitted by (RUS) David BELYARSKIY (RUS)
9. From upper arms hang, backward salto with ½ twist (D value, EGII)
Submitted by Jacob DALTON (USA)
14. Gaylord from el-grip = (D value), same box & value as Gaylord (Code II.52)
Submitted by Vlasios MARAS (GRE)
… Doug Boger, 62, was dismissed by ArtSports World, a Colorado Springs gym, amid mounting concerns by parents and gym employees about the safety of children around Boger. …
Boger, a U.S. national team coach and USA Gymnastics national coach of the year as recently as 2009, continued to work at ArtSports more than a year after he was banned by USAG. …
While Boger was permanently banned from coaching at member gyms or participation in USA Gymnastics-sponsored events, he was able to continue coaching … gymnasts at ArtSports World because the gym is not affiliated with USAG as a member club. …
Peter Vidmar, the chairman of USA Gymnastics’ board of directors and a former Olympic medalist himself, told The Register on Tuesday he wants the governing body to make changes to its bylaws in an effort to prevent banned coaches from continuing to work with underage athletes. Vidmar said USA Gymnastic officials have been consulting with the organization’s attorneys as well as nonprofit experts about possible rule changes.
“We have to take a look at doing everything we can to protect the children in our sport,” Vidmar said. …
I invite anyone who would like to weigh in on this story to leave a comment. As every coach knows, being accused is the same as being found guilty in this kind of crime.
I watched Great Britain’s podium training with Gummi Brynjólfsson, men’s judge and women’s coach from Iceland. He’s a big fan of their men’s program, as am I.
Yet Gummi recalled being at their national training centre only 8yrs ago when the British men’s program was at low ebb.
How times have changed since London won the Olympics 2012.
In 2011 there’s a very realistic chance that GBR could finish as high as 3rd as a team, ahead of USA, GER and KOR.
How would that happen?
First, they’d need to hit Pommels. Get a lead of as much as 2pts on their strongest apparatus.
Count how many Russians they compete on pig, I dare you.
Second, they have to hope that the Men’s judges actually judge. GBR has execution in the league with JPN and CHN. … Based on Rotterdam, the men’s judges don’t seem to bother with execution, “boxing” all E scores relatively close together:
bad routine = 7.9
average = 8.4
good routine = 8.9
perfect routine = 9.1
If the MAG judges do that, the “cleaner teams” (CHN, JPN, GBR) suffer relative to the uglier teams.
Still … predicting men’s gymnastics results is a dangerous game. Anything can happen in Team prelims. And by “anything”, I mean disaster can strike on 6 different apparatus. Every gymnast might fall on Vault, for example.
It’s going to be a great battle GBR v GER v USA and perhaps even KOR.
Blythe Lawrence lives part of the year in France. She’d add that team to the mix:
… I wrote awhile ago that France, which pulled a surprising fifth place finish at the 2010 Worlds despite losing Benoit Caranobe early in the competition, could have a shot at a medal here. We’ll see.
They have two of the best vaulters in the world in Samir Ait Said (who’s also good on rings) and defending World champion Thomas Bouhail. They have good pommel horse from all-arounder Cyril Tommasone. They have pbars and high bar from Yann Cucherat. They are capable. What they may not have is a second and third gymnast on every event. …
FRA has just begun podium training. Examiner LIVE blog.
The British men will qualify in the top 8 teams, no problem. It’s essential that their girls do, as well, so far as the host nation is concerned. Neither team wants to do the “test event” in January.
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