2011 – Page 90 – Gymnastics Coaching.com

Nathan Gafuik at Universiade

Nathan Gafuik has worked as hard for as long as any gymnast I can recall. It’s great to see him put it together in such a big meet.

After putting Canada on the board on Monday thanks to a third-place finish in the individual all-around competition, Nathan Gafuik struck again on Tuesday with a silver medal at the vault on the final day of artistic gymnastics action at the 26th Summer Universiade.

Click PLAY or watch Nate’s routines on YouTube.

related – Gymn.ca – GAFUIK WINS SECOND MEDAL AT UNIVERSIADE

meanwhile, at the Russian Cup

Prelims:

1. Afanasyeva 58.675
2. Dimentieva 58.550
3. Komova 57.150

… Ksenia Afanasyeva is looking to be a lock yet again with those strong scores across the board. Her many fans will get another chance to see if she can get past the psychological issues that seem to dog her at every final. It would be nice see her return from Tokyo with an individual medal this time.

Komova looks to have had trouble on beam. …

read more on Couch Gymnast – Russian Cup Qualifications

Results — click for larger image of results

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Danell Leyva – 92.50*

it ain’t bragging if you do it

CONGRATULATIONS Danell.

1. Danell Leyva, 92.5; 2. Jonathan Horton 90.4; 3. Steven Legendre 89.4; 4. John Orozco, 89.2; 5. Chris Brooks, 89.15; 6. Jake Dalton, 87.85; 7. Alex Naddour, 87.55; 8. CJ Maestas, 87.35.

Examiner – Quick hits: Senior men’s prelims at the 2011 U.S. Championships COMPETITION

* Note that USAG rules have a few bonus tenths. For example, 0.1+ for a stuck landing of elements D or more difficult. (Leyva’s HBar had +0.5 bonus this night.)

… “I need some more to reach [Kohei] Uchimura, but that’s what I’m working on,” he said.

Alvarez was not surprised by Leyva’s effort on day one. He says he always hits his routines at their Miami gym, where they do extra on pommel horse, a weakness of the U.S. team. He also wrote down his potential score on paper and showed it to Danell a while ago, but Danell thought the lofty number was crazy.

It was 92.50. …

Dwight Normile’s take on the meet on IG – Leyva Impressive on Day 1: Horton Trails by 2.10

Sam Mikulak – Tkachev front attempt

2011 NCAA All-Around Champion as a Michigan Freshman, Sam Mikulak …

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I had view #1 on this awesome video. Sweet.

Deaton, Melton top Jr AA day 1

Jonathan Deaton (16-18) and Sean Melton (14-15) (top) All Around at Day 1 USA MAG Championships. Scores on USAG

(via The All Around Gymnastics News and Double Front on Facebook.)

Amanda Robinson for USAG:

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Aug. 17, 2011 – Jonathan Deaton of Longmeadow, Mass./Tim Daggett’s Gold Medal Gymnastics (16-18) and Sean Melton of Orlando, Fla./Orlando Metro Gymnastics (14-15), lead the all-around with a score of 83.450 and 83.000, respectively, after the first day of the junior competition at the 2011 Visa Championships at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn.

“It’s really great to be leading the standings.” Deaton said. “I am really happy with my performance and I think I did the best gymnastics I could. I hope on Friday, I’ll be able to repeat my performance and place just as well.” …

Anna Li – 6.7 start Bars

She’s connecting Shushanova (G) to get to 6.7, I’m assuming.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MTczNTAzOTIy?related=1

Watch more video of Visa Championships 2011 on gymnastike.org

Leave a comment if you’ve got a breakdown of this Anna Li routine.

Katelyn Ohashi Floor

Inside Gymnastics on Facebook called Katelyn’s Floor – “great music, beautiful leaps and dance” – the highlight of podium training yesterday.

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Certainly she’s one of the few gymnasts who can make twisting split leaps look good.

U.K. gymnastics documentaries

Couch Gymnast, inspired by the latest gymnastics documentary out of the U.K. called The Gymnast, reflects historical:

… The British have always been good at bringing the World a gymnastics documentary. For a country who was only recently climbed the ranks they have had quite a fascination with their gymnasts and the worlds they inhabit. This should not be that surprising. Consider the nineties, when the USA finally became a real power in gymnastics, there was a spate of documentaries coming from that proud nation.

The British have kept them coming for years however, and they are generally of good quality with interesting insights on the lives of those involved in the sport. …

Gymnastics Documentaries: A British Thing?

One of those she links to is another BBC documentary featuring Venus and Angel Romaeo.

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related – Gymnasts from Winnipeg were extras in a new movie based on the “tween-friendly American Girl line of dolls, books, fashion and activities”. (via IG)