Month: May 2016

Eythora Thorsdottir wins IAG

Eythora Thorsdottir got off to a rough start at yesterday’s IAG SportEvent, earning a 12.6 on beam after two big wobbles and a fall.

But the Dutch gymnast known for her beauty and expression shook herself off and went on to win the all-around title, showcasing three upgraded routines, including a creepily fabulous new (and amazingly creepy) floor for a 14.3 as well as a DTY on vault, earning a 15.033 there.

The vault upgrade is especially key, as the majority of gymnasts in the Netherlands are competing fulls, which gave the team a disadvantage in team competition. Something like this can add nearly a point to the women’s team total, meaning Thorsdottir is now all but a lock to make the team going to Rio this summer. …

Thorsdottir Upgrades, Wins IAG Title

Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.

I love it. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch her DTY on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on YouTube.

Rio Olympic draws

Japan in the 1st of three sessions for MAG. China in the 1st of five in WAG.

Rio

ABANDON – dance with smoke

Choreographed and Performed by Harriet Waghorn and Troy Savic.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

… state of the art computer fluid simulation to generate the smoke effects that brings the CGI ghosts to life. Approximately 1400 hours of simulation time were required to process the bespoke effects, generating nearly 5 terabytes of data. (VIDEO)

Thanks Vadim.

Thema Williams Interview

Well spoken. A very mature point of view.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (17min)

related – Gymternet – The Trinidad Situation Explained

via papaliukin

RollOverHunger.com

Alicia and that guy she married instead of me are promoting a Purina fund-raiser for hungry pets. #RollOverHunger

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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Uchimura 16.15 Horizontal Bar

Huge difficulty. Execution as good as anyone in the world.

Despite two conspicuous angle deductions, on any given day I’d say Kohei is the man to beat on this apparatus.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via IG)

coach at Chelsea Piers

Chelsea Piers Connecticut is looking for a highly qualified and experienced head coach to build, develop and set the vision for our competitive gymnastics teams in our beautiful 15,000 sq. ft. gym. The gym is part of the 465,000sq.ft. sports and fitness complex in Stamford, CT . This is a full time position with a competitive salary and benefit plan. We are also accepting applications for boys & girls team coaches. Interested candidates should send a resume to Jobs (a) Chelseapiersct.com and Phil Mincone at mincop (a)chelseapiersct.com.

Takahiro Goshima – twisting

Cabriole sends a link to Goshima’s FX from NHK Cup. He was 7.2 & 15.50 there.

Click PLAY or watch him on Twitter. Fwd 1/1 to 3 1/5. And Bwd 1 1/2 to 3/1. Wow!

https://twitter.com/taka_gym_223/status/728521257050775552

He does Bwd 3 1/5 to Fwd 2/1 in training on the very SPRINGY Senoh Floor. Just like Kenzo.

Kato and Uchimura

Gymnast #391 linked to videos.

Click PLAY or watch Kohei Uchimura on YouTube. (93.35)

Click PLAY or watch Ryohei Kato on YouTube. (90.7)

Yusuke Tanaka was only 0.1 behind Kato combined over the last two meets. I’d say he and Kenzo are the next two most likely to qualify for Japan’s Olympic Team.