Year: 2016

Olympic Vault Champion – Achilles

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Olympic vault champion Yang Hak-seon is likely to miss the Rio de Janeiro Games due to an Achilles injury, state media reported.

Yang suffered the injury during floor practise in Seoul on Tuesday and had surgery the following day …

The Star

Yang

organize your Gymnastics awards

Though it’s been around for a few years, at the UCIC competition I saw this product for the first time.

Award Keeper

It’s a high quality binder custom designed to display and safely store ribbons and medals.

Watch a VIDEO on how it works.

For prices and details go to AwardKeeper.com

LEVITATION from SILA SVETA

Mind blowing dance performance interacting with computer lighting.

‘Levitation’ is a collaborative performance by Sila Sveta and Anna Abalikhina shown on the TV show ‘Big Ballet’. All visuals were rendered in real time without any post production.

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

Here’s how it was done – Dancer Defies Gravity with Stunning 3D Projections.

Thanks George.

Larisa Latynina – greatest Olympic gymnast all time

Larisa Latynina was ranked the 9th greatest Olympian in any sport by bwin.

… Her total of 18 Olympic medals was a record for 48 years until surpassed by American swimmerMichael Phelps …

Larisa

Leah Griesser – Floor

Though many bemoan the “sad demise of artistic gymnastics” in an era where difficulty is the bigger goal, I see a resurgence of great choreography.

The Dutch at Worlds 2015, for example.

Here’s another example. Superb artistry and choreography from Germany’s Leah Griesser.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Leah Griesser, Pauline Schäfer, Sophie Scheder, Elisabeth Seitz and Pauline Tratz have been chosen to compete at the Rio Test Event.

(via The Beam Queen)

Elisabeth Seitz 15.450 Bars

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In the Bars final Elisabeth (15.366) finished ahead of all 3 Russian challengers.

(via papaliukin)