Author: Rick Mc

Full Twist:

May 16th and 17th saw the Irish National Championships take place at the University of Limerick. …

Gymnastics Ireland was the sport which received the second highest grant allocation from the Irish Sports Capital Grant initiative and in November it was announced that they had partnered with Janssen Fritsen/ Eurotramp, who are now the suppliers of the equipment for all National Events. The kit looked well and the gymnasts are becoming more and more used to the equipment (generally Gymnova has been the equipment of choice in Ireland up until now). …

Team
1. Salto 138.600
2. Renmore 132.850
3. Nadia 132.450

Senior All Around
1. Ellis O’Reilly (Salto) 49.550
2. Tara Donnelly (DP) 47.000
3. Denise Maloney (Nadia) 45.350

Junior All Around
1. Emmeline Anghileri (Renmore) 45.450
2. Li Ling Martin (Nadia) 43.250
3. Sarah Hynes (Renmore) 42.400

Minor All Around
1. Meg Ryan (Douglas) 44.350
2. Rebecca Geddis (Salto) 43.3500
3. Emma Slevin (Renmore) 42.600

Results: Irish National Championships 2015 (MAG and WAG)

The last time I watched any professional wrestling it was Mickey Rourke in the 2008 film The Wrestler.

Seems wrestlers have increasingly been adding gymnastics to their choreography. Forward and back flips. Gainers. One guy throws a gainer full to front drop.

Click PLAY or watch some highlights on YouTube.

Jodi Brichta-Coyne has it figured out:

… instead of wondering when she will make it to level 10 (and she may not ever make it and I am OK with that), I am going to sit back and watch her and enjoy the moment.

It is her sport, her journey, and wherever it takes her the lessons learned along the way are much more valuable then striving to get somewhere before it’s time.

Get Psyched

This workout with Twistars was filmed during the middle of the 2015 season as they prepared for the championship season. Twistars qualified 6 gymnastics to the 2015 JO Nationals in Des Moines, Iowa. Two of Twistars’ level 10s won the AA national titles, Alyssa Al-Ashari (JR A) and Kai Rivers (JR B).

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MjYzNzcwMjg0?related=1&autoplay=false

This is the first Gymnastike post I’ve linked to in months. My boycott continues.

But I may make the odd exception to the rule in future. Most often for Workout Wednesday. And especially if it features a very interesting club like Twistars.

Click PLAY or watch it on twitter.

(via Arabian Punch Front)

… a chance for Nastia to interact with girls of all ages – athletes and non-athletes – to share her story and talk with them about the issues that they are facing. …

Her hope is that every girl will leave this event feeling inspired to SHINE in their own life.

So far it starts January 31st – Aerials Gymnastics, Colorado and ends July 24th – Waterlee Gymnastics Center, Camden, SC.

Nastia’s special presentation will be followed by an informal hour of hanging out with Nastia – you’ll be able to talk to her, get autographs, take pictures and enjoy a dinner from Subway!

The Shine Tour

Senior
1 Georgia Godwin (Queensland) 54.500
2 Emily Little (Western Australia) 53.100
3 Madelaine Leydin (Victoria) 52.625

Lauren Mitchell competed 2 apparatus finishing highest on FX with 14.075.

Junior
1 Emily Whitehead (Victoria)
2 Talia Folino (Victoria)
3 Charleis Kingston-White (Victoria)

Gymternet has full results. And commentary.

Not much depth. Despite the great year Australia had in 2014 I’m not convinced they are in a good position to qualify a full team to Rio. I hope they prove me wrong.

Mitchell makes impressive return, as Little and Godwin battle for all-round crown

Full Men’s prelim results.

Senior
1. Naoya Tsukahara (Queensland) 84.949
2. Luke Wadsworth (Victoria) 81.033
3. Michael Mercieca (Queensland) 79.700

Super strong. 🙂

Sam Mikulak
John Orozco
Donnell Whittenburg
Paul Ruggeri
Marvin Kimble

Update: They’ve named a five man team, where four athletes compete and three scores count at the competition. I’d wrongly listed Kimble as the alternate. All five will be traveling to Toronto.

Coaches: Andriy Stepanchenko and Kurt Golder

The gymnastics schedule at the Pan Am Games is:

July 11 –men’s podium training (USA, Subdivision 1)
July 12 – women’s podium training (USA, Subdivision 1)
July 13 – men’s and women’s all-around finals
July 14-15 – men’s and women’s individual event finals
July 17-18 – rhythmic gymnastics qualifications
July 18-19 – men’s and women’s trampoline qualifications and finals
July 19-20 – rhythmic gymnastics finals

USAG

related – USA Gymnastics ATHLETE SELECTION PROCEDURES 2015 Pan American Games

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2015 J.O. Nationals.

Impressive. 🙂

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He’s from WOGA Frisco. Coach Sergei Pakanich.

(via Christopher Sommer)