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Five-time all-around world champion Kohei Uchimura extended his own mark by winning his eighth consecutive national championship on Sunday.
He surpassed Masao Takemoto and Takashi Ono to stand alone in first with the most national titles. …
Click PLAY or watch a News clip on YouTube. (He went back to the Shewfelt vault.)
related – Vitaly Scherbo weighs in on Kohei Uchimura
(via Gymnast #391)
Here’s a terrific interview by Irina Stepantseva with our surprise European Vault Champion. After reading it, I’m suddenly a huge fan.
-I really want to go to a second Olympics. I suddenly have this totally crazy dream. One such dream has already come true: I wanted to win some kind of competition, so that I would stand on the podium in first place and they would play the Russian national anthem. It had never happened to me before! And today I stood on the podium and the anthem was playing. And that’s it; the next dream is the Olympics.
-And skip Worlds? That won’t work.
-Of course, I’ll have to win Worlds as well. But the Olympics is the coolest.
read more … “I EARNED MY LUCK HONESTLY”
Click PLAY or LIKE it on Facebook.
Most of Canada is adopting the American Junior Olympic competitive program. That’s good news as far as I’m concerned.
It’s well tested. Proven. Simpler than our former ever changing systems.
Anyone in the general public can understand a perfect 10.0 scoring system
On the other hand, Canadian coaches are still gaining understanding on exactly how J.O. works.
UPDATE: Jason MacDonald, the region5gyminsider, clarifies that Level 1 is the ONLY non-competitive level in the program.
Here’s an overview – Gymnastics HQ – Gymnastics Levels Guide
Triple Twist posted a terrific profile piece on Lauren “Laurie” Hernandez and Jazmyn “Jazzy” Foberg of MG Elite.
Top score from Level 10 #R5Championships. El-grip giants.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (9.725)
A Japanese Simone Biles. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch her on instagram.
https://instagram.com/p/171MAcTL5X/
Sae Miyakawa fell on both bars and beam in qualification as well as in final but her strong performance on floor and vault made up a bit for her ranking. She opened her floor routine with double layout out full out with a little bit uncontrolled landing and one foot went out of bounce. Then she nearly stuck her front layout to front double tuck and double layout. Finally, she finished her routine with double twisting double tuck with chest a bit low but she nearly stuck it. However, the counted dance elements are spilt leap 1/1, switch leap and a single turn which only worth 0.6 in total. Hence, her D score is “only” 6.2 with two H rated skills. She vaulted a Rudi and got 15.5 to finished in 7th. …
Couch Gymnast – All Japan WAG AA final
via GymFever2012
James Greaves on Buzzfeed:
1. Gymnastics shows individuality
2. …and age is just a number right?
see the rest – 12 Reasons Why Gymnastics Is The Best Sport In The World
Season average:
1. Utah 14,858
2. Alabama 12,086
3. Georgia 9,381
4. LSU 9,208
5. Auburn 6,188
6. Florida 5,850
7. UCLA 5,417
8. Oregon State 3,548
9. Michigan 3,032
10. Oklahoma 2,973
All those Utah fans have more social media to enjoy than any other team.
I don’t know if I found him or he found me, but one of the things I have enjoyed most over the past few years is documenting our team’s journey with Kory Mortensen. He is a savant. His camerawork, editing skills, musicality and creativity come together in a way that uniquely captures the joy and athleticism of these incredible athletes. …
Click PLAY or watch a year end celebration video on YouTube.
It’s the end of an era, as Samantha Peszek hosts her final episode of #BruinBanter, passing the torch to new host Danusia Francis!
Thanks, Sam, for three great years of the show and five legendary years as a Bruin!
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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