Author: Rick Mc

Cincinnati Gymnastics Head Coach Whitney Showden works hard in warm-ups making sure her level 10’s are focused on the right corrections and finishes for successful floor rotation at the 2015 Circle of Stars. …

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Note how she holds the handstands momentarily.

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Sadly I missed the Great West Gym Fest this year, my favourite age group competition of the year.

They were body surfing at the post-meet disco dance party. 🙂

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Who is that body surfing?

Was it Kathy Johnson Clarke, Kristina Baskett, Melissa Marlowe, Julianne McNamara or Daniela Silivas-Harper?

Thanks Barbara Anne.

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The cast for the 20th season of “Dancing with the Stars” was announced this morning, and 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin is looking to add a mirror ball trophy to her medal collection.

Liukin will partner with Derek Hough, who also danced with Shawn Johnson in her second appearance on the ballroom competition show as part of the All Star cast in 2012. Johnson, who won the mirror ball trophy during her first stint in 2009, finished as the runner-up with Hough. ..

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Is Derek Hough the favorite to win Dancing With The Stars Season 20? The five-time champion wasn’t even expected to compete on the 10th anniversary season, but he was surprisingly revealed as part of the 2015 cast. …

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FIG World Challenge Cup Cottbus (GER) March 19-22.

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New junior women’s outdoor best at 4.59m. Congratulations to Nina Kennedy.

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Nina trained at College Park Gymnastics Academy in Claremont, WA under coaches Pam and Elise Pryce. …

Women’s Artistic Gymnastics international development program in 2008. …

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Many of the best female pole vaulters in the world were gymnasts.

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Very interesting.

Danusia Francis (Great Britain) and Christine ‘Peng Peng’ Lee (Canada) both talk up the possibility of Worlds 2015 and other international assignments in this recent interview.

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Both would need full FIG routines back in time for trials. Their 2015-16 College season would be disrupted.

I’d say both are long shots for Worlds Glasgow at this point. But I’d love to see them try out. 🙂

Update: @ArabianPF_blog points out that Danusia may be able to compete for Jamaica. 🙂

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In case you haven’t seen this viral video as yet. It’s one lovely story. 🙂

Sonia Singh, from the island state of Tasmania in Australia, has endeared herself to parents and kids around the world by finding used Bratz fashion dolls and other dolls at second-hand shops and “upcycling” them in a “down-to-earth style.”

Singh uses nail polish remover and eucalyptus oil to clean the dolls’ faces and remove their thick lipstick, heavy eye shadows and — eek! — even their painted-on eyes. …

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gymnastikfabriken asks whether or not this is a new skill?

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