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Bad news. 😦
He had been hoping to give it one more hurrah.
Jansen, who turned 45 on Dec. 13, is the oldest competitor competing at the international level. He has competed in 14 world championships and 14 European championships, and won 10 Norwegian national titles dating back to 1988. …
Anne at Gymnastike:
The 2014 NCAA Women’s Championships are just a couple days away and the competition is shaping up to be an all out battle. In my opinion, there are five teams with a legitimate shot at the 2014 Trophy: Florida, Alabama, Oklahoma, LSU, and Utah. If OU or LSU accomplish the feat, it will go down in history as the first national title for their program.
But until the final dismount hits the mat in Saturday’s Super Six, all we can do is speculate. So, I’ve fielded my team of gymnastics experts to weigh in with their Super Six picks. …
Click over to Gymnastike for details.
This year it’s very tough to predict with any confidence. LSU has momentum. Alabama has home court advantage. Florida is ranked #1. …
I fly to Birmingham today.
Aussie Rock legends AC/DC are ending their 41 year career. 😦
In tribute I repost my favourite Men’s Artistic montage.
Thunderstruck. Brilliant editing.
Some of the best moments during the mens artistic gymnastics competition at the london 2012 olympics.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
Mens Gymnastics Best of London 2012: Thunderstruck from WS van Wijk on Vimeo.
Pac Rims
1. Ellie Black (Can) 14.362
2. Courtney McGregor (NZL) 14.312
2. Maegan Chant (Can) 14.287 3.
Click PLAY or watch one from Pac Rims on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch her Doha DTY on YouTube.
It is the first time a New Zealander has earned a medal at the biennial competition which attracts competitors from the world’s leading gymnastic nations, United States, Canada, Japan, China and Australia.
McGregor, 15, from the Christchurch School of Gymnastics club, posted a national record score of 14.312 which bettered the 13.172 that earned her fourth in the vault at World Cup final in Doha last week.
McGregor is also working on a upgraded vault that will see her one of the favourites for a podium finish in Glasgow. …
related – TCG 15 Questions: Courtney McGregor
COMPETITION SCHEDULE July 2014, Glasgow.
6. The ridiculously talented and delightful young Brazilian, Flavia Saraiva Floor. This has Omelianchik-like style and charisma for such a young one.
14.100 (5.500 + 8.600)
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That’s suddenly my favourite Jr Floor in the world. 🙂
Flavia Saraiva (Brazil) won the AA at the 2014 Junior Pan American Championships. Though tiny, she will become a Senior in 2015.
related – 7. Saraiva’s team mate and polar opposite, the powerful, phenomenal Rebeca Andrade on floor at junior Pan Ams. VIDEO
(via Brigid McCarthy – 18 Videos from the Gymnastics Weekend)
27 perfect 10s have been awarded at NCAA Championships.
Will there be more in 2014?
NCAA – Perfect 10
“You’ve got to understand, he was not recruited by anybody,” Oklahoma coach Mark Williams said. “He was from Edmond, Okla. One of my former gymnasts coached him for one or two years, and he begged me to come see him. …
… On Saturday night, Squires, now a junior, defended his still rings title at the NCAA NC Men’s Gymnastics Championships in Ann Arbor. His score of 15.800 bettered second-place C.J. Maestas of Illinois by .075 points. One night earlier, Squires also put up the top rings score of 15.700 in helping Oklahoma take second place in the team competition.
“This never happens,” Williams said. “I’ve been doing gymnastics for 25 years at the college level, and nobody has ever done this. Somebody that is totally unheard of at the [Junior Olympic] level, never did anything as a ringman, and to improve the way he did in a year and a half is a testament to how hard he worked and believing in a plan and executing it.” …
NCAA – From unwanted to NCAA champ
Oklahoma’s former walk-on Michael Squires defends his rings title
I can’t find his NCAA gold medal routine, so here’s a 6.9 start from 2014 Winter Cup Challenge Finals.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Here are your 2014 Men’s NCAA champions:
Floor: Alec Robin, OU
PH: Ellis Mannon, Minn
Rings: Michael Squires, OU
Vault: Robin, OU
PB: Sam Mikulak, Michigan
HB: Jordan Valdez, Illinois
Sam Mikulak’s win tied him with two others for the most NCAA titles in history.
related – Syque Caesar goes from walk-on to three national championships:
Syque Caesar, a graduate student and co-captain of the gymnastics team, became the first Michigan athlete in 53 years to be part of three NCAA team titles (2010, 2013-14).
(via FIG)
Six individuals, representing four different gymnastics disciplines, comprise the 2014 class of inductees for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
The five athletes and coach are: long-time University of Illinois men’s gymnastics head coach Yoshi Hayasaki of Champaign, Ill.; 2002 World uneven bars champion and two-time Olympic medalist Courtney Kupets of Gaithersburg, Md.; 2008 Olympic all-around gold medalist Nastia Liukin of Plano, Texas; three-time U.S. rhythmic gymnastics all-around champion Lisa Wang of Libertyville, Ill.; and 2004 Olympic silver medalist Blaine Wilson of Worthington, Ohio. Acrobatic gymnastics judge and administrator Jola Jones of Fair Oaks, Calif., is the final member of the Class of 2014, receiving a Lifetime Achievement honor. …
Meanwhile, …
Gymnastics legends Li Yuejiu (China), Klaus Köste (Germany), Natalia Yurchenko (Russia), and Jackie Fie (USA) will be inducted into the International Gymnastics (magazine) Hall of Fame on May 17 in Oklahoma City.
Renowned ABC Wide World of Sports television commentator Gordon Maddux will receive the Frank Bare Award for his contributions and promotions of gymnastics. …
related – Catching up with Blaine Wilson
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