Author: Rick Mc

Gold and highest score of the day – 14.633.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

We’ve not yet seen Tori’s best Floor routine.

Marcos Aurelio posted more Tokyo World Cup routines on YouTube.

Bea Gheorghisor – Tokyo World Cup: Results & Report

Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex,

Birmingham, Alabama.

✓ flights
✓ rent-a-car
✓ accommodation
✓ tickets

At Alabama, this one could sell out.

I’ll be there April 17-20 representing Cirque du Soleil casting. Contact me if you or your athlete wants to know more about jobs with Cirque.

Click PLAY or watch a Gators promo on YouTube.

Doesn’t Get Better Than This, was shown at the Florida vs. Auburn meet held on February 14.

(via Arabian Punch Front)

GYMNAST CROSSING posted the best summary I’ve seen of the pros and cons of leather grips.

Al Fong:

There’s no doubt leather grips with dowels are a big advantage to those who can afford them.

There are fewer and fewer high level Bars gymnasts like Georgia Dabritz.

In another post, GYMNAST CROSSING lays out possible methods of getting chalk to stick to gymnastics rails, including my own:

I like supersaturated sugar water. I boil sugar water in a microwave for perhaps a minute. … It’s much less slimy than honey.

Click through to read about the more common methods – The Sweet Taste of Gripping the Bars

… I wonder if he stuck the triple double dismount? 🙂

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All hail.

1. Kohei Uchimura 92.898
2. Fabian Hambüchen 90.231
3. Ryohei Kato 89.397

Amanda Turner has MAG & WAG full results and commentary.

via GymFever

USA TODAY Sports has learned that the Olympic champion and coach Liang Chow have agreed to work together again, eight months after she left to rejoin her family in Los Angeles. Douglas is expected in the gym Monday, said a person close to the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Chow and the gymnast are trying to temper expectations. …

Olympic champion Gabby Douglas headed back to Iowa

(via GymCastic)

LSU 198.325
Oklahoma 197.725
Alabama 197.550
Utah 197.300
Stanford 197.275
Florida 197.05
Nebraska 196.975
Michigan 196.750
Penn State 196.725
UCLA 196.600
Illinois 196.600
Georgia 196.375

Congratulations to those headed to the BIG show. 🙂

The only “upset” of the day was #15 ranked Penn State edged #12 ranked Oregon State at home.

LSU

For more:

Gymnastike – 2014 NCAA National Qualifiers

Balance Beam Situation – Regionals Live Blog

On FX triple twist at Russian Championships. 😦

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Vanessa Ferrari – 56.799
Roxana Popa – 56.565
Maggie Nichols – 56.432
Victoria Moors – 56.232
Asuka Teramoto – 55.731
Yu Minobe – 54.898
Kim Bui – 53.032

Bea Gheorghisor has commentary.

Click PLAY or watch Ferrari’s FX on YouTube. New double layout second pass.

As for the guys …

1. Uchimura
2. Hambuchen
3. Kato

We know that the Chinese women specifically targeted 3 ½ twist for the future.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related – Gigi Khazback Farid – Shang Chunsong Rumored To Become The First Woman To Compete Quad Twist

Russian Championships Jr AA competition.

A new star for mother Russia.

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14.733 with a fall?

Jr AA

1. Angelina Melnikova 58.3
2. Seda Tutkhalyan
3. Daria Mikhailova

RRG – Melnikova takes Russian Junior Championships

(via GymCastic)