tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
I was pleased to be invited to assist with one of coach Daniel’s recreational gymnastics classes at MES Johannesburg in the notorious Hillbrow district of Johannesburg
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The kids love gymnastics. Equipment is pretty good. But there are long line-ups.
The organization hopes to hire one more coach soon.
Check the playground. 🙂
more of my MES photos
The next big star. Very flexible.
Yulia Lipnitskaya … On 9 February 2014, by winning gold in the team event at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, she became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in ladies singles figure skating history, six days younger than American Tara Lipinski, when she won the 1998 Winter Olympics at 15 in Nagano, Japan. …
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The African Championships posted a video detailing why I’m in the RSA for 6 weeks.
It has nothing to do with the sunny weather. 🙂
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Ferhat ARICAN (TUR)
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That was one of the new men’s elements accepted for evaluation at Worlds 2013.
The video is in training. But it was competed at 2013 European Championships.
(via gymnastikfabriken)
Crazy difficult and dangerous.
Acrobatic Gymnastics – Men’s Four in training.
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This is a beautiful hand-made, hand-painted wooden toy, made in Germany. The little wooden figure performs a series of back-flips as he descends down the steps.
Automata like this have a history going back over 200 years, when mechanical toys were collected by rich and famous people. …
Recently, a traditional German toymaker has re-invented the toy, with a different, patented, mechanism that uses weights and levers, instead of mercury.
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It costs about $400.
(via Gymnast Crossing)
Cheer superstar Maddie Gardner.
Fans say when she performed the stunt for the first time at the 2010 World Championships, it was the “greatest moment in cheer history.” …
She’s now a sophomore at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
I believe I could do a ball-up 360 tick-tock.
Any bases willing? 🙂
Montreal. 🙂
I wish I’d been there to see this competition.
BY THE NUMBERS: No. 2 OU's win over No. 3 LSU, No. 17 Arizona and Kentucky pic.twitter.com/nRJjnSBqkp
— Oklahoma Women's Gym (@OU_WGymnastics) February 16, 2014
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Oklahoma's 198.175 is the nation's highest score this season and the second-highest score in program history!
— Oklahoma Women's Gym (@OU_WGymnastics) February 16, 2014
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The official scores are in, and it IS a new school record 197.875 for #LSU! pic.twitter.com/KmIe8Cb9G5
— LSU Gymnastics (@LSUgym) February 16, 2014
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Three 10s were handed out for the evening: for LSU’s Rheagan Courville on VT and for OU’s Haley Scaman and LSU’s Llomincia Hall on floor. …
Michigan Topples No. 7 Nebraska …
Nebraska’s Emily Wong (again) wins the AA with 39.475.
Emily Wong’s success comes from her great balance. But after a practice last fall, the NU senior almost lost her footing when she found out her dad, John, had suffered a stroke.
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Less than a day later, Emily had flown home to North Dakota to be by her dad’s side.
“It meant the world,” said Wong. “He wasn’t fully conscious when I got there but you could still talk. It was nice to have conversations with him. I probably didn’t sleep for three or four days just going back to talk for hours. So it was definitely nice.”
John was able to see Emily’s sister get married in the hospital. He then died on October 4th. …
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