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Donnell Whittenburg. Remember the name. 🙂

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His teammate Orozco wasn’t all that impressed. John claims he did a “triple double in Level 9”. 🙂

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Steve on Ganba Gymnastics:

A self-balancing piece made from copper and steel wire… The legs were 9′ in length. 6″ tall.

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ART 🙂

Though I use it every day, I’m not much of a twitter fan.

Too many morons gain a public megaphone.

Sky Sports have condemned the “unacceptable and offensive abuse” of Beth Tweddle during a live question and answer session on Twitter aimed at promoting women in sport, following a series of derogatory tweets sent to the former gymnast. …

Sky Sports condemns ‘unacceptable and offensive abuse’ of Beth Tweddle

Lesson learned. Don’t use twitter for Q&A sessions.

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USAG – Gymnasts invited to the first US camp of the year:

Ariana Agrapides, MG Elite
Alyssa Baumann, WOGA
Simone Biles, Bannon’s
Nadia Cho, WOGA
Nia Dennis, Buckeye
Madison Desch, GAGE
Christina Desidero, Parkettes
Brenna Dowell, GAGE
Peyton Ernst, Texas Dreams
Norah Flatley, Chow’s Gymnastics
Sarah Finnegan, GAGE
Ashley Foss, North Stars Gymnastics Academy
Emily Gaskins, Cincinnati Gymnastics
Veronica Hults, Texas Dreams
Madison Kocian, WOGA
McKayla Maroney, All Olympia
Abigail Milliet, Denton
Lauren Navarro, Charter Oak
Abby Paulson, Twin City Twisters
Elizabeth Price, Parkettes
Lexie Priessman, Cincinnati Gymnastics
Melissa Reinstadtler, Rebound Gymnastics
Kyla Ross, Gym-Max
Emily Schild, Everest Gymnastics
Polina Shchennikova, TIGAR
MyKayla Skinner, Desert Lights
Ragan Smith, Texas Dreams
Deanne Soza, Arete
Olivia Trautman, Twin City Twisters
Alexis Vasquez, Chow’s Gymnastics

Tough to compete against that line-up.

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Dave Adlard linked to this great truism featuring a photo of Lolo Jones.

Lolo is one of 10 Americans to have qualified to both Summer and Winter Olympics. She’s competing bobsled in Sochi.

The former FIG MTC Chair, current FIG Education & Academy Programs Director, has been a FIG judge since the 2nd cycle, certifying 1969 at Penn State.

So far as I know, he’s held a brevet longest of any judge in any discipline.

Receiving the Nik Stuart award 2012.

Leave a comment if you know of any MAG FIG judge active since the 1st cycle.

Eight members of the U.S. Men’s National Team are training for a week with the Chinese National Team at the Chinese National Training Center in Beijing, China. …

Andriy Stepanchenco, coach at the U.S. Olympic Training Center; Kevin Mazeika, U.S. Men’s National Team coordinator; Nori Iwai, coach at the University of Oklahoma; Don Rackey, trainer; and Xiao Yuan, coach at the University of Michigan. …

USAG

What percentage of these gymnasts will end up competing?

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