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Our Olympic Silver medalist skipped Worlds, feeling burned out.
He’s back. Looking physically stronger. One of the lightest guys in the sport, watch Marcel Butterfly on Rings!
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That was the highest Rings score in the team competition at the Stuttgart World Cup.
To contend for the AA podium in Rio you need both Rings and Pommels. Marcel should be one of the favourites in 2016.
via FIG – Rewind: Eight must-see routines from the 2013 Stuttgart World Cup
South Africa did not compete at Olympic Games from 1964 to 1988, as a part of the sporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era. The South African National Olympic Committee (NOC) was expelled from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1970. In 1991, as part of the transition to multiracial equality, a new NOC was formed and admitted to the IOC, and the country competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. …
Another positive step forward brought by Mandela.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (2000)
(via Mashable)
Gigi Khazback Farid posted a terrific 2-part interview with the wonderful Brigid McCarthy, founder of Couch Gymnast.
Gigi: Tell us about yourself
Brigid: I live in Australia, I am in my mid-thirties and I work in a couple of universities. I am a lecturer in media and communications and in sports media. I love teaching, but I also love my research work. I just finished my PhD on sports journalism and blogging.
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Gigi: How did you come up with the blog’s name (The Couch Gymnast)?
Brigid: It was just silly- a play on the idea of the armchair sports fan/expert, as I was never a serious gymnast, but also the fact that every would-be gymnast seemed to be put in classes because they wouldn’t stop flipping off the couch!
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Behind The Scenes Of Gymnastics Blogging: Brigid McCarthy, TCG Creator And Editor – PART 1
Gigi: If you had the chance to design a new CoP for gymnastics, what would you do?
Brigid: Fix how artistry and dance elements are awarded. That I know for sure. But then when I ask myself ‘how?’, within five minutes of thinking it out I feel compelled to put my head down on the desk and shut my eyes and moan ‘too hard’.
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PART 2
🙂
Nick Blanton:
Males holding a ‘Back Support’ on the Balance Beam is a prerequisite for circle extension on Pommel Horse
… What other ways can Men use Women’s specific equipment (and vice versa)?
i.e. Women using Men’s Parallel Bars for support swings in order to develop casts towards Handstand.
Looks like Oksana Chusovitina took down the AA Champ Jossimar Calvo Moreno at the Mexican Gala. Hope he learned his lesson. There’s a reason Chuso’s survived a dozen Olympics, or so. 🙂
Uzbekistan news article:
… when she won a silver medal in Beijing, one official said that this medal should have belonged to Uzbekistan not Germany, he said.
“I hope she has forgiven us,” he added.
(via GymCastic Episode 61)
Jim Holt argues the most “artistic” male gymnast was Valentin Mogilny.
Click PLAY or watch his Pommels on YouTube. (1989)
My favourite memories of Valentin are of him being coached by his ex-wife Olga Bicherova. 🙂
I’d suggested Vladimir Artemov.
Click PLAY or watch his Floor on YouTube. (1989)
Leave a comment if you have anyone else to nominate.
How about Li Ning?
MOST in contention will be from the former Soviet Union.
Dec. 3, Moscow
Amanda Turner:
Ukraine’s Alyona Vasilyeva and Russia’s Dmitry Gogotov won the senior titles at the 20th Voronin Cup, held Tuesday at Moscow’s Olimpsky Arena. …
This year’s competition included 120 competitors from 23 nations, including gymnasts from Iraq and Syria. … (And the USA)
SENIOR WOMEN’S ALL-AROUND
1. Alyona Vasilyeva 53.900
2. Anna Pavlova 53.600
3. Marina Nekrasova 51.000SENIOR MEN’S ALL-AROUND
1. Dmitry Gogotov 87.699
2. Artur Davtyan 86.533
3. Yaoto Hayasaka 85.766JUNIOR WOMEN’S ALL-AROUND
1. Daria Mikhaylova 53.300
2. Kristina Yaroshenko 52.600
3. Raisa Batyrova 52.200MEN’S JUNIOR ALL-AROUND F
1. Kazuma Kaya 84.032
2. Alexander Nagorny 83.765
3. Fumiya Kitamura 82.398
That’s got full results and commentary.
Click PLAY or watch specialist Matvei Petrov’s Pommels on YouTube.
related – FIG – Eastern Europeans dominate 20th Voronin Cup
Riveting to watch. Most everyone would agree she’s “artistic“. Yet Aliya does not always have perfect form.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
There’s something compelling about Aliya that a computer would have trouble identifying.
It’s art. Not science.
Tumblers Gymnastics in Ottawa, Canada is looking for a General Manager to oversee the administration and operations of the Centre.
Qualifications, experience and skills:
A university/college degree in sport management/physical education or related field or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience;
3-5 years of experience in a mid to high level management position in a sporting organization;
Excellent organizational, management, communication and interpersonal skills;
Excellent written and oral communication skills. The ability to communicate in French and English is a strong asset;
Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, with volunteers, and customers;
Experience within the Artistic Gymnastics disciplines is an asset.
details – General Manager 2013 (PDF)
The current GM, my long time friend Karl Balisch, is rejoining Gymnastics Canada as Program Director – Artistic Gymnastics.
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