Author: Rick Mc

Kim Dowis filmed the workout.

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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NjE2NzI1Mzgz?related=1&autoplay=false

Watch more video of Workout Wednesday, Season 5 on gymnastike.org

I’m a sucker for these videos. It’s a guilty pleasure.

There are a number of acrobatic stunts I’ve never seen before in this edit.

The highlight for me is the very last stunt. So simple. So terrifying.

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WOW. Check these scores …

Roxana Popa ESP 57.350
Maggie Nichols USA 57.300
Peyton Ernst USA 57.150
Chusovitina UZB 55.80

Scott Bregman via email:

Maggie Nichols of Little Canada, Minn./Twin City Twisters, and Peyton Ernst of Coppell, Texas/Texas Dreams, won the silver and bronze, respectively, in the all-around today at the 2013 Mexican Open in Acapulco, Mexico.

Popa was born in Romania but trained in Spain after her family moved there for work.

In Antwerp she finished 12th AA 53.366.

Click PLAY or watch her World’s Bars on YouTube.

related – TCG 15 Questions: Roxana Popa

In the men’s competition:

1 Jossimar Calvo (COL) 90.50
2. Nikita Ignatyev (RUS) 87.95
3. Koji Uematsu (JPN) 87.050
4. Zhang Yang (CHN) 86.30
5. Josh Dixon (USA) 85.250

detailed results on IG – Popa, Calvo Claim Victories at Mexican Open

1. Elisabeth Price (USA) : 58.032
2. Larisa Iordache (ROM) : 57.998 (with fall on Bars)
3. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) : 56.866
4. Giuila Steingruber (SUI) : 56.699
5. Ruby Harrold (GBR) : 55.099

full results (PDF)

Click PLAY or watch her Amanar on YouTube.

Watch her other 3 routines on the USAG YouTube channel.

Read Bea Gheorghisor’s commentary on the LIVE video stream. She felt Ebee was “using about 70% of her potential”.

Before you can start working cast on a Bar, young gymnasts need to be comfortable leaning forward. Falling over.

Back in the day we called this drill a ‘dump’.

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(via Swing Big)

It’s really difficult to do twisting leaps well.

The Gym Press on Facebook linked to a good one.

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UB TQ 2013 DTB Cup, Stuttgart

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6.5 + 9.0 = 15.5

9.0 execution?

Too high.

9.1 is “perfect” in 2013. And that was far from perfect. In fact, that kind of grip shuffling in handstand is embarrassing for one of the best gymnasts in the world.

That was piibunina‘s video #3,332.

What would we do without him?

Aimee Boorman posted a video of our World Champion training an incredible Beam dismount.

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Thanks Keiran.

Here’s her Triple Twisting Yurchenko. And Cheng. With a little creative video editing. 🙂

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Elizabeth Price is another who could compete Triple Twisting Yurchenko. (VIDEO)

Any montage that includes Jackie Bender is crazy cool.

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Gymnast #391:

Russia VS USA Gymnastics: An Epic Battle Montage

Haha if you have 8 minutes and 43 seconds to spare you should watch this montage.

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I prefer Russia. But current FIG rules far favours the Americans.