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Peng Peng Beam combo

I’m really looking forward to Peng Peng Li in the NCAA. 🙂

She’s a trickster. And entertainer.

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McKayla not impressed 2004

Watching old videos & Charlotte caught me doing the not impressed face… Again https://t.co/16e20aQ7i2

— McKayla Maroney (@McKaylaMaroney) October 27, 2013

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October National Team Camp

L-R: Amelia Hundley, Maggie Nichols, Elizabeth Price, Megan Skaggs, Polina Shchennikova, Ashton Locklear, Melissa Reinstadtler, Madison Desch, Peyton Ernst, Kennedy Baker, Abigail Milliet, Madison Kocian, Felicia Hano, Lexie Priessman, Bailie Key, MyKayla Skinner, Alyssa Baumann, Grace Waguespack, Jazmyn Foberg, Veronica Hults, Nadia Cho, Emily Gaskins, Emily Schild, Laurie Hernandez, Abby Paulson, Oliva Trautman, Lauren Navarro, Christina Desiderio, Norah Flatley, Alexis Vasquez, and Ragan Smith.

USAG on Facebook

Kupets, Kozich, Schwikert, Patterson, Ponor, Fei

Bloggers rehash some of the most discussed Floor routines of the past.

Kristen Ras:

Here, our esteemed panel discusses the nuances of the routines that demand to be noticed—love them or hate them, they get people talking and challenge the notions of what can be done with choreography.

To begin our series, I wanted to start with the generation that inspired this article—the Athens 2004 Era. …

Love It or Hate It: The Athens Era Edition (VIDEOS)

And the winner is …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Recall that lunges were allowed. 🙂

Simone Biles – Echoes in Eternity

A worthy World Champion. And great role model.

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Romanian Jr. Nationals

Bea Gheorghisor posted a summary with links.

Names to watch.

Category I
1 Andreea Munteanu (Deva) – 58.850 (D- VT 5.8/ UB 5.1/BB 6.4/ FX5.7)
2 Paula Tudorache (Dinamo)- 54.550 (D- VT 4.4/ UB 5.0/BB 5.5/ FX 5.0)
3 Ioana Nicoara (Deva) – 53.050 (D- VT 4.4/ UB 5.0/BB 5.0/ FX 4.6)

Category II (gymnasts born in 2000)
1 Anda Butuc (Dinamo) – 55.300 (D- VT 4.4?/ UB 5.7/BB 6.1/ FX 5.1)
2 Dora Vulcan (Dinamo)- 55.100 (D- VT 5.0?/ UB 3.9/BB 5.5/ FX 5.2)
3 Adela Florea (Deva) – 54.400 (D- VT 5.0/ UB 4.6/BB 5.5/ FX 4.8)

Category III – Level 4 (gymnasts born 2001)
1 Ioana Crisan (Deva) – 57.125 (D- VT 5.0/ UB 4.8/BB 6.3/ FX 5.7)
2 Olivia Campian (Deva)- 55.675 (D- VT 4.4?/ UB 5.4/BB 6.2/ FX 5.5)
3 Georgiana Juravle (Constanta) – 54.900 (D- VT 5.0/ UB 4.7/BB 5.5/ FX 5.5)

Level 3 (gymnasts born 2002)
1 Laura Iacob (Onesti) – 52.775 (D- VT ?/ UB 3.8 / BB 4.9/ FX 5.3)
2 Daniela Dumitrascu (Onesti)- 52.575 (D- VT ?/ UB 4.6/BB 5.1/ FX 4.7)
3 Nica Ivanus (Cluj) – 52.225 (D- VT ?/ UB 3.9/BB 4.6/ FX 4.8)

E scores were a bit generous.

Romanian Jr. Nationals: Results and Report

In my opinion, the most competitive was the category of Juniors II, among the gymnasts born in 1999 and 2000.

Andreea Munteanu, the all around champion of Category I, showed she is on the right path on vault – beam – floor. How does she manage to maintain such a level in all meets? She is making a name for herself as the gymnast who medals in all finals she qualifies for.

Andreea is a hard working gymnast and a very good competitor. She is the leader of this generation. …

read more of the Couch Gymnast Cristian Moldovan Interview

Responsible for Bars, Cristian talks about the positive effect of introducing Grips.

ouch … UPDATED

How’s this for ~~bad sportsmanship?~~

JAS:

Guys, that’s

1.) the Russian National Championship, not an international competition, &

2.) not everything that happened. If you watch the full video, you can tell that Mustafina was goofing around with Afanasyeva. There was nothing mean about it in the full video; the gif was edited in a way that just makes it look mean.

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studying great distance runners

Genetics?

Training?

Or both.

19-yr old Timothy Kimeli (28:22 10km) of Kenya going through biomechanics paces in our Kenyan running research study pic.twitter.com/hr7zyDNoon

— Ross Tucker (@Scienceofsport) October 28, 2013