Author: Rick Mc

Floor
Kenzo Kaneko (JPN) 15.100
Jeffrey Wammes (NED) 15.075
Tomislav Markovic (CRO); Andrej Korosteljev (CRO) 15.050

Pommel
Alberto Busnari (ITA) 16.100
Donna Donny Truyens (BEL) 15.700
Filip Ude (CRO) 15.675

Busnari now doing 3 variations of flare to handstand back to flare.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

16.100 – D 7.1

Cool. But I find the E score too high. In the old days that would be “overuse of one kind of element“.

Rings
Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.425
Samir Ait Said (FRA) 15.125
Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues (FRA) 15.075

GYMMIN’ MIEL – Results – Day One Event Finals in Osijek

What a success story.

Click PLAY or watch it on CSN Houston.

http://player.theplatform.com/p/zT2_HC/iEazkwCwmKPM/embed/select/tz89u4pzjxMp?params=zone%3Dcsnvideo&autoPlay=false

JAO may have the best gymnastics tutorials for beginners online, but SevenGymnasticsGirls are kicking his butt in terms of page views.

Millions and millions.

Over 100,000 subscribers. These charming kids have over 625 videos posted.

Here’s one of their most popular – Stretching and Flexibility Exercises for Gymnastics (VIDEO)

And a recent release.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Congrats to Ella, Jaidyn, Hayley, Katie, Hope, Rachel, Caitlin, Megan & Ciera. And everyone else supporting the project.

You truly are CRAZY about Gymnastics. 🙂

Solid routines. With style.

Former Nebraska star Tricia Woo.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (2009)

She went on to Cirque (VIDEOS).

Many top athletes use Kinesio Taping (elastic therapeutic tape), … but is it a legit medical modality — or placebo fashion accessory?

Click PLAY or watch one ankle tape job on YouTube.

related – Olympics-Scientists skeptical as athletes get all taped up

The All Around Gymnastics News:

Italy beats Germany 222.800:215.350 at a pre-Worlds dual meet in Italy.

1. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) 57.600
2. Carlotta Ferlito (ITA) 54.950
3. Elisa Meneghini (ITA) 54.650
4. Elisabeth Seitz (GER) 54.600
5. Sophie Scheder (GER) 54.150

Click PLAY or watch the Ferrari’s new Floor routine on YouTube.

(via Giulia Holzer and Couch Gymnast)

Vault
1 Van Klaveren 14.763
2 C. Netteb 14.513
3 Thanh 14.288

Bars
1. Ekaterina Kramarenko 14.425/5.8
2. Kristyna Palesova 14.050/5.5
3. Jessica Lopez 13.875/6.0

Gymnast #391:

It’s good to see Kramarenko back and getting international assignments. For those of you who do not know who she is, she was on Russia’s 2008 Beijing Olympic team and of course she was the girl with the infamous vault incident in 2007. …

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on YouTube.

UTRS 2013 WAG & MAG

Gymnastike has an awesome summing up of the statistics being analyzed down at Karolyi Camp right now.

read it here – USA Women’s Start Values

The strongest individual competitions for the Americans are Vault, AA and Floor.

Strategy should be to try to win 2 medals in each.

Odds are longer on Beam and Bars.

I expect the healthiest gymnasts, with the most consistent routines, to be chosen. The level of competition from the ROTW (rest of the world) will not be as strong as it was at the London Olympics.

Lauren Hopkins:

… bring Ernst or Milliet for the fourth spot and to go with Dowell as the alternate …

Al Fong likes Marta’s choose-the-team-at-the-last-possible-moment strategy.

The Team should be announced late Sunday.

McAyla Maroney’s current coach.

Soviet gymnast Artur Akopian performs on vault at the 1983 World Championships.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via GymFever