tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Summer’s Adventures across bridges, rivers, peaks and continents!
yea theres no flips till 2:00 minutes in….don’t whine just skip it if you don’t like landscapes and waterfalls.
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The lads of Street Media are out of Derby/Nottingham.
related – Summer Freerunning 2012
Recall when the great Power Tumbler competed at the Artistic Winter Cup?
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Nothing to it.
Kalon was never a gymnast. … That’s why his “Floor exercises” look so unartistic. 🙂
The only double double layouts I saw at USA Championships 2013 were Leyva, Whittenburg and … Skinner.
USAG:
Sept. 5, 2013 – Kalon Ludvigson of Pocatello, Idaho, recently transferred to Craig Hospital, a spinal and brain injury rehabilitation hospital in Englewood, Colo.
While at Craig Hospital, Ludvigson has begun feeling his toes, feet and legs, but he has not regained movement as of yet. He is in good spirits and facing each day with the same determination and perseverance he has shown on the competition floor. …
Kalon Ludvigson Recovery fund.
(via GymCastic)
I was cheering for Istanbul.
One of the all time greats has truly grown up.
Big smile after she misses, yet again, in what’s likely her last Bar competition.
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I hope she makes a LOT of money on her future tell all autobiography.
(via GymCastic)
Romanian Nationals AA
1. Larisa Iordache 2. Andreea Munteanu 3. Andreea Iridon 4. Andreaa Ciurusniuc 5. Stefania Stanila 6. Laura Jurca …
Iordache had just returned to full training.
Diana Buminar was injured in podium training. She’s off training for at least 6wks. 😦
Click PLAY or watch Vault 1 on YouTube.
D6.0 E9.0 15.0
Click PLAY or watch Vault 2 on YouTube.
D6.2 E8.734 14.934
Catherine of the excellent Beautiful Gymnastics blog suggested something I’d not once considered.
Might China bring a Vault specialist like Li Yiting?
If this was a Team Worlds, Li Yiting might have a chance.
But for Apparatus Worlds, odds are better for Beam and Bars.
We’ve had many, many weak Vault finals in the past. But I expect Antwerp to be very competitive.
The All Around Gymnastics News:
Chinese National Games Bars Final
1 Shang Chunsong 6.7 8.667 15.367
2 Yao Jinnan 6.5 8.700 15.200
3 Huang Huidan 6.6 8.267 14.867
4 Fan Yilin 6.4 8.434 14.834
5 He Kexin 6.8 7.867 14.667
6 Huang Qiushuang 6.1 8.367 14.467
Click PLAY or watch Shang Chunsong on YouTube.
Couch Gymnast has a write up by Bea Gheorghisor, Sarah and Fern providing results.
Team and All Around Finals
Team
1. Shanghai 224.540
2. Zhejiang 222.436
3. Hunan 222.337
AA
1. Yao Jinnan 57.801
1. Shang Chunsong 57.801
3. Deng Linlin 55.168 (retiring)
With a total of 57.801, both Yao Jinnan and Shang Chunsong demonstrate that they will be favorites for a “top five” all around finish at Worlds.
China will select the other two Worlds team members based on potential to medal on Beam & Bars.
Who will be the 3rd Beam?
Our Olympic Silver medalist?
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I wasn’t ruling out He Kexin for Bars. But she was inconsistent here again. Most likely she will retire as planned.
Perhaps they’ll have a Camp with all the top contenders on Beam & Bars.
And choose the most consistent. 🙂
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The National Football League voluntarily handed over $765 million to over 4,500 former players “to fund medical exams, concussion-related compensation, and a program of medical research” …
That’s chump change for the NFL.
It postpones the inevitable. They MUST find a way to reduce the number of concussions.
What about Olympic sports?
Rosalind Stefanac, Courtesy Coaches Plan Magazine:
Andrew Lahey, a two-time gold medal winner in short track speed skating, has represented Canada at four world junior championships. But today, at the age of 31, he can barely take a light jog around the block let alone a race on the ice. Despite a promising future with Speed Skating Canada’s national short track team, Lahey was forced to retire at the age 21 because of symptoms related to repeated concussions. In fact, he estimates he had 10 concussions caused by skating falls over the course of his short career. …
Ottawa-based sports medicine physician Jamie Kissick says coaches are in the best position to note symptoms pre- and post-concussion because they get to know their athletes and can quickly see when behaviour is off-kilter. …
According to a recent study from the National Institutes of Health, the three highest frequency and rates of concussion in NCAA-level Olympic sports from 1988-89 through 2003-04 were ice hockey, soccer and basketball. …
Robin Bone competes in the pole vault event while wearing a helmet. She has received five concussions in other activities including gymnastics and basketball.
Photo: The Canadian Press… another major misconception is that helmets will protect against concussion.
read more – Are concussions draining our talent?
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