Author: Rick Mc

I LOVE seeing gymnasts up difficulty with turns rather than questionable leaps.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via GymFever

Is this common in Cheer clubs?

Prairie Fire Cheerleading is really excited to introduce our newest programming!

This Fall we will begin an exciting adventure with our Preschool Play and Learn Gym Classes! We will also be offering a preschool drop in class for kids to have some fun and burn up some energy while working on body awareness and motor skills in a controlled, coach led environment!

kijiji

One of the owners is a former Artistic Gymnast and coach, expert in running preschool gym.

Note that the blurb is posted on kijiji. That’s a free online classified ad site (owned by Ebay), something like Craig’s List.

(via Rec Gymnastics)

Trampoline & Tumbling

Sept 5-7th, Portugal

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=643604735664370

LIKE the Loulé Cup 2013 on Facebook.

There were 28 gymnasts from eight countries: Romania, Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, Austria, Finland, Sweden and Netherlands. Fine tuning. Or trying to qualify to Worlds.

1) Diana Bulimar 57.533 (vault 15.000) (beam 14.767)
2) Elisabeth Seitz 54.833
3) Noël Van Klaveren 54.667
4) Rebecca Tunney
5) Ruby Harrold
6) Raer Theaker
7) Sophie Scheder
8) Kelly Simm
9) Cagla Akyol
10) Chantysha Netteb

results

Bea Gheorghisor on Couch Gymnast – Dutch Friendly 1st Day: Results and Videos

GymPOWER has photos and commentary in Dutch.

I like this bit of Google translate:

“Van Klaveren got wings and grew into the game“

Click PLAY or watch Bulimar’s prelims Beam on YouTube.

Sandra Izbasa’s new Floor routine (VIDEO)

Congratulations to the following gymnasts who have been selected to represent Australia at the 2013 World Championships.

Prashanth Sellathurai NSW/NSWIS
Naoya Tsukahara QLD / QHPC
Luke Wiwatowski VIC / VHPC

These athletes were selected based on their successful performances at the recent Australian Gymnastics Championships, over three days of competition. They have all increased their difficulty and the quality of their performances, in order to be competitive with the best in the world. …

This is the first step towards the important competitions of next year including the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2014 World Championships which is the first stage of qualification for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.”

– John Curtin, Men’s Artistic Gymnastics High Performance Manager

Gymnastics Australia

Naoya Tsukahara (age 36) … is a Japanese artistic gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mitsuo Tsukahara, who was also a multi Gold Medalist in Olympic Games. …

His long quest to become an Australian citizen paid off.

Good luck. 🙂

(via Australian Gymnastics Forum)

Yana Kudryavtseva of Russia took the 2013 Rhythmic Gymnastics World All-around title with a total score of 73.866 points. She prevailed over Ganna Rizatdinova of Ukraine (73.041) and Melitina Staniouta of Belarus (72.166) …

results and more on FIG

Yana Kudryavtsev is … the youngest rhythmic gymnast to win the World Championships in the All-around at 15 years of age. …

Click PLAY or watch her Ribbon routine on YouTube.

World Championships Kiev. Qualifications Ribbon : 18.400 (Difficulty : 9.300, Execution : 9.100)

more Worlds videos

The Jury of the 2013 Longines Prize for Elegance in Rhythmic Gymnastics has awarded its trophy to the Ukrainian gymnast Ganna Rizatdinova (20 years), Gold medallist on Hoop and Silver medallist in the All-around and on Ribbon. …

FIG

Sargis “sKT” Siradegyan changed his YouTube handle from Ma JIuH to sKT.

Here’s his latest Men’s Gymnastics montage.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (profane music)

Much buzz online following up on a Rewriting Russian Gymnastics post linking to a 5 part interview with the ousted Women’s National Coach.

Check that out here – Alexander Alexandrov in his own words – a commentary, and guide to the interview

Pundits are mostly of the opinion Alexandrov good, Rodionenkos bad.

Obviously that’s far too simplistic.

Uncle Tim:

Since the open-ended scoring system was adopted in 2006, American gymnasts have been the team to beat. It doesn’t really matter how you look at the numbers. …

read more – 2006 and beyond: The Top Nations in WAG

Gymnastics Canada:

… Members of the women’s team are: Victoria Moors of Cambridge Ont., (Dynamo) and Ellie Black of Halifax, (Alta), Kaitlyn Hofland of Georgetown, Ont., (East York Gymnastics) and Maegan Chant of Waterdown, Ont., (World Class Gymnastics).

Members of the men’s team are: Kevin Lytwyn of Stoney Creek, Ont., (University of Calgary), Ken Ikeda of Abbotsford, B.C., (Twisters), Anderson Loran of Saskatoon, (Taiso), and Scott Morgan of Vancouver (Flicka). …