killer Peng Peng Beam combo

It just kills me that Christine Lee did not get a chance to show the world her joyful and astonishing routines at the Olympics.

She had upgrades on all 4 apparatus planned for London. This one on Beam.

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I saw her pull that off in training taking off the end of the Beam and GAINERING the back salto to stay on.

OMG

Popa, Gonzalez win Spanish Championships

WOW.

Roxana Popa 58.083
Maria Paula Vargas 56.250
Silvia Colussi – Pelaez 53.400

Fabian is up with the best gymnasts in the world too, of course.

Fabian Gonzalez 89.000
Nestor Abad 85.050
Javier Gomez 85.034

Click PLAY or watch her Floor from Jr European Championships on YouTube.

TCG Junior Watch: Roxana Popa

(via Full Twist)

meanwhile, in Idaho …

Our annual Summer Gymnastics Camp starts today. Nastia should be here by about noon.

Nastia at HPTC

But there’s been plenty of action in the days leading up.

THURSDAY – Proactive Coaching clinics

Mike

FRIDAY – Golf Tourney fundraiser and DEMO

Golf fitness wheel

SATURDAY – Tumbl Trak GOOD HABITS coaching clinic

John Smith

SATURDAY – TOPS testing

TOPS

Check out our HPT Camp website for more.

European Youth Olympic Festival

Bea Gheorghisor wraps up the event for Couch Gymnast, the best articles I’ve seen so far.

EYOF Notes and Conclusions Part 1

EYOF Notes and Conclusions Part 2

Beam

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Spanny loves Katelyn Ohashi

Is Katelyn Ohashi the coolest girl ever to grace USAG? Yes. …

KO

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When is she getting back from injury?

That tongue surgery must be healed by now. 🙂

Playground Cross Training

… OK …

Now how’re you going to get out of there? 🙂

playground cross training

Twisters Gymnastics, Port Townsend has been doing different cross training each day this Summer.

Rosie wins Canada Cup

Olympic champion Rosie MacLennan of Toronto shook off the rust of almost a year away from competition to edge Bryony Page of Great Britain for the gold medal in the women’s trampoline event Saturday at the Canada Cup. …

In the men’s competition seven-time Canadian champion Jason Burnett of Toronto, ranked sixth after prelims, mounted a furious comeback in a bid to overtake Daiki Kishi of Japan for the title, but had to settle for the silver medal with a total score of 162.560 points. …

In other events, hometown favourite Corissa Bouchuk of Airdrie, Alta., and Keegan Soehn of Red Deer, Alta., won gold in women’s and men’s double mini trampoline and Greg Townly and Lucie Colebeck of Great Britain won the men’s and women’s tumbling titles.


Rosie

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