10. Youna Dufournet
9. Beth Tweddle
8. Elisabeth Seitz
7. Ksenia Semenova
6. Yang Yilin
5. Nastia Liukin
4. Natalia Kononenko
3. Viktoria Komova
2. Aliya Mustafina
1. He Kexin
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Author: Rick Mc
Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
1-arm handstand on Pole
via Karry Summer
bread not circuses
… Eight years after Greece spent ~$15 billion to stage the 2004 Summer Olympics, some of those once-gleaming venues are crumbling.
The economy is a part of it, but so is the fact that many of these venues were built only for sports with little local interest (like softball), and now have no use. …
Business Insider – Abandoned Venues From The 2004 Athens Olympics [Photos]
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related – Wikipedia – Athens Olympic Sports Complex Legacy
Polina Shchennikova – Bars
Andrade – slo mo Amanar
Rebeca Andrade – Amanar – Slow Motion
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Here’s the original video.
via GymFever
Bridge walks ~ BAD
Lousy drill. 😦
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Bad form. Bad technique.
Slight chance of injury.
There aren’t many worse activities for improving Bridge.
the single best thing we can do for our health
A Doctor-Professor answers the old question …
“What is the single best thing we can do for our health”
… in a completely new way.
Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael’s Hospital.
Over 3 million views.
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Jordyn Wieber against dating abuse
American kids can text “loveis” to 77054 to get help.
Jordyn Wieber is … the official spokesperson of Mary Kay Inc.’s “Don’t Look Away” campaign to help prevent and end dating abuse. …
… “As I speak in high school gymnasiums across the country to raise awareness of this growing epidemic and share information about the text-for-help program, I tell my peers that just like gymnastics, balance and boundaries are critical to healthy dating relationships.” …
Gymnast Jordyn Wieber Partners with Mary Kay in Effort to End Dating Abuse
Many kids are safer in the gym than out in the real world.
Stacey Ervin – Floor
Big front tumbling. Big start score for Stacey Ervin.
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No problem with that Tamayo.
His goals are to make the National Team in 2013. Perhaps compete for the USA one day.
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