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Gymnast Crossing linked to this photo of an Afghan girl at gymnastics in Kabul, September 2011.
Sadly, that kind of freedom will not likely be long lived.
But Afghanistan must solve their own problems. Clearly occupiers Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the USA were all ineffective in making much improvement.
Ma Yanhong … was the first Chinese gymnast, male or female, to win a gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships and the Olympic Games. …
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(via Blossom)
Affair of the Art – Part 4/4
… Aerobics must appear playful, artfully intense, but never hurried. Look for rapid arm, leg and head movements as well as runs, jumps and distinctly aerobic planks and lifts done in unison with the music. All of this has to be done effortlessly. …
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Coach Matthew Sparks:
Chen Bo‘s Miller+ on the La Nouba PowerTrack — in Orlando, FL.
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https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10152720933955005
Another of those impressive Ukrainian playground acrobats.
As close as I’ve ever seen to 1-arm front lever.
… Watch to the end for the reveal.
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It’s been a fantastic season. Many, including me, are projecting LSU to reach the Super 6.
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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/Mzk1NzAyMDE4?related=1
Watch more video of Workout Wednesday, Season 5 on gymnastike.org
UPDATE:
As a number of commenters point out, many have done the skill before, including the great Scherbo in 1996.
How many have held 2 seconds?
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original post:
I thought back toss to 1-rail was to be named the Whitlock.
No?
It’s in the same box as back toss in the 2016 Code. But D-value, up from the C-value toss.
Max Whitlock recently won British Championships with 90.650.
Offline until Apr 11 – hiking
Kim Zmeskal Burdette:
I was just given the coolest drawings of all the medalists’ routines from ’91 Worlds by Koichi Endo
She is in Tokyo for the World Cup meet.
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