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WOGymnastike links to her other 3 routines from that meet.

Natalia Kalugina:

… Ablyazin is training the most difficult floor routine in the world with a D score of 7.1 that can go up to 7.3 for the World Championships! He is training with great energy. Denis hasn’t upgraded his vault. …

Concerning the girls, the only Olympian I saw was Masha Paseka. Mustafina was in Kiev to compete at the Stella Zakharova Cup, Afanasyeva was on leave for personal reasons, Komova is recovering, I didn’t ask about Grishina.

Masha is in good form for this time of the season. She is working hard. She will perform her Olympic vaults.

It was pleasant to see how well Katia Kramarenko is training …

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Clarification from Learn Gymnastics Code on Facebook.

I’ve used a few of these devices over the years.

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The concept is good. They tend to break, however. Can anyone testify as to the durability of the VersaFlex version?

Or like an alternative?

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A 17yr-old gymnast from India named Brijesh Yadav from Faridabad Gymnastics (Haryana) was badly injured training Vault.

He’s undergone surgery. Govind Yadav on Facebook tells that the operation went well.

There are some contact details on the Indian Gymnastics page.

6 NCAA Regionals Apr 6th competitors

On the April 1st extra episode of GymCastic, Uncle Tim mentioned the Forward Roll Gym Blog.

I looked it up.

… No such site. Seems Uncle Tim misspoke. 🙂

With a better effort, Chris Saccullo was able to find it.

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The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is seeking an English mother tongue Editor to complete the federation’s Communications Department at the earliest possible commencing date.

Title / Function: Editor
Department: Communications
Reports to: Director of Marketing and Communications; Communications Manager
Location: FIG Head Office, Lausanne, Switzerland
Position: full-time (100%), permanent
Salary: competitive
Closing date: end of April 2013

The job requires a good knowledge base of the disciplines of Gymnastics, excellent English writing skills and a strong affinity to information research.

The Editor must fulfill the following requirements and be able to demonstrate

English mother tongue speaker

Excellent journalistic skills

Passion for and knowledge of Gymnastics

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I’m extremely impressed with the FIG Communications department. This job could be fantastic.

My visit to the Lausanne Office a few years ago was a treat. The employees are keen, hard working and astonishingly multilingual.

By Chris Saccullo.

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