Author: Rick Mc

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Beth Tweddle said she was “speechless” to be crowned Dancing on Ice champion. The gymnast added: “All credit goes to Matt, he’s done an amazing skate tonight.

Great competition. You’ll be seeing many of these names in the mix for Olympics 2016.

… up-and-coming Russian stars Anastasia Dmitrieva and Maria Bondareva tied for the junior title Saturday. …

Russia won the junior women’s competition, easily defeating Canada, Japan and France with strong performances on bars, beam and floor. Canada was the top team on vault and floor, though only sixth out of seven teams on bars. Romania, as expected, had the highest team score on beam.

… Japan’s Yuki Uchiyama finished third and had the top score of the evening on bars (13.633), ahead of Romania’s Andreea Munteanu (highest beam score with 14.033) and Louise Vanhille of France.

Canada’s Heaven Latimer, sixth, was the highest home-country finisher in the junior division, but she had the top score on floor with 14.0. …

The competition concludes Sunday evening with the senior session and junior event finals.

Examiner – Gymnix: Woo, Russians golden at Montreal’s premier gymnastics showcase

Romania had only 3 competitors. According to Fangymnastics, Andreea Iridon did not get a visa for Canada. And Laura Jurca hurt her ankle during the meet.

Brigid Couch Gymnast McCarthy on Facebook:

1. Bondareva 53.832
1. Dimitrieva 53.832
3. Yuki Uchiyama 52.999

Top vaulter Shallon Olsen- the only DTY (14.666) 2. Aleez Yu 14.266 3. Yuki Uchiyama 14.200

Top bars: Yuki Uchiyama with 13.633 2. Maria Bondareva 13.333 3. Lousie Vanhille 13.166

Top beamer Andreea Munteanu 14.033 2T. Yuna Hiraiwa 13.966 2T. Anastasia Dimitrieva 13.966

Top floor Heaven Latimer 14.00 2. Andreea Munteanu 13.833 3. Aleeza Yu 13.400

Brigid has a more detailed report on Couch Gymnast.

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Rewriting Russian Gymnastics – Russia WAG win Gymnix International Junior Cup

puzzle – first day of competition for Team Romania

GymCastic is not the only acrobatic audiocast. It’s the only one currently available on iTunes.

Leigh Hennessy Robson is posting audio news for Trampoline Sport. She hopes to get them into iTunes … soon.

For now you have to listen via her website.

Here’s the next episode of the podcast TrampCast; the latest project of Trampoline Pundit. This one features stories about “The Ultimate,” Eurotramp’s newest competition trampoline; upcoming competitions; and Guest Pundit posts from our friends at Trampoline and Tumbling Express.

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It’s embarrassing when rookies forget they are on international TV.

(via Uncle Tim)

related – Coach Cassie – Universal Gymnast Problem: The Wedgie

1. Russia
2. Canada
3. Japan

AA – tie for first

1. Bondareva
1. Dimitrieva
3. Yuki Uchiyama

via Brigid Couch Gymnast McCarthy on Facebook

Jimmy Kimmel Live – 7-Up Commercial with Guillermo

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What a great season we’re having. These were the season high scores for both teams.

Memorable night for LSU gymnastics in Tide loss:

… record 8,574 fans, the largest crowd in LSU gymnastics history.

… “It felt amazing to get such a high (team) score,” Courville said. “The loss is disappointing, but our performance was definitely not something to be upset about.”

A record $108,000 was raised for Foundation 56, former LSU linebacker Bradie James’ foundation to raise money for breast cancer research.

Click PLAY or watch Lloimincia Hall’s 2nd 10 of the season on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MTIxNjk5MjY2?related=1

Watch more video of #4 LSU vs. #5 Alabama on gymnastike.org

Mincie and coach D-D Breaux were interviewed last week on GymCastic.

As much as I love her passion, the crowd appeal, the sassiness, and originality, I still don’t see that as the best Floor routine in the NCAA.

“It was just an extraordinary night of college gymnastics,” UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. “It was loud, it was rocking and both teams put up great performances.”

… “The pressure was on Ashley (Priess) just like it was at the national championships last year and she came through, like she always does in these situations,” Patterson said.

related – Michigan’s Bev Plocki became the third active NCAA D-I head women’s gymnastics coach to reach the 600-win barrier, joining Greg Marsden (Utah) and D.D.

With hundreds of brands, celebrities, artists and technologists vying for attention on day one of SXSW, one cat may have stolen the show — Grumpy Cat.

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Illinois men’s gymnastics coach Justin Spring gives his thoughts on the new match play format that was used for the Illini meet vs. Minnesota on March 8, 2013 at Huff Hall. Illinois defeated the Gophers 21-9 in the experimental format.

Click PLAY or watch the interview on YouTube.

Here’s Ron Noe’s write-up:

A revolutionary effort to shake things up in College Men’s Gymnastics took place last night in Champaign, IL.

Host Illinois took on Minnesota in the first ever Match Play format.

Carrying on with the 5-up/5-count system, each team went head-to-head on each event in Olympic order. The team behind in the score was then allowed to put their man up last, which allowed for some great strategy, since there were no set lineups. Reviews were mixed, but it certainly added some excitement, at least in the first three rotations. …

read more on Stick it Media

Sounds like two apparatus should be competed simultaneously. To save time.

For example: Floor and Pommels, Rings and Vault, P Bars and H Bar

Strategy would be even more complex. 🙂

The “senior” competition in Montreal was good, especially Floor and Bars, but there were too many falls.

Despite FIG claiming that artistry will be more important this quadrennial, most coaches still believe that start score will (mostly) determine results. They are doing the hard routines now, hoping to stabilize them … soon.

The Junior competition at Gymnix will be the highlight rotation. There are some BIG routines coming up. For example, Romania’s Andreea Munteanu on Beam.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

See more Romanian podium training on Fangymnastics.