Author: Rick Mc

Non-televised routines.

Live coverage of the first 90 minutes of competition from the AT&T American Cup.

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D 5.800
E 8.600

Very pretty. But 8.600 E-score?

There should be a much bigger gap between Moors and Ohashi.

D 5.900
E 8.700

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Way underscored at 8.700.

Still, Tori won the apparatus. I’d best continue to avoid using the old name for this competition.

D 6.800
E 8.533

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Sr AA
Hannah Whelan (City of Liverpool) 52.100
Niamh Rippin (Notts) 51.100
Laura Edwards (Dynamo) 51.00

Full Twist has results and videos.

31-yr-old Lisa Mason is English National Vault Champion 2013.

Gabby Jupp was away at American Cup.

Click PLAY or watch Katelyn’s Vault on YouTube.

Score: 14.900 (5.8, 9.1)

Unofficial:

1. 89.398 – Jacob Dalton – USA
2. 87.298 – Oleg Verniaiev – UKR
3. 87.031 – Marcel Nguyen – GER

1. 59.199 – Katelyn Ohashi – USA
2. 57.666 – Simone Biles – USA
3. 57.066 – Victoria Moors – CAN

Andres Llanos Gerardino and I were much impressed with a small Gym club we visited in little known San Salvador.

The gym is a labour of love. Painstakingly built and maintained by Oscar Cañas.

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It produced an international gymnast, his son Oscar Cañas Jr. Now retired.

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The father competes too, now age-61.

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Respect. 🙂

Score: 15.700 (6.5, 9.2) – Jake Dalton (USA)
March 2, 2013 – DCU Center – Worcester, Mass.

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Mount was fantastic. But I still credit him D, not F value. It’s not a Tamayo.

That came from USAG’s 2013 AT&T American Cup – Non-Broadcast Routines.

… A Texas teen has set the example of sportsmanship by unselfishly surrendering the basketball to a developmentally disabled member of the opposing team so he could score a point during a game.

Mitchell Marcus serves as the team manager for the basketball team at Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas.

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Jonathon Montanez is a sporting hero.

‘I was raised to treat others how you want to be treated,’ Jonathon explained to CBS News about his action.

‘I just though Mitchell deserved his chance, deserved his opportunity.’

Trailer. (Dutch with English subtitles)

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GymPOWER is going to be posting an online documentary the first Monday of every month. Dutch gymnast Yvette Moshage is featured for March 2013.