Author: Rick Mc

Here’s the huge layout 1/1 from this past weekend.

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Sheep!?

See more Elite Canada routines on Jenn’s Gymn.ca YouTube channel.

The 37th annual goes March 21-24th.

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Dawn Izzard and Jenna Gleza posted this.

WOW.

Fiesta Bowl in Chandler, Arizona

Mckayla Skinner`s new floor routine:

double double layout !
double double tucked
Arabian (fall)
1 ½ to 2 ½

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JUNIOR WOMEN’S ALL-AROUND Elite Canada

1. Shallon Olsen 56.950
2. Heaven Latimer 55.125
3. Aleeza Yu 54.725

Junior and Senior results MAG and WAG are posted on IG.

In the first competition of a quadrennial, the top Juniors are the girls to start tracking for Olympics 2016.

Canada is strong right now.

… But not quite as strong as the scores indicate. Canada used a bonus system for this meet.

Shallon

Here’s another of the great pics Grace posted on Facebook.

Sabrina Gill

Russia is hosting the forthcoming men’s and women’s European Gymnastics Championships, scheduled to appear in Moscow (not Kazan, as originally announced) between 17th and 21st April 2013. …

It is a bumper year for Russian international gymnastics competitions, with the Universiade taking place in the ancient city of Kazan (part of which is a UNESCO World Heritage site) in July.

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

They’ll be streamed LIVE …

Some gymnasts — often taller, heavier and older — know how to use the movement of the bar to improve dismounts and releases.

Some close-up video.

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https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=524236960944195

via Nick Blanton’s Gymnastics Consultancy on Facebook

Though just last week I used a “bow and arrow” analogy, it’s far more complicated than that.

The new Elite Canada Champion Anderson Loran works a Horizontal Bar as well as anyone.

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The determined crowd of 14,129 that braved a severe winter storm to come to the Utah gymnastics meet was rewarded with best meet of the season as the Utes annihilated No. 23 California 197.050-192.750. Sophomore Tory Wilson electrified the audience in her first career all-around appearance, scoring a 10.0 on vault and winning the all-around with a 39.475.

Wilson, who entered the meet ranked No. 1 in the nation on the vault, will retain that position after her perfect score–the first 10.0 by a Ute since 20-time All-American Ashley Postell sprang for three in 2008 (two on vault and one on beam). Wilson had been competing on three events before a season-ending injury to defending Pac-12 all-around champion Corrie Lothrop last week opened a spot in the bar lineup. …

Utah Utes

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197.050 helps their ranking. But BBS points out that Utah is not deep without Corrie Lothrop.

As most gymnastics fans like to see, the 2013 Winter Cup came down to the final event. Michigan’s Adrian de los Angeles clung to a slim .35 lead over Olympian Jake Dalton. De los Angeles had a nice routine on PH (13.30), but struggled a bit with his dismount. No doubt tired at the end of his very long routine, his bobble was just enough to allow Dalton to overtake him on his last event (HB-14.50). Dalton’s fellow Olympian Danell Leyva also put on a great show with his 3rd-place finish, ending up only 1.3 points behind. All three dominated the competition, with Dalton (FX,SR) and Leyva winning two event titles (PB,HB). …

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Feb 5th – IG Online Interview: Jake Dalton

Coach Irving Nóchez from San Salvador helped put this retro edit together.

Very cool.

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Enrique Trabanino from Perfection competed out of that gym.