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John Orozco. By My Side
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Get well soon, John.
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Louis Smith finally wins Gold
Olympic medallist Louis Smith won another title this weekend, by winning BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing competition. All throughout the series Louis and dance partner Flavia Cacace earned fantastic feedback.
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… hmm.
related – Oh no! Strictly champ Louis Smith says: “I’m keeping my top on in future”
Beam – Sui Lu, Deng Linlin
Cool. An overlay of the two Beam medalists from London.
Synchro side somis. Synchro dismounts.
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Thank Dave Copeland for the link.
Jacoby home for Christmas
PUYALLUP, Wash. – A young gymnast in need got some special help as she returned home for the first time Sunday – several weeks after she was paralyzed from the chest down.
Her homecoming was made even more special by her community, which donated hundreds of hours of time and work over the past three weeks to remodel her home to accommodate her disability. …
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Ri Se Gwang – Vault
Ri Se Gwang (born January 21, 1985 … is a North Korean artistic gymnast. …
In 2009, he successfully performed an extremely difficult new vault, a Tsukahara (1/4 entry in the first flight) on the vaulting table, followed by full twist double backwards salto in tuck position. The new vault is named after Ri. …
Here it is from the recent Asian Championships.
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At age-27, it’s great to see he stayed on to compete after the North Korean F.I.G. suspension.
MONSTER in the Pit
Economist report: Obesity
Charlotte Howard for Economist magazine:
… Two-thirds of American adults are overweight. …
Alarmingly, 36% of adults and 17% of children are not just overweight but obese, with a BMI of at least 30, meaning they weigh 92kg or more at the same height. If current trends continue, by 2030 nearly half of American adults could be obese.
The rest of the world should not scoff at Americans, because belts in many other places are stretched too, as shown by new data from Majid Ezzati of Imperial College, London, and Gretchen Stevens of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Some continental Europeans remain relatively slender. Swiss women are the slimmest, and most French women don’t get fat, as they like to brag (though nearly 15% do). But in Britain 25% of all women are obese, with men following close behind at 24%. Czech men take the European biscuit: 30% are obese.
… In all, according to Dr Ezzati, in 2008 about 1.5 billion adults, or roughly one-third of the world’s adult population, were overweight or obese. Obesity rates were nearly double those in 1980. …
… In America junk-food calories are often cheaper than healthy ones. Suburban sprawl and the universal availability of food have made the car the new dining room. In the Middle East, Bedouin traditions of hosting and feasting have combined with wealth to make overeating a nightly habit. Any inclination to exercise is discouraged by heat and cultural restrictions. …
One of the very best reasons to put kids in acrobatic sport is to keep them lean.
related – 5 Ways You Are Making Your Kids FAT
world’s fittest women
In celebration of Festivus, I link to a click grabbing post from CNN which selected Gabby Douglas 1st and 5th — using no criteria at all — on a list of the world’s fittest women 2012.
I’ve little doubt that #2 Annie Thorisdottir, former gymnast and two time World CrossFit champion, could best any woman alive today at feats of strength.
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