Author: Rick Mc

Epke Zonderland: Cassina + Kovacs + Kolman on high bar!

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That’s from podium training at European Championships. Epke is defending champion.

(via Examiner and @GymPOWER1)

Daniele Hypolito (BRA) training towards a a 6.7 D beam routine at the Olympics …

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(via The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook)

As a coach, I don’t like kids walking forwards in handstand. It helps them perfect multiple bad habits. But this guy’s good.

Surrealism and athleticism combine in the upside-down world of a unique individual. Starring the amazing athlete Mark Daniel. Filmed in Madison, Wisconsin on 16 mm film in 1981 by Joel Fletcher.

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Did you make it to 4min 35sec?

(via Dian Nissen Ramirez and Milton Giancarlo Mora on Facebook)

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… this sport is simply too dangerous. 😦

Canadian gymnast Peng Peng Lee was injured in the first day of training at Canadian Championships. On Vault landing, Double Twisting Yurchenko. On the same skill she dislocated her kneecap last year. The same knee was injured.

Fans everywhere are wishing a speedy recovery.

Photo via Grace Chiu on Facebook.

A few pics.

The biggest threat to the health & happiness of children in 2012.

… The four-part HBO Documentary Films series, The Weight of The Nation explores the obesity epidemic in America. Watch all four parts of The Weight of the Nation …

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… Sodas, juice, sugary breakfast cereals, fast food and most processed snack foods are bad for us, their proliferation corresponding historically with the national weight gain.

Fresh food costs more than junk food, which puts the poor more at risk. Children are surrounded by the siren call of unhealthful food, fad diets don’t work and real change takes time. …

LA Times – Review: HBO’s ‘Weight of the Nation’ pounds away at obesity

… sugary soft drinks are the no. 1 source of calories in our diets,” said Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “We get more calories from sodas and sugary drinks than any other individual food — cake, cookies, pizza, anything.” …

Soda giants scramble to fill void as sweets consumption declines

London 2012™ – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games

Key Features:

Go for Gold

Compete in over 45 events* including all the blue ribbon events plus some all-new events to Olympic videogames offering the ultimate depth and variety. *Includes Motion Control and Party Play events.

More ways to play
Compete in a wide range of challenges and game modes including Olympic Games, Events Mode, Online Mode and Party Play.

Feel the Burn
For the first time ever in an Olympic Games video game, play using Motion Control with a dozen different events enabled for PlayStation®Move and Kinect™ for Xbox 360®

Compete for Global Glory
Take the competition online with leader boards tracking personal medal counts, and earn National Pride points with each medal you win for your country – keep playing and improve your nations standing! …

details

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Here’s the Olympics venues flythrough. (VIDEO)

See how that game was created using Autodesk. (VIDEO)

via @gymnewstics

Interesting and original choreography.

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(via Couch Gymnast – British Team Championships)

… see more highlight videos via that link.

There’s not much secret about the Classic in Chicago.

Blythe Lawrence will be there, LIVE blogging for Examiner.

Abigail Millet
Jordyn Wieber
Sabrina Vega
Mckenzie Wofford
Mckayla Maroney
Brandie Jay
Anna Li
Brenna Dowell
Kennedy Baker
Sarah Finnegan
Gabrielle Douglas
Mykayla Skinner
Kyla Ross
Chellsie Memmel
Grace McLaughlin
Rebecca Bross
Casey Jo Magee
Nastia Liukin
Mackenzie Brannan
Amanda Jetter
Bridget Sloan
Brianna Brown
Alexandra Raisman
Elizabeth Price

Look for Brenna to surprise.

• Balance Beam Situation – Nastia Liukin and the Classic of Secrets … all about veterans

Click PLAY or watch Nastia training Beam on YouTube.

• E Panel – An Absolute Classic … all about BARS

USAG – Nine current, former World champions headline Secret U.S. Classic