Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Coke – Olympics commerical

Move to the Beat of London 2012 Commercial – 2 minutes

Mark Ronson and Coca-Cola traveled the world to create a new dance track using the sounds of sport from 5 Olympic hopefuls!

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks GymNiceTic.

JO Championships begin

USAG:

Nearly 450 of the USA’s best Level 10 gymnasts will converge in Hampton, Va., to compete in the 2012 Women’s U.S. Junior Olympic National Championships May 11-12 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center.

Level 10 is the highest level in the Junior Olympic program, which is just under the elite level. The Junior Olympic National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is held in conjunction … on May 13.

USA’s top Level 10 gymnasts head to Hampton, Va., to compete in the Junior Olympic National Championships

Region 5 is the Team to beat. Watch their “psych up” video.

GOOD LUCK to everyone there. Especially Erin and Hannah. 🙂

VISA Championships, St Louis

June 7-10th.

I had hoped to get to the competition this year, but — like so many others — I’m going to Olympic Trials / Congress instead.

details on USAG

Representing Cirque du Soleil is Magalie Coleno. She’s the one to talk to in person if you have an athlete interested in auditioning down the road.

email magalie.coleno@cirquedusoleil.com or message her on Facebook.

There’s an “open” audition in Los Angeles, September 2012.

Details will be posted soon at CIRQUEDUSOLEIL.COM/JOBS

http://WWW.CIRQUEDUSOLEIL.COM/JOBS

Nicolette McNair – Bars

Wow.

Stoop shoot > piked Russian giants to Jaeger.

Nicolette McNair of Gym-Max and the Region 1 team training bars during the 2012 JO Nationals in Hampton

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/Njc5NjM0MDU4?related=1

Watch more video of 2012 J.O. National Championships on gymnastike.org

From Gym-Max.

Romania, Russia, GBR

Team rank from prelims.

Examiner:

1. ROM 177.472; 2. RUS 172.562; 3. GBR 169.431; 4. ITA 168.005; 5. FRA 167.122; 6. ESP 163.638; 7. GER 163.022; 8. BEL 161.972.

NED just misses out on team finals, finishes ninth with 160.763, ahead of UKR, 160.396.

full results (PDF)

Larisa Iordache qualifying score of 60.132.

Vasiliki Millousi is an Olympian, meeting the Greek standard for qualifying with this performance.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

She’s the best Greek gymnast : 54.274 (all-around 11th). Vasiliki qualified for the Beam final on Sunday : 14.766 (Difficulty : 6.10, Execution : 8.666). Rank : 7.

Israel will be represented too.

Valeria Maksiuta (ISR) made two finals at Euros, meeting Israeli Olympic Committee requirments for participation at #London2012

via @theallaround

Romania over Russia, so far

Prelims in progress at Europeans.

Andy Thornton predicted this is the way it will finish.

Romanian consistency over Russian brilliance.

Halfway through senior women’s qualifications:

1. ROM 177.472;
2. RUS 172.562;
3. GBR 169.431;
4. ITA 168.005

For both teams Olympics is the main goal. Europeans just a stepping stone.

Click PLAY or watch Komova’s Beam on YouTube.

14.916 (Difficulty : 6.00, Execution : 8.916).

VERY high execution score for that routine, I’d say.

See more videos on the europeangymnastics’s YouTube channel.

(via @GymExaminer)