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Western Canadian Championships
I’m in transit to Westerns, one of the coaches with Team Saskatchewan.
… 206 of Western Canada’s best young artistic gymnasts (PDF) are set to begin their quest to be crowned “Best in the West”!
… the Langley Events Centre (Vancouver, B.C.) will be a sea of action as the 2012 Western Canadian Gymnastics Championships kick off!
… athletes from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.
For the first time we’ll have LIVE streaming with commentary by Sr. gymnasts Laura-Ann Chong and Scott Morgan.
Casey Jo Magee training
Check out a practice day for elite gymnast, Casey Jo Magee, as she trains in pursuit of the 2012 US Olympic Trials. As a former collegiate gymnast, Magee is one of the most decorated gymnasts in Arkansas history.
Upon graduation, Magee still had the urge to compete and qualified international elite. She competed last summer the the Visa Championships and has continued to upgrade and improve since then. In the fall of 2011, Magee joined Dave Kuzara’s coaching staff at Western Michigan to serve as an assistant for the Broncos while training under Coach Kuzara. Magee will begin her summer competitive season this weekend at the American Classic elite qualifier at the Karolyi Ranch.
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rope climb lost & found
At Gymnastics Adventure in Saskatchewan, kids looking for their clothes that have been left “lying around” sometimes find their missing duds hung from the top of the rope.
This is a REMINDER to put clothing away in the first place. AND is good exercise. 🙂
Kytra Hunter wins Honda
A freshman who capped her collegiate debut with two NCAA titles, Kytra Hunter of the University of Florida has won the Honda Sports Award for gymnastics after being crowned the NCAA all-around and vault champion for 2012. Her selection by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program recognizes Hunter as the country’s top female athlete in her sport. …
Hunter is the first gymnast from the University of Florida to achieve the all-around title …
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Hambüchen – H Bar training
Fabian and Uchimura are the two best Horizontal Bar men of all time, in my opinion.
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Bionic woman: MotivePro suit
This has potential.
A vibrating suit could be the key to ensuring Britain’s athletes perform with inch-perfect precision at this summer’s Olympics.
… tiny sensors attached to the wearer’s skin trigger motors to tell them when they move in the correct way.
A computer tracks the user’s movements in real time and the results can be monitored by a coach as Olympic hopefuls practice. …
British Olympic rhythmic gymnast Mimi Cesar, 17, is using the technology to polish her routines.
… ‘The suit will be especially useful in group gymnastics because you get points for synchronisation and how you all look together so it will help gymnasts do the routines exactly the same.
‘If all five of them wore the suits they would know exactly where to place their back or body …
Read more on the Daily Mail – Giving Olympic athletes a buzz: New electric training suit vibrates to tell medal hopefuls when they have perfected a routine
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largest Northern Ireland gymnastics facility
Great news.
Bangor based Rathgael Gymnastics and Tumbling Club has announced plans to develop what will be the largest gymnastics facility in (Northern) Ireland.
The facility which will span 14,500 square feet …
… almost 800 gymnasts …
Full Twist – Rathgael Gymnastics to open Ireland’s biggest gymnastics facility
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