Author: Rick Mc

This is the kind of thing that happens when you host the Olympics. Infrastructure money suddenly becomes available.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Amazing. But operating budget after the Olympics will be an issue. I predict.

That video is from a detailed Couch Gymnast post:

This week in Rio De Janeiro, a new gymnastics training facility was opened with new equipment and facilities and multi[ple apparatus. This is all part of a big plan to prepare for hosting the 2016 Olympic Games, but is of immediate benefit to the Brazilian gymnasts …

Seven gymnasts have already begun training in the new structure, including;

Adrian Gomes Nunes (Gremio Nautico Union-RS), Ana Claudia Silva, Bruna Leal Yamamoto, Mariko Harumy Ethiene Franco and de Freitas (CEGIN-PR), Daniele Hypolito and Priscilla Cobello Domingues (Flamengo). Four coaches will accompany the team: Iryna Ilyashenko, Ricardo Pereira, Adriana Alves and Viviane Cardoso.

According to another article, Jade Barbosa is not yet training with this group due to some contract issues, but soon will be, the article assures readers. …

read more – Brazilian Gym News (Updated with translation!)

related:

Grace Chiu linked to a photo of the renovated Nissan Gymnastics Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Here’s how it looked during the 2011 Pan-American Games.

… Courtesy of Justin from WWGym, Egypt’s Fadwa Mohamed is channeling Yamilet Pena, and training a Produnova vault. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via Stoi

That link has a Produnova video, for comparison.

Dealing with media is a skill set.

Here’s 13yr-old gymnast Mia Dumas, a spokes-gymnast for the Canadian National Gymnastics Championships 2012.

Mia did great. A natural. 🙂

… The six-day event will attract approximately 1,000 gymnasts from across the country, including athletes who are on their way to London, England for the 2012 Summer Games. …

“I’m using the same chalk as they use and I’ll be on the same beam and using the same floor as them,” said Dimas, a 13-year-old, Grade 7 student at Dr. A.E. Perry School. “I’m competing at the same event and in the same building as them. You’re so close to being an Olympian and you feel like an Olympian because they’re right there beside you …

Leader~Post – Local athletes to mingle with Olympians

We’re hosting Nationals in Regina May 21-26th, 2012. Artistic, Trampoline and Rhythmic. Please plan to join us.

Tony Retrosi is from Mars

He said it, not me. Disabuse him on Gym Momentum:

Male Coaches who say their female counterparts or gymnasts deliberately “pick fights” in the gym may be onto something.

A new study shows that in relationships, men feel best when they can tell that their partner is happy; women, on the other hand , are most content when their partners are upset or agitated, because the intensity of their emotions show they’re invested in the relationship. …

WHY COACHES SEEK CONFLICT

Love brought former Olympic gymnast Robert Stanescu to Windsor.

A member of Romania’s national team, the 27-year-old made the finals in the rings at the Beijing Olympics where he finished seventh.

The next year, he came within a whisker of reaching the podium at the world championships, finishing fourth by one-tenth of a mark.

Later in 2009, Stanescu joined his university sweetheart, Ruxandra in Windsor.

Now married, both coach gymnastics at Winstars.

Ruxandra works with the competitive girls and Robert trains the boys. …

Olympian follows heart

Romanian gymnast Stanescu coaching with wife at Winstars

Gym owner Carey Vigneux thinks Robert could compete for Canada, one day. He’s still in great shape.

Position: Program Director and Head Coach – Men’s Artistic Gymnastics

Knowledge and Skills:
– experience coaching provincial and national Men’s Artistic athletes
– ability to work and lead in a strong team environment
– excellent communication skills
– energetic and active in creating a positive training environment
– minimum Level 2 NCCP Certification in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics and Trampoline; Level 3 Certification is an asset
– First Aid certification and a Police Records Check will be required

details

The senior American team at this small invite scored higher than did the winning USA team at Worlds Tokyo.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

It’s going to be very difficult to make the Canadian Olympic Team for London.

Ellie Black is a real contender, training high starts and unique skills / combinations.

Click PLAY or watch training footage of Beam / Floor / Vault on YouTube.

I love the beam leg padding.

She’s coached by Keiji Yamanaka.

(via Couch Gymnast)

WHEN: Sunday, June 17 to Sunday, June 24, 2012

WHERE: Seattle, Washington

Approximately 120 of the nation’s best divers are expected to compete for 14 spots on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Diving Team. Notable participants include three-time Olympian Troy Dumais, 2011 World platform silver medalist David Boudia, and 2008 Olympians Kelci Bryant, Chris Colwill, Thomas Finchum, Haley Ishimatsu and Christina Loukas. …

USA Diving event page.

National Team

Thanks Dr. Jeni McNeal.

It’s on in my home town.

Held in conjunction with Alberta Provincial Championships, the action is in Airdrie from April 4 – 6, 2012.

Athletes from 8 different trampoline clubs in Alberta will be competing alongside 3 Olympians including Rosie MacLennan (7th – 2008 Beijing), Jason Burnett (Silver Medalist – 2008 Beijing) and 3-Time Medalist Karen Cockburn (Bronze – 2000 Sydney, Silver – 2004 Athens, Silver – 2008 Beijing).

Gymnastics Alberta competition home page

Alex Seifert is gone to Cirque. So the 2012 Men’s Power Tumbling title is up for grabs.

Click PLAY or watch Alex on YouTube. (2011)

Personal shout out to our competitors from Gymnastics Adventure, Regina. Good luck.