Author: Rick Mc

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

Floor choreography of the DAY

Click PLAY or watch it on Izismile – Hilariously Impressive: Guy Enters Women’s Gymnastics Competition

http://izismile.com/video/player2/player2.swf

Liu Xuan 1-arm giant

Couch Gymnast:

… She is the only gymnast ever to perform a one-arm giant swing. This is very common in the men’s high bar however it is not considered appropriate for women, so in order to discourage its performance the skill is valued with only a “C” difficulty. Liu last competed the skill in 1996. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (1995)

Lloimincia Hall – SEC Floor Champ

OK. I like over-the-top College routines as much as anybody. But this is too much for me. 🙂

LSU freshman Lloimincia Hall was crowned 2012 SEC Floor Exercise Champion with a 9.925. She also helped the Tigers to a 4th place finish in the team competition with a 196.425

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MTYyNjI0MDc5?related=1

Watch more video of 2012 SEC Championships on gymnastike.org

Balance Beam Situation dedicated an entire post to that one routine.

who’s NOT honouring me now?

The About.com 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards (Gymnastics) have concluded counting 35,000+ votes.

Gymnastike earned the top spot for Best Gym Website, for the second year in a row.

This site was a distant 3rd place.

That didn’t surprise. But this did:

Well-known brand Ten.0 took the prize as best grip, with 59 percent.

The Runners-Up:

Reisport: 24%

US Glove: 5%

Bailie: 5%

English Bulldog: 4%

Are Ten.0 really that popular? I tell all girls to buy Reisport.

Grishina – Jesolo Floor 14.85

… Grishina — who went 0-for-3 on beam at last week’s Russian championships — snapped her unlucky streak, staying on to score 15.050. The elegant Russian topped the field on floor exercise with 14.850 (9.000 Execution, click to watch). …

IG

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Kyla Ross wins Jesolo

IG has recap and results for both Jr & Sr – U.S. Gymnasts Untouchable in Jesolo

Americans Kyla Ross and Aly Raisman strengthened their cases for inclusion on this summer’s U.S. Olympic team by going 1-2 all-around at the Trofeo di Jesolo Saturday afternoon in Jesolo, Italy.

Examiner.com Americans abroad: Kyla Ross, Aly Raisman romp through Jesolo

SENIOR
1. Kyla Ross 59.850
2. Alexandra Raisman 59.050
3. Sarah Finnegan 58.650
4. McKayla Maroney 57.950
5. Anastasia Grishina 57.850 … fall Bars
6. Elizabeth Price 56.850

Rebecca Bross competed only Bars (fall) and Beam.

Russia competed only one DTY. USA showed 5 Amanars including this one launched by Elizabeth Price.

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Here’s the Ferrari (Italy) proving she’s still got the stuff.

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