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Jr Jesolo results

Couch Gymnast – Jesolo Results So Far…..

Jr WAG Team
1. USA 226.850
2. Italy 217.200
3. Russia 215.900
4. Romania 209.400

Jr WAG AA
1. Lexie Priessman
2. Enus Mariani
3. Bailie Key and Maria Kharenkova

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Women’s Artistic Code 2013-2016 draft

The E Panel found a link.

proposed WAG Vault Finals scoring

The E Panel on the DRAFT Code 2013-2016:

(DVT1 + DVT2)/2 + 10.00 – (VT1 ex deductions + VT2 ex deductions) = Final score

The above is taken straight from the draft code. But what does it actually mean? It means that E scores are no longer averaged, but instead the focus is on the deductions themselves, so bad form can be doubly costly. …

See this handy video kindly made by AllTheTimeGymnastics for a video explanation

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

… Also, two vaults with the same post flight will not count in event finals. This would mean, for example, that Elena Zamolodchikova’s 2 vaults from the Sydney event final would not be appropriate because they both consist of a backward entry laid out salto with 2 twists. …

A MORE ACCOUNTABLE VAULT FINAL

hire a circus artist in Australia

I frequently get requests for Circus performers. Down Under, check first with CircaNICA. Corporate inquiries. Launch events. Etc.

You can even hire both artists and venue.

That’s the National Circus Centre in Victoria.

Australia’s leading booking agency and producer for professional circus artists.

details – circanica.com.au

one MAG Canadian Olympian

Canada had a strong Men’s Artistic Team in Beijing. But did not qualify for the 2012 Games, finishing 13th. The top 12 teams go.

In the past, this would have meant that Canada could send two Olympians. In 2000, for example, Sasha Jeltkov & Kyle Shewfelt were sent.

But due to team size changes, for London the 13th – 16th place teams qualify only one athlete. Here’s how Canada is choosing:

Underlying Principles of the Selection Process:

1. The primary goal is the selection of an individual who can demonstrate an ability to qualify for Apparatus Finals on one or more apparatus.

2. If the primary goal cannot be attained, the secondary goal is to select an athlete born in 1990 or later, with a high probability of being a member of the 2016 Olympic Team.

Mandatory …
May 20 to 27, 2012 – Canadian Championships, Regina

Voluntary …
April 27 to 29, 2012 – Challenger Cup, Osijek, Croatia
June 1 to 3, 2012 – Challenger Cup, Maribor, Slovenia
June 9 to 10, 2012 – Challenger Cup, Ghent, Belgium

Good luck, guys.

Tumbling – Chen Bo vs Kryzhanovski

1998 World Tumbling Championships – Twisting Final – Chen Bo (CHN) & Alexei Kryzhanovski (RUS)

Which of these super passes do you like better?

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Linked by Brett MacAulay on Facebook.

Daniel Keatings – Pommel 15.775

Cottbus – Pommel Horse final results

1. Xiao Xiao (CHN) 15.925 (6.600)
2. Daniel Keatings (GBR) 15.775 (6.700)
3. Max Whitlock (GBR) 15.525 (6.600)

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GBR could win Pommels at the Olympics.

CAN Gabriella Douglas Beam

Brigid Couch Gymnast McCarthy on Facebook linked to a couple of interesting Beam training videos of the Canadian Gabriella Douglas:

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why did Gabby leave Excalibur?

When Gabby Douglas went looking for a new gym in 2010, I’d heard money was a factor. The article linked below talks $20,000.

Gabby’s Mom says her daughter had been on a club “scholarship” with Excalibur. But that doesn’t seem to be documented anywhere.

Certainly the coaching at Excalibur is excellent. … It had to be something more than that.

… suggestions of subpar coaching sting Dena Walker, who opened Excalibur with her husband, Jim, in 1998, and Gustavo Moure, a pioneer in private gymnastics in his native Argentina.

“This is as professional as it gets,” Walker said of her gym.

Hawkins had moved her daughter to Excalibur at age 8 from another local gym.

As Douglas advanced, Walker and Moure shared the work, as they do with other top athletes – Walker focusing on floor exercise and balance beam, Moure on vault and uneven bars.

Under their watch, they say, Douglas developed skills she’s wowing judges with now, including the daunting, 2-1/2-twisting Amanar vault. Chow, in an interview, credited Walker in particular “for bringing (Douglas) up to this level. We just kept building the newer skills.”

Insiders know what’s what, said Sandy Stageberg, mother of an Excalibur gymnast, Randy Stageberg, who reached the ’08 Olympic Trials. …

read more on a Virgina news site – For gymnast with local ties, it’s Olympic dreams and hard feelings