Pacific Rim.
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Author: Rick Mc
Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
Angel Wong – Olympian
While many may have noticed Wong for the first time at this weekend’s Pacific Rim International, where she earned a silver on vault, Wong is now 24 years old and has already graduated in a degree in Fashion and Textiles. The graceful yet powerful gymnast has has already secured herself an Olympic berth for London and plans, with her career talents, to design her own leotard! …
What was your proudest moment and why?
Gaining the vault bronze at 2011 Universiades and qualifying for the Olympics!!! Really was a dream come true…a year ago, I never would’ve thought I’d make it! …If you could change one rule in gymnastics, what would it be?
More bonus for original connections on beam/ floor..oh and bring back the touch warm up in event finals …
Click PLAY or watch Vault 1 on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Vault 2 on YouTube.
In 2012 we still don’t have many female gymnasts training 2 Vaults for Finals. That surprises me.
Cottbus commentary
THE ALL AROUND has the most detailed analysis on Cottbus:
In the battle for the Netherland’s Olympic nomination, Epke Zonderland made a statement by scoring 15.025/6.0 on parallel bars and 15.000/6.7 on high bar, thereby qualifying for both finals; his score also meant he had met the readiness mark set by the Dutch NOC. Meanwhile, challenger Jeffrey Wammes averaged 15.837 on vault to reach that final, but failed to do so on floor (14.025/6.1) or high bar (14.800/6.3).
… Greece’s Vasiliki Millousi continues to establish herself as a possible balance beam finalist in London, leading the field today with a 14.300/8.3. ..
Ellie Black – Beam combo
@jaredgoad:
E-E beam combo by Canadian Olympic Hopeful Ellie Black
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Is it summer in Nova Scotia already? 🙂
Anderson Loran wins Shewfelt
1 Anderson Loran 85.800 Team Canada
2 Joshua Jefferis 84.550 Gymnastics Australia
3 Thomas Pichler 83.350 Gymnastics Australia
OK. Team China wasn’t there due to a flight delay. But a win’s a win, right Anderson? 🙂
China will make it in time for BIG SHOW Finals Saturday night.
Cottbus Cup – day 2
Prelims.
BEAM
1. Millousi (GRE) – 14,300
2. Galuilina (UZB) – 13,950
3. Izurieta (ESP) – 13,925
FLOOR
1. Chelaru (ROU) – 14,025
2. Pegg (CAN) – 13,875
3. Menendez (ESP) – 13,525
VAULT
1. Botella (ESP) – 15,975
2. Gonzales (CHI) – 15,962
3. Kaspiarovich (BLR) – 15,925
P BARS
1. Sabot (FRA) – 15,600
2. Stepko (UKR) – 15,425
3. Nguyen (GER) – 15,400
H BAR
1. Ruggeri III (USA) – 15,725
2. Maras (GRE) – 15,200
3. Orozco (USA) – 15,175
4. Zonderland (NED) – 15,000
Epke Zonderland and Jeffrey Wammes are competing, both trying to prove they are the most deserving of the sole Olympic spot for Netherlands.
results (German)
better Russian Championships video
@theallaround:
Some high quality summary video from Russian Championships Team final yesterday …
Starts with Mustafina’s Bars.
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… bars routine starting from a value of 7, only the third woman of this Olympiad to achieve that (Beth Tweddle and He Kexin are the other two). …
… Aliya says that this was her first serious competition since coming back from injury. She managed to do everything she had planned, and all went well. She was not at all nervous. …
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics – Results, pictures and video links
Liz Chetkovich resigns WAIS
Executive Director of the Western Australian Institute of Sport
Steve Lawrence:
I write to advise that Liz Chetkovich has tendered her resignation from the position of WAIS Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Performance Manager. …
details on Australian Gymnastics Blog
After 24yrs, end of an era.
Survivalist’s Guide to Compulsories
A funny post by Diana Gallagher:
March is a tough month in my state. Here, the meets are stacked up and then peter out come April. But the championships are in May, June, and you have to stay strong. …
In the beginning of the season, it’s cute to watch the kids work their way through the compulsories. There’s drama: Will she make her kip? Will she forget the floor routine? Will she accidentally start doing the Level 4 instead of the Level 5 beam routine? Will she make it over the table, although she failed in every warm-up attempt? …
read more on Couch Gymnast
Chunsong Shang – Bars
Having attended Chinese Championships in 2011, I can confirm there are dozens of excellent Bar routines there. All using the same difficulty parts: elgrip giants, elgrip Endo, Jaeger … that’s about it.
Yet here’s a fantastically exciting and varied routine.
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Tweddlesque.
Unfortunately it includes the traditional Chinese poor amplitude low to high transfer.
(via American Gymnast)
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