Author: Rick Mc

Myself and longtime friend Jeff Pauliuk (BC) will be leading a course this summer. A good chance to plan a trip out to Vancouver, it’s possible to get both MAG and WAG at the same course.

August 10-12 & 17-19, 2012
NCCP Level 3 Artistic Course – Mens and Womens (Zone 3)
18 spaces are still available

Hosted by Twisters Gymnastics.

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related – L3 Technical Red Deer, Alberta. June 22-28th, 2012. Also MAG and WAG.

No surprise. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

USA Gymnastics Men’s National Team Coordinator Kevin Mazeika of Houston today was named head coach for the U.S. Men’s Olympic Team that will compete in the 2012 Olympic Games, July 27-August 12, in London. He was selected by the Men’s Program Committee.

Mazeika is fresh off leading the U.S. Men’s Team to a bronze medal finish at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, making it the first time since 2003 that the U.S. Men were on the World Championships team medal podium. …

USAG

Jim Rand sends the bad news:

Canadian Sr gymnast Scott Chandler, age 36-years 8 months, blew his Achilles on Saturday on a set for double back. Scott has never had any previous Achilles pain. He had surgery on Saturday.

Get well quickly, buddy.

Scott’s competed 17 National Championships. So far.

Don’t count out a comeback. Achilles heal stronger than ever.

Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman truly are tough in competition. Two of the best ever, psychologically.

Most gymnasts would have fallen on this error.

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With errors on Bars and Beam, Jordyn doesn’t look ready, in March, to win the Olympics. But come the BIG SHOW in London, I’m betting she’ll be very, very tough.

Full Twist has the write-up.

SR
Sophie McCoo
Emma Lunn
Beth Gillmor

JR
Ciara Melia
Hayleigh Bradley
Denise Moloney

FIG Minor
Casey Jo Bell
Emmiline Anghileri
Niamh Rogers

full results (PDF)

Sophie McCoo

John Smith, NASA Gymnastics WA, will be doing clinics in Ireland this Spring.

Against British Gymnastics.

Common sense prevails.

Two months after missing the target score set by British Gymnastics to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Britain’s rhythmic gymnasts learned Monday that they will be allowed to compete at the Games after all.

Having argued that the selection policy was unclear, the team of six, largely self-funded teenagers succeeded in their appeal against the governing body’s decision not to nominate them for selection for the Games.

“I am not persuaded that the appellants and their coaches must have known that selection would be based only on the qualification stage,” wrote independent arbitrator Graeme Mews, of Sports Resolutions UK …

CTV

Canadian Rhythmic gymnast Mariam Chamilova lost a (much weaker) appeal asking to be added to the Group Olympic team.

(via Full Twist)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (1hr 29min)

(via Full Twist)

Paul Hall is the coach of Louis Smith and Dan Keatings.

… (he) declares himself to be an obsessive:

“It is the most necessary component in order to get the right result – always needing to improve and look for the next challenge”.

Exactly. Obsession is about a passion for learning, for knowledge, for detail, for hard work, and most importantly a passion for finding ways to beat the guy you are going head to head with. …

Sunday Times – In search of perfection

What’s Paul’s role during the Olympics in his home city?

Thanks fanstrike.

Update: Surprise. Surprise. Louis Smith scored 14.367 Horizontal Bar at English Championships. That makes him a reasonable back-up on that apparatus for the Olympics Team competition.

Kristian Thomas hit 6/6 to win, 90.901 AA.

Laura updated an interesting history of when very difficult skills were introduced:

Between the Olympics – Timeline of F and G Rated Skills

She concludes that “there has not been much innovation since the open ended code of points has been in place”.

The most recent skill listed is …

Piked Ricna: first performed by Becky Downie, rated F

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All agree who the best vaulter was last season. But who’s going to be Olympic Champion?

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