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LIVE scores available from Omega via this link.
From there you need to download a (horrible) Java app. Follow the prompts. And keep your fingers crossed hoping it works. 🙂
It’s last chance for Teams and individual AA stars to qualify for London. Nathan Gafuik plans to get back to the Olympics with his Team Canada competing in the first subdivision of three.
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Coach Jason:
… After considering about a dozen different options, I decided to try a mixture of super glue/sealant and wood. …
details on Coaching Gymnastics in the New Millenium … or Millennium?
That’s the first time I’ve ever heard of anyone trying to repair one.
Between the Olympics has been linking training video footage on this page. Thanks!
Click PLAY or watch Grishina’s Floor on YouTube.
At first glance I thought she was Komova come to London. … And she has a lot of Vika’s best qualities. But not the leg power on Floor & Vault.
Vault is easily the weakest apparatus, Bars the most impressive in podium training at the London Test Meet.
Click PLAY or watch Yao Jinnan on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Jessica Lopez VEN on YouTube.
France is excellent on Bars — Blythe called Spain the “China of Europe”, but France is even better. (Thanks TimAlan)
… Putting it another way, many nations are getting better than Romania on Bars. 🙂
Podium training has ended.
The 2012 season officially begins Tuesday with the second and final Olympic gymnastics qualification at London’s O2 Arena, site of this summer’s Olympic Games. …
Nations which already qualified also had the opportunity to send up to two gymnasts for experience. The world champion U.S. women and Chinese men passed on the invitation, as did Romania. The Chinese women, however, sent world balance beam champion Sui Lu and world all-around bronze medalist Yao Jinnan. Both gymnasts are expected to do battle with Russian first-year senior Anastasia Grishina, a triple gold medalist at the 2010 Junior European Championships in Birmingham. …
For MAG it’s tough to call. The roof of the O2 will collapse atop 15,000+ spectators tomorrow night if Great Britain does not finish top 4. They will.
Belarus
Brazil … missing Hypalito
Great Britain
Canada
Spain
France
Italy
Puerto Rico
FIG Facebook album: Visa International Gymnastics 2012
It’s showtime for coach Elena Davidova and Team Canada.
For WAG many pundits have predictions. Most, including me, like the teams in bold.
Belgium
Canada
Brazil
France
Spain
Italy
Korea
Netherlands
I was quite impressed with Spain for the last Olympic berth, but others disagree.
Brazil will certainly be top 4 on Floor and Vault. They’ll need a very good meet on the other 2 apparatus to qualify, though.
The Korean girls are superb gymnasts. But I predict landing errors will take them out of contention. They’re still being spotted on many skills.
At one point I felt Netherlands would be there for Olympics. But injuries have put them in a tough spot.
Belgium lacks depth.
… I could be wrong. 🙂 Any of the 8 teams with a brilliant meet could be there. Good luck to all.
What’s it like to be one of Britain’s greatest gymnasts? In this fascinating autobiography, Beth Tweddle takes us through the biggest moments of her life, from winning gold at the World Championships, to being honoured with an MBE at just 25 years old. Follow her story as she prepares for her most important task yet – the Olympics!
Hopefully this will be available for sale at the Test Meet. I’ll buy a few copies just to support one of my favourite gymnasts.
via @bethtweddlenews
Here you can see Blythe Lawrence LIVE blogging podium training. She actually has to KNOW what’s going on. Me and the chicken, … not so much. 🙂
photo Tandoori Poulet on Facebook
It was Blythe’s birthday last night. Celebrating.
Gymnastics / Skating Extravaganzas are much mocked by insiders.
But many love the Galas at major FIG events.
Matthew Greenwood, Gymnastics coordinator at the O2, confirmed the bad news. FIG and the London Olympics organizing committee both wanted to schedule a Gala … but logistics were too difficult. The Artistic / Trampoline venue is shared with Basketball. And Rhythmics scheduled after the (possible) Gala date.
Finals in London will be again held over 3 days, not two — taking away a potential Gala date.
Here’s a glimpse from the Beijing 2008 Gala — Rhythmic gymnast Aliya Garaeva. Click PLAY or watch it on Daily Motion.
Great news. #FIGTest12
Slava Corn announced that Artistic and Trampoline Finals will be LIVE STREAMED on the FIG YouTube channel. (Rhythmic will not as it’s in a separate venue during the Olympics.)
Artistic and Trampoline prelims will be LIVE streamed, as well. But not every routine. This is a first for an FIG meet and is a bit of an experiment.
Rumour is that FIG video content will later be available under a Creative Commons license. I’ll confirm that when it happens.
I congratulated Meike BEHRENSEN, FIG Media Operations Coordinator, personally. This is yet another great innovation. Ron Scammell, Gymnastics Canada, for example, can now get video footage of the Canadians to promote the sport back home.
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