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I can’t get enough of these Lighthouse Film Company gymnastics videos.
This is the first of many teasers to promote the film of the amazing gymnastics event, Evolution.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
What’s the next step in the evolution of Evolution?
Is there a way to make ‘professional gymnastics’ profitable for promoters?
I’m assuming they’d need a title sponsor or a TV deal.
Robert DiVincenzo is a Cheer coach and self-taught tumbler with excellent physical ability. You might have seen him in Bring It On: In It to Win It.
He put this fun video together to showcase his skills. And to inspire others to follow their dreams, regardless of age, sex, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, social class, sport, etc.
It worked for him.
The DiVo I want you to know, this time I’m ready to show…
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Cheerleading not only changed my life, but it also saved my life. Thank you to everyone who has given me the opportunity to shine and reveal my passion for this incredibly unique sport.
Thanks Rob.
“When you have the strength to believe in who you are, you hold the key to your destiny.”
Tina Rand was a high level gymnast as a teenager, but dropped the sport until age-28 when she decided to go back to Adult Recreation class.
… Now at age 42, she is competing at Level 9 in USA gymnastics …
Tina lives in the Annapolis, Maryland area with her husband of 18 years and has two beautiful boys, ages 4 and 7. …
(via Rec Gymnastics)
Instead he lawyered-up:
… “We will fight the criminal charges vigorously,” said Michael J. Smith, Hamm’s attorney. …
That’s the way Paul Hamm rolls.
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Paul Vernon in USA Today:
Paul Hamm … is looking for a new place to train after he was fired as an assistant gymnastics coach by Ohio State.
The termination is effective immediately, athletics director Gene Smith said in a statement Friday. Hamm had been an assistant gymnastics coach at Ohio State since June.
“We have high standards for our coaching staff and unfortunately Mr. Hamm failed to meet those standards,” Smith said. ..
read more – Ohio State fires Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm after assault arrest
Deadspin – Paul Hamm Is Just Another Unemployed Drunk Male Gymnast Now
In both Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.
Men’s Team Final:
1. (England) – Brinn Bevan, Dominick Cunningham, Jay Thompson 238.700 – gold
2. (Canada) – Zachary Clay, Curtis Graves, Kal Nemier 229.150 – silver
3. (Australia) – Tyson Bull, Kent Pieterse, Declan Stacey – 221.950 – bronze
Women’s Team Final:
1. (England) – Abi Caig, Charlie Fellows, Rebecca Tunney 159.750 – gold
2. (Wales) – Kiera Brennan, Angel Romaeo, Raer Theaker 156.000 – silver
3. (Australia) – Alex Eade, Maddi Leydin, Emma Nedov 148.850 – bronze
You can see a glimpse of the WAG competition starting at 8min 41sec on this YouTube highlights video.
… still not decided.
@Intlgymforum:
BREAKING NEWS: ALL GIRLS AT CAMP WERE INVITED BACK FOR ROUND 2! (Confirmed.) They’ll have a full meet there as well.
Interesting that Marta and staff could not decide. China, Romania and Russia are all looking fairly healthy at this point. USA needs to choose the best team possible.
Men’s prelims are complete. England finished 1-2 AA and won the team title over Canada. Here are the top 10 AA.
(via Full Twist)
Important numbers for Canadian coaches only. (Having an athlete reach a certain score in a National competition makes you eligible to apply for coaching certification.)
Elisabeth Bureaud GCG National Development / Education Program Director:
The latest AA score requirements for recognition of the Level 3 Practical component are:
WAG 50.00 AA
MAG 72.00 AA Senior & Junior
65.00 AA Tyro
Theory + Technical + Practical = fully certified … eligible to apply for L4
WAG preliminaries are complete. Wales finished 1-2-3.
Update: Seems I first saw an incomplete results list LIVE online.
Here are the top 10 WAG as posted on British Gymnastics.
full results (PDF)
Click PLAY or watch Angel’s Beam from Gymnix on YouTube.
(via Full Twist)
Thanks Optic.
Blythe Lawrence will attend Worlds. She’s looked at routines for these four all-arounders, guestimating their Difficulty start values in Tokyo:
1. Uchimura, 40.5
2. Boy, 38.4
3. Leyva, 38.2
4. Horton, 38.1A few of these D-scores have been estimated, given that one connection or added skill can bump a D-score up by a few tenths on several events. But the overall conclusion is the same — against his nearest competitors, Uchimura can afford to fall, maybe even fall twice, and he is still most likely to win the meet. …
see the details on Universal – Can Leyva break up 2010 podium?
Difficulty score throwdown: Leyva, Horton, Boy, and Uchimura
Andy Thornton agrees:
… Many of us commented on the tremendous depth of the U.S. men’s team at the recent Visa Championships. The competition was highlighted by an all-around battle between two world all-around medal contenders Danell Leyva and Jonathan Horton.
Boasting two legitimate international all-around threats on the same team is a rare luxury, indeed, but the U.S. men’s team has a whole lot more to be excited about than that.
The U.S. men’s team may have just found its best pommel horse lineup since Athens 2004. …
Universal – Will Tokyo be one for the books?
… These men have the difficulty and execution to not only knock Germany off the medal podium, but to perhaps even give Japan and China a serious scare. …
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