Author: Rick Mc

26yr-old Danielle Hypolito looks to qualify for her 4th Olympics. Respect.

Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.

More from that competition are being posted on the NOURSALEHGYM YouTube channel.

Another Division III program is facing extinction.

The RIC Athletic Department has announced that they will be eliminating women’s gymnastics in favor of (women’s) golf and swimming. …

Facebook – Save Rhode Island College Gymnastics!

There’s a link to a petition on that page.

Thanks Matt Davis for getting the word out to the greater gymnastics community. Perhaps we can help.

Gymnastike is hosting a super page for following the 2011 NCAA Women’s ‘playoffs’ on Saturday afternoon. It links to updates directly from the schools competing in each of 6 Regional meets.

Gymnastike – 2011 NCAA Gymnastics Regionals

I’ve added a quick link to that page.

Vault PDF
1 Matias Hypolito, Daniele BRA 13.550
2 Pinto Adasme, Makarena CHILE 13.425
3 Prahara, Dewi INA

Bars (PDF)
1 Tan, Sixin CHN 509 6.30 14.800
2 Miller, Larrissa AUS 501 5.90 13.450
3 Yao, Jinnan CHN 510 6.40 13.350

Floor (PDF)
1 Zou, Kai CHN 109 6.60 15.250
2 Sasaki Junior, Sergio BRA 102 6.20 14.550
3 Liao, Qiuhua CHN 113 6.10 14.525

Pommel (PDF)
1 Sellathurai, Prashanth AUS 101 6.90 15.950
2 Bertoncelj, Saso SLO 148 6.50 15.175
3 Liao, Qiuhua CHN 113 6.40 15.05

Rings (PDF)
1 Al Asi, Ali JOR 127 6.90 15.800
2 Liao, Junlin CHN 110 6.80 15.775
3 Liao, Qiuhua CHN 113 6.70 15.550

I hope not. I’m planning to go and would love to be a tiny part of that nation getting back to normal.

… President Hidenori Futagi and the Japanese Federation have communicated their willingness to continue as planned the preparations and the running of these World Championships, which will take place October 7 – 16, 2011.

The FIG is sending its Directives and Appendices to all its affiliated federations, with the sincere hope that the World Championships can be held as foreseen without taking any risk for the health of the participants.

The FIG – in close cooperation with the Japan Gymnastics Association – shall follow the development of the nuclear catastrophe closely and shall reevaluate the situation by the end of May.

The FIG will reevaluate the situation by end of May

Note that FIG has kept the Suzuki Aerobic Gymnastics World Cup in Japan, same dates in June, but has switched the host city.

(via Full Twist)

It’s show time this Saturday. Sudden victory.

The top 2 teams from each of 6 Regional Championships will move on to NCAA Women’s Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, April 15-17.

As usual, it’s easy to predict the top 12:

DENVER REGIONAL – Florida and Arkansas … look for 13th ranked Boise to pull an upset over 12th ranked Arkansas, though.

TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL – Alabama and Penn State

CORVALLIS REGIONAL – Oregon State and Nebraska

ANN ARBOR REGIONAL – Stanford and Michigan

NORMAN REGIONAL – Oklahoma and Utah … Washington could conceivably pull off a miracle upset

ATHENS REGIONAL – UCLA and Georgia

Lauren Hopkins on Couch Gymnast – NCAA Regionals Preview

Historical footage of Soviet dancing set to Run DMC. It could be a modern B-boy Battle.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. The best stuff is at the end, after 2min 30sec.

I saw this linked by Mary Wright on Facebook.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Kevin is the Canadian gymnast who won Rings at Shewfelt last weekend.

Thanks Ken.

Weird and likely fugly.

Submitted for evaluation at the Doha world cup.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Linked by THE ALL AROUND on Facebook.

For Canadian coaches …

Update. We still have a few spots open in this course.

I’m leading a NCCP Level 3 Technical Artistic Women’s Coaching Course at Okanagan Gymnastics Centre, in Kelowna, B.C.. It’s confirmed.

Contact: Catherine Dubinsky 604-333-3493

cdubinsky AT gymnastics.bc.ca

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