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Jiang Yuyuan at Wild Rose

Contrary to what I linked to earlier, here’s the confirmed list of competitors coming to Wild Rose in Edmonton, March 17-20th, 2011.

Michel Arsenault:

Jiang Yuyuan, Huang Huidan, Shang Chunsong

Jiang must have enjoyed Edmonton last year. She’s returning.

Click PLAY or watch her 2010 Bars on YouTube.

… In 2010, she replaced Cheng Fei as the captain of the Chinese national team (Due to Fei’s leg injury).

She is the silver medallist in the all-around competition at the 2010 World Championships, which is the highest position for Chinese women ever placed in all-around competition at World Championships. …

The rest of the international girls are yet to be confirmed.

Chad Wiest – Floor NCAA

Gymnastike links to the Men’s Artistic NCAA Gymnastics Rankings.

The nice thing about seeing them there is links to routine videos. Like this one.

Illinois (Chad Wiest) 1st, 16.0
2011 Windy City Invite: NCAA Session

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NzYyNDIxODkz

Watch more video of 2011 Windy City Invite: NCAA Session on gymnastike.org

I’m still waiting on official reaction from the Cal-Berkeley Men’s team and Cal Gymnastics Forever after the announcement Friday that they will be cut next season. Leave a comment if you’ve seen anything.

Canada Winter Games MAG

The best story out of the Canada Winter Games men’s competition, so far, was the medals battle in the team competition between BC, Ontario and Québec:

… With one competitor remaining on each apparatus, it was too close to call between the three provinces. …

Québec was victorious, mainly due to a superb performance on Vault.

It’s been many years since Québec was the team to beat in Canada.

… The end of this drought is something Jeff Thomson, men’s program director at Gymnastics Canada, believes is very positive for the sport and for the province of Québec: “Québec has a long and proud history of producing some of Canada’s best male gymnasts. It’s wonderful to once again see the province rising to the top of the podium.”

The gold winning team members from Québec are: Mathieu Csukassy, David Boucher, Samuel Paquin, Julien Samson, Jean Begin-Rainville, Matthew Halickman and Cedric Marcil. They are coached by Martin Bordeleau and Denis Privé. …

The end of a sixteen year drought for Québec in men’s gymnastics

The all-around competition goes today.
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Shout out to Curtis Graves from Taiso. On his birthday he carried in the flag for the entire Saskatchewan delegation.

Grace Chui linked to that photo. Thanks once again, Grace.

updated list of Gymnastics blogs

GymNiceTic is keeping a list of active blogs on the WWW. And has just added more including this one, a club blog edited by a friend of mine, Crystal.

Check them out via GymNiceTic – New Gymnastics Blogs

I’ll update my list of BLOGS in the right hand navigation.

gymnastics – History of Pommels

In the early 19th century, when Jahn, regarded as the father of gymnastics, was alive, there were three different kinds of horses on the Hasenheide in Berlin: One very close to reality with a head and a tail …

This type of horse was still used at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It was only 180cm long. Gymnasts already competed swinging elements on the neck as well as the rump. …

photo – Germany circa 1900

… read more

Each Wednesday we are linking to a different apparatus posted on GymMEDIA – Apparatus HISTORY. (English and German)

we miss you Fabian

This video has been making the rounds, Fabian Hambuechen tumblng triple tuck … before his Achilles injury, obviously.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Jayd Lukenchuk’s is even better. But I’m not sure you’ll be able to watch the video on Facebook unless you are Friends.

Here’s one more Fabian vid.

top 8 gymnasts at CWGs

Sabrina Gill very nearly scratched the competition due to an inflamed throat.

Hopefully she’ll feel better in time for Apparatus Finals.

Top 8 all around finishers with mascot dogs Sammi and Anni

From Facebook: 2011 Canada Games by Grace Chiu GraceClick

Canada Winter Games Gymnastics

Women’s Artistic Artistic Gymnastics
All Around

Top 4 train at Oakville. In fact, 6 of the top 9 train there with Lorne Bobkin and Kelly & Sue Manjak.

Richard clarifies that after the top 3 AA gymnasts from each Province qualified, the spots remaining up to 36 are awarded to the top AA ranking gymnasts. That’s why we see so many girls from Quebec and Ontario.