Author: Rick Mc

… according to Aunt Joyce.

He is not amused.

Blahtah held their Red Rocks preview and it looks like it may be time to panic for the Marsdens. …

… Utah graduated Ashley Postell, Nina Kim, Kristina Baskett, Daria Bijak and Annie Diluzio over the last few years. Unfortunately, they have no been able to replicate their performances or scores. Corrie Lothrop is a positive addition to the team, but she is incapable of holding up the team on her own. …

Aunt Joyce

A College team does need star power. It’s all about entertainment.

Check the discussion on College Gym Board.

It might take a good day for Utah to qualify for the Super 6 Team Finals season. But I wish them all the best. And Merry Christmas.

In Beam Finals, Peng Peng Lee finally stayed on on Barani. … Her exciting routine is entertaining.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

She finished 2nd to Maddie Gardiner. (VIDEO) … Maddie won Bars, with a fall. (I haven’t seen that video, as yet.)

See more routines and interviews on Gymnastics Canada.

(via Aunt Joyce)

(This is independent of the court case in which Townsville Gymnastics in Australia was fined $70,000. They’ve appealed.)

But here is the more important action, in my opinion:

TOWNSVILLE mother Anne Maitland is pleased her daughter Michelle’s death won’t be in vain, with the Queensland Government launching a safety assessment into the sport of gymnastics.

Michelle died from head injuries sustained during a fall on to a concrete floor at Townsville Gymnastics in June last year and yesterday Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations Cameron Dick announced an investigation into the safety of the sport.

Mr Dick said Workplace Health and Safety Queensland staff will begin talking with gymnastics organisations and peak bodies before Christmas. …

read more – Assessment of safety in gyms

Coach Mike Outram hit concrete at the bottom of a pit coming off a trampoline, and we feared he would be paralyzed.

We can save the Queensland Government some time. It’s essential that there be no exposed concrete anywhere near a trampoline device. Nor at the bottom of any pit. Any organization that has not covered concrete should be liable, in case of accident.

Leave a comment if you know if Gymnastics Australia has made any official statement on this assessment or the court case.

Bea linked to photos of the book launch in Romania.

Her autobiography does not sound to be scandalous in any way. But I’ll be quick to buy a copy once it’s translated into English. To me she’s the real 2000 Olympic Champion.

At Toyota Cup. Love it.

A very competitive routine without over-using Rybalko or Kovacs.

… world class 15.75 here and placed third behind Zhang Chenglong (15.975) and Uchimura (15.875). Note that Ruggeri is scoring just 0.2 behind the world champion on this event….

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

… With Paul Hamm back in the mix next year and world team spots down to five, things will get tougher and tougher for guys like Paul Ruggeri. But if he continues to show this type of international potential, this might not be the last we see of him. …

American Gymnast

Shawn Johnson was quoted saying something dumb:

“No one’s ever been successful in a gymnastics comeback, ever in history,” Johnson said. “I kind of have the odds against me, …”

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I’ve never seen her so flabbergasted on Twitter before. Insisting that she was misquoted. Direct messaging Alicia to apologize.

Geez. What’s the big deal?

Perhaps she misspoke. Perhaps she was misquoted. … I can’t believe that anyone would accept that she meant to say something that silly.

Update: Alicia’s reply:

I’m too old to care about silly drama like this…the media tends to take things out of context all the time, its no big deal

Vault
Victoria Moors 13.450 1
Sabrina Tomassini 13.325 2
Elise Bolger 13.250 3

Bars
Victoria Moors 13.400 1
Natalie Vaculik 13.100 2
Hailee Westney 11.450 3

Beam
Hailee Westney 13.850 1
Paraskevi Babalis 13.750 2
Jordyn Pedersen 13.400 3

Floor
Victoria Moors 15.250 1
Kiana Amiot 14.000 2
Jordyn Pedersen 13.600 3

Victoria is coached by Elvira Saadi.

full results (PDF)

It’s ended. Merry Christmas to everyone there. … Tandoori Chicken looks exhausted.

Vault
Briannah Tsang 13.850 1
Ellie Black 13.600 2
Eliane Kulczy 13.475 3

Bars
Madeline Gardiner 13.200 1
Talia Chiarelli 13.150 2
Ti Liu Gymnix, 13.100 3

Beam
Madeline Gardiner 14.500 1
Christine Peng Peng Lee 14.250 2
Miranda Meyer 13.550 3

Floor
Mikaela Gerber 14.150 1
Christine Peng Peng Lee 13.850 2-T
Jessica Savona 13.850 2-T

Oakville sweeps the podium on Floor. Who’s the tumbling coach?

full results (PDF)

Once again, congratulations on the comeback to Peng Peng.

I doubt this was ever repeated.

Charlotte Pipe from Seneca Gymnastics in Canada. (1988)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks betweentheolympics.

The Cuban-born Leyva, who trains at Universal Gymnastics in Florida, hit six clean events to take the title over Japan’s Sho Yokoyama and Jumpei Oka. He took the top score of the night on parallel bars (smooth Diamidov with an extra half pirouette) and was second on pommel horse and high bar. …

1. Danell Leyva 90.950
2. Sho Yokoyama 90.250
3. Jumpei Oka 88.550

For all results and commentary click through to IG – Leyva Wins 15th Valeri Liukin Invitational