tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Fred is a 1996 Olympic gymnast from France. And was listed in the 2001 Guiness World Record Book for Rope Climb. He’s beast strong.
He’s currently performing in the newest Cirque show in Vegas, Viva ELVIS.
I edit Fred’s website. We recently did some minor updates. No major changes as we all like the look and feel.
Check it out – FrederickNicolas.com
You could join this Facebook group:
Gymnastics coaches, parents, judges & gymnasts against LONG national meets
Founder Cassie Rice notes that USAG Men’s Nationals in Knoxville included sessions nearly 6hrs long!
They should hire Dave Adlard as a consultant. His meet, the Great West Gym Fest, schedules 6 sessions each day.
Today I learned my aunt has been diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). It’s fatal, but symptoms can be treated with Riluzole (Rilutek).
Former Russian 1996 Olympic Gold medalist Dmitry Vassilenko, now coaching in France, is also suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. He needs funds for medical treatment in Germany.
DmitryVassilenko.org – in French or English translation
From that site you can make cash donation. Or simply send a note of support.
Good luck Dmitry. If anyone knows how to fight, it’s a gymnast.
I never link to videos 7min long.
But in Joel Pocklington‘s case, I’ll make an exception. This is insane.
Have you ever seen pole vault acrobatics? Cool.
An edit from 185 different videos filmed across 47 different locations worldwide. Inspired in part by the great Damien Walters.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Joel represented Australia in Pole Vault at the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia, 2009.
I wonder what his Athletics coach thinks of the video?
(via Caleb Tivendale on Facebook)
This has nothing to do with gymnastics. Nor coaching.
It’s only of interest if you are on Facebook. And disgruntled.
I’ve posted a rant on my personal blog – Rick McCharles – Facebook is EVIL … alternatives?
Update from the comments:
Nona Belomesoff, 18, believed she was going to work with an animal welfare organisation when she left her home last Wednesday to meet two men she befriended on Facebook. …
She was murdered.
Meet Lyo and Merly…the first ever mascots of the Summer Youth Olympics. …
official mascots page
YOG are hosted by Singapore, 14-26 of August 2010.
Lyo is short for “Lion of the Youth Olympics”. …
Merly got her name from “mer” (meaning the sea) and “ly” stands for liveliness and youthfulness. A passionate advocate of environmental protection, …
Women’s Vault Final
1. Hong Un Jong 14.625
2. Oksana Chusovitina GER 14.462
3. Tatiana Nabiyeva RUS 14.312Uneven Bars Final
1. Tatiana Nabiyeva RUS 15.300
2. Cha Yong Hwa PRK 14.475
3. Jessica Lopez VEN 13.800Balance Beam Final
1. Luisa Galiulina UZB 13.750
2. Un Hyang Kim PRK 13.575
3. Ksenia Afanasyeva RUS 13.500
3. Oksana Chusovitina GER 13.500Women’s Floor Exercise Final
1. Yekaterina Kurbatova RUS 14.075
2. Ramilya Musina RUS 13.825
3. Mayra Kroonen NED 13.600Men’s Floor Exercise Final
1. Diego Hpolito BRA 15.550
2. Anton Golotsutskov RUS 15.475
3. Jeffrey Wammes NED 15.225Pommel Horse Final
1. Saso Bertoncelj SLO 15.275
2. Alex Naddour USA 15.075
3. Andrei Perevoznikov RUS 14.925Still Rings Final
1. Alexander Balandin RUS 15.700
2. Konstantin Pluzhnikov RUS 15.300
3. Ali Al-Asi JOR 15.275Men’s Vault Final
1. Anton Golotsutskov RUS 16.337
2. Diego Hypolito BRA 16.025
3. Ri Se Gwang PRK 15.950Parallel Bars Final
1. Jin Hyok Kim PRK 15.500
2. Anton Fokin UZB 15.250
3. Tim McNeill USA 15.150High Bar Final
1. Aljaz Pegan SLO 15.500
2. Nikolai Kuksenkov UKR 15.375
3. Paul Ruggeri USA 15.075details – IG – Russians Win Four Titles a Moscow World Cup
Home boy Anton Golotsutskov ended up winning vault.
http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js
The talk of the gymnastics-o- sphere …
The only gymnast ever, I believe, to compete two different 7.2 difficulty vaults. (VIDEO)
Gymnastics Examiner:
The story of the Moscow World Stars meet qualification round: North Korean Ri Se Gwang, a supervaulter who landed a full-twisting Tsukahara double back easier than many land the same vault without the full twist.
Ri’s easy landing on his signature vault, combined with a very nice piked Dragulescu (double front with a half twist) launched him into first place that event, …
Ri first showed the full-twisting Tsuk double last summer at the World University Games, where he landed it on his hands during open training. At the time, some questioned the wisdom of throwing such a complicated vault.
He opted not to perform the vault during event finals at the World Championships after faceplanting the piked Dragulescu on his first attempt.
Ri is also leading the meet on rings, …
read more – Russians, North Koreans in charge at Moscow World Stars
Unfortunately he fell on the full-twisting Tsukahara double tuck in Finals, finishing 3rd.
Full Twist linked to a charming family blog post from a gym Mom:
Caleb has had quite a year of gymnastics, starting his training in New Jersey, taking a month off when we moved overseas, and then getting acclimated to the way they do things in England as well as having a new gym, coach, and team. He’s been a trooper and has stuck with it, even through the emotional times. He’s putting in almost 20 hours a week at the gym and he still loves it. …
You would think gymnastics is gymnastics, but we were surprised to find it’s not so. When we moved to London, Caleb found out there are different names for all the ‘tricks’ he’s learned: back handspring=’flick’, back tuck = ‘tuck back’, front tuck = ‘front tummy’, lay-out = straight-back, straight-front. Also, one of the events isn’t high bar, but ‘loops’ where they wear gloves and ‘loops’ on the high bar. They also have an extra event called ‘PPP’ – Physical Preparation Programme. …
read the rest – Caleb’s 1st British Gymnastics Experience
(via Full Twist)
A Volkswagen experiment.
Swedish designers have made climbing the stairs fun again.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Thanks Geoffrey Taucer … who composes original Floor music.
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