Author: Rick Mc

gymnastics issues linked to a number of routines by young WOGA gymnasts. One sample.

… Emily Zeng – She competed in the 8 – 11 years Level 8 division. She only did Bars but she won with a 9.90! Check it out below. Last year she also won level 7 states and scored a 10.0 on bars …

Click PLAY or watch Emily on YouTube.

Click through for more videos: gymnastics issues – WOGA – Future Stars

I’ve been following the evolution of bike acrobatics since first coaching at Woodward West Gymnastics and Action Sport camp.

But this is getting NUTS …

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I saw the full film at the Best of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. It won the People’s Choice Award 2009, the most recent in the Kranked series.

Kranked – Revolve – radical-films.com

Balancing on three chairs and performing a handstand on the edge of this cliff face, extreme artist Eskil Ronningsbakken takes his balancing feat to the limit.

Pictured here almost 1,000ft above the ground at the edge of the Flydalsjuvet cliff in Geiranger, Norway, the daredevil faces certain death with one wrong move. …

Mail Online – <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1240819/Dont-muscle-Circus-performers-amazing-handstand-

1-000ft-precipice-balanced-chairs.html”>Don’t move a muscle!

(via BeastSkills.com on Facebook)

Clara Hughes is one of the greatest Olympic athletes of all time. She’s the only women to win multiple medals in both Summer and Winter Olympics.

Amazing.

…
Sport At Its Best posted an interview with Clara where she talks about “winning”.

Nor surprisingly, the most amazing performances she’s witnessed in a very long career did not involve winning medals.

It’s a great read for all coaches.

Sport At Its Best – Clara Hughes interview

Thanks Brett for linking to this on Facebook.

I liked this preview visual posted on Gymtruthteller:

In a meet that lived up to its billing as one of the most exciting of the season, No. 1 Alabama fell at No. 2 Oklahoma, 197.950-197.275. The meet stayed tight into the final rotation in front of a crowd of 2,529 at the Lloyd Noble Center. The score was a school record for the Sooners and the Crimson Tide’s fifth 197-plus score of the season.

“Throughout the season I can only evaluate teams that we compete against on that night, and I can tell you that Oklahoma is the best team that we have competed against this season,” UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. …

GymTide

Grace Chiu of GraceClick.ca posted this photo on Facebook.

I’m guessing Kristina Vaculik was 1st AA, Cynthia Lemieux Guillemette 2nd, Nansy Damianova 3rd.

Comment if you can confirm or deny.

Lexie Priessman of Cincinnati, Ohio, won the all-around title at the inaugural Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass.

Kassandra Lopez of Tucson, Ariz., and Diandra Milliner of Andover, Kansas, finished second and third, respectively, in the 36-gymnast field that boasted competitors from 17 states across the country. Proceeds from the event go to the Nastia Liukin Fund, a charitable fund within the National Gymnastics Foundation. …

Priessman, who trains at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, won the all-around with a total score of 38.400. On vault, she performed a double-twisting Yurchenko to score a 9.750. She earned a 9.450 on uneven bars, landing one of the only full-twisting double-layout dismounts in the competition. …

read more on USAG

Lopez has committed to Utah and Milliner to Alabama. Priessman is only age-13.

Commentary and photos on Gymnastics Examiner.

Check out their new website, much enhanced with (flash) video.

Don’t miss the feature called IGC TV:

Their 100 acre facility is truly astonishing.

InternationalGymnastics.com

Thanks Nick Blanton.

What’s the best gymnastics meet this weekend?

Not the Women’s American Cup, I’m afraid. It’s inevitably a let down as half the astonishingly small field typically miss routines.

#1 Alabama v #2 Oklahoma on Friday?

or … #3 UCLA v #5 Georgia on Saturday?

More adversity for Georgia as Shayla Worley is out with ankle injury. Grace and her team will have to keep smiles on their faces facing a team that hit every routine last weekend.

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For the first time ever an Alabama meet will be televised live, with Mr. Comanichi doing commentary. Bama fans are already going nuts this season, anticipating a good shot at winning Championships.

OK, truth is … the best competition this weekend will be the American Cup Men’s Meet, one of the best fields ever.

Aunt Joyce linked to yet another solid, up-and-coming gymnast from Russia. They’ve got depth.

Click PLAY or watch Tatiana on YouTube.