… the torch is inspired by the “cool, crisp and modern lines that are left behind in the snow and ice from winter sports” and sticks pretty close to the wave forms used throughout the 2010 graphic identity. …
Author: Rick Mc
Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
Kyle Shewfelt carries Olympic Torch
Along 17th Ave S.E., Monday, 18th January, 2010, about 6P.M.
To celebrate National Gymnastics Week in Canada, I’ll be headed out into the snowy streets of Calgary to cheer Athens 2004 Floor Champion Kyle Shewfelt carrying the Olympic Torch.
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Kyle and Nathan Gafuik will be signing autographs at Calgary’s Olympic Plaza about 7PM Monday night.
Shawn Johnson will be in my city, too, carrying the torch the next day, Tuesday, Jan. 19th, for Coca-cola.
She’ll be handed the torch by Kaitlyn Chana, 18, from Florida. Chana runs a nonprofit organization called Love Letters: Random Cards of Kindness.
Update from the run.
Make It or Break It – DVD
Volume one on DVD is the first 10 episodes of season one.
Bonus Features include: Deleted Scenes, Making It An Inside Look At How These Flexible Female Stars Balance Acting With Difficult Stunts For A Gold Medal Performance, Never-Before-Seen Extended Finale
$19.99 ($2/show) – Amazon
Nastia Liukin Cup confusion
August, 2009, Nastia and USA Gymnastics announced a new competition be held on March 5, 2010 in conjunction with the 2010 American Cup. On podium!
The Nastia Liukin Cup.
At that time it was explained that the meet would be for Level 10 gymnasts. A high profile event for the best gymnasts below the Elite level.
Gymnasts would qualify from these meets, a series of invitationals known as the Nastia Liukin Cup Series:
CGA Parents Club Coaches Spectacular, Covington, Ky., Jan. 15-17
Flip Fest Invitational, Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 15-18
Cereal City Classic, Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 22-24
Rock-n-Roll Classic, Broadview Heights, Ohio, Jan. 22-24
Parkettes Invitational, Allentown, Pa., Jan. 29-31
Wisconsin Dells Gymnastics Vacation Classic, Wisconsin Dells, Wis., Jan. 29-31
The Fiesta Bowl Classic, Chandler, Ariz., Feb. 5-7
IGI Chicago Style Meet, Chicago, Ill., Feb. 12-14
WOGA Classic, Frisco, Texas, Feb. 13-14
Buckeye Classic, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 19-21
Circle of Stars, Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 19-21
Excalibur Cup, Virginia Beach, Va., Feb. 19-21
Pikes Peak Cup, Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 19-21
Presidential Classic, Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Feb 19-21
The Long Beach Open, Long Beach, Calif., Feb. 26-28
I love the concept. And thank Nastia for helping promote all those gymnastics meets.
So what’s the confusion?
Selected from the first weekend in Covington, Ky were:
Lexie Preissman (Elite)
Amelia Hundley (Elite)
Those girls aren’t Level 10.
Leave a comment if you can explain what’s changed.
UPDATE: The page listing official qualifiers. Thanks sher.
(via Bekah on IG forum)
Harlem Globetrotter at Gymnastics
Harlem Globetrotter star Moo Moo Evans exchanged workout tips and showed off his basketball wizardry with Olympic silver medalists Samantha Peszek and Bridget Sloan. …
photos and more videos – USAG
There’s no audio for the first 1min 30sec.
Elite gymnasts competing WOGA
Barb Durfee sends us an updated list of the 2010 WOGA CLASSIC ELITES competing Feb 13-14th.
WOGA has a great feature on that page. Linked videos and articles for each Elite. For example, when I clicked the name Anastasia Grishina (Russia), I got a list of video links. Here’s one …
Click PLAY or watch her Beam on YouTube.
All 4 four competitors from 2009 Worlds will be at the Elite Session. Bridget Sloan will sign autographs while the other three, Ivana Hong, Kayla Williams and Rebecca Bross, compete.
more information on the meet
About 65 Canadian gymnasts will be competing at all levels, including Elite.
UCLA Gymnastics 196.125
Top-ranked UCLA improved to 2-0 with a 196.125-194.875 dual meet victory over 19th-ranked Washington in Seattle on Friday night. Bruin gymnasts took first place on every event, and senior Anna Li tied for first in the all-around, along with earning first-place honors on bars and beam. …
They had to count a fall on Beam.
Utah gymnasts Belly Flop contest
Posted by Greg Marsden.
Kyndal Robarts, Jamie Deetscreek and Swoop in a belly flop contest at TCU swim meet
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Swoop wins this one. Easy.
Gymnastics Week Canada
Gymnastics – Utah edges Iowa State
First report on the Utah competition was from Lya Wodraska:
Utah’s gymnastics team kept its promise. Spurred by its disappointing season-opening loss at UCLA a week ago, the No. 11 Utes brought the intensity that was lacking in the first meet to the floor Friday just as they said they’d do.
The result was a 196.3-195.35 win over Iowa State in front of 12,605 at the Huntsman Center.
While the Utes still aren’t where they want to be, the home opener was much more satisfying than their 196.6-195.125 loss to the Bruins.
Good thing the Utes improved, since No. 21 Iowa State proved to be a tough foe never trailing the Utes by more than a couple tenths of a points. If the Utes had counted a fall, they could easily have lost their second meet in a row, something that hasn’t happened to them since the 2007 season. The Utes have never started a season with two losses.
Jamie Deetscreek won the AA – 39.425.
UPDATE: Utah videos from this meet.
