I wonder if we’ve seen the last of Al Fong as a National Team coach?
Ivana Hong and her Mom are very blunt about how disappointed they were at GAGE. And Al does not want to respond to the charges.
Video on LBLG.
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Yang Yun and Yang Wei wed
Olympic gymnasts tie the knot.
sports.sina.com.cn has many wedding pics.
Who’s the next famous Olympic gymnast to get engaged?
running with the bulls
Bull vaulting?
… annual Festival of San Fermin, most famous for its “Running of the Bulls”, an 800-meter chaotic dash from corral to bullring through the narrow streets of Pamplona.
more photos on Boston.com – The Big Picture – Running with the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain
Great West Gym Fest 2009
I’ll be there, as usual, for my favourite meet anywhere. It’s hosted by Dave and Lisa Adlard in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. (Spokane airport.)
GWGF is February 20-22nd, 2009. Early registration deadline is Dec. 31st, 2008.
details – GreatWestGymFest.com
Nadia – the movie
From the Couch Gymnast:
Like a lot of people my age, I was converted to gymnastics by the movie Nadia, the film made not long after Comaneci herself defected from Romania …
I remember the first time I saw it. I sat there in my neighbor’s lounge room, mouth agape, and we watched the film over and over again. All summer long we watched the movie …
Though I loved the real Nadia, at the time I pooh-poohed the Americanized version of a Romanian story.
To see a sample — where Nadia first meets Teodora — click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
It’s pretty cheesy.
wheelchair back flip – again
Aaron Fotheringham from Vegas was the first athlete to do a gainer back flip in a wheel chair.
He’s at it again. This time around he’s a “much bigger deal”. Live band. Big crowd.
Watch it on Straight to the Bar.
His girlfriend is … scared.
gymnast Justin Spring to wed
What’s happening on the post-Olympic tour?
First Blaine Wilson wed on the road.
We heard that Artemev and Horton are both engaged.
Now this …
The World Tour of Gymnastics Superstars brought more than just athletic entertainment to the crowd at Assembly Hall on Wednesday night.
Former Illini and Olympic gymnast Justin Spring proposed to his girlfriend onstage during the event’s intermission. …
related post: camera found in locker room?
Morgan Hamm is getting hitched. Of course, Yang Yun and Yang Wei are getting married too. Leave a comment if there are other post-Olympic engagements or weddings I am missing.
HELP – I fell through the tramp
Leif Danielsson sent me this funny photo taken during a week long coaching course with former East German National Coach Dieter Hoffman.
Dieter is a legendary coach educator. One of the best in the world.
He is the lead commentator for the European website GYMmedia.com.
flexibility for gymnasts
At my gym we’ve been lucky to have consultant Sue Raffin doing flexibility improvement for beam twice a week.
larger size – flickr
Here’s a terrific video from the good people at American Gymnast.
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnast.
http://gymnast.com/flashplayer/FlashPlayer.swf?v=http://www.gymnast.com/media/gymnast//upload/Videos/TTs/Flexibility/Stretch1.flv&eb=1&ap=1&av=sportnet.gy.videos&pv=video&szv=320×240&apv=doubleclick
Subscribe to more gymnastics training videos at GymnasticsOnDemand.com.
PAGU gymnastics training camp
The Pan American Gymnastics Union (PAGU) Men’s camp hosted at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs sounds fantastic.
I wish I could have been there.
The camp was coordinated by Steve Butcher, president of PAGU’s Men’s Technical Committee and a newly elected member of the International Gymnastics Federation’s (FIG) Men’s Technical Committee, and Dennis McIntyre, the men’s program director for USA Gymnastics. The camp was conducted through a grant from the FIG and supported by USA Gymnastics, the U.S. Olympic Committee and PAGU.
The six-day camp featured a combination of seminars and in-the-gym coach/athlete instruction. The topics ranged from biomechanics, nutrition and sports psychology to the new Code of Points, which governs men’s gymnastics. The list of instructors included: Ron Brant, the senior national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics; Juan Carlos Colon, the Puerto Rican national team coach; and Edouard Iarov, Canada’s head national coach who is a current FIG Academy instructor and a newly elected member of the FIG’s Men’s Technical Committee. Members of the USOC’s Sports Performance Division also took part in the camp, including Dr. Bill Sands, a noted sports science expert.
I’ll try to get notes or videos.
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