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Courtney Kupets – Georgia – vs LSU

(via Gym Chat)

No doubt we’ll see some very creative commercials leading up to the Games.

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That’s 7′ 6″ (2.29 m) Yao Ming with him.

(via Beijing Olympic Games)

Look who has quietly climbed to 4th position on GymInfo:

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Always a contender, it’s time people start talking about how high U-M can finish this year.

They are a perfect 9-0 with some serious numbers. Congratulations to Head Coach Beverly Plocki and everyone on the team.

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Michigan Women’s Gymnastics

What would coach Dave Adlard of Funtastics Gymnastics, Idaho have to say?

(Leave a comment below if you can fill in the blank.)

I’ll be out, as usual, for Dave’s competition Feb. 22-24th – the Great West Gym Fest.

Slightly more famous celebrities attending include Linda Metheny-Mulvihill (1964, 68, 72 Olympics), Joyce Tanac-Schroeder (68 Olympics), Stoyan Deltchev (80 Olympics), Shannon Miller (92, 96 Olympics), Jaycie Phelps-McClure (96 Olympics), Carly Patterson (2004 Olympic Champion) and David Durante, 2007 National Champion.

Another in a series by Rawles attempting, with difficulty, to explain the new FIG rules. They are very confusing.

Though Rawles jokingly refers to her blog as “an open book of hate”, it’s clear she loves beam. The post includes video, analysis and opinion on some of the top routines in the world.

All beam coaches should check the comments, as well. It’s a very controversial apparatus, at the moment.

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO WOMEN’S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
Rudimentary Routine Evaluation Made Easy: Balance Beam Edition

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Last week I made the pilgrimage to one of the most famous gyms in the States.

Just a few Husker greats of the past: Phil Cahoy, Jim Hartung, Steve Elliott, Scott Johnson, Wes Suter, Kevin Davis, Patrick Kirksey, Dennis Harrison, Richard Grace, Marshall Nelson.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Nebraska Men’s Gymnastics. Under the tutelage of the winningest active head coach in NCAA history, Francis Allen, the Husker men have placed first or second at the NCAA championships 15 of the last 24 years, advancing to the team finals on 16 occasions.

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Of the current team, I knew best Canadian Stephen Tétrault who’s now a Senior and a leader. As with their women’s team, Nebraska has been popular with Canadians over the years including 1999 NCCA Champion Jason Hardabura.

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Jim Hartung is one of the Assistant Coaches now. What goes around, comes around.

Cornhusker Gymnastics

I’ll wear my Huskers Gymnastics t-shirt with pride.

I haven’t seen Florida yet this year, the most exciting team last season, IMHO.

They rocked the house this weekend:

Florida reacts to hearing its winning total of 197.925 – the nation’s top score of 2008.

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… Tonight’s meet was the Second Annual Gators Link to Pink, part of the Southeastern Conference’s initiative to help raise awareness about breast cancer. The Gators wore bright pink leotards and much of the crowd wore pink to show their support for the fight against breast cancer.

Florida Gymnastics

Thinking back over the years, most of the gymnastics “spectacles” were lame at best, embarrassing at worst, from the point of view of a gymnastics coach. Watered-down difficulty. Goofy costumes. (The General Public often appreciates these shows, however.)

From Sports Girls Play:

Tylenol Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular

This past week the Tylenol Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular was televised. The event featured nine world class gymnasts, nine world class ice skaters and Chinese pianist, Lang Lang. Here is video of the finale:

The gymnasts featured were: Nastia Liukin, Catalina Ponor, Paul Hamm, Jonathan Horton, Kevin Tan, Raj Bhavsar, Ivan Ivankov, and the acro team of Arthur Davis and Shenea Booth. The ice skaters included: Shizuka Arakawa, Evgeni Plushenko, Xue Shen, Hongbo Zho, Surya Bonaly, Michael Weiss, Yuka Sato, Violetta Afanasieva and Peter Dack.

What do you think of these types of “sport meets show” events? Personally, I think they are a wonderful way to expose larger audiences to the sports while giving the athletes an avenue to continue performing.

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I hate to admit it, but this one looks pretty good. The local paper in Oklahoma gave it a good review too.

I like the live piano of Lang Lang. And the somersaults shown by ice skaters.

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At just 2ft 9in, Indian muscleman Aditya ‘Romeo’ Dev is the world’s smallest bodybuilder.

Pint-sized Romeo is well-known in his hometown of Phagwara, India …

Unlike many dwarfs, Romeo is well proportioned, with a head circumference of 15in and a chest measurement of 20in.

Romeo said: “I’ve been training as a bodybuilder for the last two years and by now I think I must be the strongest dwarf in the world.

Welsh View

When I coached in Saskatchewan, a rural area, the kids used something called Udder Balm on their hands to speed the healing of rips. “It’s a very good emollient”, I was told.

From the Chicago Style competition:

It all started out, about 100 years ago, with a product they called UDDER BALM or UDDER CREAM. It was made for Dairy Farmers, to soften and protect their cow’s udders, which became painfully cracked and dry from extreme weather conditions and milking.

Soon after Farmers began using UDDER BALM, they noticed that it not only held the answer to Soft, Smooth Skin for their Cows, but also was softening, protecting and giving relief to their own skin as well. …

Until now, only a limited number of people, through word-of-mouth alone, have actually heard of and/or used UDDER BALM. Those who know and use it swear by it and still probably purchase it through their local veterinarian.

In 2004, Sales R Us. Inc., after hearing about the miraculous results of Udder Balm on animals and farm owners, decided it was time to develop a Premium Blend Udder Balm that would be especially made for PEOPLE!

The result is an exciting new product called ULTRA-BALM.

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