The latest addition. 1hr 18min
Click PLAY or watch a teaser on Facebook.
Category: floor (women)
Rebeca Andrade – double double
Brazil is the team that could move up most in Rio.
Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.
(via papaliukin)
Brenna Dowell is awesome
Click PLAY or watch her training double front 1/1-out on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch her training Arabian double layout on YouTube.
Miss Val profile in UCLA magazine
No one does floor exercises like the Bruins, who are renowned for their ability to paint a scene while running, jumping and somersaulting through the air. Such storytelling elements are a hallmark of UCLA gymnastics, says Amanda Borden, a Pac-12 network commentator and Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics. She points to “routines uniquely designed for each athlete” as one of UCLA’s key strengths. …
Coach Valorie Kondos Field – Born to Perform
Sam Peszek tries Danusia Francis’ pose
Mai MURAKAMI – 15.100 Floor
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Lauren Hopkins posted a rundown on the Japanese Olympic team.
(via David F Pendrys)
Canada’s Shallon Olsen
Shallon has a good shot at Rio. She has very high difficulty on Floor and Vault. Moreover, I can’t recall her ever missing a tumbling pass or vault in competition. Consistency might be even more important than final potential score when selecting the traveling team.
Click PLAY or watch Shallon’s Floor on YouTube.
Canada will announce all their MAG and WAG Olympic teams on the same day. Following the WAG Olympic Camp in Quebec.
Morgan Hurd – 2016 Secret Classic
Wow. What potential. Morgan is fantastic.
Click PLAY or watch her Vault on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Bars on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Floor on YouTube.
BEAM did not go so well. (VIDEO)
Elena Eremina – Floor
Catalina Ponor to Rio?
Romania will send either Cata or Larisa Iordache. Both wonderful. Either would have a good chance for finals.
Larisa is the better gymnast. And I assumed Larisa would end up being the Olympian.
But Larisa is not competing. (Hand injury.) Cata is. And very successfully.
Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch her Beam on YouTube.
I recently heard a great Ponor story. While training in Puerto Rico, she climbed on to the Beam. Did not fall or jump down for 55 minutes. 🙂
Gymnastics Coaching.com 