Category: Gymnastics

2nd Annual Canmore Adventure Camp

Aug 13-19, 2017

update – registration is open for the sleepover summer Camp that’s 50% Gymnastics, 50% Rocky Mountain adventure.

Here’s the registration link. All costs included. Meals catered.

Following Camp the heli-hiking  trip for coaches / adults to Mount Assiniboine is confirmed.

Canmore, Alberta is an outdoor adventure sport mecca in the Rockies. Gymnastics and one or two action activities every day. (Rock climbing, swimming, hiking, Acro Yoga, Hula Hoop, Slacklining, river rafting, Juggling, Diabolo & Devil Stick, mountain biking on Olympic trails, paddle board, etc. all with expert instruction.)

J.O. Levels 3-10. Age 9 and older.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Email the Camp Director with any questions.

Ashley Sportun, Camp Head Coach
ashley (a) canmoregymnastics.com

related – my write-up of last year’s Canmore Camp

buy Olga Korbut’s Olympic medals

olga-medal… From Feb. 25-26, five of Korbut’s Olympic medals — her floor exercise gold from Munich among them — and some of her Olympic memorabilia will be available at Heritage Auctions’ Sports Platinum Auction.

Korbut and Schanfeldt say the selling of her memorabilia is not a desperate money grab, though they acknowledge the money certainly will be nice. They see it as more of a chance to make a deeper connection with her fans, allowing them to be part of a history they helped create.

“This is Olympic history, and I would like to share with the whole world,” Korbut said. “They helped to make it history and make it live forever. This is how I wanted to share with the people.” …

Olga Korbut puts 5 Olympic medals up for auction

Here’s the auction site. Bids are up to $26,000 each with a few days to go.

Melbourne World Cup day 1

Vault
1. Wang Yan China 14.216
2. Emily Little Australia 14.133
3. Naomi Lee Australia 13.183

Bars
1. Luo Huan China 14.400
2. Rianna Mizzen Australia 14.100
3. Liu Tingting China 14.066

Floor
1. Kenzo Shirai Japan 15.100 (7.1 difficulty)
2. Mu Jile China 14.366 (5.9 difficulty)
3. Wataru Tanigawa Japan 14.166 (5.8 difficulty)

Pommels
1. Krisztian Berki Hungary 14.800
2. Weng Hao China 14.466
3. Zou Ringyuan China 14.433

Rings
1. Wu Guanhua China 14.766
2. Ibrahim Colak Turkey 14.533
3. Zou Jingyuan China 14.433

full results of those qualified to the Final

Amanda Turner has a write-up:

China’s gymnasts dominated the first day of qualification as the 2017 FIG World Cup season began Wednesday in Melbourne, earning seven qualification spots across five apparatus. …

FIG World Cup Season Begins in Melbourne

China trained at Knox Gymnastics Centre in advance of the competition.

china-in-australia

Boise killing it

Lauren Green:

Boise State may have climbed to its highest ranking in program history last week, but it isn’t something that the Broncos are focused on. Head coaches Neil Resnick and Tina Bird have instilled a mentality that is progress-driven rather than outcome-driven. …

“Beam is such a key to a team,” Bird said. “If you’ve got a good beam score, it’s easier to have a good team score obviously. These guys did a lot of beam this summer. I think it’s the most beam I’ve ever had a team do in the summertime. I think that really is instrumental in putting us in the position we’re in now.” …

The Broncos have not had to count a fall on balance beam all season.

The real strength for BSU has been the uneven bars. Senior Diana Mejia has been a key piece for the Broncos on the event, contributing a 9.900 or better four times this season. …

Boise State Is Driven By The Process, Not By The Outcome Boise State Is Driven By The Process, Not By The Outcome

UCLA v Utah Gymnastics documentary

utahPac-12 Networks announced today the debut of a behind-the-scenes documentary featuring two of the nation’s top collegiate women’s gymnastics programs, UCLA and Utah. The special 30-minute documentary, Pac-12 All Access: UCLA & Utah Gymnastics, will premiere on Saturday, February 25 …

Pac-12 filmmakers were given exclusive access with both UCLA and Utah gymnastics, as both teams prepared for their head-to-head matchup on February 18. …

uclaFans can’t get enough of Utah and UCLA’s exciting brand of gymnastics. The meet between the two on Saturday drew an in-person crowd of 15,558 …

Pac-12

(via @GymCastic)

U.S. Men’s National Team selection?

There are a few issues. I hadn’t thought about this one … until now.

Kensley Behel poses a good question. Leave a comment if you know the answer.

… What is slightly more unclear is how some of the national team members were chosen, as both Anthony McCallum and Emyre Cole of the University of Michigan totaled 22 points apiece, tying Olympian Chris Brooks and beating out Kanji Oyama, who totaled 18. Oyama was added to the team, but McCallum and Cole were not.

What’s more, McCallum won the vault title outright and would seem to be an obvious choice for the national team, but alas, the mystery that is the men’s team point system.

The totaled points can be seen here. …

Moldauer Wins Winter Cup Title

Click PLAY or watch Anthony McCallum’s Vault on YouTube.

Tsuk double pike. Finals: 14.950 (5.6, 9.350)

Response from Daniel Steiner:

After Mouldar, modi, bower and whittenburg were selected via all around scores, the committee decides the rest of the team based on the strengths and weaknesses of the team as whole. While Mcallum clearly has one of the best vaults in the country, that is all he really offers in the grand scheme of things. Penev, naddour and whittenburg all perform similar valued vaults but it’s their strengths on other events, such as naddour on PH, that makes their perceived value higher than single event specialists. The same issue arose in 2013 when Michael Newburger won the PH title at winter cup outright, yet wasn’t selected to the team. One trick ponies don’t have much of a place on the national team anymore.

Wall Street Journal on Nassar

WSJ’s Rebecca Davis O’Brien explains how sexual abuse allegations against the former doctor for the U.S. Women’s national gymnastics team has escalated into a federal investigation. She and WSJ’s Tanya Rivero discuss lawsuits filed by numerous girls and women against the doctor. …

WSJ – FBI Interviews Top U.S. Gymnasts in Intensifying Sexual-Abuse Investigation (VIDEO)

Mia Viola training Beam & Bars

Mia Viola from Rochester Gymnastics Academy is like a young Nastia.

Click PLAY or watch her Beam on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch her training compulsory Bars on YouTube.

Watch more videos.

She’s ‘International Gymnastics Magazine’ Rising Star for 2016.