Category: Gymnastics

Sarah Finnegan – Beam

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

https://www.tumblr.com/irishdaniel/155540737998/can-we-just-talk-about-finneys-splits-for-a

Tyesha Mattis interview

Tyesha Mattis is currently a first third year senior gymnast after having an extremely successful junior career.

British Gymnewstics posted an excellent catch-up on her career. Major injuries – mostly from Vault landings on competition surfaces – have slowed her progress.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

broken neck in a Trampoline Park

An 18-year-old injured landing from Tramp into a pit. Surgery is scheduled.

Sherwood Park teen breaks his neck at trampoline park: family

I’m surprised Rec Trampoline Parks are legal. Needless to say, everyone should practice Trampoline at a club with experienced, certified coaches.

Thanks John.

Italian Gymnastics documentary – episode 2

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (Italian 13min)

You can read an English translation on elisaminimeneghini.tumblr.

The girls from Ferarri’s club Brescia talk about their daily routine and training.

Olympic Gymnastics medalists

Lauren Hopkins posted an interesting list – Olympic Medalists by Country and Year

Simona Amânar is a seven-time Olympics medalist and a ten-time World Championships medalist.

Click PLAY or watch Simona’s DTY from the ’96 AA on YouTube.

Here’s the DTY in the Vault final where she won gold. (VIDEO).

World Cup MELBOURNE promo

Good video editing. But there are a number of lower level skills included. What what? 🙂

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Myia Hambrick – Floor

Myia is the top AA in the nation week 1 with 39.575.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

It’s fair to say that UCLA seems to have a higher injury rate than the other top College teams. It’s equally fair to say that LSU seems to have comparatively fewer injuries than most — especially considering they are consistently competing a LOT of tumbling difficulty.

(via Irish Daniel)