I’ll be judging the boys “practice” competition at this meet Nov 11-12, 2016.
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Category: Gymnastics
Utah tumbling
Néstor Abad – handspring double pike
Wide arms on the handspring to arrive at a sharper contact angle for takeoff.
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(via papaliukin)
prize money Swiss Cup, Arthur Gander
Canada wins Olympic Hopes
1. Canada 219.200
2. Great Britain 209.550
3. Czech Republic 199.850
1. Padurariu CAN 57.15
2. Morgan GBR 55.1
3. Chrobok CAN 54.3
4. Jurca CAN 53.35
5. Marois CAN 52.85
6. De Jong CAN 52.45
full results
Canada won MAG team, as well.
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Nikita Nagorniy – triple back
Blume Memorial podium training.
The Russians have really been pushing this skill for the next quadrennial.
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independent review of USA Gymnastics
Nov. 3, 2016 – USA Gymnastics announced today that Deborah J. Daniels, managing partner of Indianapolis-based Krieg DeVault LLP and a former federal prosecutor, has been hired to conduct an independent review of USA Gymnastics’ bylaws, policies, procedures and practices related to handling sexual misconduct matters. …
They want to get their house in better order before SafeSport launches.
The new U.S. Center for SafeSport in Denver, Colorado is set to open in January 2017, and now the organization has found its new CEO.
Shellie Pfohl, former Executive Director of President Obama’s Youth Fitness Initiative, has been hired to lead the SafeSport center, whose mission is to promote safe, supportive environments for athletes across all sports. …
Canada wins Olympic Hopes
The team of William Emard (Laval Excellence), Anthony Tawfik (Futures Gymnastics), Ioannis Chronopoulos (Futures Gymnastics), Evgeny Siminiuc (Futures Gymnastics), Jesse Tyndall (Taiso Gymnastics Club), Chris Kaji (Phoenix), and Felix Dolci (Laval Excellence) finished in first place with a final score of 314 ahead of teams from Hungary and France. …
In addition to winning the overall team title, Emard finished in first place in the all-around competition with 78.70 while Chronopoulos won a bronze medal with a score of 78.45. …
The men will compete in the apparatus finals on Saturday while the women kick off competition on Friday with the all-around and team competition.
Winter Childers – Floor
Balance Beam Situation:
… This routine is just weird enough for me to like it. When Kim Zmeskal has to stop everything and put both hands on her left hip to watch your floor routine instead of prepping her own gymnasts for vault, you’re doing something right. …
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Region 5 High Performance Training Camp
A good look at a pit with rounders foam.
This camp is for Level 10’s scoring over 36 at regionals or Level 9 Eastern Qualifiers scoring over a 37.0.
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