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— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) April 5, 2016
Category: Gymnastics
NCAA Men’s Championships
Ohio State will host the two-day event on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16. The NCAA has pared down this year’s event from three days to two days. Event Finals will be included in Saturday’s Team and All-Around Finals. …
As in past years, a live video stream will be provided on the NCAA website, not to mention a live-scoring feed.
Stick It Media – Record-Breaking Weekend of College Men’s Gymnastics
Sadly the Men’s competition will be held the same weekend as the women’s Championships. Better for fans would be different weekends, as it was in 2015.
Oleg Verniaiev – Cottbus Vault
Cal qualifies for Championships
Recall 2010? Cal Berkeley announced that both Gymnastics teams would be CUT. For budget reasons.
Both team survived. And both teams have thrived. 🙂
Both will be competing with full teams at Nationals 2016.
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related – TONI-ANN WILLIAMS will miss Championships. She’ll be competing for Jamaica at the Olympic Test Meet.
Scott Morgan – road to Rio
The Canadian star preparing for Olympic Test Meet.
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double salto with 2 1/2 twist punch 1/1
Dominick Cunningham. Wow!
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related:
• Dominick training the same pass into double front
• Dominick training triple Arabian
British Championships contenders
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12 teams to Championships
Hosted by Texas Woman’s University at the Fort Worth Convention Center Arena, April 15-16. Same venue as last year.
Oklahoma 197.575
LSU 197.300
Alabama 197.125
Utah 197.125
Georgia 196.850
Florida 196.725
Nebraska 196.550
Auburn 196.525
Stanford 196.525
UCLA 196.375
Minnesota 196.175
California 195.925
Click over to NCAA.com to see the AA and individual apparatus qualifiers.
I’ve attended Championships for the last 9 years. But I’ll be in Rio for the Olympic Test Meet this time. The dates conflict.
Yusuke Saito – Bretschneider
The first to compete the skill … after Bretschneider.
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Uncle Tim asks if this wild ass routine counts too many Kovacs variations. Yes, I’d say. Two should be maximum. Bretschneider has competed four.
Taylor Lindsay-Noel audiocast
Canadian gymnast Taylor Lindsay-Noel was paralyzed in 2008 training a toe-on double front dismount from Bars. No pit. No spot.
She’s very eloquent. Very active online.
And now she’s launched a podcast called Tea Time with Tay.
In her first podcast Taylor details the day of her life-changing accident.
Here’s her website.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 