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Paul Ruggeri, Eddie Penev, Cameron Bock, Marvin Kimble and C.J. Maestas.
I’ll be there with video camera.
They’ll be competing against teams from China and Canada this weekend (along with a live stream). Canada will be using this competition to finalize the men’s team for the test event.
“How do you capture Ivana in words?” wondered Chris Swircek, Stanford’s women’s gymnastics associate head coach. “Her movement is so fluid and graceful, all the way down to her hands and her fingertips and the way she holds her head.
“It’s art, right?” …
Hong doesn’t compete to win, she said. She never has. She competes for perfection, or at least the pursuit of it.
Click PLAY or watch her Beam in Finals at Championships 2015 on YouTube.
Ivana’s Mom was one of the Vietnamese Boat People who fled the war as refugees.
Click through to read a fantastic profile on Go Stanford – The Artist
Thanks Cordelia.
Bea Gheorghisor posted the best analysis I’ve seen, so far.
On the 16th of March, the provisional team of gymnasts to compete in Rio in April was announced:
Catalina Ponor, Diana Bulimar, Anamaria Ocolisan, Silvia Zarzu, Dora Vulcan, Laura Jurca; the reserve will be Anda Butuc, while the coaches joining them are Lucian Sandu, Adela Popa, Maria Fumea.
This is similar to the list of gymnasts that were set to compete in Glasgow last October. The notable changes are: the swap of Catalina Ponor and Larisa Iordache, the addition of Dora Vulcan, the absence of Andreea Iridon. …
Considering the team scores from Glasgow Worlds, it looks like a total of 221 points in a 5 up 4 count competition will guarantee the qualification. But this means an average of 13.875 per routine. There is also the added challenge of competing in the first subdivision at the Test Event.
In conclusion, they will need to be as close to perfection as possible.
Romania starts on Bars. If they survive their worst apparatus, they have a good chance. Even without Larisa Iordache.
related – Ponor’s new Floor routine
Morgan is one of the highlights from last week as selected by the NCAA Power Rankings Week 10.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (9.85 @W&M)
Or watch her 9.95 at Florida on Twitter. (VIDEO)
Crazy.
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Check the comments on Facebook to read of others who have done this skill.
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58.666. 57.350. 58.650. Evgeniya has been on a roll.
Lauren:
In addition to upgrading to a DTY on vault, Shelgunova has made efforts on her other three events, but none is more striking than her beam, which now boasts a 6.9 start value, highest in the world. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Thema Williams has been confirmed as the representative for this country at the Aquece Final Gymnastics Qualifier at the Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from April 16-22, according to a media release last evening from the Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation (TTGF).
The decision effectively ends weeks of speculation regarding whether Williams or her alternate Marissa Dick would be handed the spot …
Of course both Thema and Marissa will be training for Rio. Marissa is the alternate and must be ready in case Thema has to drop out for any reason.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 