Moreno & Lago to Olympic Test Meet

…  21-year-old Alexa Moreno and 20-year-old Ana Lago proved to be the two strongest gymnasts in the country and were thus chosen for the two available spots at the Olympic Test Event in Rio this April. Moreno placed first in the competition with a 53.2 while Lago was close behind with a 52.825. …

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The fantastic Elsa García was not selected. At age-26, she’s considering her future.

Hopefully Elsa will stay on for the next quadrennial. I’m certain the Mexican team could use her leadership.

Auburn goes 197.200

“It’s the fourth highest total score in school history, but I think we are still struggling to get things going at times,” head coach Jeff Graba said. “I was happy with how we finished and I thought we finished with a lot of energy. The only drawback tonight was that we were starting slow. If we can get past that, we will be a good team at the end.” …

No. 8 Auburn defeats No. 16 Missouri

Stanford, Japan, Canada

1. Stanford 444.6
2. Japan 444.25
3. Canada 434.7

Second to None #gostanford

Stanford

related – Scott Morgan top Canadian at International Collegiate Challenge gymnastics competition

Denver 197.525, Nina 39.775

Wow. DU POSTS SECOND HIGHEST SCORE IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

Liliya Podkopayeva mini-montage

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCO7VbdAic1/
 
There are more like that on the gym_art_ Instgram page.

new Beam skill – the Shapiro

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. 🙂

backward handspring drill

I like all drills for beginners that encourage hip extension. This one in particular because it works in conjunction with the shoulder hyper flexion.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Shawn Johnson’s new book

A young adult novel. The Flipside.

via Gymternet Clan