Category: Gymnastics

Jr Worlds 2019 – DETAILS

Finally. There’s an official website – jwchgyor2019.hu

GYŐR, Hungary will host the first World Jr Championships 27th-30th June, 2019.

Invited are those nations who qualified a gymnast to the 2018 Youth Olympics.

WAG – born in 2004 or 2005

MAG – born in 2002 or 2003

The competition format is 3-3-2, so there will be three gymnasts per team, all competing AA and 2 scores on each event count towards the team total.

The first round of competition will be qualifications, which also counts as the Team and AA finals, like it did at Jr Euros last year, and then there will be two days of event finals.

Weirdly though, for gymnasts to qualify into any event finals they must compete all 6 events in qualifications. I have no idea why on earth that’s a rule here, but it is.

MAGnastics

update on Valeri and Brazil

Cedrick Willian on Gym Blog Brazil posted an important update on Valeri.

The original is in Portuguese. Here are some points I gleaned from Google Translate:

– short term goal is Tokyo 2020. Long term is important, as well.

– National Team training camp was Jan 7-17th

– no more weighing gymnasts

– nutritional orientation

– buffet at camp offered juice and dessert (yes, dessert!)

– doctors, physiotherapists, nutritionists, physical trainers and biomechanist involved

– first day medical assessment and specific skills test

– other days training: morning 08:30 to 12:30, afternoon 15:30 to 18:30.

– Saturday morning only and Sunday off

– all apparatus each day. Ballet and choreography rotations

– Brazil travels to WOGA Jan 28th – Feb 10th

– Jr and Sr team members will compete WOGA Classic in February

– the feeling is that the doors are open for everyone who aspires to National Team

The beginning of the democratization of Brazilian women’s artistic gymnastics

Valeri Liukin

Liu Xuan’s piked Jaeger to mixed

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Rings Cross Support variations

Supporting your own body weight on low Rings is challenging for beginners due to the moving Base of Support.

Start boys and girls on low Rings as soon as possible. It’s ideal general strength training for support skills.

You can buy low Rings and adjustable straps for about $40. The best bang for your buck of any equipment purchase.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Bermuda Gymnastics Association.

Paris McGee can dance

The former Ohio State gymnast emulated some of the top WAG routines in 2016.

Click PLAY or watch Simone’s Floor on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Laurie’s on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Gabby’s on Instagram.

Watch a 2018 interview during Paris’ final season following ACL surgery.

related – Men’s Gymnastics Better With Music, And This Guy Proves It (2006)

Taylor Lawson – Arabian

Watch it on Tumblr.

https://www.tumblr.com/irishdaniel/182322017748/taylor-lawson-of-stanford-nails-her-arabian-on