Category: rings

Rings – triple pike

Donnell Whittenburg

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(via GymCastic)

Samir Ait Said’s recovery

Once again I couldn’t watch the injury on Vault landing in Rio. (FIG approved mats are simply not safe enough.)

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via Gymternet Clan

average the middle 3 of 7 judge’s scores

An interesting experiment is planned for European Championships 2017 in Romania.

For the first time we will use the Smart Rings technology in senior competition, after successful tests at the last 2 European Championships.

Another big change will be introduced in the judging. In order to improve the accuracy of the final execution (E) score we will include the scores of the reference judges. So instead of counting the middle score of 5 scores, we will count the middle 3 scores of 7 scores. In addition a judge will be replaced when his/her own country competes on his / her apparatus. This is of course to remove the potential for bias and conflict of interest. To do this, an additional judge will be added, judge E6, whose score will replace the judge of the competing country. …

UEG

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Iron Cross – World Record

The longest duration holding an iron cross position on Roman rings was 39.23 sec by Zak Kerkoulas (USA) at the Field House at Chelsea Piers in New York, New York, USA, on 27 August 2010. …

Guinness

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Better – but only 33 seconds – was the previous record holder Tyler Yamaguchi (2009).

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Somebody somewhere has held a Cross longer. Leave a comment if you know of that person.