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Dave Copeland. Canada.
Hardy Fink on the right has attended more Worlds & Olympics than any other FIG judge, MAG or WAG. But he did miss a few Canadian Nationals. 🙂
Both men represent the dedication and commitment of our officials. Certainly they don’t do it for the money nor the praise.
Though Beam Gainer dismounts are devalued next Code, I believe we’ll see more in future.
Personally I like them. As as coach I like that you don’t have to spend much time warming them up at the meet.
And I love this new variation. 🙂
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(via @theallaround)
I was in Ana Sofia’s Gym last week. She finished 4th in that great Beam Final at the Varna World Cup. So close to Bronze.
Click PLAY or watch Ana Sofia on YouTube. Rock solid 1/1. 6.2 start.
Click PLAY or watch Ilaria on YouTube. 5.8 start.
related – Ana Sofia’s nutrition
This looks interesting.
2016 The Japan Gymnastics Association, Fujitsu Limited, and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced an agreement to conduct joint research on scoring support technology for gymnastics competitions. This research will combine Fujitsu Laboratories’ 3D laser sensors and 3D data processing technology–to discern athlete’s joint position and technique–with the Japan Gymnastics Association’s expertise in recognizing proper gymnastics techniques. …
(via GymCastic)
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There are male gymnasts with extremely good execution on Floor.
For example, this young Ukrainian who we think was given a perfect E-score.
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via Gymternet Clan
Precision Choreography is launching a new division called PRECISION CRITIQUES:
1) VEEP! (Video Evaluation by Elite Professionals)
2) MyGymJudge
VEEP! allows gymnasts and coaches to submit videos of skills-in-progress and receive custom video feedback by some of the best in the world. VEEP! consultants include World Vault and Floor Champion, Alicia Sacramone (Quinn), Hollie Vise (Naddour), Betty Okino, among others.
MyGymJudge provides athletes with the opportunity to submit full routines for written feedback from actual USAG judges. As an added bonus, Precision’s choreography team also chimes in with pointers on increasing artistry for all submitted beam and floor routines.
Subscribe via PrecisionCritiques.com to get details on VEEP! and MyGymJudge.
Questions? Contact Nicole Langevin nicole (a) precisionchoreo.com
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook. Pac Rim.
(via Steve Bonham)
A National hero to 1.3 billion people back home. 🙂
1 KARMAKAR Dipa IND 14.833
2 CHUSOVITINA Oksana UZB 14.716
3 LITTLE Emily AUS 14.383
full results
Dipa’s Handspring double front was better than in the prelims. Definitely not a zero vault.
Under current FIG rules I’d say the ranking of the top 3 was fair. WTC did not address how to more severely evaluate dangerous deep landings. They should. There is too much incentive to “chuck” the Prudnova.
That said, Dipa is great on this apparatus. Her 2nd Kasamatsu (like Tsuk double twist) was one of the best vaults at Test Meet.
Dipa will inspire many tens of thousands of kids to try the sport.
Gymternet LIVE blog
related – Indian Express – Dipa Karmakar vaults into history books after qualifying for Olympics
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