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MostepanovaFan’s edit.

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Ana Porgras won the Longines Prize for Elegance in 2011.

Her official website (English) has new videos and photos from Tokyo. Or you can follow her on Facebook.

(via Vídeos de gimnasia)

Tougher than gymnasts?

From CNN.com:

Mixed Martial Arts, or M.M.A., is a full contact combat sport that was once banned in much of the United States. Today, it’s one of the fastest growing sports among men… and now women. But why would any woman climb into a cage for all-out combat for what amounts to almost nothing? …

“Fighter Girls” is one of four riveting stories airing on CNN Presents hosted by CNN’s Soledad O’Brien and Dr. Sanjay Gupta this Sunday, October 23 at 8:00 pm ET, re-airing at 11:00 pm ET and 2:00 am ET.

Click PLAY or watch a preview on YouTube.

(via Hard Body)

Pan-Ams: LIVE video streams (multi-sport) | Artistic schedule | results (to come) | Grace Chiu photos
Coverage: Examiner | Double Front | Full Twist | Tsukahara Tucked

WORLDS Wrap-up: – wikipedia | Full Twist | Gymnastike | full results

Good things happen when you are World Champion.

Photoshop magic by Spanny’s Big Fake Smile on Facebook.

Interesting mash-up.

Al Pacino voice over from the film Any Given Sunday.

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… You can really see the form and technique errors in all that slow-mo.

Many continue to be fascinated with our Worlds Bars silver medalist. There’s a heap of new photos from Tokyo on her website.

Let’s keep this next one for when the Russian media complain about her being underscored on Vault. (Her form has actually improved since 2010.)

related – RT.com – Russian gymnasts judged harshly?

Great idea.

John ATKINSON – President FIG Aerobic Gymnastics Committee – is modernizing that discipline. Instead of searching for a PDF document on the FIG website, you can read and search the Aerobic Code online.

fig-aerobic.com

Now we need all the other FIG disciplines to do the same thing.

(via FIG)

Head Coach Sarah Patterson:

“To be able to stand in front of 101,000 fans as national champions is what you strive for every day as both an athlete and a coach,” Sarah Patterson said. “For David and I, this was the 10th time we have received championship rings during an Alabama Football halftime, and I can tell you the feeling never gets old and that we were as excited to share this moment with this team as we were with our very first championship team in 1988.” …

College Gymnastics Board

PHOTO GALLERY

More Couch Gymnast awards. Who was named:

Best Senior Citizen …
– Runners up 1, 2 and 3

‘Best’ (Read Worst) Anna Pavlova Moment
– Runners up 1, 2 and 3

Best ‘Surprise’
– Runners up 1, 2 and 3

click through for details – Worlds 2011 ‘Best in Show’- Part Two

Gymnastike links to videos of all winners: Team, all-around and apparatus finals. … in case you missed it.

Uchimura names Vitaly Scherbo the greatest male gymnast of all time, by the way.

I don’t buy that.

Scherbo has more Worlds and Olympic medals,

When he tied for the gold medal on Pommel Horse at the 1992 Olympics, that was an embarrassment. Pae Gil-Su was twice as “good”, though they got the same score. (One reason why Hardy Fink drafted the current open-ended Code.)

Scherbo was terrible on Horizontal Bar, recall, despite his high scores.

Li Ning is the only gymnast I’d rank with Uchimura.