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Amanda Turner:

Faced with an ankle injury that has failed to heal, Russian superstar Viktoria Komova is leaving Sunday for the same German clinic where teammate Aliya Mustafina underwent knee surgery this month. …

Komova, who performed three events at the Russian championships in February, is going to Munich for examination of her right ankle.

… read more on IG – Father: Patience Key in Komova’s Recovery

They are hopeful that no surgery is necessary.

… At this rate Anna Pavlova will be on the Russian team at Worlds in October.

Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.

That would make many fans happy.

related – Stoi – Russia Minus Mustafina.

Here’s a glimpse of the new permanent show in Los Angeles – A Journey through the World of Cinema.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

… Bringing together dance, acrobatics, live video, filmed sequences and animation, the show takes spectators on a fantastic voyage through the history of cinema and its genres …

details – cirquedusoleil.com/iris

The Atherton twins from GBR are blogging Creation in Montreal.

HALL OF FAME

The Class of 2011 honorees includes:
OKLAHOMA CITY – Five international gymnastics legends will be honored at the 15th annual International Gymnastics Hall of Fame Ceremony to be held on Saturday, May 14, 2011, at the Petroleum Club in Oklahoma City.

* Alexander Tkatchev (RUS) – Winner of 12 World and Olympic medals from 1978-1981
* Lavinia Milosovici (ROM) – Winner of 19 World and Olympic medals from 1991-1996
* Leonid Arkayev (RUS) – Legendary coach of the Soviet and Russian Olympic teams from 1972-2004
* Steffi Kraeker (GER) – Winner of 10 World and Olympic medals between 1976 and 1981
* Michel Leglise (FRA) will be awarded the International Order of Merit for his contributions as the lead medical advisor for the International Gymnastics Federation for 30 years.

USAG

Leglise is one of the candidates likely to run for Grandi’s job.

Shout out to Don and everyone at Oakville hosting the Ontario Trampoline & Tumbling Championships this weekend.

Coach Kazukuni Ohno has been posting video on Facebook of his girls doing this amazing skill in training.

Click here to watch the best one so far, Mai Murakami.

Here are two more that have made it to YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Yui Fujii on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch another of Mai Murakami’s on YouTube.

I’ve seen mentions that Mai Murakami is training handspring double front on Vault. Leave a comment if you’ve seen that video.

A Vicar Does A Cartwheel In Westminster Abbey After Prince William & Princess Catherine Leave The Abbey

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via Gymnastics Examiner Week in Review.

Married. And with a 7-year-old niece gymnast, Kerri, now age-33, was recently inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame.

read the interview – What’s up with Kerri Strug

Can you settle a bet?

It turned out that Kerri did not need to take her second vault at the 1996 Olympics. Team USA would have won the Gold without that score.

But when was that certain?

Click PLAY or watch those Vaults on YouTube.

Wikipedia says: “Galieva performed after Strug, and therefore Strug needed to land a second vault on her feet in order to mathematically clinch the gold.”

Is that true?

And, if it was early enough to scratch her second vault, could anyone, even Bela, have convinced her not to vault? … She was still trying to qualify for the AA.

Okanagan Gymnastics Centre empties, cleans and maintains their two pits twice each year. It’s a gorgeous, bright facility. (more photos)

We had the idea to pitch this to the Mike Rowe’s Dirty Jobs TV show.

Couch Gymnast recommends this edit – A Truly Fabulous Floor Montage.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That’s by Nade00. Thanks.

And more. … Hollie Vise may be there.

Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena, Bethlehem, PA, August 27, 2011

Evolution will have a cast of Olympic and world-renowned male and female athletes competing on two eight-person teams. The athletes will compete in a nonstop “skill-for-skill battle” backed by a production that will electrify and overwhelm the audience

WGF Evolution Tickets have gone on sale – www.wgfevolution.com

By the way, International Gymnastics Camp is looking for a Graphic Designer. As you can see on their site, IGC does very cool work. Closing date for applications May 7th – travis @internationalgymnastics.com.