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Wow.

I never give this team the respect they deserve. That away score at New Hampshire puts them in the league with the top teams … chasing Florida.

Kylee Botterman scored 39.575 to win the all-around. Again.

GoBlue.

U of Washington Huskies scored their best team score of the season, 195.800. They should move up in the rankings, as will Michigan.

Good news.

It sounds like rehabilitation is going well and we’ll see the intriguing French gymnast in Berlin.

… “the Games is the goal,” Youna Dufournet … “all in good time,” she hastened to say.

Prior to London, Tokyo and there are world championships. This will be in October. And even before that, there will be Berlin and the European Championships in early April. …

read more in French … or in English via Google Translate

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Andy Thornton has been pouring over the videos posted by USAG, linking to the best of the best.

Team USA needs pommels desperately, especially since Sasha Artemov is not back in shape, as yet.

Glen Ishino from Cal Berkeley (3rd AA PDF) has a good shot to make National Team, especially with a 14.90 on horse.

Click PLAY or watch Glen on YouTube.

Andy liked this set, too:

Click PLAY or watch Alex Buscaglia on YouTube.

… That had to be the best Liukin (full twisting laid out Tcatchev) I’ve ever seen, and nearly every skill he did had a unique style to it. Great body position on his releases, and great form throughout the routine. Same D-score as Leyva (7.4), but amazingly this scored 0.2 lower in execution than Leyva’s! …

Danell is awesome talented, but he really does need to improve his execution.

See many, many more routines on American Gymnast – The most stunning routines from Vegas – Day 1!

The all-around leader had the top Floor score in prelims.

6.900 difficulty, 9.000 execution =15.900

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

His tumbling is quite stylish. The connections as embarrassing as every other top guy these days under the Grandi code.

Artistic gymnastics … right. 🙂

My old biomechanics professor, Benno M. Nigg at the University of Calgary, says … not necessarily:

His overall conclusion: Shoe inserts or orthotics may be helpful as a short-term solution, preventing injuries in some athletes. But it is not clear how to make inserts that work. The idea that they are supposed to correct mechanical-alignment problems does not hold up. …

NY Times – Close Look at Orthotics Raises a Welter of Doubts

He’s about to release a new book titled Biomechanics of Sport Shoes.

Of course many people swear by them, including this guy.

Funny.

http://www.todaysbigthing.com/betamax/betamax.swf?clip_id=4517&schedule_id=2&date=2011-01-28&fullscreen=1

Thanks JAO.

I’m liking this trend towards fewer double salto releases.

Difficulty 6.600, Execution 8.850. Second highest score in prelims after Elkind.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Post-meet interviews with Florida’s Mackenzie Caquatto, Marissa King & Rhonda Faehn after UF’s season high team score vs Alabama.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gator Zone.

http://www.gatorvision.tv/mediaPortal/embed.swf

They are flying high. Not too close to the sun, I hope.

more photos

No. 3 Utes Down ASU 196.525-194.125
Corrie Lothrop wins the all-around to lead Utah.

Before a pink-clad crowd of 12,836 that included guest of honor Annabeth Eberle …

Utah Utes

Arkansas’ 11th-ranked gymnastics team recorded a season-high for the second straight week and recorded its first-ever victory over Georgia with a 195.775-195.40 decision over the No. 4 Gym Dogs Friday in Barnhill Arena. …

Arkansas Razorbacks

… The 10th-ranked Nebraska women’s gymnastics team posted a season-best score to top Missouri 196.075-195.40 …

Huskers

via Aunt Joyce:

Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin both had good showings at last week’s training camp at the Karolyi Ranch. Shawn’s natural strength is allowing her to do almost all of her skills already. While Shawn said she mostly did conditioning and limited skills, other coaches were impressed.

Nastia did bars and beam at camp and her body is slimming down into form. …

read more – This and That

Watch the video on Myabc5.com.

I’m getting slightly more excited that one or both might qualify for Worlds in Tokyo. That would be a GREAT story line.

Shawn’s still not wearing a leotard, though. Not a good sign that she’s psychologically comfortable with her adult size.

Has Marta ever allowed any other athlete to train without a leo? … I doubt it.