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Byron Garcia organized 1,500 inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Philippines, to dance to MJ.

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That was July 25, 2009.

Brandi Lewis from WOGA … Acrobatic Gymnastics coach.

Hey, she’s not Russian. 🙂

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Check the Gymnastics Minute YouTube channel for more. And GymSmarts for DVDs.

We were having lunch in the construction zone at University of Saskachewan, first week of classes in January.

Cheer did a little demo to promote the club and possibly recruit some talent.

That sport sure knows how to promote.

Full Twist delivers the bad news …

Beckie:

“I am of course very disappointed to have suffered from this injury, but remain very positive about the future and am looking ahead to working hard with the British Gymnastics Medical Team to ensure that I do everything I can to be in a position to return strongly, and continue my journey towards London 2012.”

beckydownie.com

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That’s a College stuck landing … not the normal kind.
🙂

(via TheAll Around on Facebook)

The latest question on The Discussion:

Bloggers sound a bit flummoxed on this one.

Surprisingly (to myself) … I didn’t name Alicia Sacramone. I picked Nastia … but guestimated there’s only a 10% chance she’ll actually compete in London.

Fact is the USA is in big trouble on Bars when trying to match up against Russia and China. Whoever has the biggest routine will be on the team. That could easily be Nastia, if she’d train.

Click over to Gymnastics Examiner to read The Discussion for yourself.

Barb Durfee sends us the list of elite competitors for the 2011 WOGA CLASSIC, Feb 19-20th.

That includes Madeline Gardiner and Anysia Unick (CAN), Anastasiya Marchuk and lrina Yashina (RUS) to name just a few of the great international gymnasts traveling to Texas, the centre of the gymnastics world IMHO.

Gymnastics Examiner links to photos and a full list of the elite competitors.

Of course the WOGA Classic is one of the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup Series.

The Optional Elite Qualifier is one of only a handful of chances for U.S. elites to qualify to go to the CoverGirl Classic, which is a qualifier to VISA Championships. This is the first U.S. Elite Qualifier of the year, so a lot of girls are hoping to qualify to CoverGirl early, then they can train at a measured pace up until July. If they don’t qualify at this event, they’ll have a couple other changes later in June and July.

See the full schedule including participating teams.

Celebrities not competing include Nastia Liukin, Carly Patterson, Hollie Vise & Rebecca Bross.

Many saw Amanda Turner’s link on Facebook to a fascinating interview in Sport.ua, a Ukrainian sport website with Lyudmila Korolenko, who is Ukrainian but judges for Russia.

Honest and insightful.

Brigid wrote it up …

… as much as she looks on the Ukrainian gymnasts, she still hasn’t seen any stars- not for a while. There is one girl, however, the same that many gym fans have been talking about in the last year, the very promising Masha Livchikova, whom she describes as something to watch, a “textured beautiful blonde, born in 1995.”

Two big time tumbling lines.

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read the entire excellent translation / interpretation on Couch Gymnast – Lyudmila Korolenko: The State of Ukraine

Korolenko mentions that new Senior Russian Maria Paseka is capable of a triple twisting Yurchenko.

Cracked magazine (Mad wannabe) did a number on the infamous Kurt Thomas movie Gymkata.

… It has developed a minor cult following as an unintentional comedy for its dubious premise, poor production quality and low budget. Maxim lists the film as the 17th “Worst Movie of All Time” …

Click through if you need a laugh today – 5 Reasons ‘Gymkata’ Is The Funniest Movie of the 80s

One of the great personalities of recent years joined her former team as a coach this season.

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(via Gym Dogs and Aunt Joyce)