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1. Jonathan Horton 181.65 ($10,000)
2. Danell Leyva 179.35 ($7,000)
3. Brandon Wynn 178.7 (NCAA)
4. Chris Brooks 176.7 ($5,000)
5. Glen Ishino 176.15 (NCAA)
6. Steven Legendre 175.2 …

… What’s with the money?

The International Gymnastics Camp has developed a prize money program to help athletes who are eligible for funding to support their training (read: this is not for NCAA athletes, whose eligibility would be compromised if they accepted cash.) The prize money is distributed as follows: All around — $10,000 to the all-around champion, $7,000 for second, $5,000 for third, $3,500 for fourth, $3,000 for fifth, $2,000 for sixth, $1,500 for seventh and $1,000 for eighth, ninth and tenth.

Individual event winners get $2,500 each. It should be noted that if the winners are still in the NCAA, the money will go to the next athlete on the list who is eligible to receive it.

Gymnastics Examiner – 2010 U.S. Championships men’s results, national teams and moneywinners — a rundown

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I love this photo by Craig Maccubbin, posted by The Olympic Games on Facebook.

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Skysurfing looks like a blast.

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I saw two Quads myself, the summer of 1977, I believe. We were in California for the Santa Monica Beach Fest.

Leave a comment if you can confirm who did it first off swinging rings.

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This seems to be a courage test at the Salta – Ortona Training Camp in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Who’s going to jump first?

Via the Salta Gymnastics Club competitive blog

Gymnastics Examiner:

The biggest shock of the junior women’s preliminaries was the disastrous beam performance of all-around favorite Jordyn Wieber, who fell three times during her routine, including landing her double back dismount on her head.

Wieber’s beam routine followed a fall on a Tkatchev on bars. Those performances from the former junior national champion considered one of the top gymnasts in the world, coupled with her two heavily taped ankles and her withdrawal from her last event, floor exercise, caused reporters to huddle around her when she came out of the trainer’s room …

What happened? everyone wanted to know. She told us. …

click through to read the interview – After ankle injury, Jordyn Wieber’s status uncertain

The leader after day one is defending champion Kyla Ross, who was the only top contender to avoid a major mistake. After four clean routines, Ross is ahead of the field by just over one point.

WOGA’s Katelyn Ohashi used her beautiful form and flexibility, along with considerable difficulty, to overcome falls on bars and beam (where she missed her trademark layout full tumbling pass) and claim second place. …

Universal Sports – Wieber falters; Ross leads juniors

Almost anyone would say … YES.

But Andy Thornton says, not as weak as you might think.

Why all the distress, then?

… The answer is He Kexin, the Chinese phenom who popped up in 2008 with the best bar routine the world had ever seen. Though she’s equally well known for the worldwide skepticism she generated regarding her true age in Beijing, it was her out-of-this-world bar routine that began to spread worry among USA gymnastics fans – and the USA women’s selection committee.

Before He Kexin came along, the USA had beaten China on bars in 2007 and finished just 0.025 behind them in 2006. But with China’s new secret weapon and the full point or more she surely would add to their team tally, the USA was going to have to have to come up with an answer very quickly. Even with three hit sets in Beijing from Liukin, Memmel, and Johnson, the USA was outscored by 1.65 on bars by China – a big reason why China won the Olympic team gold. …

It’s now two years later, so how have things changed? With Nastia Liukin out of the picture, her WOGA teammate Rebecca Bross has filled in beautifully as the top American on bars. Her high D-score of 6.2 and aggressive and confident style have made her one of the best bar workers in the world over the last two years, and her consistency as only gotten better. …

read more on the American Gymnast blog

Great analysis. Thanks Andy. … But I still believe the USA will be far behind both China and Russia on Bars at World’s 2010.

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Mainstream media love to do these stories. This one is more balanced than usual.

Mail Online:

It’s enough to make any parents grimace as these Chinese children are contorted into the most uncomfortable positions.

Aged between four and seven, the young gymnasts are put through a rigorous stretching routine by their coaches during a training session. …

Read more: Hang in there: How children as young as four are stretched in training to be China’s future gymnasts

I was happy to see coaches doing handstand on a floor bar, rather than flat-handed. This will help prevent overuse injury to the wrists later in the career.

Thanks Jeni.