GymNiceTic posted a list of movies free to watch on the internet:
Click through for details.
I recall coach Jim Holt, years ago, kept a complete list of Gymnastics Films. I’d love to post that.
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NCAA Gymnastics Championships draw
The No. 3 seeded Crimson Tide will be joined in the evening session by No. 2 seed Utah, No. 6 Oregon State, No. 7 UCLA, No. 10 Arkansas and No. 11 Illinois.
The afternoon session will be comprised of No. 1 seed Georgia, No. 4 LSU, No. 5 Florida, No. 8 Oklahoma, No. 9 Stanford and No. 12 Penn State.
College Gymnastics Board – AlabamaGymnastics
Some are convinced the evening session has an advantage as judges scores rise.
EU Championships Men – Finals videos
Thanks vrba. The entire Finals is posted on the 2008agwc YouTube channel one routine at a time.
One sample. BOUHAIL Thomas FRA winning Vault. Tsuk double pike. Handspring double front, half out.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Shawn Johnson and Jordyn Wieber
Meredith of the He Kexin = 14 blog just posted an unusual and interesting montage.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
EU Gymnastics Event Finals – Women
Gymnastics In Europe was there.
Click through for results with commentary. And links to Finals videos.
Click PLAY or watch Beth Tweddle’s crazy hard gold medal Bar routine on YouTube.
More videos on the 2008agwc YouTube channel.
Football OUT. Baseball, Gymnastics IN.
UPDATE: Blast. This was a newspaper April Fool’s Day PRANK. I’ve been had.
Thanks XMaestro.
==== original post:
Blythe on the Gymblog loves the fact that University of Wisconsin-Madison has added a Women’s Gymnastics Team.
… the UW Athletic Department is finally giving the students what they want by announcing the return of Division I baseball to Madison. To both provide sufficient funding to the baseball program and satisfy Title IX regulations, the Department of Athletics will drop Wisconsin’s FBS football program, effective immediately. …
The Daily Cardinal – Football replaced by baseball, gymnastics
This was posted April 1st.
I trust it’s not an April Fool’s joke.
EU Gymnastics Championships MEN
2009 European Championships Apparatus Finals
Floor Exercise Final Men
1 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER – 15.450
2 FAHRIG Matthias GER – 15.400
3 KOSMIDIS Eleftherios GRE – 15.350
3 SHATILOV Alexander ISR – 15.350
Pommel Horse Final Men
1 BERKI Krisztian HUN – 15.600
2 SMITH Louis GBR – 15.550
3 KEATINGS Daniel GBR – 15.500
Rings Final Men
1 VAN GELDER Yuri NED – 15.750
2 VOROBIOV Olexandr UKR – 15.600
3 IOVTCHEV Iordan BUL – 15.550
Vault Final Men
1 BOUHAIL Thomas FRA
2 KOCZI Flavius ROU
3 FAHRIG Matthias GER
Parallel Bars Final Men
1 CUCHERAT Yann FRA – 15.825
2 PETKOVSEK Mitja SLO – 15.800
3 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER – 15.375
Horizontal Bar Final Men
1 MARAS Vlasios GRE – 15.375
2 CUCHERAT Yann FRA – 15.250
3 KUKSENKOV Nikolay UKR – 14.925
GymnasticsResults.com – full scores
Videos of all routines.
GymNiceTic called bad boy Matthias Fahrig the Man of the Day:
At the event finals of the European Championships today, Matthias Fahrig (GER) won a silver medal on floor (15.400) and a bronze on vault (16.235) – he´s definitly back in the game and will have good chances to represent Germany at the Worlds in London. Congratulations for this successful comeback after causing some troubles and not being allowed to go to the Olympics because of disciplin problems. …
Beth Tweddle double gold EU Champs
Floor and Bars. Beth is a big STAR in the UK.
This is a terrific result.
Beth Tweddle won two golds for Britain on the final day of the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. …
After her bars routine, Tweddle, the 2006 uneven bars world champion, said: “It’s nice to be back.
“Since 2006 I have had my share of fourth positions, and all week I have been so focused on getting everything right. ” …
IG – Amanda Turner’s commentary – Tweddle Reclaims Uneven Bars Title
From the Couch Gymnast:
… The floor final was the best though, in my opinion. It was such a great finale to the women’s competition, though the crowd was confused about the scoring. …
Event Finals!! – Yay Beth!
GymnasticsResults.com – full scores
Wild Rose Gymnastics – results
For once the results of one of our competitions this season are being posted online, quickly, thanks to Stu Cram.
Gym Score Depot – Wild Rose 2009
Edmonton, Canada April 2-5, 2009.
official website – WildRoseGymnastics.com
The best meet in Canada.
Hambüchen – EU Gymnastics Champion
Two-time German Olympian Fabian Hambüchen won the men’s all-around title Saturday at the European Gymnastics Championships in Milan.
Despite a fall on parallel bars, Hambüchen defeated top qualifier Daniel Keatings (Great Britain). Russia’s Yuri Ryazanov finished third, defending his bronze medal from the 2007 European Championships in Amsterdam. …
Amanda Turner on International Gymnast once again has a succinct summary of the All-Around competition – Hambüchen Takes European Title
The big story of the meet is the Brits, however:
19-year-old Daniel Keatings nearly beat Hambüchen. And will in future unless Fabian improves his Pommel Horse.
source – Keatings
Gymblog has a post highlighting the up-and-coming star — coached by Paul Hall — including videos:
Liverpool’s Daniel Purvis, only 18-years-old, finished seventh.
England COULD medal as a team at the 2012 Olympics. Certainly the British media will be reading it this way.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 