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This video is the “making” of the first movie pitting Jet Li against Jackie Chan. It should be good.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via Straight to the Bar)
Here’s a related fan video:
Click PLAY or watch the top 10 Jackie Chan stunts on YouTube.
(via Straight to the Bar)
#1 and #2 clips are where Jackie REALLY went too far.
Jackie Chan – Wikipedia
Philippe Rizzo, of Australia, performs a release move on the high bar his during the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, Calif., Sunday, Mar. 30, 2008. Philippe Rizzo won the gold medal in the high bar competition.
(AP Photo/Tony Avelar) – ESPN
In Australia last year I was lucky enough to spend time with Philippe’s father, Andre Rizzo. A respected coach, former competitor for France. What a shame Andre won’t get to see his son contend for an Olympic medal.
Philippe is one of the medal contenders not qualified for Beijing.
Shout out to Brandon O’Neill who won Floor with a 15.550.
photo – Grace Chiu
The chalk dust still settling, check the “live” reporting on International Gymnast. Both Men’s and Women’s results are included.
Oklahoma Sooners remain undefeated. Win the Big 12.
TEAM RESULTS
Oklahoma, 195.875
Iowa State, 195.775
Missouri, 195.225
Nebraska, 194.975more NCAA coverage – Inside Gymnastics
The best Rhythmic photos anywhere are on James Glader’s site:
rhythmicgymnastics1.com
I ask James here and now what’s going on with Rhythmics USA? He and I were at Championships last year. The American girls did not look all that strong. Yet they bested both Canada and Russia at Pacific Rim.
Rhythmic team and all-around final results
Team
1. USA, 236.325
2. Canada, 228.700
3. Russia, 218.300Senior all-around
1. Alexandra Orlando, Canada, 63.925
2. Lisa Wang, USA/Buffalo Grove, Ill., 62.325
3. Rachel Marmer, USA/Los Angeles, Calif., 59.575
4. Lina Gnirovskaya, Russia, 58.100
5. Demetra Mantcheva, Canada, 56.450
6. Naazmi Johnston, Australia, 56.325
Historically Rhythmic has been one of the worst Olympic sports for the USA. Has it been turned around James?
In any case, check out the work of James Glader for yourself:
Cody has always been one of my favourite drills coaching trampoline. I love the psychological challenge of learning it. (Needless to say, I hated it when I competed tramp.)
It’s difficult to rotate backwards, unless your technique and timing are good.
Here are some MASTERS of Cody:
Click PLAY or watch Ronny do triple back Cody on YouTube.
Neil Gulati quad twisting Cody super slow motion. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Josh Dilworth – Cody Quadruple Full on Trampoline. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Leave a comment if you know of other Cody variations of this difficulty or better. What can Jason Burnette do out of Cody, for example?
Known as the “Bhardwaj” after the wonderful American Olympian 2004 Mohini Bhardwaj, the first international star to compete it, this skill is rarely performed today.
Gymblog editor Blythe Lawrence and myself (as well as many of the coaches) rushed over to watch one of the Level 10 competitors at Battle in Seattle 2008.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Update: That’s Alicia Asturias from Technique Gymnastics.
Compare that one with Mohini herself at Olympic Trials 2004:
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
It is easy to do with spot. And the Level 10 girl makes it look EASY. (Leave a comment if you know her name.) All her warm-up turns were equally good.
Canadian super talent Christine “Peng Peng†Lee fell on the skill at the Pacific Rim Championships 2008, so perhaps it’s more difficult than it appears.
Wow.
The best of the NCAA is the Southeastern Conference, in my opinion. Check how close the team scores are for the top 3 squads.
What parity!
Team Scores
Georgia 197.350
Alabama 197.325
Florida 197.325
LSU 196.500
Auburn 196.100
Arkansas 194.650
Kentucky 194.025
But that’s not the BIG story of the night.
Florida seemed to have this meet locked up. An unexpected fall from Amanda Castillo made it close.
Then the Georgia Head Coach made this statement: “Alabama was great tonight,” Yoculan said. “They nailed it on vault and they deserved to win it.”
In the end, due to a judging error, after over 30min of number crunching, Georgia was named the winner of its 16th SEC title.
I’m the one claiming the Women’s NCAA has our sport all figured out. But a judging debacle like this reminds me of some of the worst FIG competition disasters.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has the whole story: Gym Dogs win 16th SEC title
Senior All-Around
1. Nastia Liukin (USA) – 62.85
2. Jana Bieger (USA) – 59.925
3. Dasha Joura (Australia) – 59.20
4. Ashleigh Brennan (Australia)
5. Kristina Vaculik (Canada)
6. Lauren Mitchell (Australia)
International Gymnast online posted live coverage of the competition in San Jose, California.
Junior and Senior Team combined:
1. USA – 245.275
2. Canada – 233.475
3. China – 233.075
4) Australia – 232.675
5) Russia – 230.250
6) Japan – 224.925
Considering Canada has not even qualified a full team to the Olympics, I have to see this as a terrible result for China, regardless of who they sent. CONGRATS to Canada, of course. The Canuck Juniors are strong.
… Grabbing attention with her long, elegant lines and flying blond ponytail, Liukin earned the top scores on the uneven bars and balance beam Saturday to win the women’s all-around … She won the American Cup all-around event earlier this month. …
Perspective from Down Under – Australian Gymnastics Blog
more Nastia photos from the competition – NastiaLiukin.com
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