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Lauren Hopkins pieced together a report on the training day based on Gymnastike videos.

Team USA will be GREAT. Perhaps the best ever to fly over for the Italian competition / shopping extravaganza. 🙂 The BIG news is how good Gabby and Ali are looking. Lauren calls them the “comeback girls”. Both are serious contenders to qualify for the Worlds team 2015.

Gymnastics News Network put together a montage of the Senior Americans. From past competitions.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related – Beam Dreams – Jesolo USA Team Breakdown and Training Recap – The Seniors

1. CAN 165.200
2. ITA – YOUNG DREAM 154.300
3. ITA – PROMESSE AZZURRE 151.550
4. AUS 148.700

Canadian juniors tops in qualification at Jesolo Trophy

Led by Rose Kaying Woo of La Prairie, Que., Canada finished first in qualification at the Jesolo Trophy gymnastics meet on Wednesday with a team score of 165.200 points. …

A team from the United States did not compete after earning a bye for winning the competition last year.

Woo had the top individual score of the day with 55.700 points. Chrobok was second with 54.600 and Olsen was third at 53.900. …

Gymnastics Canada

results via @ginnasticando

Most gymnasts tend to rush the twist off the table. Here are examples of gymnasts who REALLY set before initiating the twist.

NastiaFan linked to two:

Click PLAY or watch Ekaterina Kurbatova on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Emily Wong on YouTube.

Anon linked to Khorkina.

Click PLAY or watch Svetlana on YouTube.

Great Camp in Boston.

June 25-June 28, 2015

GYM MOMENTUM TRAINING CAMP- BOSTON 2015

See them on UCLA’s twitter.

See you in 2016.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

This is cool. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

(via Dan Kendig)

One by one, little gymnasts, in the arms or Tulsa firefighters, were carried to safety, as the rain poured down.

Parents, in tears, couldn’t get to their babies fast enough.

Sixty people, mostly children, were inside Aim High Academy in Sand Springs when tornado sirens started screaming. …

Tornado Destroys Sand Springs Gymnastics Studio

Update – People who want to help rebuild can contribute to a gofundme account.

via @GymCastic

Trampoline was invented and first popularized in the U.S.A. This man was one of the main builders of the Olympic Sport.

Jeff Hennessy of Broussard, La., a noted trampoline coach whose athletes won a total of 26 World medals and former chairman of the International Trampoline Federation’s Technical Committee, passed March 24.

“Jeff was a genuine man and a pioneer for the sport of trampoline,” said Steve Penny, president and CEO of USA Gymnastics. “His legacy is evident in the program’s leadership today and how far the sport has come.” …

USAG

His last book is available for $11.95.

A Successful Guidebook of Twisting Single and Multiple Somersaults

Vault, Bars
Floor, Pommels, Rings

See those 5 apparatus on the Liukin Tumblr

Courtney McGregor (NZ) qualified to the Vault final. Bianca Mann (RSA) to the Bar final. Congratulations.

Here’s the official post from the organizers – Day 1: Qualifications events. Top 3 qualifiers on all apparatus are listed.

official results

Jake Dalton qualified 2nd on Floor.