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UCLA 196.800 – Mikaela Gerber interview

@uclagymnastics:

Final score: UCLA 196.800, Cal 195.425. Peng-Peng Lee wins UB and BB with 9.95s and Sadiqua Bynum wins FX with a 9.925!

Peng

Watch Peng’s Beam and Sadiqua’s FX here.

As usual, Bruin fans experience a lot of downs. And ups. With everyone healthy, everyone hitting, UCLA could be competitive with the best of the best. Sam competed only 1 apparatus this meet due to muscle stiffness.

related – Best of Sam Peszek’s interviews, so far – Bruin Banter 2015 – Episode 3: Mikaela Gerber.

This includes interviews with some of the UCLA parents. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Women’s Elite Canada Finals

VAULT
1 Olsen, Shallon 15,000
2 Chant, Maegan
3 Cyrenne, Hélody

BARS
1 Gill, Sabrina 14,250
2 Dumont, Émilie
3 Rousseau, Audrey

BEAM
1 Black, Ellie 14,950 (6,400 start)
2 Woo, Rose-Kaying
3 Onyshko, Isabela

FLOOR
1 Cyrenne, Hélody
2 Soloski, Sydney
3 Olsen, Shallon

full results

Click PLAY or watch Sabrina’s Bars on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Ellie’s Beam on YouTube.

Gymnastics Canada – Ellie Black shines at Elite Canada

MAG Elite Canada Finals

FLOOR
1 Cournoyer, René
2 Morgan, Scott
3 Cachia, Damien

POMMELS
1 Clay, Zachary
2 Ikeda, Ken
3 Nabata, Scott

RINGS
1 Morgan, Scott
2 Lytwyn, Kevin
3 Stanescu, Robert

VAULT
1 Gazer, Wolfe
2 Gaudet-Pellerin, Samuel
3 Cournoyer, René

P BARS
1 Lytwyn, Kevin
2 Stanescu, Robert
3 Nabata, Scott

H BAR
1 Lytwyn, Kevin (6.8 start VIDEO)
2 Watson, Robert
3 Mah, Aaron

full results

Not many of the top guys tried to peak for this meet. But it’s a great opportunity for the up-and-coming guys to make an impact.

Though I’ve not yet seen any official announcement, I’ve heard that long time Team leader Nathan Gafuik has retired. He’s coaching at his home gym, University of Calgary.

Here’s 30yr-old Robert Stanescu competing Rings, a medalist at the 2008 Olympics for Romania. That’s his wife/coach Ruxandra lifting him. He’s now on the Canadian National Team.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Scott Morgan (VIDEO) and Kevin Lytwin have the Canadian Rings lineup in good shape right now.

Here’s the Gymnastics Canada Facebook Men’s Finals post.

most difficult acrobatic skill, maybe ever

UPDATE

Tim Farley from Australia landed this trick before Vellu. He called it the ‘Snatchcannon’. VIDEO (profanity)

Thanks Lisa.

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Finland’s Vellu Saarela calls his new tricking series CORK IN BACK OUT.

Greg Roe referred to it as full-in back-out tricking style.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Cintia Rodriguez – new skill

@ArabianPF_blog:

WHOA! Think Cintia Rodriguez (ESP) is working a new skill!! Stalder shoot FULL to high! ????

http://instagram.com/p/yfkL9_x_Ts/

Utah 197.85 – 196.375 Arizona

Dabritz 10.0 Bars. 🙂

“Finally! That’s what I’ve been waiting for,” smiled head coach Greg Marsden after the meet. “I told the team after warm-ups, `You guys look like you’re in a really good place. Stay right there!’ And they did! …”

The longtime coach confessed that Dabritz has few places to improve. “Other than the one break on the balance beam, Georgia was pretty flawless all night. She can’t get any better on those three events (bars, vault, floor),” he marveled. …

Dabritz leads Ute Gymnasts to 197.85-196.375 Road Win over Arizona