Now that’s a tuck position. 🙂
Post by Dave Demanty.
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changes to Olympics approved
The IOC is boasting unanimous approval of the 40 recommendations that make up Olympic Agenda 2020.
They could go into effect for Pyeongchang 2018 and Tokyo 2020.
Ollie Williams provides some analysis:
At Monday’s extraordinary IOC session in Monaco, members rubber-stamped a series of 40 much-hyped “Agenda 2020? recommendations for change to the way the Olympics is run – some of them substantial, including:
Abolition of the 28-sport cap limiting the summer Olympic programme, accompanied by a shift to measuring the programme in terms of events, rather than sports
Host cities can propose the inclusion of specific events for their Games
Changes to make the system of bidding for the Games more flexible and, hopefully, cheaper
One such change is the ability for cities, regions and countries to mount joint bids for the Olympics (in “exceptional cases” only, mind)
A new, worldwide Olympics TV channel, carrying archive alongside some live sport with a $600m budget over seven years
Amended wording of the Olympic charter to specifically note the Games should be free of discrimination based on sexual orientation
read more – Links special: a day of change for the Olympic Games
Sports where one athlete could potentially win 8 medals (swimming, gymnastics) are vulnerable, I feel.
2014 Europeans montage
boys on Beam
I’m often surprised how easily a brave, strong male gymnast can do advanced Beam tumbling.
For example, Dom Palange, a coach at UCLA coach Chris Waller’s Gym Jam.
To see more of Dom’s skills, click over to mcsmaria – Because Real Men Do Beam
Jumps and Leaps – Ring drill
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via GymFever2012
foam pit – log rolling
TumbleTally app
Gymnastics score and meet tracking app for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android.
Here is an overview of the Apple iOS version of the app:
Fast gymnastics meet scoring and awards entry for women’s and men’s events.
Real time All-Around score calculations for each gymnast.
Gymnast’s season best and season average scores.
Real time calculation of team score, and a report showing the gymnasts and scores that contributed to the team score.
View and share Reports of meet results by gymnast, or for the whole team.
Share your gymnastics meet results with friends and family via email, picture messaging, and AirDrop.
Results can also be shared other places like Facebook and Twitter.
Plot your gymnast and team season progress on line graphs.
Choose your own TumbleTally colors from seven color themes.
Requires iOS 7 or iOS 8.
Best starting poinr for more information is flintcreekapps.com
Verniaiev, Iordache win Glasgow
Men
1. Oleg Verniaiev, UKR, 91.598
2. Yusuke Tanaka, JPN, 89.865
3. John Orozco, USA, 86.865
4. Yuya Kamoto, JPN, 85.698
5. Frank Baines, GBR, 84.332
6. James Hall, GBR, 83.699
Sergio Sasaki went down with what might be a serious knee injury. 😦
Women
1. Larisa Iordache, ROU, 59.232
2. Elsabeth Black, CAN, 56.432
3. Jessica Lopez, VEN, 55.899
4. Georgina Hockenhull, GBR, 54.398
5. Mai Murakami, JPN, 54.299
6. Vanessa Ferrari, ITA, 54.032
“It was a good competition for me,” 21-year-old Verniaiev remarked afterward. “More or less I am happy with my performances on all apparatus today. Once I had done my Floor routine at the beginning, I was quite calm for the rest of the competition.”
FIG – Larisa Iordache, Oleg Vernaiev double down at Glasgow World Cup
Click PLAY or watch Larisa’s competition on YouTube.
related – Gymternet WAG commentary
Acapulco results
Men
1. Jossimar Calvo, COL, 88.750
2. Danell Leyva, USA, 87.950
3. Kenzo Kaneko, JPN, 87.300
Women
1. Marta Pihan-Kulesza, POL, 54.450
2. Emily Little, AUS, 53.550
3. Oksana Chusovitina, UZB, 53.000
related – Lauren’s commentary on Gymternet
NCAA – feet apart on landing
One of the bigger scoring complaints that gets tossed around during the NCAA season is about landing stuck dismounts with feet apart. Are the judges taking this deduction? Should it be a deduction? Should it be a deduction only for the school I want to lose?
So, I thought people might be interested in the clarification given by the joint technical committee this spring (which can be found in a recent newsletter if you want to read the whole thing).
Regarding landings on vault and dismounts on uneven bars and balance beam: No deduction applied for landing with feet a maximum of hip-width apart, provided that they join (slide) the heels together on the controlled extension. If the entire foot/feet are sliding or lifted off the floor to join, it is considered a small step and a deduction of up to 0.10 would be applied. Landing with feet further than hip-width apart will receive a 0.10 deduction. A deduction of up to 0.10 would be applied for landing with feet staggered (one foot in front of the other).Keep in mind that when a deduction is “up to,” the full “up to” value is almost never taken in NCAA. Otherwise, the scores would be more like JO. …
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