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The Gymnastics Federation of Mongolia hosted this Olympic Solidarity Course/FIG Academy on November 3-10, 2014. By hosting this Academy, Mongolia became the 60th FIG member federation to host an Academy. … in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. …

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20 MAG and 25 WAG coaches. Now that’s impressive.

Dvora Meyers in 2012 posted an interesting and entertaining article on the history of Women’s Gymnastics:

… I spoke with Laddie Bakanic, 88, who had been a member of the 1948 U.S. women’s gymnastics team that won a team bronze medal at the Olympics and performed on the “flying rings” as they were known in her day.

“When I was on the flying rings and I had to leave go I was scared cause there was nothing there but a cotton mat on the ground,” she recalled, adding that there were male spotters hovering nearby just in case. …

Female Gymnasts Used to Compete on the Rings, But the Game Changed

Late 1970s at Santa Monica Gymfest in California, girls and guys were still training the long defunct Swinging Rings.

And Rings is NOT at all the only historical surprise. Here’s Olympic medalist and USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame artistic gymnast Clara Schroth Lomady, Captain of the 1948 U.S. Women’s Team. On the Parallel Bars.

related – Swinging Rings World Record 2011

This classic edit from 2010 is being shared on Facebook. It’s worth watching again. 🙂

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Very few can agree on what’s artistry. But pretty much everyone can agree on what’s not. 🙂

American Gymnast posted a few.

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Central American and Caribbean Games Mexico 2014

VAULT
1 Yesenia Ferrera Cuba 14.825
2 Dovelis Torres 14.425
3 Nicolle Vazquez Puerto Rico 14.300

BARS
1 Jessica Lopez Venezuela 6.1 8.000 14.100
2 Ana Sofia Gomez Guatemala 5.7 7.800 13.500
3 Bibiana Velez Colombia 5.6 7.750 13.350

Gymternet and Arabian Punch Front

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BEAM
1 Jessica Lopez Venezuela 14.250
2 Ana Lago Mexico 13.850
3 Yesenia Ferrera Cuba 13.525

FLOOR
1 Yesenia Ferrera Cuba 14.100
2 Jessica Lopez Venezuela 13.600
3 Dovelis Torres Cuba 13.425

Lopez and Ferrera win Beam and Floor Gold in Veracruz

Male gymnasts are, as a group, far more skilled at landing.

That’s partly strength. Partly technique.

Compare Uchimura’s soft-as-a-cat landing to this surprisingly typical WAG landing.

What Aliya did on that Beam dismount was to “punch’ on landing, instead of bringing impact forces to zero. She had no controlled landing. WAG judges are far too lenient on landing deductions (aside from the stupid ‘chest low’ rule). WAG gives very little reward to excellent landings.

Dr. George advises the gymnast see the landing as soon as possible. Reduce forces to zero by absorbing over time and distance.

Leg Impact and Landing

USA WAG has added a 0.1 “stick” bonus for 2014. Let’s see if that helps. Gummi points out that the stick bonus may also result in more injuries in competition, especially on twisting landings like Amanar.

related – Coaching Youth Gymnastics by USA Gymnastics: SAFE landings

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Here is Aliya landing that dismount in the Olympics. Quite a bit better.

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The 2014 edition was a big success. Especially for the hosts.

With seven titles apiece, Russia and the host country United States were the most successful nations at the World Age Group competitions, which began just after the 30th edition of the World Trampoline Gymnastics Championships ended.

FIG – 32 new champions crowned as FIG Trampoline World Age Group competitions draw to a close

Catherine Tracy from UBC Gymnastics in Vancouver posted the best online coverage I saw. Here’s her wrap-up of the “WAG” competition.

Welcome to the 2014 World Age Groups in Daytona Beach!

655 athletes from 37 countries are competing here for the title of World Champions in their age group. Trampoline, Double-mini, Synchro and Tumbling are contested in four age groups- 11-12, 13-14, 15-16 and 17-18. …

2014 World Age-Group Trampoline & Tumbling Championships: Part 1

Part II: 2014 World Age-Group Trampoline & Tumbling Championships, Day 3 & 4

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IG:

… All three men are on the Board of Directors of Special Olympics International. …

Yao Ming 7’6″. Dikembe Mutombo 7’2″. Bart Conner 5’5″.