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This excellent clip comes from their appearance on the public domain episode of “The Colgate Comedy Hour”, aired on December 14, 1952.

Unique Facts

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(via Tom Trapp on YouTube)

They certainly were in Nanning. Congratulations. USAG is the gold standard in women’s gymnastics.

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Simone and her team have great memories. Click PLAY or watch pics from social media on YouTube.

Zac who? 🙂

I doubt the USA selectors are much worried about Team any longer. Pretty much any group of National Team members would have a good chance to finish 1st in a 3-up, 3-count team final, assuming they have no falls. The AA and Apparatus medals are highest priority.

For 2015 I’d say none of the current team are indispensable, aside from Simone. We won’t be surprised if Mykayla returns as the second potential FX/V medalist, especially if she further increases her start scores. Mykayla may well be the most talented tumbler in history.

Avril Enslow:

The NZL WAG team competed in the 2nd to last subdivision on Monday night (in Nanning) …

… then flew home and arrived Wednesday, trained Thursday and competed Friday and Saturday at the NZL National Championships.

Aerobics, Artistic Gymnastics, Power Tumbling, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline competed same time, same venue.

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Many of the Worlds competitors are on some sort of break. Not Uchimura. He flew home after the banquet and competed all-around.

Not Diego Hypolito.

This guy is mad motivated. What would he need for a medal in Rio?

Something like this new combo.

via Nico on GymFever2012

Apparatus Finals.

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Thanks once again to the excellent FIG media team. Like everyone else in Nanning they were frustrated by the Great Firewall of China. But found ways to make it work.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Nearly 100 student gymnasts and dancers will participate in one of the oldest traditions on the Springfield College campus. The college will host its 105th Gymnastics Exhibition Show, “Motion and Film,” in two performances Friday, October 17 and Saturday, October 18th ..

Stephen Posner, men’s gymnastics coach at Springfield College, said those who see the show are in for a treat. …

Springfield College Gymnastics show upholds century-old tradition

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Shout out for the media at 2014 World Championships in Nanning.

Crazy about gymnastics, the keenest got very little sleep.

Photographers lug heavy equipment up and down concrete steps all day. Shooting angles were not ideal. I don’t envy them.

Most of the bloggers were paying their own costs, including me. The flight was expensive, of course. But I saved money by staying in a small hostel for about $25 / night / single private room. Air con. Reasonably good wifi. The media hotel was about $80 / night.

Organizers provided media food … though some round eyes preferred to live on McFlurries, instead.

Getting a Chinese visa was a hassle for many. Some were unable to get one. I made 4 trips to the Chinese Embassy paper pushers before actually having the essential stamp in my passport.

Hardest working media in 2014?

LIVE bloggers International Gymnast on Facebook and The All Around on Facebook. It’s nearly impossible to watch Worlds never mind trying to simultaneously record what’s happening.

We missed Blythe Lawrence, the Gymnastics Examiner. She went and got a real job. Working for the FIG. 🙂

Tsuk the Pain linked to some funny GIFs.

Aliya Mustafina’s career will never be forgotten. She has many faults, but lacking courage is not one of them.

Falling on double Arabian one day, she added two whips to double Arabian the next. Respect.

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