For a Chinese gymnast, this is wildly creative routine construction.
6.7+0.1 + 8.7 = 15.5
(0.1 is Chinese bonus)
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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Art and Science of Tricking
Short documentary.
During the filming of two video shoots happening across town from each other, top tricking athletes give us an inside look into the art and science of martial arts tricking.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via Mackensi Emery)
lengthy interview with Nadia
On defecting from Romania:
I didn’t tell my mum. I thought she’d have a heart attack. I told my brother Adrian, who was my best friend and still is. I took him and my sister-in-law close to the Hungarian border with me. Then me and the six other gymnasts walked over the border into Hungary and from there to Austria. I went to the United States embassy and they provided me with a flight to New York. I’ve never talked about it before. It was hard that night. …
read more on the Daily Mail
Nadia with fellow Tumble judges (L-R) Craig Heap, Louis Smith, Sebastien Stella
The BBC Reality TV show starts Sat Aug 9th.
Sam Mikulak news feature
Sam Mikulak is one of many who just might be able to catch Uchimura. Someday.
He was 6th AA at 2013 Worlds. With one fall.
Click PLAY to watch quite a good feature.
http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/1_3sjkajsk/uiconf_id/12034901
(via Liukin)
Mia Hamm runs like a girl
Post by A Mighty Girl.
new Quebec Training Centre
After the Montreal Olympics 1976, we Canadians were looking forward to a NEW GYM opening in The Big O tower. The Big O is the nickname of the Olympic Stadium.
The 1976 Olympics lost so much money that the stadium was soon called The Big Owe. The legacy Gymnastics facility proposal was cancelled.
Today, almost 40 years later, a training centre finally has opened in that tower.
Friends of Steve N Sue Arkell on Facebook can see some pics.
It looks great.
No club will train regularly out of this facility. It’s dedicated to special events, training camps, coaching courses, etc.
Congratulations Quebec. 🙂
Youth Olympic Games
Wang Yan the next Cheng Fei?
The Gymternet just posted a great profile on China’s Youth Olympic Games competitor Wang Yan.
Happy happy. She’s super strong on Floor and Vault. Just like Ching Fei. And just what China needs for Rio. 🙂 (She’s not age eligible for Worlds 2014.)
Check these Vaults (6.00 and 6.20 start scores)
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
And she’s only going to get stronger on Vault.
Read the feature – MEET WANG YAN, CHINA’S YOG COMPETITOR
Wang Yan is not nearly as strong on Bars. (VIDEO)
Gymnastics Coaching.com 