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Gymnastike mostly skipped covering Commonwealths. But they are locked and loaded for the 2014 Secret Classic.

Click PLAY or watch podium highlights on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NjYxNzQ5NjM3?related=1&autoplay=false

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I like Brenna’s Shaposh to Giant 1/1.

Bloggers are listing the number of original competitors scratched due to injury, most recently Lexie Priessman, injured on Beam dismount during podium. This is a dangerous sport.

Some will be back for Championships.

Had Victoria Moors been competition ready, I don’t think she could have finished ahead of this routine.

This is almost certainly the top routine in the world right now.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The choreography in the near corner is fantastic, of course. But we should show her sprint in the first tumble to our gymnasts.

Claudia is a little shorter than Shawn Johnson at the same age. And possibly even more powerful.

(via Full Twist)

Nancy Armour:

Douglas began training at Buckeye Gymnastics in Columbus, Ohio, last week, after leaving coach Liang Chow for the second time since winning gold at the London Olympics. Douglas had returned to Chow’s gym in West Des Moines in April, eight months after leaving to be closer to her family in Los Angeles.

“Time will tell,” Karolyi, coordinator of the women’s national team, said Friday when asked about the move. “I’m not crazy about lots of changes. I like stability …

She is not competing at this weekend’s U.S. Classic, a qualifier for the national championships later this month, and she won’t petition for the world team selection camp, said Kittia Carpenter, who is in charge of Buckeye’s elite program. …

USA TODAY – Olympian Gabby Douglas now training in Columbus, Ohio

If you are not from a Commonwealth nation, you might be dumbstruck at how important we fans consider the Commonwealth Games.

You’d be right.

All multi-sport Games pitting huge, rich nations against tiny, poor ones are stupid. And Commonwealths are as stupid as any.

The Olympics are, obviously, far more important.

The savvy number crunchers in Singapore have a formula:

… Their policy is $1,000,000 for Olympic Games gold (medal) and $40,000 for Commonwealth gold – a 25-fold difference. Asian Games are ranked five-fold more valuable than Commonwealth Gold …

That’s about right.

Still, I love Commonwealths. And I’m already looking forward to 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia.

related – some paid journalist for the Hindu Times wrote “the programme for Gold Coast 2018 already locked and basketball set to replace gymnastics“.

Wrong. Basketball will replace Judo for 2018. Artistic and Rhythmic are in.

Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games from Gold Coast 2018 on Vimeo.

The Aussies love sport. That’s going to be a great event.

For 2022 it will be or Durban, South Africa or Edmonton, Canada (again). I volunteered at the 1978 Edmonton Games. 🙂

My friend Kyle Thalman, a coach in Hawaii, has done a great job putting together a new spotting video. High production values. Great video quality.

Here’s a sample.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

My philosophy is that coaches should know how to spot. Then spot as little as possible, setting up progressions that kids can do on their own.

1 – Handstand chapter
2 – Forward Roll Chapter
3 – Backward Roll Chapter
4 – Front Walkover
5 – Back Walkover
6 – Cartwheel
7 – Standing Back Handspring
8 – Standing Back Tuck
9 – Running Aerial
10 – Running Front Tuck
11 – Round-off Back Handspring
12 – Round-off Back Handspring Back Tuck

It’s not cheap at $98.99. See if your Club will buy this resource for the staff.

SafeSpotting.com

Cool. 🙂

Vault Final
1. Scott Morgan (CAN)- 14.733 GOLD
2. Kristian Thomas (ENG)- 14.499 SILVER
3. Wah Toon Hoe (SIN)- 14.195 BRONZE

@scottmorgan_ bringing home 2 GOLDS, A SILVER & BRONZE. #glasgow2014 #CommonwealthGames @CANGymnastics @kyleshew pic.twitter.com/OfQlMZvpTy

— Holly Morgan (@seasofink) August 1, 2014

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P Bar Final
1. Daniel Purvis (SCO)- 15.533 GOLD
2. Nile Wilson (ENG)- 15.433 SILVER
3. Max Whitlock (ENG)- 15.066 BRONZE

H Bar Final
1. Nile Wilson (ENG)- 14.966 GOLD
1. Kristian Thomas (ENG)- 14.966 GOLD
3. Kevin Lytwin (CAN) – 14.866 BRONZE

🙂

Beam Final
1. Ellie Black (Canada) – 14.900
2. Mary-Anne Monckton (Australia) – 13.666
3. Georgina Hockenhull (Wales) – 13.466

Floor Final
1. Claudia Fragapane (England) – 14.541
2. Lauren Mitchell (Australia) – 13.833
3. Ellie Black (Canada) – 13.666

GOLD! England's 16 year-old Claudia Fragapane takes her 4th gold in the women's floor final #Glasgow2014 pic.twitter.com/RZG2mKkaOD

— BBC Radio 5 live (@bbc5live) August 1, 2014

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This competition puts Claudia with the greatest British gymnasts all time. Congratulations.

#gymnastics is…..chalk! #officialFIG @GymCoaching @THWTS @zonegymnastics #wogagymnastics #talkingchalk pic.twitter.com/ARjSlisRdm

— FLICKFLAPP (@FLICKFLAPP) August 1, 2014

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