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Yet another full-time job has opened up in Iceland.

We are seeking coaches for our TeamGym teams and also for our younger groups in artistic gymnastics, boys and girls. A season contract available (1.9.2014-1.6.2015) with the option of a longer stay. …

… located in the town of Keflavik, just 15 minutes drive from Keflavik international airport and about 30 minutes drive from the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik.

We offer a fair salary and a private apartment close to the gym …

details (PDF)

A Trampoline Sports coach could coach TeamGym. I think. 🙂

Thanks Rebecca.

My favourite routine in the world right now. Great tumbling. Entertaining choreography.

At European Championships 2014. 6.0 + 8.766 Score 14.766

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FIG posted perhaps the best summary article on the Commonwealth Team Championships I’ve yet seen.

Led by top All-around qualifiers Max Whitlock and Claudia Fragapane, England’s Men’s and Women’s teams each captured gold in an often dramatic team final at the Commonwealth Games Tuesday in Glasgow …

It was a historic day for Scottish gymnastics, as the Scottish men’s team — Adam Cox, Liam Davie, Frank Baines, Daniel Purvis and Daniel Keatings — won Scotland’s first-ever team medal in gymnastics, tallying 257.603 to finish with silver.

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Wales won an equally historic Bronze in the team event.

“We didn’t expect to win a medal,” Theaker said. “Our legs were shaking and we were crying when we found out that we had got a medal.” …

English teams enjoy doubly golden performance at Commonwealth Games

Update – That document seems to have been removed by Gymnastics Canada. Leave a comment if you know it’s posted somewhere else.

Sabrina Gill, one of my favourite Canadian gymnasts ever, is back with Manjak at his new club.

Gymnastics is a dangerous sport.

Many gymnasts who qualified for Commonwealth Games were too injured to compete. When I heard Sam had been injured, I assumed it was on Vault landing.

Correct.

We have more major injuries on Vault landing than anywhere else. FIG needs research that landing mat. What does the FIG Sports Medicine Commission do, by the way? We never hear of anything they are working on.

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Smith and Thomas helped him on to the podium to collect his Team gold medal.

via GymFever

Balance Beam Qualifiers
1. Claudia Fragapane, England – 14.033
2. Lauren Mitchell, Australia – 13.966
3. Ellie Black, Canada – 13.966 (fall)
4. Georgina Hockenhull, Wales – 13.333
5. Becky Downie, England – 13.200
6. Elizabeth Beddoe, Wales – 13.166
7. Isabela Onyshko, Canada – 13.133
8. Mary-Anne Monckton, Australia – 13.100

Floor Exercise Qualifiers
1. Claudia Fragapane, England – 14.733
2. Lauren Mitchell, Australia – 14.100
3. Hannah Whelan, England – 13.700
4. Stephanie Merkle, Canada – 13.633
5. Ellie Black, Canada – 13.633
6. Charlotte Sullivan, New Zealand – 13.466
7. Jessica Hogg, Wales – 13.266
8. Kirsten Beckett, South Africa – 13.266

All-Around Qualifiers
1. Claudia Fragapane, England – 56.740
2. Ellie Black, Canada – 55.165
3. Ruby Harrold, England – 54.065
4. Elizabeth Beddoe, Wales – 53.765
5. Hannah Whelan, England – 53.366
6. Kirsten Beckett, South Africa – 53.265
7. Maegan Chant, Canada – 52.166
8. Georgina Hockenhull, Wales – 52.031
9. Charlotte Sullivan, New Zealand – 51.798
10. Isabela Onyshko, Canada – 51.399
11. Olivia Vivian, Australia – 50.765
12. Farah Ann Abdul Hadi, Malaysia – 50.632
13. Brittany Robertson, New Zealand – 50.490
14. Georgia Rose Brown, Australia – 50.482
15. Amy Regan, Scotland – 50.431
16. Heem Wei Lim, Singapore – 50.366
17. Emma White, Scotland – 50.331
18. Claudia Cummins, South Africa – 49.366
19. Janessa Dai, Singapore – 48.907
20. Bianca Mann, South Africa – 48.732
21. Nicole Mawhinney, Northern Ireland – 47.932
22. Grace Harrison, Isle of Man – 47.132
23. Dipa Karmakar, India – 46.932
24. Stelutsa Savvidou, Cyprus – 46.591

All-around finals will be held Wednesday July 30, vault and uneven bars finals will be held Thursday July 31, the Games will conclude with beam and floor finals on Friday August 1.

The Gymternet

It was a terrible team meet for Canada, but the Canucks were not at all the only team to suffer.

Ryan details what happened Day 2 on his site Let’s Talk Gym.

Claudia Fragapane is the star of the meet so far.

Should be a good show down between Claudia and Ellie Black in the AA final.

Canada 4th.

Australia and Wales will be happy with those medals. Congratulations. That’s a 1st Team medal ever for the Welsh.

Silver for our Aussie girls in the women's team artistic gymnastics. #GoAUS #Glasgow2014 pic.twitter.com/uKdAjfqnpG

— TEN Sport (@tensporttv) July 29, 2014

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As I feared, here’s yet another gymnast from a developing nation competing another dangerous Handspring double front.

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What does FIG do with those?

Vault 1 – 13.200
Vault 2 – 14.400
Total Score – 13.800

They reward the gymnast by putting them into the Final. 😦

Women’s Vault qualifiers:
1. Claudia Fragapane, ENG, 14.453
2. Ellie Black, CAN, 14.149
3. Kirsten Beckett, RSA, 14.000
4. Kelly Simm, ENG, 13.966
5. Maegan Chant, CAN, 13.950
6. Georgia Rose Brown, AUS, 13.849
7. Dipa Karmakar, IND, 13.800
8. Emma White, SCO, 13.73

via GymFever

A preview.

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England 266.804
Scotland 257.603
Canada 252.078

Though there are still MAG competitors left to compete, we can confidently predict this final team medal podium.

via @GraceClick