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Gaar Adams:

In 1936, a troupe of 35 acrobats from a small town in Central India traveled to the Berlin Olympic Games to demonstrate the ancient sport of Mallakhamb. At a formal gala convened by the International Olympic Committee, athletics officials and eager media from around the world gathered to witness the 900-year-old exotic sport’s global unveiling. The team’s intricate feats of contortion, strength, and death-defying gymnastics atop a skinny, eight-and-a-half foot pole thrilled Adolf Hitler; the Führer personally bestowed each acrobat with an honorary Olympic medal before the group returned to India.

The world’s first real glimpse of this curious athletic form was also its last. But today, in the lush highlands that hug sprawling Mumbai, this peculiar sport with apparatuses that look uncannily like medieval torture devises is still practiced. …

Athletes perform 90-second routines packed with intricate skill combinations as a panel of three judges assesses each competitor’s speed, grace, and difficulty on one of the sport’s three apparatuses: Pole Mallakhamb, Hanging Mallakhamb, or Rope Mallakhamb. …

THE STRANGEST SPORT NO ONE KNOWS

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Thanks Cedric.

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Another drill for connecting kip to cast.

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This weeks Workout Wednesday takes us to Legacy Elite Gymnastics in Carol Stream, Illinois. Legacy has had many top Level 10 and elites including Mackenzie Caquatto, Bridgey Caquatto and Anna Li. They have a new rising star in Gabby Perea who won balance beam at American Classic with a 15.1.

… Gabby is in full routine mode reading for the Classic competitions with sights set on P&G Championships.

Legacy Elite has produced many college stars including the elites mentioned above as well as 2014 SEC Freshman of the Year Amanda Wellick at Arkansas.

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A 500lb gymnast?

Now that’s a story.

With 80 countries registered, this number remains second highest to the record 84 participating nations from the 2007 Worlds in Stuttgart (GER). However, provided that the 684 registered gymnasts (378 men and 306 women) all line up in October, it will amount to the largest participation at any Gymnastics World Championships of all time. The current record, set at the 2003 Artistic Worlds in Anaheim (USA), is 585 competitors. …

The 45th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships will be held at the Guangxi Sports Center Gymnasium in Nanning, China, from October 3 – 12, 2014. The indoor sporting arena was inaugurated in 2012 and has a seating capacity of 9,250 spectators. …

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To see the full draw, click through that link.

Canada is the 1st team up on Beam in prelims. Russia is 1st up on Floor.

A total of 156 gymnasts representing 62 different countries will compete at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games from August 16 – 28. On the programme are Men’s and Women’s Artistic, Rhythmic Individuals and Groups as well as Individual Trampoline, all Olympic disciplines. …

… in Nanjing, China. The Artistic Gymnastics competitions are scheduled for August 17 – 20 and 23 – 24, Trampoline Gymnastics August 21 – 22 and Rhythmic Gymnastics August 26 and 27. All Gymnastics events will be held at the same venue – the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium – which has a seating capacity of 13,500. …

age requirements:

Men’s Artistic and Trampoline Gymnastics: 16 – 17 years (born in 1997 or 1998)

Women’s Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics: 15 years (born in 1999)

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Swing Big:

… one of the drills I do with young gymnasts to develop their punching and coordination. …

There are lots of ways you can do these drills, this is with a small hula hoop, but I really prefer carpet squares or a chalk box on the floor. The more ways you can get gymnasts punching and jumping early, the better off they’ll be. …

click through to see the rest – Quick Tip: Developing Punching and Coordination