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Six individuals, representing four different gymnastics disciplines, comprise the 2014 class of inductees for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

The five athletes and coach are: long-time University of Illinois men’s gymnastics head coach Yoshi Hayasaki of Champaign, Ill.; 2002 World uneven bars champion and two-time Olympic medalist Courtney Kupets of Gaithersburg, Md.; 2008 Olympic all-around gold medalist Nastia Liukin of Plano, Texas; three-time U.S. rhythmic gymnastics all-around champion Lisa Wang of Libertyville, Ill.; and 2004 Olympic silver medalist Blaine Wilson of Worthington, Ohio. Acrobatic gymnastics judge and administrator Jola Jones of Fair Oaks, Calif., is the final member of the Class of 2014, receiving a Lifetime Achievement honor. …

USAG

Meanwhile, …

Gymnastics legends Li Yuejiu (China), Klaus Köste (Germany), Natalia Yurchenko (Russia), and Jackie Fie (USA) will be inducted into the International Gymnastics (magazine) Hall of Fame on May 17 in Oklahoma City.

Renowned ABC Wide World of Sports television commentator Gordon Maddux will receive the Frank Bare Award for his contributions and promotions of gymnastics. …

Yurchenko, Li Among 2014 IGHOF Class

related – Catching up with Blaine Wilson

Fooling around at Taiso Gymnastics in Saskatoon. 2011.

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Taiso is building a new gym. 🙂

The critical drill for strong back tumbling. As Iarov told us in 1994, the rest is “trampoline”.
 

Painfully funny. 🙂

Kenny Budge-twostep cheats his way to victory in the florentine division at the 2014 provincials and learns a hard lesson.

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What the H is that all about you ask?

Michele Soucy:

We had a “Pumped for Provincials” challenge where we invited kids to send in a video on why they were excited for Provincials.

… the men’s coaches unfortunately beat the women’s this year. 🙂

Some Jr gymnasts grow taller, faster than others.

Check this pic posted by Alec Yoder on Instagram.

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Pacific Rim awards podium. That’s Kakeru Tanigawa from Japan with the U.S. guys.

(via Nico on GymFever)

Sang Lan, a former world-class Chinese gymnast who was tragically paralyzed while preparing for the 1998 Goodwill Games, gave birth to a baby boy in Beijing on April 14. …

Women of China

(via wogymnast)

via Learn Gymnastics Code

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Jonna, the 2012 Olympian from Sweden, is looking great.

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Highest score of the day: 14.550 (6.0)

Jonna defended her All-Around title after a great competition.

AA total: 55.300

more videos from Swedish Championships

Jet lag is nobody’s idea of fun. A bunch of mathematicians say they can make the adjustment less painful with a smartphone app that calculates the swiftest way to adjust.

Users plug in the time zone they’re traveling to, and the app will do the calculations before spitting out a schedule specifying when the user should stay in bright light, low light or be in the dark, says Olivia Walch, a graduate student at the University of Michigan who designed the app. …

This Jet Lag App Does The Math So You’ll Feel Better Faster

I’ve downloaded it to my iPhone. The Android version is still under development.

Great idea. Should work. But those eggheads made it far too feature rich. It’s not intuitive to use.

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Get it free via iTunes.

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I like Sam’s better.