… every now and then, along comes someone who shakes things up, who does things just a little differently. This might be a gymnast who does something never done before, or one who simply does things like they have never been done before. Sometimes it is a gymnast who comes along and excels in things their nation or their team or even their ‘type’ is not known for.
These gymnasts are often celebrated because they bring something interesting, exciting or unique …
4. Elise Ray:
See the rest – Brigid McCarthy – 15 Great Mold-breakers of Gymnastics
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Julia Sharpe competing MAG
At NAIGC Nationals 2014.
Qualified for men’s all-around finals and placed 10th on high bar!
She’s got the men’s lack-of-artistry on Floor thing nailed. A two start press, just like many of the boys.
Click PLAY or watch her routines on YouTube. All 6 apparatus. In fact, she stole my 1972 Pommel Horse routine. 🙂
Julia’s from MIT Gymnastics Club, I believe.
(via GymCastic)
Flávia Saraiva – Floor
Great potential for Rio. 🙂
Brazilian newcomer Flavia Saraiva won the all-around title over teammate Rebeca Andrade and Canada’s Rose-Kaying Woo. Saraiva, who turns 15 on Sept. 30, had the top scores on balance beam and floor exercise. …
Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.
1st Place 14.100 (5.500-8.600)
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Kiara Munteanu – Bars
This montage of Pac Rim training starts with Kiara on Bars. Tkachev to Geinger.
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/Nzg5NzQyMzI0?related=1&autoplay=false
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related – May 2013 – Australia Watch: Kiara Munteanu:
… Kiara trains at the Victoria Women’s High Performance Centre (VWHPC) under Mikhail Barabach and Tracey Penaluna …
highest men’s start scores 2014
Uncle Tim updated:
At the 2014 Tokyo World Cup, Kohei Uchimura‘s total D score was a 38.6. That’s 0.5 harder than his routines at the 2013 World Championships.
1. Kohei Uchimura Japan 92.898 Tokyo World Cup
2. Fabian Hambuechen Germany 90.231 Tokyo World Cup
3. Sam Mikulak USA 90.098 American Cup
Floor – Kenzo Shirai Japan 7.4 Doha
Pommel – Max Whitlock Great Britain 7.4 British Championships
Rings – Aleksandr Balandin Russia 7.0 Cottbus
Vault – Denis Ablyazin Russia 6.1 (average) Cottbus
H Bar – Epke Zonderland Netherlands 7.2 Doha
From these numbers, it looks a mistake for FIG MTC to have dropped the D-score on vaults 1.0.
No doubt the AVERAGE vault score is still higher than the average on any other apparatus, so it may be in line.
P Bars:
Daniel Keatings Great Britain 6.9 British Championships
Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 6.9 Cottbus
Jossimar Calvo Moreno Colombia 6.9 South American Games
1st triple back off Bars?
Gigi thinks it was Svetlana Kozlova 1990.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Between the Olympics agrees – Timeline of F and G Rated Skills
I recall hearing rumours of triple backs competed in China about that time frame.
Leave a comment if you know of an earlier triple in ANY competition prior to Kozlova.
Hambuechen – Tokyo Floor
100m sprint … on crutches
• Tameru Zegeye completed incredible feat in 56 seconds in a German town
• He balanced on crutches in handstand, before ‘running’ the race on hands
• Mr Zegeye forced to use crutches after being born with two deformed feet
• Circus performer said he was ‘delighted’ to have set a new world record
I don’t always connect my Beam series
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ZOE, THE CHAMPION
… class, dignity and sportsmanship by this incredible 10 year-old girl.
She might not have gotten to stand on the podium this time around, but this I know for sure: Zoe is a champion. …
Zoe, her teammates, coaches and me in a group hug after the meet.
To protect her privacy, I won’t say which child she is. But I will tell you, she is smiling!
read more – JAG GYM BLOG – ZOE, THE CHAMPION
related:
• Inspirational story from coach Charlie Amerosa
• Swakopmund Gymnastics, Namibia
Via GYMNAST CROSSING … weighing in on the topic with this post — Character Counts
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