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Podium training Pac Rims.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

UPDATE:

Simone Biles has withdrawn from Pac Rim because she has re-aggravated her right shoulder. Peyton Ernst of Texas Dreams will replace.

USAG is posting training videos.

Click PLAY or watch Simone Biles on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Elizabeth Price on YouTube.

Her crazy enthusiasm appeals to the masses.

College Gymnast Brings Down The House With A Perfect Routine

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Recall Minci was ranked #1 on FX last season — then did not qualify to the NCAA Floor final.

I’m really hoping she gets to Finals this year.

related – Lloiminicia Hall Teaches Us Her Signature Move – Gymnastike

Amanda Turner:

Sr WAG
1. Youna Dufournet 53.650
2. Valentine Pikul 53.150
3. Valentine Sabatou 52.500

Sr MAG
1. Kévin Antoniotti 85.800
2. Arnaud Willig 85.450
3. Kévin Dupuis 84.500

Now 20, Dufournet trains in Paris with Romanian-born coach Nellu Pop, who praised his pupil’s performance in winning her first senior national title. Dufournet was third in 2009 and won the 2007 junior national title.

“Youna is a girl like I’ve never seen,” Pop told IG on Sunday. “She managed to be strong over two days of competition and scraped by to win the French championships after a two-year break! She had a meniscus replacement and the rehabilitation was long. She has a lot of character and unparalleled work ethic. She gave a good performance especially on bars and beam. We are still working — she still needs more time to return to international elite, but with her willingness to work hard, everything is possible.” …

IG – Dufournet, Antoniotti Win French Nationals

Loan His (1999) won junior (53.800). Scored 14.10 on Bars.

I attended the 12th African Championships to gain better perspective on the potential of FIG gymnastics disciplines in Africa.

I’ve led coaching clinics in Senegal, Nigeria, Mozambique and South Africa and need a better answer to this question:

Bread, not circuses?

Should international sport truly be a priority for African nations?

Shouldn’t resources be spent on health and education?

South Africa and Egypt have proved they can compete with the rest of the world. The Algerian men are world class, too. What about the other African nations?

I’m not willing to deny any African the right to pursue life, liberty and happiness.

If sport is your passion, I’m willing to volunteer to help.

My hope is that sport and arts can bring the nations, religions and tribes of Africa together. Indeed, I cannot report a single incident of racism at this competition. Athletes were judged only on their gymnastics, so far as I can see.

Gymnastics in Africa!

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Related:

In 1986 a football team that lived on a small island in Thailand called “Koh Panyee“. It’s a floating village in the sea that has not an inch of soil. The kids here loved to watch football but had nowhere to play or practice. But they didn’t let that stop them. …

Click PLAY or watch a reenactment on YouTube.

That was put together by Thai Military Bank. 🙂

Inspired by the 1986 FIFA World Cup, children built the pitch from old scraps of wood and fishing rafts. After making it to the Semi-final on an inland tournament, all the village were inspired to take up the sport. They Built a brand new pitch, although the wooden one still remains and is popular among tourists. As of 2011, Panyee FC is one of the most successful youth soccer clubs in Southern Thailand, and the boys who built the pitch back in 1986 are now grown men.

(via Jamie Ellacott)

related

• Angolan Youth and Sports minister, Gonçalves Muandumba, met the Rhythmic Team on return from the airport. Wants to prioritize basic training in gymnastics.

• 12th African Gymnastics Championships a great success!

• South African gymnasts “Hold Their Breath” awaiting decisions of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. Are their scores good enough for approval to Commonwealth Games and/or Youth Olympic Games.

There’s MORE to sport than winning medals.

April 6th.

The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace is a day to celebrate and encourage the power of sport for social change (or community development and well-being) in all corners of the world, and 2014 will mark its first ever worldwide celebration.

The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) builds on the work that is being carried out around the world by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), National Olympic Committees, International and National Sports Federations, sports clubs, governmental and non-governmental organisations, neighbourhood associations and all other entities and volunteers who believe in sport as a tool for social change. …

The annual event offers a new opportunity to promote sport and physical activity as a universal language that can address a wide range of needs related to education, health, social inclusion, youth development, peace building and sustainable development. It also provides a notable platform to advocate among governments for more investment in sport, related infrastructure and quality physical education.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

Thanks CA.

I listened to an excellent audiocast by chiropractor Dr. Joshua Eldridge.

Overuse knee injuries and knee pain can be devastating for young gymnasts and can keep them from doing the sport they love. Overuse knee injuries are also a red flag for further injury.

Gymnast Care: The Ultimate Injury Prevention Podcast – episode 13

From there click over to iTunes if you want to subscribe to those. (FREE)

Alternatively, much of the same content is on the website:

Here’s how we categorize knee pain:

Overuse Injuries
Ligament Injuries
Fractures

overuse knee injuries

… we see them most in the pre-pubescent and pubescent athletes. In females, these injuries are occurring most between the ages of 10-13 and in boys, these can last until they are done growing. …

Why Are Overuse Knee Injuries Occurring?

Dysfunction of muscles
Faulty mechanics
Overtraining

Part 1, Overuse Knee Injuries

Knee pain can slow progress to a halt. We must do everything we can to avoid / reduce knee injury.

GymCastic episode 86: British Championships & Doha World Cup

One of the most entertaining to date.

Emma Bailey @MoominWhisky was a treat as special guest.

Speculating on England’s Commonwealth and European Championships teams, consensus was that Louis Smith will make Commonwealth’s, but not Europeans.

Listen to the audiocast.

Though I just watched another major Rhythmic competition, I understand it about as much as I understand Cricket. 🙂

Perhaps slow motion video will help.

FIG:

Enjoy this beautiful slow motion clip of last weekend’s #Rhythmic #Gymnastics World Cup in Stuttgart

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Though she only “narrowly outscored” Sara Rostom of Egypt, most felt Grace Legote from South Africa was the star of the African Rhythmic Championships.

Legote, at 21, was the eldest Rhythmic competitor. I’m predicting you’ll see her at Olympic Championships Rio.

Click PLAY or watch the making of that photo on YouTube.

FIG is rolling out the Age Group Development Programme for Rhythmic by summer 2014.

Nadya Alexandrova and Eunice Lebre are working with Hardy Fink on that.

related – Legote takes gold for SA at African Championships