Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
via Nico on GymFever
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Komova – Beam
Great to see her returned to competition.
Huge Arabian. Strong dismount. … This girl keeps her Beam coach from sleeping soundly, though.
Click to watch Vika’s beam on YouTube.
related – Sara Dorrien – Russian Champs: Grishina’s Low and Komova’s High
show me the MONEY
I’m thinking Vanessa, World Champion 2006, is pleased she never retired.
Victoria Moors – Tokyo Floor
Gold and highest score of the day – 14.633.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
We’ve not yet seen Tori’s best Floor routine.
Marcos Aurelio posted more Tokyo World Cup routines on YouTube.
Bea Gheorghisor – Tokyo World Cup: Results & Report
NCAA Championships – locked & loaded
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex,
Birmingham, Alabama.
✓ flights
✓ rent-a-car
✓ accommodation
✓ tickets
At Alabama, this one could sell out.
I’ll be there April 17-20 representing Cirque du Soleil casting. Contact me if you or your athlete wants to know more about jobs with Cirque.
Click PLAY or watch a Gators promo on YouTube.
Doesn’t Get Better Than This, was shown at the Florida vs. Auburn meet held on February 14.
(via Arabian Punch Front)
Get a (gymnastics) Grip
GYMNAST CROSSING posted the best summary I’ve seen of the pros and cons of leather grips.
Al Fong:
There’s no doubt leather grips with dowels are a big advantage to those who can afford them.
There are fewer and fewer high level Bars gymnasts like Georgia Dabritz.
In another post, GYMNAST CROSSING lays out possible methods of getting chalk to stick to gymnastics rails, including my own:
I like supersaturated sugar water. I boil sugar water in a microwave for perhaps a minute. … It’s much less slimy than honey.
Click through to read about the more common methods – The Sweet Taste of Gripping the Bars
Uchimura – Tokyo H Bar
… I wonder if he stuck the triple double dismount? 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
All hail.
1. Kohei Uchimura 92.898
2. Fabian Hambüchen 90.231
3. Ryohei Kato 89.397
Amanda Turner has MAG & WAG full results and commentary.
via GymFever
Gabby going back to Chows
USA TODAY Sports has learned that the Olympic champion and coach Liang Chow have agreed to work together again, eight months after she left to rejoin her family in Los Angeles. Douglas is expected in the gym Monday, said a person close to the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Chow and the gymnast are trying to temper expectations. …
(via GymCastic)
Teams to NCAA Championships
LSU 198.325
Oklahoma 197.725
Alabama 197.550
Utah 197.300
Stanford 197.275
Florida 197.05
Nebraska 196.975
Michigan 196.750
Penn State 196.725
UCLA 196.600
Illinois 196.600
Georgia 196.375
Congratulations to those headed to the BIG show. 🙂
The only “upset” of the day was #15 ranked Penn State edged #12 ranked Oregon State at home.
LSU
For more:
Gymnastike – 2014 NCAA National Qualifiers
Balance Beam Situation – Regionals Live Blog
Grishina injured
On FX triple twist at Russian Championships. 😦
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