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The 1/1 on Beam looks realistic. 🙂

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(via WOGymnastika)

Join head coach Amanda Reddin and 2014 hopefuls Ellie Downie, Tyesha Mattis and Amy Tinkler for an exclusive look into their first training camp of the year. We also get a sneak peak at what the boys are up to in the build up to the busy year ahead.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Scotland could medal as a Team at Commonwealth Games.

Winning the first Worlds of the quadrennial does not mean you’re going to be there at the Olympics 3 long years later.

Simone is still improving, however. Lots of potential to raise D scores.

Click PLAY or watch Camp video on YouTube.

(via GymCastic)

Let’s hope this starts a trend.

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(via GymCastic)

😦

A Brazilian gymnast who was due to compete in the freestyle skiing competition at the Sochi Olympics is fighting for her life after hitting a tree during a recreational skiing session in Utah.

Lais Souza, 25, is unable to move her arms or legs and can’t breathe on her own following the accident which occurred on Monday. …

Doctors haven’t declared Souza paralysed, but admit there’s a possibility of permanent damage.

“She dislocated a vertebrae near the top of her spine,” said Dr. Andrew Dailey, a neurosurgeon with University of Utah Health Care. …

Gymnast Lais Souza fighting for life after accident

(via Brigid Couch Gymnast McCarthy)

Sandra Lewis, Communications Director, Gymnastics BC:

slewis (a) gymbc.org

Tickets go on sale this Saturday

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – One of gymnastics’ premier international events, the 2014 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships, is set to take place at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Taking place April 9 to 12, the championships feature some of the world’s best artistic, trampoline and rhythmic gymnasts. …

Close to 300 athletes from 17 countries around the Pacific Ocean are expected to compete. Perennial Olympic favourites Japan, China, Russia and the United States are among the countries confirmed for the championships. …

Public ticket sales begin on Saturday, February 1 with two categories of tickets:

· General Admission: Youth (6-17) and Seniors (65+) – $15; Adult – $20 plus taxes and service fees

· Priority Seating: $35 plus taxes and service fees

All tickets can be purchased on line at pacificrimchamps.eventbrite.com

WAG will most likely sell out quickly. Buy now or cry later.

I’ll be there volunteering with Sandra’s communications team. 🙂

read more – 2014 Pacific Rim media announcement – January 29

related – Richmond to host 17-nation 2014 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships

Sharon Gareau via email:

… shout out to Ellie Black who was at our meet this weekend — the Prince Edward Classic in Charlottetown — to demo new routines. …

She was ever so charming and gracious with all the young athletes, signing autographs and posing for pics all day. Her gymnastics was amazing as always. Great meet all around, largest of it’s kind east of Montreal. Close to 500 athletes, all 4 Atlantic Provinces. Eat, sleep, compete all under one roof — perfect for freezing January. 🙂

Meet results and more on the Island Gymnastics Academy – Island gymnasts inspired by Olympian Ellie Black

“The Gabby Douglas Story” premieres on Lifetime on Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. ET.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related interviews & clips – Beam Dreams – The Gabby Douglas Story Roundup

Mighty Mo Huilan at the 1994 Asian Games on bars doing what Men call a Gaylord 1 (double front over the bar to regrasp).

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

This skill is now known as the “Mo Salto” in the Code of Points, and is classified as a “G” element.

Only a handful of other women gymnasts have attempted and successfully completed the Mo Salto. In fact, the only women gymnasts who have performed the Mo Salto at international competitions are all from China, including Meng Fei and Bi Wenjing. In 2005 World Championships, Chinese athlete Zhang Yufei performed it successfully in podium training. …

Yao Jinnan is currently competing it, of course.

Click PLAY or watch it in the AA at Worlds 2013 on YouTube.

I’m not a big fan of the Mo salto myself.

Note that men are no longer competing the Gaylord 1.

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The Gaylord 2 variation has more potential for swing, in my opinion.

Watch Chelsea Otto’s bar routine at the 1999 American Classic on YouTube.

The unusual dismount is full-twisting double back OVER the bar.

Even better was Zhou Duan competing 1997 East Asian Games.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Examiner)

One super difficult routine. Respect to Zhou Duan.

GymFever had a thread discussing the HEIGHT of this full twisting Pak.

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