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Seven gymnasts are battling for the five spots in the Gymsports New Zealand squad for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July and August. …

The gymnasts attending the training camp were Christchurch-based Courtney McGregor, Hanna Malloch, Mackenzie Slee, Charlotte Sullivan, Anna Tempero, and Jordan Rae … and North Harbour’s Brittany Robertson, who has moved to Canterbury to further her gymnastics. …

The New Zealand squad will compete in Qatar and Canada over the next few months, before attending trials in Auckland and the Australian nationals at the end of May. …

The Press (PDF)

Thanks Avril.

GymCastic:

Looks like Kohei Uchimura is training a triple-twisting Yurchenko again!

Training at the first Japanese Team Camp of 2014.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

He needs Maroney height to finish that. 🙂

At Club Med Cancun, Yucatan.

Last night. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch Danusia Francis’ FX on YouTube.

It looked like UCLA had a bigger crowd than usual. What was the official number?

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(via GymCastic)

Here’s the routine everyone is talking about.

Francis made … history by becoming the first gymnast to compete a unique dismount combination, a standing aerial sideways across the beam right into a back layout with a full twist.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/Nzc2NzI4OTQ1?related=1&autoplay=false

Watch more video of 2014 NCAA Gymnastics Season Openers on gymnastike.org

The sideways aerial was named by FIG for Silvia Colussi-Pelaez who competed it at Worlds last year. Silvia was there at the UCLA meet with her Florida team.

When Juanita High School revived its dormant gymnastics program last season, first-time head coach Annie Smith arrived at her team’s initial practice knowing little about the 10 girls who had signed up for her debut roster.

Yet Smith had heard some chatter about a girl named Millie: small (around 4 feet 11), knowledgeable (she started in club gymnastics in first grade) and talented (she won a statewide Level 4 [out of 10] competition as a preteen).

One other thing: Millie has no left hand. …

Millie is Amelia Andrilenas, a 17-year-old junior and the top scorer on what is now a 27-gymnast team. …

“She’s my best gymnast,” said Smith …

Andrilenas routinely scores in the mid-8’s on vault with a handspring full …

read more – Despite having no left hand, Juanita gymnast Millie Andrilenas is pushing her limits

Respect to Millie. At her age I trained with Carol Johnston, who ended up a collegiate gymnastics champion featured in the 1979 film “Lefty”.

Carol competed an excellent Handspring 1/1, as well.

via Jim Holt

In training.

Coline Devillard, from France, will be a Senior in time for Rio.

(via WOGymnastika)

We watched a choppy LIVE stream of the most anticipated season opener.

Click PLAY or watch a promo on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NDI2NzI4Njgx?related=1&autoplay=false

Watch more video of 2014 University of Florida Gymnastics on gymnastike.org

Balance Beam Situation posted a LIVE blog if you want to read the blow-by-blow:

… Well, that was not a particularly inspiring meet overall, which is normal for the first meet of the season, but I guess I expected better. We had a few individual highlights, a couple excellent vault from both teams and Danusia’s beam dismount, but a lot of sloppiness as well.

FINAL: Florida 196.650, UCLA 196.625

There were enough mistakes in this meet that both teams will feel fortunate to have received something in the mid 196s, which is a normal first meet score for this all-over-the-place performance. …

Danusia Francis was the star of the show for me. Sam Peszek is BACK and looking strong. I expect her to be ranked amongst the top AA competitors this season, once she starts competing Floor.

My heart just about stopped when Sloan fell off Beam. That simply doesn’t happen.

Kytra Hunter’s tumbling is insanely high and surprising. Hers instantly became my favourite routine of the season, so far.

My girl Sydney Sawa ended up anchoring Floor for the Bruins. And never looked better.

College Gym Fans:

Like the OU and UGA meet, scoring was generous, especially when medium sized errors were made.

It’s history.

Nush is the first gymnast ever to compete this crazy sequence.

http://www.snappytv.com/snap/danusia-francis-bb-dismount-about-florida-at-ucla-on-pac-12-los-angeles_fi?w=640&h=360

(via UCLA)

I met coach Udeh “Benson” Chukwudi last year in Nigeria at an FIG Age Group Development Camp.

He’s looking to bring 8 gymnasts and 3 coaches to for training in North America. They represent Anambra State Gymnastics Association.

Leave a comment if you might be able to host that Team for a week at your Gym. They have travel funding.

Or you could email Benson directly jamayigym (a) gmail.com

Nigeria is a large, comparatively wealthy nation. One that could and should be much stronger at Artistic Gymnastics.