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“Coach Overboard”

Maddie’s now starting her Pak from handstand. My buddy Derek stands in.

Click PLAY or watch what happens on Facebook.

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Nice spot, Deke.

Save the gymnast first. Showboat for the camera after. 🙂

Rhythmic judging drama

The first championships of the Olympic cycle for the discipline bring together 103 Individual gymnasts and 28 Rhythmic Groups from a total of 56 different nations and representing all continents at Kiev’s Sports Palace. …

32nd FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

August 28 – September 1, 2013

Click PLAY or watch a preview on YouTube.

Recall that FIG tried to discipline Rhythmic judges.

August 22 – Natalia Kuzmina, President of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee, has claimed there is an ulterior motive behind the recent spate of disciplinary action against officials in the discipline as the sport’s world governing body “is trying to discredit rhythmic gymnastics from the list of Olympic sports”.

Speaking to insidethegames, the Russian who was elected in October last year to cover the current Olympic cycle claimed everyone is “appalled” at how the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has treated senior figures in the discipline, including how it launched action against attendees at a series of judges’ courses based on “unproven and ill-grounded allegations”. …

Inside The Games

I’m not appalled.

From what I’ve “heard”, cheating on the new cycle judging exams was blatant.

Many impossible scores.

Judges know about impossible scores.

A NY Times article confirms what’s stated in the link above: that an appeal tribunal dismissed FIG sanctions against rhythmic gymnastics judges. The accused will keep their brevets.

We’re waiting on an official statement from FIG itself.

Ksenia Afanasyeva – Born Leader

Afan fans have been sharing this montage.

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But Rewriting Russian Gymnastics is reporting:

Ksenia Afanasyeva is having an operation tomorrow … don’t know any more. Via her personal VK site

Get well soon, Ksenia.

Duo Resonance – America’s Got Talent

USA Gymnastics:

Make sure to tune in – and vote! – for Duo Resonance tonight on NBC’s America’s Got Talent at 9 pm ET.

Nina was a member of the U.S. Rhythmic group World team in 2002!

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Paul Ruggeri is ALIVE

After a bad fall from H Bar in podium training at Championships.

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Women’s Gymnastics medalists

August 27th, 2013 — ethics, Gymnastics, judging

Uncle Tim posted stats on medal winners since the open Code was introduced.

For example:

see more – 2006 and beyond: The Best WAG Gymnasts (link has been fixed)

Lauren Hernandez – twisting

A GymFever member notes that Lauren twists right on her double Arabian, left on everything else.

Quite unusual.

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I’m looking forward to Lauren competing Japan Junior. Lyons from GBR will be there. As well as many of the top Jr talents in the world.

related – Lauren Hopkins – 2013 P&G Championships: Junior Wrap-Up:

… Worth mentioning are the numerous injuries that knocked down a handful of junior athletes between training and competitions throughout the week. Alexandra Marks re-injured her ankle while dismounting bars during podium training, Ashley Foss dislocated her kneecap on the training day between prelims and finals, Emily Schild hit her head on the vault after balking on her Yurchenko during warm-ups on day two (though she decided to compete and hit an incredible floor routine later that day!), and Felicia Hano got a concussion after slipping off of the low bar at the start of her van Leeuwen during finals. …