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Blanton’s Gymnastics Consultancy:

A fantastic display of control, flexibility, rhythm and style!

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At the recent Gymnastics Australia International Development Program (IDP) Clinic.

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Sole circle variations are easiest.

I love this kind of skill. But only need to see ONE / routine.

No need for FIG to devalue. But the extra swing to overshoot should be deducted. The uprise to Free Hip or Stalder allowed.

British Gymnastics is pleased to announce that we are seeking to recruit the first cohort for our new High Performance Coach Development Programme. …

… programme will span over a period of 10 months …

… led by Adrian Stan – High Performance Coach Development Manager …

Applications are now being accepted and will close on the 21st August 2013.

High Performance Coach Development Programme – applications now open

06/08/13: Elizabeth Tweddle MBE today officially announced her retirement from competitive gymnastics …

Career highlights

· Crowned the British Senior all-around champion in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
· 11 FIG World Cup titles
· Commonwealth Games gold and two silver medals in 2002
· Six European Championships titles along with five silver and one bronze medal
· Three World Championships titles and two bronze medals
· Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours
· Representing Team GB at the Athens, Beijing and London Olympic Games
· London 2012 Olympic Games bars bronze medal

read more – Beth Tweddle MBE announces her retirement

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HU YIZHOU reports for IG:

Olympic champion Yang Hak Seon bagged not only vault, but also the all-around and two other event titles at the Korean national trials held Friday and Saturday …

Yang Hak Seon was definitely the spotlight as he is now a top-level celebrity in Korea. So many camera crews from a number of broadcasters were welcomed to the tiny training hall that walking around became a problem. Yang landed his namesake vault (handspring front salto with triple twist, 6.4 Difficulty) with ease, but fell on his second vault (Tsukahara with 3.5 twist) on both days, which was the exact same thing that happened at the last trials in May.

Still, Yang told the media he would like to land the new vault as the Yang II and win the gold medal at the upcoming world championships …

Yang Hak Seon and Wang Wonyeong will lead the men’s team to the 2013 Worlds, along with Park Minsoo, Bae Ga Ram, Kim Jihoon and Kim Hee Hoon. The women will be represented by Sung Ji Hye, Kim Juran and Park Jisoo.

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Scores are low for MAG. There’s more potential for WAG.

Here’s that Yang II in training.

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Much easier to land there than on competition matting.

Triple Twist has a charming interview with the 3 Elite MG Elites. They chatted during a sleepover. …

Now I know you girls are way too young to even start thinking about college, but do you think that one day you would like to compete in college gymnastics?

Laurie, Jazmyn, and Ari: Yes!!

If you could compete for any college gymnastics team who would it be?

Jazmyn: Florida or UCLA

Ari: Yeah, UCLA!

Laurie: Florida Gators!

read more – Chatting with the MG Elites…Laurie Hernandez, Ariana Agrapides, and Jazmyn Foberg.

Laurie’s goal is the 2016 Olympics.

For Precision Choreography.

… gymnasts take home a flashdrive of personalized videos from their session! …

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London Olympics

The Belgian gymnast was fully prepared, but shortly before the Games she was faced with a major setback. Croket tore her ACL and saw her Olympic dream go up in smoke.

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‘The Hard Way To Success’ shows the road to success of different gymnasts. Every first Monday of every month a new gymnast tells his or her story. The series brings special stories of athletes and displays the athlete as a hero, despite possible setbacks in his or her career.

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translated by Bea Gheorghisor:

There was no pressure because no one imagined that after Bela (Karoly left) anything (good) could still happen. … After Los Angeles they began to have faith … It was not until ’87 when we took five gold medals at a World Championship that they began to believe. …

Do you self-evaluate…

Daily. And I know what my possibilities and limitations are. I never tried to go beyond those limits. …

On Bela:

Did you get inspiration from anywhere for your work?

I would say that the system has developed itself. Neither I nor Goreac, Stan, Mazilu, neither Pop nor Sandulescu have worked with Bela (Karoly), not even for a minute. I did not know how he was doing it.

He was said to be beating the gymnasts.

I do not know. Nadia says no. In gymnastics, rigor was confused with taming. …

You are said to be tough.

Well, I’m tough!

That you are strict.

Yes! Gymnastics is an artificial sport. … it’s an unnatural thing.

… during such moves all they need is a split second to lose orientation in space or make a gesture that can potentially break their neck. And then I say this: I’d rather be severe and considered a draconian but I make sure that when I go out of the gym I can go home and be tranquil, than suffer the consequences of a serious injury or unfortunate moment. …

… However, outside the gym I dance with the girls, every Christmas I recite them quatrains, I get dressed in Santa Claus, I write verses for them …

It is surprising to some that we succeed with such a small number of athletes. But we try to offset through the number of training sessions, their duration and the number of repetitions.

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