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Have you seen any of these funny promo videos set in a weight gym?

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Great Britain takes the … 2013 men’s team title with 169.55 points, followed by Russia (167.3), Italy, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Hungary, the Netherlands and Turkey.

Britain’s Brinn Bevan maintains his first subdivision lead in all-around qualification with 84.75. Chasing him in the final will be his teammate Nile Wilson (83.75), Russians Valentin Starikov and Kirill Potapov.

Fifth in all-around qualification (not including the third Russian, who was technically fifth), is Turkey’s Ahmet Onder, a brand-new face on the international scene.

Examiner on Facebook

Click PLAY or watch Brinn Bevan’s P Bars on YouTube.

That’s the first back toss I’ve seen in quite a while.

Chris Saccullo:

Protect Your Dreams

My entry for the USA Gymnastics’ 50th anniversary ’50 Years in 50 Seconds’ video contest highlighting our 4 Olympic All Around golden girls who remind us all to protect our dreams.

details here

… three finalists will be announced Aug. 12-14 …

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audio from the motion picture “The Pursuit of Happyness”

How many times have you said, “Watch the BEAM” ??

Why doesn’t someone invent a Beam training aid designed to give gymnasts more visual feedback?

That’s the brainchild of coaching legend Leonard Isaac. He first showed it to Tammy Biggs, Kathryn Geddert, Chellsie Memmel and Tumbl Trak Staff in March.

details on Tumbl Talk

Just now made available for sale, the Laser Beam is being introduced at Tumbl Trak “Choose Your Habits” Coaches Clinics nationwide. Those are FREE.

Next HABITS clinic is this Saturday in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. (Register here.)

More HABITS clinics.

Having worked with the new floor Beam for weeks now, it’s clear to me that more visual information is better than a blank Beam. But that each gymnasts uses that information in different ways.

It’s most helpful for asymmetric skills (cartwheels, aerial cartwheel, layout step out, backward handspring stepout, side somi, etc.)

related – THE WHO, WHAT, HOW AND WHAT’S NEXT OF THE LASER BEAM by Carrie Spender Lennox

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Bea Gheorghisor is there:

• Romania

• Russia, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany

Victoria Kuzmina … looks healthy and she’s a gymnast with great basics …, but compared to her team mates Kharenkova and Bondareva her difficulty will be low.

Uneven bars, however, will be her event. She did a couple of routines today and although she had breaks here and there (once not being able to come back on the high bar from the low), she looked prepared for a final and even a medal on this event. …

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competition schedule (PDF)

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An Israel Foreign Ministry employee strike is causing visa problems for arriving athletes.

Wikipedia claims:

United States representative Ali Raisman, the 2012 Olympic gymnastics gold winner, is said to be competing. …

UPDATE:

… Two of the biggest names attached to the Games are gymnast Aly Raisman and NY Knick Amar’e Stoudemire. Raisman will be a special guest, not a competitor, while Stoudemire will be part of Team Canada’s coaching staff. …

Born July 15, 1913, to Swiss parents, Gene Wettstone holds the record for NCAA men’s team championships by a single coach (9). He learned the sport at the Swiss Gymnastics Association in Union City, N.J., and was a Big Ten champion at Iowa.

He took over the Penn State Nittany Lions in 1938 and produced 45 individual NCAA champions, 12 Olympians and was head coach of two Olympic teams (1948, ’56). …

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Penn State Olympians

August 29, 2013 for the following disciplines:

Gymnasts – Tumblers – Trampolinists – Divers

The call-back session for all of these disciplines will be on August 30, 2013.

In order to receive the address and other details about the audition, candidates must apply online and submit their CV. Photos and videos are not mandatory.

Questions? Comments? Send us an email at casting (a) cirquedusoleil.com

Cirque Casting on Facebook

via email from Maud Barré Miniou

I spent 10 wonderful years in the ‘toon. I highly recommend this opportunity.

Women’s Artistic Full-Time Competitive Coach Wanted

Marian Gymnastics Club is the oldest gymnastics club in Saskatchewan, one of the largest and most successful in the province.

Full-time women’s artistic gymnastics coach needed for developmental and provincial stream athletes. Some work with national stream and administration.

Must have proven experience coaching athletes of developmental and provincial levels. Background in dance or choreography an asset

Salary Range: Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Submit resume with salary expectations in confidence to:

chrismariangym (a) gmail.com