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… Alex McMurtry of Midlothian, Va./Richmond Olympiad Gymnastics, won the all-around title at the 2013 Nastia Liukin Cup Friday night at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass. McMurtry, competing in her third-straight Nastia Liukin Cup, proved the third time is the charm and posted a 38.450 to capture the overall crown. Aja-Monet Sims of Clermont, Fla./Brandy Johnson’s, 38.175, and Samantha Partyka of Katy, Texas/Champions Gymnastics Academy, 38.075, finished second and third respectively.

Proceeds from the event go to the Nastia Liukin Fund, a charitable fund within the National Gymnastics Foundation. …

USAG

She’ll be going to Florida September 2015. She’s coached by Boris and Larissa Choutkin.

Bringing the thunder. This girl’s got power. AmCup should be a terrific FX competition.

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Examiner has American Cup Podium training Quick hits.

At English Championships 2013.

Sydney Olympian Lisa Mason announced her comeback to elite gymnastics after 12 years off gymnastics with her aim being to qualify for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Mason will begin competing on vault and balance beam …

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube. Cameo by Louis Smith.

She’s 5ft 7in tall. 🙂

(via WOGymnastike)

Update – Espoir results (age 12-13)

1. Georgia Mae Fenton (Europa)
2. Alice Kinsella (Park Wrekin)
3. Teal Grindle (Sapphire)

related – 2013 Russian National Championships go March 1-7th. They are finalizing their teams for European Championships.

Here’s better video of our Olympic Champion, Yang Hak Seon, training a vault not yet competed.

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How’s Uchimura going to compete with that?

I can’t recall any gymnast who’s competed as many different Vaults as Kohei. Here are a few.

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Kohei’s forte is twisting. If he wants to compete for Vault medals this cycle he’d need at least Yurchenko triple twist and Handspring 2 1/2 twist (… or 3/1 twist). 🙂

Update. One commenter recalls that Kohei has not competed 2 vaults in prelims since 2007. Team and AA are his highest priorities.

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French.

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Coach Cassie posted her top 10 stress relief ideas for gymnasts.

Klub Sportowy, Warsaw

Photo on Facebook.

… Chant is a first-year senior who will be competing at the American Cup this weekend. She is coached by former Romanian World and Olympic medalist Cristina Bontas at World Class Gymnastics.

Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.

Arabian Punch Front has links to her other routines in a post called On The Rise: Team Canada Part 3.

Sabrina Gill and Aleeza Yu are featured, as well. 🙂

Our Olympic Vault Champion invented the Yang Hak Seon, Handspring front with 3/1 twist. (1080 degrees of twist)

6.4 start value now.

Full Twist links to reports he’s trying to invent another (Yang 2?) by doing near the same vault from round-off. And saying it turns 1260 degrees.

Kasamatsu plus 2 1/2 twist.

Cool.

But in reality there’s almost no difference between the two. FIG really has to solve the “problem” of gymnasts saying nearly the same vault comes from two different families.

The 2016 Code did nothing to address this, the most pressing issue in Men’s Vault.

I don’t blame Yang Hak-seon. He’s awesome. Young. And might very well compete Handspring 3 1/2 twist before he’s done.

He’s simply taking advantage of one of the biggest loopholes in the Men’s Code of Points.