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Alexandrov in Brazil
Alexander Alexandrov, personal coach of Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina, has been in Brazil since the beginning of the week.
He came at the invitation of CBG for the first stage of training for the women’s team.
Gym Blog Brazil is hoping he may negotiate a contract to work with the team over this Olympic cycle. (Portuguese)
proud of Stephanie McGregor
All her former and current coaches are thrilled that Stephanie is back competing for OSU, her 5th year, after rupturing an Achilles last season.
They’re even more thrilled after the 9.925 on Bars last weekend.
Oregon State gymnastics team went 24-for-24 Saturday night at the Metroplex Challenge. The Beavers scored a season-high 196.825 and finished third overall knocking off No. 9 Georgia. …
“This is the performance we’ve been looking for and expecting,” head coach Tanya Chaplin said. “We hit all 24 routines and that’s what we’ve needed to do. We had to scramble several lineups this week and I’m really proud of the way these gymnasts stepped up for each other.”
McGregor and Stambaugh each nailed their routines to establish personal marks as well at 9.925. …
The Beavers travel to Berkeley, Calif. next week for the third of four straight away meets as the road show continues in a dual at California Sunday, Feb. 3. …
Beavers Tally 196.825; Blalock & Tang Score Career-Best in All-Around
Watch an interview with Steph and Bars coach John Carney on YouTube.
related – The long road to recovery
Brett Babcock’s recovery
Here’s an intense and inspiring article. Talk about psychological toughness.
On the first day of October, Babcock, a rising star in the Canadian trampoline firmament and past recipient of the Gus Marker Trophy as Kingston’s top athlete (2009), misfired on a triple-back pike. He’d practiced and pulled off the manoeuvre, which demands three back flips in the pike position on a double mini-trampoline, without incident the past two years.
This time, though, he landed on his neck, dislocating the C5 and C6 vertebrae. The injuries originally left him paralyzed from the neck down. He has since regained some movement in his upper body. …
To help defray costs, Kingston family physician and Babcock family friend Barbara Fuller has set up a trust account for Babcock. Cash donations can be made at any RBC branch. Donors must ask specifically for the “Barbara Fuller in trust for Brett Babcock” account. Corporate and personal cheques should be sent and made payable to: Barbara Fuller in trust of the Brett Babcock Personal Tragedy Fund. The address is 122 Lakeshore Blvd., Kingston, Ont., K7M 6R5. People who have an account at Royal Bank can make donations electronically.
read more – The Whig – ‘As soon as I hit, I knew’
related – Michael Zeuner – BG’s youngest triple in competition (VIDEO)
Heaven Latimer – layout 1/1 Beam
One of the best in the world.
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I’ve linked to her 1/1 twist before.
Check the great tumbling potential in this routine from the same Massilia 2012 competition.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
She competes for Brantford Gymnastics Academy in Canada.
UPDATE from @ArabianPF_- someone recently made a montage
incredible Beth
I’m going to miss Beth Tweddle. Who’s the next gymnast who’ll compete anything like this in connection?
Note how she ends up centred on the high rail.
(via electra18)
Guatemala at WOGA
Coach Adrian Boboc (Romanian) has a Guatemalan team training at WOGA right now.
It’s a preparation Camp working towards the 2013 Central American Games March 3-17th 2013 in Costa Rica.
Those are held every 4 years, following the Olympics.
sanjose2013.com (Spanish)
UPDATE:
The Guatemalan boys are scheduled for a preparation camp in Guadalajara Feb. 4-15th. The girls will have another camp in Monterrey, Mexico.
Alicia Sacramone – Inspiration
It’s official.
USAG – 10-time World medalist Sacramone retires from competitive gymnastics
Evan Heiter:
On the eve of the announcement of her official retirement from the sport of gymnastics, we chatted with Alicia Sacramone about the past, the present and the future. Not only will fans around the world miss her dynamic, signature style of gymnastics, but her engaging & intense personality will also be missed on the competition floor. …
If you could change one thing about the sport of gymnastics, what would it be?
I think I want to go back to the Perfect-10 scoring system. It made gymnastics so well known for that one aspect and it was so easy to understand and people could watch and know what was going on. I miss that! I miss having the perfect score. …
Inside Gymnastics – Fond Farewell with Alicia Sacramone
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Summer Olympics
Silver 2008 Beijing TeamWorld Championships
Gold 2005 Melbourne Floor Exercise
Gold 2007 Stuttgart Team
Gold 2010 Rotterdam Vault
Gold 2011 Tokyo Team
Silver 2006 Aarhus Team
Silver 2006 Aarhus Vault
Silver 2007 Stuttgart Floor Exercise
Silver 2010 Rotterdam Team
Bronze 2005 Melbourne Vault
Bronze 2007 Stuttgart VaultWorld Cup Final
Gold 2004 Birmingham VaultPacific Rim Championships
Gold 2004 Honolulu Team
Gold 2004 Honolulu Vault
related – another terrific montage by SuperGymmie – Alicia Sacramone – Eternal
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