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Toyota Invitational

The first day of competition at the 2012 Toyota International Gymnastics Invitational has been completed. …

WOMEN’S VAULT:
PHAN Thi Ha Thanh (VIE) (14.850, 15.000) 14.925
Mai Murakami (JPN) (14.850, 14.100) 14.475
Wakiko Ryu (JPN) (14.625, 13.800) 14.212

WOMEN’S BARS:
Rie Tanaka (JPN) 12.975
Sabrina Gill (CAN) 12.875
Isabelle Marquard (GER) 12.500

MEN’S FLOOR EXERCISE:
Ryohei Kato (JPN) 15.675
Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 15.075
Hugh Smith (CAN) 14.350

MEN’S POMMEL HORSE:
Ryohei Kato (JPN) 15.050
Kazuhito Tanaka (JPN) 14.775
Kenneth Ikeda (CAN) 14.200

MEN’S STILL RINGS:
Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA) 15.900
Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 14.850
Yusuke Saito (JPN) 14.825

Miel

GymCastic – Miss Val Part 2

This week we cover the Stuttgart and Glasgow World Cups, the two-per-country rule petition and Gabby’s book takes us into a discussion of life lessons in perseverance. A rare interview with FIG Women’s Technical Committee President, Nelli Kim leads to talk of ugly artistry, Uncle Tim teaches us about the YMCA’s contribution to US gymnastics and we continue our fantasy connection series with beam combos.

In part two of our interview with Miss Val, we discover how she and her former roommate inspired one of the creators of the television show Will and Grace, we find out why so many UCLA athletes have success in elite after college, why Canadians thrive in NCAA, de-programming damaged athletes to build self-esteem and tells us the price of going pro; the actual dollar amount after taxes and experiential cost. Lastly, she tells the story of the amazing wedding gift she gave to a fan.

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If you don’t have time to listen to the whole thing, get some of the highlights on Examiner – GymCastic teaser: The gymnastics world as seen by UCLA’s Miss Val

coach Olga Mostepanova

The legend featured on Russian children’s TV teaching forward walkover.

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WOGymnastike has a second clip like that, coaching Vault.