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Beam – no handed Onodi

Cool.

Is this Chows?

Valentin of the The Gym Press confirms that’s M’rcy Matsunami from Premier Gymnastics who now attends the University of Alaska in Anchorage.

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(via TAA Gymnastics News on Facebook)

Heaven Latimer – Beam layout 1/1

Wow.

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Heaven was 2nd AA at the recent Tournament Combs-la-Ville in Paris.

She’s from Brantford Gymnastics in Ontario.

(via Beam Queen)

a caution on Ibuprofin

Many older athletes pop something like Ibuprofin as a regular part of the workout ritual. Some refer to it as “Vitamin I“.

In a study published in the December issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, nine healthy trained men cycled using different combinations of ibuprofen, no ibuprofen and rest.

The study found that ibuprofen aggravates injury in the small intestine, based on measurements of cell leakage in the gut lining.

Whether the leakage leads to pathology isn’t known and will take a longer-term study to determine.

“This is the first study to reveal that ibuprofen aggravates exercise-induced small intestinal injury and induces gut barrier dysfunction in healthy individuals,” Kim van Wijck of Maastrict University Medical Centre and her co-authors wrote.

“We conclude that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs consumption by athletes is not harmless and should be discouraged.” …

CBC

new Code at Liukin Invite

Though Judges have not yet been officially tested in the new FIG Code, I understand it was “used” at the Valeri Liukin Invite this weekend.

Leave a comment if you can confirm.

All Around final:

1. Naoto Hayasaka (JPN) 89.650
2. Oleg Stepko (UKR) 89.150
3. Daisuke Suzuki (JPN) 87.700

Ruggeri was 4th.

AA results

1. Japan (178.950)
2. Ukraine (172.500)
3. Puerto Rico (169.500)

all results

(via @theallaround and Miel)

UCLA Floor Routines

Always interesting to see what Miss Val brings.

Click PLAY or watch Vanessa Zamarripa, Mattie Larson and Sophina DeJesus on YouTube.

In related news, Aunt Joyce is back blogging. He’s been covering recent skating events. And (hopefully) will cover WAG NCAA this season.

NCAA Fever: A Look at the 2013 Boomer Sooners

Gymnastike – NCAA preseason