Stella McCartney designed all of Great Britain`s uniforms for this years Olympic Games. …:
How does this look to you?
related – Examiner – British athletes discuss 2012 Olympic ‘kit’
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Includes Louis Smith.
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Cottbus Cup – day 1
The first day of qualifications got underway Thursday at the Cottbus Challenger Cup in Cottbus, Germany, with the men competing on floor, pommel horse, and rings, and the women on vault and uneven bars. Originally scheduled for one day, the large field necessitated the addition of a second day of qualifying.
VAULT
1. Maksiuta, Valeriia ISR 14,025
2. Rogers, Brittany CAN 13,937
3. Menendez Gonzalez, Claudia ESP 13,912
4. Pegg, Dominique CAN 13,812
BARS
1. He, Kexin CHN 7,1 8,125 15,225
2. Van Gerner, Celine NED 6,0 8,125 14,125
3. Kononenko, Nataliya UKR 6,4 7,625 14,025
FLOOR
1. Boy, Philipp GER 6,2 9,050 15,250
2, Gonzalez Sepulveda, Enrique Tomas CHI 6,6 8,575 0,1 15,075
3. Whitlock, Max GBR 6,5 8,525 0,1 14,925
POMMEL
1. Keatings, Daniel GBR 6,7 8,800 15,500
2. Whitlock, Max GBR 6,6 8,750 15,350
3. Bertoncelj, Saso SLO 6,0 9,300 15,300
4. Likhovitskiy, Andrey BLR 6,4 8,900 15,300
RINGS
1. Nabarrete Zanetti, Arthur BRA 6,5 9,175 15,675
2. Chen, Yibing CHN 6,8 8,825 15,625
3. Van Gelder, Lambertus NED 6,4 8,900 15,300
Chen Yibing was bested on Rings! … How about that.
That’s from ALBERT on TAA – Cottbus Challenge Cup: Qualification Results Day 1
GAGE, Chows, Oakville
by site editor Rick McCharles
Easter road trip to 3 of the top elite gyms in the world as an Ambassador for Tumbl Trak.
First up – Al Fong‘s April 6th and 7th FREE coaching clinic (FULL) at GAGE.
April 9th I’ll stop by to visit Chow at Chow’s to interview him about his famously positive coaching style. Does he ever stop smiling?
Chow loves Tumbl Trak equipment and is keen to test some prototype equipment.
Finally, April 10-11, I’ll be visiting my friends at Oakville in Toronto. Interviews and more equipment testing.
I’ll link to those photos, videos and notes once they are posted online.
Mustafina – upgrades Bars
In the Team competition, Aliya increased the difficulty of her Bars set. And hit. Especially the last handstand. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
The Russian Championships continued today in Penza, emulating the schedule of the European Championships, with the second day of competition dedicated to the senior team final, to get gymnasts ready for the feel of the competition. …
THE ALL AROUND – Moscow wins Senior Team title at Russian Championships
That post has notes and video links from the LIVE feed.
Grishina had a fall on Beam, again.
Dieter Hoffman in Scotland
Men’s National Coach Jim Holt brought in the man whom I often call the second most successful coach in gymnastics history. (After Leonid Arkaev)
The Scottish Men’s Gymnastics National squad was provided a 4-day “immersion” in gymnastics systems and instructions by gymnastics legend Dieter Hoffman this week.
Hoffman, former head coach of both German Democratic Republic (DDR) men’s and women’s teams and now a consultant and lecturer for the FIG spent 4 days in Glasgow exposing 9 high-performance coaches and 19 squad gymnasts to his philosophies, training systems, technical methods, and inspiring “gymnastics world view”.
stick it like Shewfelt
Double double. Victoria Moors at Pacific Rim.
That .gif via Honey Boo Boo Child (new name) on Tumblr.
The Kyle Shewfelt Gymnastics Festival begins today. Good luck to all those in Calgary.
beautiful Vasiliki
Vasiliki Millousi (b. May 4, 1984 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek Artistic gymnast. …
She represented Greece at the Olympic Games in 2000. …
… She also won the beam final, at 2012 artistic Gymnastics Olympic Test Event …
Here’s a glimpse into 27yr-old Vasiliki’s training for London.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That’s from her official YouTube channel.
If you’re a fan, follow via her many social media links.
related – Couch Gymnast – Ten Questions with Vasiliki Millousi (Feb 2012)
(via gymnicetic)
Russian Championships results / links
IG has results and a nice summary of the Russian Championships prelims – Mustafina Wins Russian National Title
Mustafina had the top score on both vault and uneven bars (click for video), and was third on both balance beam (new double tuck dismount) and floor exercise. Grishina had the top mark on floor exercise (video) but fell on bars (video) and beam (video). …
Grishina does not look happy in this pic. 😦
related:
Couch Gymnast – Russian Gymnastics Championships Results & Video
Examiner – Aliya Mustafina continuing comeback, leading Russian Championships
Full Twist – Video: Anastasia Grishina Russian National Championships
Kyla Ross – Beam
Had you noticed this is one site that has not jumped on the Kyla Ross bandwagon?
As a coach, I love her gymnastics. If she makes the Olympics, even as the non-competing alternate, I’ll be thrilled.
The USA has discipline, difficulty, depth and consistency. If you add artistry, no other nation can compete.
Click PLAY or watch her Beam on YouTube.
(via American Gymnast)
Bars Coach John Carney
Oregon State Gymnasts talk about working with assistant coach John Carney and his unique approach to coaching uneven bars, in this installment of “Get To Know Your Beavers” …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Where I come from we credit John for inventing the “Tower of Power” training set-up. (VIDEO)
Balance Beam Effect predicts Oregon State will be the top Bars team at Pac-12 Championships over UCLA and the rest.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 