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1. Christine Lee 57.875
2. Ellie Black 54.375
3. Ashleigh Brennan 53.675
4. Jessica Savona 53.550
5. Stefanie Merkle 53.200
6. Georgia-Rose Brown 52.750

full results (PDF)

All around medalists beaming from the International Gymnix 2012 Challenge competition

Thanks Grace!

Blythe:

… … hands down, the highlight of the last rotation was Peng Peng Lee on beam. A standing full AND a front half? It was wow. Really wow. …

Peng Peng Lee, floor: Love this classy tango…1.5 to double Arabian, STUCK. Big smile. Double layout second pass! Teeny tiny hop, looked great in the air. Wow. Wow. Switch to switch full. She is performing incredibly well, and smiling and living it up out there. Double full side pass, basically. Double pike to end and a huge ovation for Peng, extremely well deserved. Magnificent routine.

Continue reading on Examiner.com Quick hits: Gymnix Challenge, flight two

Nice girls finish first. Christine Lee is a sweetheart. Congratulations.

She’ll want to compete those upgrades at Pacific Rim now.

Nice.

Double pike Yurchenko in training.

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via Gymnastics Planet

Canada’s Nathan Gafuik attempted to compete it at the recent Elite Canada competition.

Grace Chiu GraceClick on Facebook:

Did you know … Kaitlyn Hofland, competing for Team Canada at l’International Gymnix in the Senior Cup, was in a milk commercial this year?

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Gymnasts know how to fall safely.

Wow.

This VISA TV promo is superbly edited. In Olympic Gold hues.

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What are her odds of qualifying for the American Team?

Marta Karolyi interview:

Q: For Nastia, do you want to see her focus on two events or add floor?

Karolyi: “No, I don’t think she should do floor. I think if she would be excellent on two events, that would give her a good chance, just because bars, we can use one more nice routine done well technically and with a good start value. And beam she was always beautiful and had correct execution. So I think if she is excellent on two, that would give her a good chance.”

Q: As far as training goes, is she on the right track to peak at the right time?

Karolyi: “Well, I have to see her in about 10 days because she missed the last training camp, so I don’t really know exactly where her training is. In 10 days or two weeks I will know exactly.

Examiner.com Q and A: Martha Karolyi’s state of American gymnastics

Here’s a YouTube version of the act.

Classic Hollywood. Classic Cirque du Soleil.

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Wayne Goldsmith’s Sports Coaching Brain is essential reading. Here’s a terrific post on the future of your career.

Sports Coaching in 2030

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

American gymnast Gabrielle Douglas had a bit of a coming out party … in Madison Square Garden at the 2012 AT&T American Cup. Despite being the meet’s “alternate” and competing exhibition routines which did not count towards the meet’s final tallies, Douglas posted the highest all around score of the day …

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MzY4NjE1NzEy?related=1

Watch more video of 2012 American Cup on gymnastike.org

Not nearly as eloquent as Shawn Johnson at the same age. But she’s improving.

Alberta North 147.450
Alaska 146.860
Yukon 140.880
Northwest Territories 119.830
Nunavut 99.870

Team Alberta North is: Austen Fraser and Christina Shantz, of the Grande Prairie Gymniks; Meagan Wiebe and Erin Kearney, of the Norfort Gym Club; Team Coach Kelly Wills

Gymnastics Alberta

This post has been corrected. Thanks Avril.

Couch Gymnast:

A group of young gymnasts from Christchurch (New Zealand) have made their way the USA to prepare for the Pacific Rim meet.

Does Christchurch sound familiar? That is because it was the town hit by terrible earthquakes last year. Those that hail from Christchurch School of Gymnastics have had to be tough to get through 2011, a year when their homes, town, schools and gym were hit by earthquakes. …

In fact, the earthquakes continue. Their gym is the last building in the sport complex still open.

You have to respect these kids.

Avril Enslow arranged for the girls to train, en route, with Mary Wright at Olympus in Salt Lake City. The girls got a chance to watch Utah compete. How inspiring is that?

Rebecca Morrison, Tara Purvis, Brittany Robertson, Charlotte Sullivan, Hanna Malloch, Courtney McGregor, Millie Williamson and Waverley Gee (reserve)

Coaches Jozsef Ferencz and Svetlana Sazonova

Hanna and Courtney

Mary Wright is originally from New Zealand, by the way, not Australia.