LSU preview

The LSU gymnastics team wrapped up fall practice in front of a strong contingent of fans at the third annual Gymnastics 101 showcase event Monday night in the Maravich Center.

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Savona anchored Floor. 🙂

Savona

Get to ‘Kneaux’: Jessica Savona

ballet dancers at the airport

… from State Street Ballet, based in Santa Barbara, California, and were travelling from Spokane, Washington, to Durango, Colorado, for a performance of The Nutcracker, NBC 9 News reported.

Faced with a five-hour layover, they decided to show off their skills instead of spending the entire time reading or surfing the web. …

Daily Mail

airport ballet

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tribute to coach Shari Hebert

Rhythmic gymnast Kristi-Jo Nikkel thanks her coach. For everything. 🙂

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(via Gymnastics Canada)

9 stages of conditioning as explained by Frozen

7. Exhaustion 🙂

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THE 9 STAGES OF CONDITIONING AS EXPLAINED BY FROZEN

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gofundme – Alanna Jones

John Carroll, Head Competitive Coach at the Surrey Gymnastic Society in BC, Canada:

Alanna needs our help! In August 2015, Alanna fell, more than 20 feet, out of a tree and suffered a life changing injury, breaking her neck. Alanna is currently a quadriplegic with no use of her legs and arms.

AlannaFor the last 3 months she was fighting for her life and recovering at Vancouver General Hospital. Her family; Shelley, Gord, Kelsey and Kristy have been by her side through the whole recovery. At one point, doctors wanted Alanna to have an electronic device put into her to help her breathe without a respirator. She told them, ‘not yet’, as they had not yet given her a chance to try breathing on her own. So the challenge was on! The first time the respirator was turned off she breathed on her own for 25 minutes. She is now breathing completely on her own, showing there is no quit in this girl’s personality. …

… Alanna and her family will have a lot of expenses coming their way over the next few years for sure. …

Any small or large donation you are willing to make would be so appreciated, you have no idea.

Alanna Jones’ fund for expenses

Rome’s Olympic bid logo

Rome, which hosted the 1960 Games, is bidding to host the 2024 Olympics against Budapest, Los Angeles and Paris. International Olympic Committee members will vote to choose the host city in September 2017.

Rome 2024 Olympic bid logo unveiled

Rome Olympic logo

2016 Preseason NCAA Rankings

Not by vote of the coaches. …

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Oklahoma
4. LSU
5. Michigan
6. Utah

7. Georgia
8. UCLA
9. Stanford
10. Auburn

 

11. Illinois
12. Nebraska
13. Oregon State
14. Arkansas
15. Cal
16. Denver
17. Minnesota
18. Arizona
19. Missouri
20. Southern Utah



These predictions are from Balance Beam Situation. 🙂

Florida Champions 2015

Toyota International Gymnastics Finals

BEAM
1. Viktoria Komova Russia 5.7 8.900 14.600
2. NoemiMakra Hungary 5.8 8.500 14.300
3. Yu Minobe Japan 5.6 8.700 14.300

FLOOR
1. Ksenia Afanasyeva Russia 6.0 8.500 14.500
2. Sae Miyakawa Japan 6.5 8.050 -0.1 14.450
3. Phan Thi Ha Thanh Vietnam 5.4 8.250 13.650

VAULT
1. Kenzo Shirai JPN 15.225
2. Le Thanh Tung VIE 14.950
3. Eddie Penev USA 14.787

P BARS
1. Yusuke Tanaka JPN 15.525
2. Hoang Cuong VIE 15.450
3. Ryohei Kato JPN 14.625

H BAR
1. Yusuke Tanaka JPN 15.425
2. Dávid Vecsernyés HUN 14.900
3. Ryohei Kato JPN 14.750

Yusuke Tanaka took two titles as the Japanese men and Russian women finished their sweep of the gold medals Sunday at the 9th Toyota International …

In the women’s competition, two more Russians were golden. Viktoria Komova made up for her disappointing result on uneven bars (two falls) by finally winning a beam title. …

Two-time Olympian Ksenia Afanasyeva held off supertumbler Sae Miyakawa of Japan …

IG – Russia, Japan Finish Sweep in Toyota