He Chao is the FINA World Championships Men’s 3m Springboard Gold medalist in Kazan (RUS).
Click PLAY or watch him training his new dive on YouTube.
Thanks Vadim.
Kenzo!
Asian Championships Apparatus Finals
Hiroshima.
Vault
1- WANG Yan CHN 14.987 pts
2- MIYAKAWA Sae JPN 14.812 pts
3- KARMAKAR Dipa IND 14.725 pts
Bars
1- ZHU Xiaofang CHN 15.050 pts
2- SUGIHARA Aiko JPN 14.675 pts
3- FAN Yilin CHN 14.450 pts
Beam
1- FAN Yilin CHN 14.550 pts
2- TERAMOTO Asuka JPN 14.475 pts
3- WANG Yan CHN 14.425 pts 14.425 pts
Floor
1- WANG Yan CHN 14.575 pts
2- SUGIHARA Aiko JPN 14.350 pts
3- MIYAKAWA Sae JPN 13.600 pts
A very good competition for Japan. At home.
Asian Championships Men’s Apparatus Finals
Hiroshima.
Floor
1- SHIRAI Kenzo JPN 16.450 pts
2- HAYASAKA Naoto JPN 15.650 pts
3- SHAULOV Eduard UZB 14.575 pts
Pommel
1- KAYA Kazuma JPN 15.600 pts
2- XIAO Ruoteng CHN 15.575 pts
3- JAMEI Abdollah IRI 14.675 pts
4- KEIKHA Saeed Reza IRI 14.575 pts
Congratulations to Iran on their Bronze medal! And for taking 4th place on this apparatus, as well.
Rings
1- YAMAMURO Koji JPN 15.525 pts
2- CHEN Chih-Yu TPE 15.450 pts
3- KUDRATULLAYEV Azizbek KAZ 15.200 pts
Vault
1- SHEK Wai Hung HKG 15.162 pts
2- SHIRAI Kenzo JPN 14.575 pts
3- KIM Hansol KOR 14.562 pts
Parallel Bars
1- HE Youxiao CHN 15.625 pts
2- ZHU Xiaodong CHN 15.550 pts
3- KAYA Kazuma JPN 15.275 pts
Horizontal Bar
1- TANAKA Yusuke JPN 15.550 pts
2- SHEK Wai Hung HKG 14.500 pts
3- LEE Junho KOR 14.175 pts
Uchimura sat out this meet and the All-Japan individual event championships in June with a shoulder injury. He wants to be healthy for Worlds.
Dipa Karmakar – Produnova
Much less scary than in the past. You can actually watch this one from Asian Championships.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Still, WAY over-scored at 15.325. FIG simply must do something to properly evaluate the “canon ball” landing. 😦
via GymFever2012
2016-17 NCAA rule changes
Bekah put together infographics of the (proposed) changes to NCAA Championships.
Click through to see them all. They are NOT all as bad I as I thought.
Sae Miyakawa 14.950 FX
Asian Championships. Dismounts double double.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
via @theallaround
Looks like Japan is the nation most likely to upset one of the BIG 4 at Worlds 2015.
G.S. George – “Accelerating the Rotation”
Close your eyes while coaching tumbling. Can you hear the acceleration?
See this article excerpted from Championship Gymnastics and edited by Dwight Normile of International Gymnast Magazine.
Tyler Yamauchi – Iron Cross
I doubt this is the longest Cross ever held. But it is a good one.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (University of Illinois Men’s Gymnastics 2008)
Thanks Irving.
P Bar giants with Yin
Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.
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