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Nick Zaccardi:
Los Angeles 2024 Olympic bid organizers called the city the western capital of the U.S., the northern capital of Latin America and the eastern capital of the Pacific Rim in a promotional video published Monday.
Los Angeles is bidding against Budapest, Hamburg, Paris, Rome and possibly Toronto for the 2024 Olympics.
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Word is that Toronto will not bid after all.
Physical preparation for wrestling and gymnastics have many commonalities.
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(via Christopher Sommer)
related – John Pancott Gymnastics Center
Thanks Jim.
Ken has one of the best double pikes in the world. Unsurprisingly he can also rotate triple tuck.
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Anne Josephson posted some good tips.
BACK TO SCHOOL … A DOZEN TIPS FOR BALANCING SCHOOL WITH GYMNASTICS
My friend Tom Trapp informed me that there’s a new diving discipline.
FINA announced that men and women would be diving side-by-side at the 2015 world championships.
Wang Han and Yang Hao won the new event.
Kerry Joyce (Gym-Map-Stics):
Gymnastics provides the greatest excuse to travel in the world. Chose an event, book a flight, and go! This is the preferred method of travel for indecisive travel bug sufferers and has yielded fantastic results. …
10 Things That Happen When You Travel to an International Gymnastics Meet
That post is great. But her follow-up even more entertaining:
Do’s and Don’ts of Attending an International Gymnastics Competition
This reminds me of Cirque’s Elvis.
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