Click PLAY or watch the dance on YouTube.
(via James Parent)
40th birthday Gymnastics celebration
Scott Chandler will take to the gymnastics mats just one more time, a day after his 40th birthday and three decades after first appearing in competition.
He’s even organized his own event so he can say he competed into his forties.
“I’m the only guy out there that’s losing his hair I can tell you that,” Chandler said with a laugh, “and the only guy out there that doesn’t have an eight-pack under his tights.” …
It’s also the 40th birthday of someone named Oksana.
Unlike Scott, she’s no quitter. 🙂
(via Grace Chiu)
Aliya Mustafina – Beam
Québec gymnast Félix Dolci
The most talked about male Canadian gymnast this past season was too young to be allowed to compete at the Canadian Championships.
He was barely old enough for the Canada Winter Games finishing 2nd AA against most of the best of the rest in the country.
Click PLAY or watch a highlights reel on YouTube.
Félix was one of our demonstrators at the coaching course following Nationals. Turns out he’s a normal kid. Fun loving. Of his many talents I was most impressed by aerial awareness. For example, for fun he did on Rings: Backward uprise to support, Koste (back salto) from support with triple twist.
Beam – 2 back springs to triple full
Jr. International Elite Gabby Perea does her 2 backhandsprings to a triple full beam dismount with a Go Pro to give you the Gymnast Eye of the skill.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Legacy Elite had a great season. Their best ever, I believe.
Men’s “Elite Gymnastics Challenge”
Uncle Tim linked to an announcement of a start-up reality TV show featuring a competition between four male gymnasts. Special rules will be used.
A guy named Christopher Leavitt is the contact. They are inspired by X Games, Ninja Warrior and Rob Dyrdek’s Street League Skateboarding.
Click PLAY or watch a promo on YouTube. It was filmed January 4th, 2015 at Gymstreet USA/
I wish them luck. Sooner or later someone is going to figure out how to market gymnastics to a wider audience.
European Games Men’s highlights
AirTrack Factory – Netherlands
The Dutch company is starting to distribute and market in the USA. There are many things I like about inflatable mats. But none of those things are included in this demo video.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Have you guys seen this, to me it looks like an accident waiting to happen by encouraging kids to practice big tricks at home on their own AirTrack …
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Stacey Umeh-Lees in China
Long time choreographer for the Australian National Team.
Here she is with Shang Chunsong.
Stacey is originally from Canada, sister of Stella Umeh.
Orozco – Achilles
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John Orozco of the Bronx N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (U.S. Olympic Training Center) will have surgery on June 19 to repair an Achilles tendon injury on his right leg sustained during a training session earlier this week.
“John is a fundamental part of our men’s program,” said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics,” and he has proven time and time again that he can overcome adversity and achieve great things. We will certainly do what we can to support his recovery.”
As a result, Orozco has withdrawn from the U.S. Men’s Team for the 2015 Pan American Games, and the replacement athlete will be determined in accordance with the official selection procedures.
Surprisingly, it’s the same Achilles tendon he had repaired in 2010. It was injured that time on Vault. This time it was on Floor.
