Brenna Dowell – double front

There are some BIG tricks in College gymnastics this season.

Brenna double front

She didn’t compete it last meet, but it sounds like they plan to use it. :-}

(via jyosef)

Elena Mukhina documentary

MissLyra has improved her English subtitled version. And uploaded the new version to YouTube.

Elena Mukhina … features Natalia Shaposhnikova and Maria Filatova while training and also contains a talk between Mukhina and her coach Mikhail Klimenko. …

Soviet coaches were feeling pressure after being beaten by Nadia. They wanted to add new and revolutionary elements to their routines.

Mukhina and Klimenko are shown in the edit to have problems. But the story ends before Elena was paralyzed in a training accident (Thomas salto) 2 weeks before the opening of the 1980 Summer Olympics. (Klimenko was not present at the time of the accident.)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Fitness On The Run – Smart Heart

Fitness on the Run is a fitness site run by former gymnast Jon Ham.

Here he and another former gymnast, Chris Silcox, train using the Heart Zones Smart Heart wearable app.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks to Tumbl Trak founder Doug Davis for showing me this video.

“This Girl Can”

This Girl Can celebrates the women who are doing their thing no matter how they do it, how they look or even how sweaty they get. They’re here to inspire us to wiggle, jiggle, move and prove that judgement is a barrier that can be overcome.

#thisgirlcan

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Sport England’s new campaign to encourage girls and women to exercise is a triumph

(via FIG and Rec Gymnastics)

Sam Oldham in 2014

Very well edited montage. Combination of training and competition footage.

Potential to be one of the best AA gymnasts in the world.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

… You can follow my progress and antics through 2015 on my youtube channel. You can also follow me on twitter @Oldham93 instagram oldham93 and also on my website which is samoldham.com. …

Sam Joshua Oldham (born 17 February 1993) is an English artistic gymnast who represents Great Britain. He was part of the British men’s team at the 2012 Summer Olympics that won bronze in the team competition. …

new facility for Team Brazil

Heralded by the Brazilian Gymnastics Confederation  as “one of the greatest moments in its history,” the Team Brazil Artistic Gymnastics Training Center, a 2,500 square meter training facility with state of the art equipment, was inaugurated in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) last Friday.

The gym, located in Rio’s Barra da Tijuca district, will serve as the primary training center for the Brazilian men’s and women’s teams as they prepare for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and beyond.

“This center, which is a partnership between the Brazilian Olympic Committee, the Brazilian Gymnastics Confederation and City of Rio de Janeiro, will be of utmost importance. It has a modern structure, following the international standards, and will provide preparation on the same level of the great powers,” said Luciene Resende, President of the Brazilian Gymnastics Federation.

… During the Olympic Games, the air-conditioned space will serve as the warmup gym for all gymnasts, and 2016 Olympic equipment supplier Spieth has already outfitted the training enter with the same state-of.-the-art equipment that will be used at the Games.

“This gym has everything,” multiple World medallist Jade Barbosa marveled at the opening. “On the day we arrived, it was hard to believe it was true. The quality is fantastic.”

The Brazilian men’s team is equally thrilled by the new center.

“It is a dream come true,” echoed two-time World Floor champion Diego Hypolito. …

read more on FIG – In Rio, Brazilian teams get a sparkling new training center for Artistic Gymnastics

Flavia Saraiva, Jan 16th, 2015
Flavia Saraiva, Jan 16th, 2015

Simply Some Photos: Artistic Gymnastics Center in Rio de Janeiro

Those are the best photos of the new Gym I’ve seen so far.

related – SPIETH also outfitted the “national training center in Rio” in 2012.

Katelyn Ohashi UCLA commit

It’s official. Katelyn plans to report September 2015.

GymCastics:

The 2013 American Cup all-around champion, Katelyn Ohashi, has committed to UCLA and we have the exclusive interview just hours after she announced her decision to her future teammates.

Why she chose UCLA and when she will start …

The status of her return to bars and what skills she’s working …

Switching from coach Valeri Luikin to Laurent Landi …

Episode 133: Interview Katelyn Ohashi Commits to UCLA

Katelyn to UCLA