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1 Angelina Melnikova – Russia 56.950
2 Sydney Laird – Canada 52.750
3 Ioana Crisan – Romania 52.700
4 Juliette Bossu – France 52.300
5T Sydney Soloski – Canada 52.050
5T Marine Boyer – France 52.050

Lauren:

Angelina Melnikova, the Russian who became this year’s junior all-around and beam champion at European Championships, won gold in the all-around at Top Gym, a competition in Charleroi, Belgium known for showcasing juniors who become top senior talent in later years. …

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Click PLAY or watch Angelina’s 14.50 Bars on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Rec Gymnastics)

(via Steve N Sue Arkell)

The College Gymnastics Association (CGA) released their official Pre-season Coaches Poll for the 2015 season on Nov 30, 2014. The poll is the result of a survey of Head Coaches from all NCAA varsity teams as well as college club teams listed with the association.

Topping out the top five were Oklahoma (326 points), Michigan (318 points), Ohio State (292 points), Stanford (291 points), and Illinois (269 points).

See the full rankings on the NEW official home page of Men’s College Gymnastics – CGA.RoadToNationals.com

They’ve partnered with the excellent RoadToNationals.com on that. I’ll be linking to NCAA results via that link on the top of the home page throughout the 2015 season.

From Mary Lee Tracy.

Before kids are ready to flip, they should be skilled at this fun drill.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

This way they are working on the most dangerous phase – landing – long before they have to worry about rotation.

Don’t stay on this drill too long, however, as it teaches them NOT to flip. It’s useful only for a very short phase of the skill development.

Another thing I like about the drill is that it starts new Yurchenko kids off thinking about doing the twist late. 🙂

Guinness World Records:

Watch Roman Sahradyan of Armenia spin round and round a high bar, performing non-stop giants for nearly 30 minutes!

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Greg.

1 Larisa Romania 59.766
2 Jessica Lopez Venezuela 57.799
3 Kim Bui Germany 56.665
4 Vanessa Ferrari Italy 56.432
5 Aliya Mustafina Russia 56.399
6 Alla Sosnitskaya Russia 55.366

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2014 World Championship silver all-around medalist Larisa Iordache of Romania won the all-around gold by two full points with a score of 59.766 at the FIG World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany this afternoon.

Jessica Lopez of Venezuela, fresh off of winning the all-around title at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, brought home the silver medal with a 57.799 while Germany’s Kim Bui brought home a surprise underdog bronze with a 56.665 thanks to her clean and consistent performances on a day where nearly everyone else made massive mistakes. …

Larisa Iordache Wins World Cup in Stuttgart

JAO. 🙂

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via @tumbltrak

If most people ran around London naked, hanging off rooftops or running through tube stations, they’d probably be arrested, however World Freerun Championship winner Tim Shieff managed to get away with it. …

Beautiful photographs capture naked free runner across London

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