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Finally.

Gymnastics Canada has confirmed dates and location of Nationals. This is way, way late compared with normal. 😦

Artistic Nationals – Gatineau, Quebec – May 19-24, 2015.

NOPE. It’s now May 26-31 in Gatineau, Quebec.

related – MAG and WAG Elite Canada 2015 will be held in Trois-Rivères, Quebec from January 29th to February 1st, 2015.

via Karl Balisch email

Merry Christmas from British Gymnastics.

Season preview of the athletes coached by Genadi Shub at U.S. Gymnastics Development Center in Suffern, NY.

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via @OnoNoKomachi1

I’m a big fan of Donald Trump … his hair, anyway. 🙂

Shawn Johnson will be one of the Donald wannabes on this season’s “Celebrity Apprentice”.

Recall that Nadia was very briefly on the reality TV show.

1932 vs 2012

She’s been one of the best tumblers in the world for a long, long time. 🙂

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Denis Ablyazin’s coach.

Queen E posted an interview translation:

The latest news, that Aliya Mustafina now has a personal coach – not just a personal coach, one of Russia’s best coaches, Sergei Starkin – was only released yesterday. …

– Do you believe that in today’s gymnastics one coach can work with two top-level gymnasts – in this case a man and a woman?

– I believe that in any case you should try. The first thing I did when I decided to take this work on was to sit down and write daily training schedules for Aliya and Denis. On paper, it became apparent that on average p personal trainer works with each gymnast for four and a half hours daily, and that Aliya’s and Denis’s classes do not overlap. Thus I can, without prejudice to each of the students, divide myself fairly between them both. …

– How did the team leaders react? – Andrei Rodionenko and Valentina Rodionenko?

– Oh! Andrei Fedorovich and Valentina responded quickly and with joy. I didn’t expect this, and had a few sleepless nights.

– Aliya is now having treatment in Munich. When will you begin work with her?

– Early on the morning of December 18 I will fly to Germany. I will visit the clinic with Aliya and talk with the doctor. After that, we will plan our work. First of all, Aliya has to get better. If, in order to do so, Aliya needs to miss Russian and European Championships, then we will skip them. Our task is to return to the level of the strongest gymnast in the world. This may take a long time. Possibly up to six months.

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Senior
1 Ekaterina Kramarenko Russia 55.650
2 Kristina Kruglikova Russia 52.850
3 Irina Sazonova Russia 52.100
4 Anna Pavlova Azerbaijan 51.700
5 Ekaterina Shtronda Russia 50.950
6 Dominiqua Belanyi Iceland 50.483

Junior
1 Anastasiya Ilyankova Russia 55.250
2 Darya Skryipnik Russia 54.850
3 Ekaterina Sokova Russia 53.800
4 Natalia Kapitonova Russia 53.450
5 Monica Sileoni Finland 52.500
6 Natallia Yakubava Belarus 52.250

Lauren posted a run down on the WAG competition.

related – Sergei Starkin to coach Aliya Mustafina – Vladimir Zaglada answers some questions