2014 in review – Summer-Autumn

The Chinese Men’s Acro Group … retain the World title they won in 2012.

… Mexican Olympic Festival, where Manrique Larduet and Yesenia Ferrera emerge as the brightest Cuban stars of their generation …

Young Dutch gymnasts Sem Wels and Milia van de Mortel were among the 298 people on board the ill-fated Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 …

Gabby Douglas leaves coach Liang Chow …

Kacy Catanzaro, a former Towson University gymnast, becomes an internet sensation …

Max Whitlock and Claudia Fragapane come into their own at the Commonwealth Games …

… Youth Olympics in Nanjing …

Pan American Championships … Jossimar Calvo (COL) and Mykayla Skinner (USA) won the All-around …

The gymnastics year in review: Summer-Autumn 2014

Alice Upcott and Dominic Smith
Alice Upcott and Dominic Smith

IG Women’s College Gymnastics

International Gymnastics magazine has launched a new Facebook page dedicated to NCAA WAG.

Also, IG has posted their 2015 NCAA WOMEN’S PREVIEW.

Make it Right Gymnastics Camp

USA TOPS, Developmental and National Team Staff were the clinicians at this excellent and inspiring event in Vegas.

Vault – Todd Gardiner

Bars 1 – Neil Resnik

Bars 2 – Tom Forster

Bars 3 – Su Peter

Beam 1 – Tammy Biggs

Beam 2 – Tammy Salcianu

Floor 1- Back Tumbling and twisting – Ivan Ivanov

Floor 2- Front Tumbling and twisting – Pete Arenas

Trampoline & TumblTrak – Craig Zappa

Dance – Antonia Markova

Flexibility – Cheri Shipp

Physical test abilities – Sorin Salcianu

Judging – Kathy Feldman

Camp Director – Tammy Biggs and Tammy Salcianu

Gymnastics Industry Leaders and Sponsors:

Tumbl Trak – James Parent

JK Rep – Lisa Beam

MeetScoresOnline.com – Karl Stubsjoen

Click PLAY or watch a highlights video on YouTube.

Next Camp in June – 12, 13, 14 – 2015

makeitrightgymnastics.com

best Dragulescu ever?

Most would name Marian’s 2004 Olympics Final Vault #1.

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Here’s Sérgio Sasaki (BRA) from World Championships Nanning Team Final.

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Sadly, Sérgio was recently injured. ACL and meniscus. He’ll be out of competition for at least 6 months.

Cabriole nominates Zhang Zhongbo.

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Other contenders named on a GymFever2012 thread include: Thomas Bouhail, Oleg Vernyayev, Igor Radivilov.

Leave a comment if you have anyone else to put up against those.

Recall that Dragulescu Olympics Final Vault #2 was one of the many big scandals of the Athens Games under MTC Chair Adrian Stoica. Four judges were later sanctioned for impossibly high E-scores.

2014 in review – Spring-Summer

Kohei Uchimura (JPN) and Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) win the AA titles at the Tokyo World Cup.

Elizabeth Price (USA) wins the overall women’s World Cup title. Fabian Hambuechen (GER) and Daniel Purvis (GBR) tie for the men’s World Cup title.

Elizabeth Price - Photo: Stew Milne/US Presswire
Elizabeth Price – Photo: Stew Milne/US Presswire

Gabby Douglas goes back to Iowa begin trainings anew with coach Liang Chow …

2013 World All-around champion Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS) completes a sweep the golds at the Pesaro World Cup in Italy …

For the first time in American NCAA history, two schools — the University of Florida and the University of Oklahoma — tied …

May: The FIG announces discussions about a new qualification system that would potentially be put in place before the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Uchimura (JPN) wins an unprecedented seventh consecutive Japanese national title.

Five gymnasts from five different nations win European titles in the women’s competition in Sofia.

The gymnastics year in review: Spring-Summer 2014

Christine Lee sings

One of the most anticipated NEW competitors in 2015 is third year Bruin Peng Peng Lee. She showed 4 apparatus in the UCLA intrasquad.

While we wait, check her vocal chops. 🙂

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There’s a second song linked from gymtruthteller.