I love these up close and personal edits put together by the FIG media team.
Worlds 2014. Includes the Nanning bee incident. 🙂
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via @GymCastic
Worlds 2017 Montreal?
update: Grace Chiu in Nanning heard from a Sr Hungarian official that Györ, Hungary is also bidding for 2017.
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Glasgow will host Worlds 2015.
Doha was awarded the 2018 Worlds. But we’re still waiting to hear who gets Worlds 2017.
Montreal did bid.
And now this news:
… Montreal city council this week agreed to support a bid for the 2017 FIG artistic gymnastics world championships.
The venue would be Olympic Stadium, which would be reconfigured to accommodate 10,000 spectators for main stage events as well house the training facilities under one massive roof. Currently there are no other contenders and all signs point to the championships being awarded to Montreal by the end of the year. …
Montreal hosted Worlds 1985.
And who could forget this from Montreal 1976?
Tweddle on Podkopayeva
London 2012 bronze medallist Beth Tweddle discusses her Olympic hero; Lilia Podkopayeva and her memories of watching the Ukrainian win gold in the all-around event at the Atlanta 1996 Games and the inspiration Podkopayeva proved to be on Tweddle’s own career.
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Bars – the Vivian
To handstand, I assume it would be awarded D-part.
To handstand in undergrip and Endo or Weiler, D-part as well.
tumbling doodle
(via Craig Smith)
Simone Biles – upgrades
… After the world championships, coach Aimee Boorman mentioned in a tweet that now that her shoulder is healed, Biles will be looking to upgrade her second vault to a Cheng.
In the interview this morning, Biles confirmed that she will be working toward the Cheng. She also shared that since her Amanar vault is so consistent, Marta Karolyi has encouraged her to try for the triple-twisting yurchenko. If successful, Biles would be the first woman in history to compete this vault.
As for other upgrades, Biles said she would also be looking to get bars back to her former level of difficulty by adding the shaposh half back in. She said she also might work the double-double layout on floor …
Beam Dreams – Simone Biles Looks to the Future
Dvora Meyers was at Worlds in Nanning researching a book on women’s Artistic Gymnastics.
Check Dvora’s new article in Slate:
Biles is nowhere near the edge of her abilities. All four of her routines are easy for her. …
How Simone Biles dominates the competition.
With all this success comes the inevitable backlash – Susan Swarbrick – Lost art: Powerhouse physiques winning out over spellbinding grace
Anta sportswear
Though Li Ning and the Li Ning company were everywhere in Nanning, the Chinese National Teams were uniformed in 2014 by a competitor, Anta.
Here’s are some of the Anta store displays. Gymnastics is kind of a big deal in China.
When I tried to buy this t-shirt, store staff had to explain they were only for display. Not for sale.
who’s honouring Kohei now?
Kohei Uchimura has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest number of sixth straight wins on individual all-around title at 2009~2011 & 2013~2014 World Championships and 2012 London Olympic Games.
concussion survey
A researcher is trying to determine how much Trampoline and Gymnastics coaches know about concussions.
I filled out the online survey in about 10 minutes. It’s better than some, though still includes some questions more appropriate for team sport than our own.
At the end are open ended forms where you can write in your personal feedback.
If you’d like to take part, click here.
Here’s the researcher:
Lee Verweel, BSc, MSc (c)
Concussion Research Centre
Bloorview Research Institute
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
via the private T&T Coaches Canada Facebook Group
Cliff Diving World Series Final
The world’s best cliff divers will travel to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula for the 2014 final of both the men’s and women’s competition on October 17-18. …
Gracias Tom.
