Cal Freshman Toni Ann Williams. Super tough skill.
Shek Wai Hung – Vault gold
Asian Games
Hong Kong hero. The 22-year-old pulled off a major upset defeating the Olympic Vault Champion in his own nation. Some guy named Ri Segwang (PRK) finished 4th. 🙂
Gymnastics faced the axe from the elite programme at the Hong Kong Sports Institute if they didn’t win a medal in Incheon.
His gold medal came just in time to save the sport, which sees gymnastics secure elite status for another four years. …
Shek Wai-hung saves his sport after clinching Hong Kong’s first gymnastics gold
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1. SHEK Wai Hung (HKG)
Vault 1: 6.0 9.2 15.2
Vault 2: 6.0 9.233 15.233
15.216
2. YANG Hakseon (KOR)
Vault 1: 6.0 9.1 -0.1 15
Vault 2: 6.0 9.4 15.4
15.2
(via The All Around)
Azerbaijan at Worlds
(via The Liukin)
Guangxi Sports Center
Worlds 2014 host Guangxi Sports Center is incredible. It looks more like an Olympic venue than a Worlds site.
One challenge. Toilets in Japan are ultramodern. But here at the Guangxi, they are all holes in the ground. Lucky we are gymnasts. 🙂
960 volunteers, most of whom speak English, enthusiastically try to help visitors in every way.
Details are first class. And if you get jetlagged in the middle of the day, lie down in the Quiet Room.
Men have their first training on the AAI competition equipment tomorrow.
In case you are worried about unusual Chinese cuisine, turns out, we won’t starve. 🙂
Boguinskaia and Chusovitina
How’s this for gymnastics history?
41yr-old coach Svetlana Boguinskaia stretching 39yr-old Oksana Chusovitina.
2014 USA Worlds Preview
headscarves in sport
I don’t see how you can argue that a headscarf is a hazard in basketball. 😦
International Basketball does not allow them.
Members of Qatar women’s basketball team walk off the court after withdrawing ahead of their match against Mongolia during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, on September 24, 2014
(AFP Photo/Karim Jaafar)Qatari women’s basketball team withdraws from Asian Games over headscarves
Russia
Pretty gymnastics, of course.
Not super consistent in the training hall. But they look far more relaxed than normal for this stage in the game.
The biggest surprise for me today was watching Japan on Beam. Solid. Strong. Good difficulty.
USA/Russia at Worlds
Watching team USA on Beam today in the training hall was, as usual, impressive. I saw only one fall. Very few wobbles. So disciplined. They do look unbeatable as a team.
Russia has arrived. I’ve not seen them yet, but preparation went well.
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics – ‘We were pleasantly surprised’ – Rodionenko, Alfosov on final preparations for Nanning
Click PLAY or watch new team member Alla Sosnitskaya training Cheng vault on YouTube.
Ellie & Beckie Downie
The story of 2 sisters with 1 dream, Becky and Ellie Downie. Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Great Britain.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (27min)
