Our Nelli Kim – new documentary

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics:

… Nelli is highly respected in her home country, and there is a Nelli Kim Academy of Gymnastics in her town of Chimkent (Kazakhstan). sports.kz has also just released a new video documentary on the great champion …

Our Nelli Kim : a new documentary

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Nelli is not going to be remembered as one of the great FIG WT Chairs. I certainly hope she does not run unopposed again next cycle.

She was a fantastic athlete, however, better than Nadia in many ways. Nadia’s strongest competitor.

Nelli Kim competed once competed in my home town. I still recall how fantastic she was to watch LIVE. And how surprised I was to see her wearing a drab brown leotard. 🙂

David Kenwright – Bars clinic

The British / Canadian coach is now Down Under.

Gymnastics Australia posted a number of IDP clinic videos, including this one.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Injuries as of June 2014

We do not have any official tracking system. Only the NCAA keeps good records.

But Arabian Punch Front has an unofficial partial list of prominent WAG gymnasts from around the world.

It’s been updated to include:

Laurie Hernandez USA Jr – Torn patella tendon & dislocated kneecap + surgery (Jun)

Vanasia Bradley USA Jr – Torn ACL & meniscus, broken patella (Jun)

Gymnastics Injuries June 2014

😦

Both those injuries sound similar to what happened to Christine Peng Peng Lee, keeping her out of the 2012 Olympics.

love Olivia Vivian

Listen to the audio interview. 🙂

Australian Olympian, Olivia Vivian, perhaps the biggest ham in all of elite gymnastics, is with us this week!

She helped Australia to a sixth place finish, its best Olympic finish in history in Beijing. Despite a back fracture, a mangled hand and being normal height of 5? 6?, she’s made a successful comeback to elite at the age of 24, almost 10 years since she first completed at the 2005 world championships. We can’t wait to watch the Oregon Beaver compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow later this month. …

GymCastics episode 101: Olivia Vivian

Olivia Vivian

Lindsey Lemke from R-Athletics

Region 5 Gymnastics Insider via Kim Janowicz:

Cool Senior Video of Lindsey Lemke from R-Athletics. The video was filmed and edited by Captured Productions. Thank you Lindsey for all you have done for Region 5 and we wish you luck at UNC.

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo. (6min)

2014 R-Athletics Lindsey Video from Captured Productions on Vimeo.

Ariana Agrapides – GoPro Beam

MG Elite’s Ariana Agrapides straps on a GoPro and practices beam. Watch her switch leap back tuck combination from her eyes in our latest Gymnast View.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/OTE2NzQ3NTc3?related=1&autoplay=false

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