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Jonna, the 2012 Olympian from Sweden, is looking great.

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Highest score of the day: 14.550 (6.0)

Jonna defended her All-Around title after a great competition.

AA total: 55.300

more videos from Swedish Championships

Jet lag is nobody’s idea of fun. A bunch of mathematicians say they can make the adjustment less painful with a smartphone app that calculates the swiftest way to adjust.

Users plug in the time zone they’re traveling to, and the app will do the calculations before spitting out a schedule specifying when the user should stay in bright light, low light or be in the dark, says Olivia Walch, a graduate student at the University of Michigan who designed the app. …

This Jet Lag App Does The Math So You’ll Feel Better Faster

I’ve downloaded it to my iPhone. The Android version is still under development.

Great idea. Should work. But those eggheads made it far too feature rich. It’s not intuitive to use.

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Get it free via iTunes.

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I like Sam’s better.

Congratulations.

University of Bridgeport 195.225
Texas Woman’s University 194.725
Seattle Pacific University 194.550

The schools competing in the team competition are: University of Bridgeport, Cornell University, Lindenwood University, U.S. Air Force Academy, Temple University, Seattle Pacific University, Brown University and Texas Woman’s University.

Schools with athletes competing for an event or all-around title only are: Centenary College, Southern Connecticut State University, West Chester University, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University.

Bridgeport has won the team title the last five years and tied with Cornell in 2009. …

USAG

April 11-13 – USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships, Brown University – Providence, R.I.

Vault
1. Elsabeth Black CAN 14.362
2. Courtney McGregor NZL 14.312
3. Maegan Chant CAN 14.3

Bars
1. Elizabeth Price USA 14.6
2. Kyla Ross USA 14.35
3. Georgia-Rose Brown AUS 14.15

Beam
1. Kyla Ross USA 15.025
2. Yufen Xie CHN 14.9
3. Elizabeth Price USA 14.625

Floor
1. Elizabeth Price USA 14.95
2. Kyla Ross USA 14.5
3. Aleeza Yu CAN 13.975

Floor
1. Scott Morgan CAN 14.85 VIDEO
2. John Orozco USA 14.7
3. Toshiya Ikejiri JPN 14.35

Pommel Horse
1. Shengchao Yang CHN 13.75
2. Weifeng Cai CHN 13.65
3. Jorge Giraldo COL 13.55

Rings
1. Chih-Yu Chen TPE 15.4
2. John Orozco USA 14.95
3. Scott Morgan CAN 14.85

Vault
1T. Jossimar Calvo COL 14.55
1T. Hugh Smith CAN 14.55
3. Wai Hung Shek HKG 14.4

Parallel bars
1. John Orozco USA 15.35
2. Wentian Lu CHN 15.3
3. Jossimar Calvo COL 14.85

High Bar
1. John Orozco USA 15.25
2T. Jossimar Calvo COL 14.6
2T. Shengchao Yang CHN 14.6

Gymnastike has links to full results and videos.

A very important competition. Part of the selection process for Youth Olympic Games.

1. Japan 164.050
2. China 163.800
3. Uzbekistan 154.600

WOMEN’S ALL-AROUND
1. Wang Yan 15.000 13.250 13.200 13.950 55.400
2. Aiko Sugihara 14.000 12.800 13.250 13.900 53.950
3. Sae Miyakawa 15.050 11.950 12.200 14.450 53.650

The medals were distributed identically to Thursday’s men’s competition, with Japan winning the team title over China and Uzbekistan, and a Chinese gymnast taking the all-around title over two Japanese gymnasts. …

Amanda Turner – Japanese Women, Wang Win Junior Asian Championships

CHINA – photo via Blossom

Is China slipping?

Or are the coaches taking a strategy to reach a bigger goal in the future?

MEN’S ALL-AROUND
1. Ta Yinga 13.750 13.850 13.600 14.400 13.150 13.750 82.500
2. Yuto Kato 14.200 14.300 13.800 14.050 12.950 13.100 82.400
3. Hibiki Arayashiki 14.200 14.100 13.400 13.850 13.700 13.100 82.350

Japan, Ta Take Titles in Tashkent

Pac Rim Final

1. John Orozco USA 15.35
2. Wentian Lu CHN 15.3
3. Jossimar Calvo COL 14.85

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I like that gold medal routine better than his golds on H Bar and Floor. 🙂

It’s not often you see women with muscle in an issue of VOGUE magazine which is why the profile on Annie Thorisdottir, known as “Iceland Annie”, is a big deal. At least for female athletes and women who with muscle. Annie was sidelined with an injury last year but has her sights set on reclaiming her title (she’s won the CrossFit Games twice) in July. …

Hard Body

Annie is a former gymnast.

1. Elizabeth Price USA 14.95
2. Kyla Ross USA 14.5
3. Aleeza Yu CAN 13.975

This double double could easily soon be a Moors. 🙂

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Ebee was the star of Pac Rims 2014.

This routine was a mess. For her.

Yet she still won Pacific Rim 2014 with it.

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1. PRICE Elizabeth USA, 14.600
2. ROSS Kyla USA, 14.375
3. BROWN Georgia-Rose AUS, 14.150