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Romania.

The Olympics finally posted an old interview with our Olympic Champion. I’ve heard his comments from it quoted elsewhere.

You can watch it on the Olympics YouTube channel.

But be sure to click on the CC (captions) button — see the green arrow — if you can’t understand Japanese. 🙂

He’s too modest. I certainly consider Uchimura’s accomplishments already greater than Scherbo. He might even end up even higher on the Olympic pantheon than Usain.

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China has the best wedding photos.

And these pics have been released MONTHS before the actual wedding.

Gymnast Yan Mingyong releases early wedding photos of himself and his wife Ma Qiujing via his Weibo account on Thursday, May 8, 2014.

Yan, a multiple medalist in world gymnastics events who specializes in the rings event, is married to Ma Qiujing, a former trampolinist who now works as a gymnastics coach. Their actual wedding ceremony will be held at the end of 2014, according to Yan

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Yurchenko 1 1/2

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She won Senior A at JO Nationals with 38.400.

All RESULTS

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I’ll watch any routine that includes an interesting, original corner move. They are as rare in 2014 as Pommel Horse droppings. 🙂

Score: 15.900 (6.6, 9.300)
May 8, 2014 – Long Beach Arena – Long Beach, Calif.

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2014 Men’s Jr. Olympic National Championships website | RESULTS

Podium training Chinese Championships.

No mo’ Mo. (I wasn’t all that fond of the Mo, in any case.)

This is awesome.

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Komova II (E) + Pak (D) + Chow (D) + Gienger (D)
Pirouette fest (E + E + E) + Tkatchev (D)
Full twisting double layout (E)

Huge D-Score of 7.0 …

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Beam Dreams has a nice retrospective on Elizabeth Price, the A-team girl who chose NCAA over Worlds.

Marta’s nightmare.

… 2014 … the Year of Ebee. She won the all-around in both international competitions she competed at early this year – the American Cup and the Pacific Rim Championship. She won the all-around in the FIG World Cup Series. …

Price seemed to be a lock for this year’s World Championship team, and a definite top contender for the all-around world title. …

Going Out on Top

Pacific Rim FX: 15.100 (6.0, 9.100)

April 9, 2014 – Richmond Olympic Oval – Richmond, B.C., Canada

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You get the feeling that Stanford will be a “contender” next season. Ebee will add consistency, toughness. And star power.

My best guess is that Russia will have the highest start scores. But can they hit those huge routines?

GBR will be ready. And hit.

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related – Andrei Rodionenko – ‘there is more competition amongst our men’s team’

Is Victoria abandoning the Moors dismount?

(Toe-on layout 1/2.)

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Canada could have a much stronger pool of gymnasts to choose from for 2016 than they did in 2012. If everyone stays healthy.

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