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Take a look back at podium training from the 2014 Pac Rim Championships. Team USA won gold for both junior and senior teams. Elizabeth Price won individual all-around for the seniors and Bailie Key won for the juniors.
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/ODc2NzQ0NjE0?related=1&autoplay=false
INDIANAPOLIS, May 4, 2014 – The 2014 Women’s Junior Olympic Level 9 Eastern and Western Championships concluded May 4. The 2014 Women’s Junior Olympic Level 9 Eastern Championships were held at the Bradenton (Fla.) Area Convention Center, and the Level 9 Western Championships were staged at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho.
The Level 9 Eastern and Western Championships are the competitive season’s culmination event and feature the best gymnasts in the country for Level 9.
Click PLAY or watch Sam‘s Vault on Gymnastike.
http://region5insider.gymnastike.org/embed/MjQzNzQ0ODUw?related=1&autoplay=false
frangymnasticsfan links to some cool GIFs of our Olympic Champion competing 2013 University Games.
Matt Emig is one of the best trickers in the world.
Almost every trick he shows in this highlights compilation, you can’t do.
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Height: 5’5”
Weight: 140 lbs.
(via Mackensi Emory)
So projects Queen Elizabeth on the Rewriting Russian Gymnastics blog:
Romania will most likely be strongest there; Iordache and Bulimar are both currently on excellent form. Personally speaking, I hope Russia will fight for silver and I am expecting that they may finish with bronze. Britain is looking strong for these Championships and Italy and Germany could be in contention too if they have good competitions. …
Euros and injury update – Afanasyeva, Kramarenko, Komova and more
Many of the Russian gymnasts are injured and/or recovering from surgery. 😦
Team Russia at this point is Rodionova, Spiridinova, Sosnitskaya, Kharenkova and captain Mustafina (2 apparatus).
Komova and Afan are both in the same German hospital right now. Messing around. 🙂
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via Gymnastics United Forums Beta
Beautiful.
I am inspired.
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It’s very similar and uses some of the same footage as my favourite recent montage, The Beauty of Gymnastics. London 2012 Edition. (VIDEO)
Alabama averaged 12,826 spectators over the 2014 season at home. There were nowhere near that many at NCAA Championships in Birmingham, an hour away.
Why?
Interview with Auburn Head Coach Jeff Graba:
GNN: We’re you shocked at the lack of attendance for the Championships?
Jeff: I was a little shocked by it. It seemed to me we had a better turnout for our SEC Championship. I think it is tough to get all 3 days to be well attended so I’m mainly looking at the Super 6 attendance.
GNN: What’s your opinion about that?
Jeff: My belief is that we are a unique sport where a lot of families want to attend. This means that community, event price and options, competition times, and the fact that this particular event took place on Easter weekend all need to be taken into account.
GNN: Do you agree that someone needs to step up and start showing college gymnastics live?
Jeff: Yes, I do believe that is the case and have believed that for quite some time now.
However, I think we will need to get to a 4-team final before anyone will carry us live. I believe that the PAC 12, SEC and Big 10 all have a 4-team final so it really isn’t that much different than quite a few of our current conference models. It’s quite an issue right now because it really means that we as a gymnastics community need to make some tough decisions without really knowing the payoff ahead of time. …
GNN – Gymnastics News Network Q & A Interview with SEC Coach of the year Jeff Graba
Jeff was an assistant at Utah. Greg Marsden at Utah has been the most vocal proponent of a Super 4 televised Final.
Traditionally, Teams hosted this meet in their own gyms. But the NCAA has been looking for larger arenas in order to better accommodate the floor layout and participants.
The problem of “home team advantage” scoring is a factor, too.
I thought 2014 might sell out.
Nope.
Leave a comment if you’ve seen final attendance stats for the 3 days.
