Of the Hard Way To Success episodes so far – Luke Carson’s is hardest.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Tatiana Nabieva – new interview
Gigi Khazback Farid:
Tatiana: I retired because of the bad injury I sustained at the World Championships during training. After that I thought again- is it worth continuing? I think that my fall was terrible. That is why after the competition in France I decided to retire.
Gigi: You post a lot of videos of yourself training in the gym which made a lot of fans confused about your retirement, what is the story behind these videos?
Tatiana: I am back for the Russian Championships where I will compete for my team- Saint Petersburg. About the videos- I am just doing it for fun, i don’t want to lose shape. And maybe it will help me achieve something more? …
Gigi: Now that you have retired, what are you planning to do with your life?
Tatiana: Currently beside training, I train kids. They love me. I want to be as good as the Kiryashovs were to me …
photo via RRGGigi: In the vault event final at the 2010 World championships, both of your vaults were downgraded and your coaches tried to file an inquiry but it was too late. … do you feel robbed?
Tatiana: … I don’t feel I was robbed. I guess I deserved the position which they put me in.
Bodies Of Work
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Swakopmund Gymnastics, Namibia
I was proud of the Namibian girls who competed African Championships yesterday. Though having some of the lowest start scores, they looked clean, confident. Kept smiling. Kept their heads high.
Congratulations. 🙂
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Swakopmund is a beach resort town, famous for a cooler climate and adventure sport. Population 42,000.
I was invited to visit the club while on holiday, happy to find that American coach Joe Softich had been volunteering there for a couple of months, a gymnastics “vacation”.
The facilities are very basic.
Home made “channel pit”.
Training only on this outdoor vault runway, they flip Tsuk and Yurchenko.
Respect.
The club runs a charity sponsoring underprivileged children’s gymnastics.
They soon move to a huge, modern multi-sports facility.
Any MAG or WAG coach on holiday in Namibia is advised to contact the club. They might be able to provide accommodation in exchange for you volunteering to assist at the gym. For a week, a year … or longer. 🙂
email Dana Risser-Wheeling
dana (a) ondjamba.com.na
Namibia and South Africa are the top tourist destinations in Africa, in my opinion. I’ve been on a gymnastics holiday here since January 16th.
I’m planning a Gymnastics trip to southern Africa for (most likely) 2015. Click through to learn more.
2014 African Championships in Trampoline, Tumbling and Aerobic Gymnastics will be hosted in nearby Walvis Bay (NAM), April 30 – May 1, 2014.
They were moved to Namibia from Egypt due to the complicated political situation there.
Bianca Mann – South Africa
Personal shout out to Bianca from Visions Gymnastics.
She hit 4/4 at #AfricanChamps to help her team to the win with a silver medal in the all-around.
A star. 🙂
South Africa wins #AfricanChamps
Both Egypt and South Africa had too many falls. Yet the host nation pulled out the win. Spectators were plenty happy at the arena tonight.
Snr WAG Team Results: 1st: SOUTH AFRICA 154.40 2nd: EGYPT 151.55 3rd: MOROCCO 126.25 #AfricanChamps #Gymnastics pic.twitter.com/IB3sEFL8zN
— SAGF (@SAGymnastics) March 28, 2014
Kirsten Beckett wins #AfricanChamps
South African star Kirsten Beckett is African Champion 2014.
Home town girl handles the pressure of being the favourite. HITS 4/4.
1st: BECKETT (RSA) 53.800
2nd: MANN (RSA) 50.650
3rd: WAGEEH (EGY) 49.850
Post by Jodell de Sousa.
That photo is from the promotional calendar for the event.
Tinkler, Grindle, Lyons
Top 3 at British Jr Championships 2014.
1. Amy Tinkler 55.250
2. Teal Grindle 54.40
3. Catherine Lyons 52.65
Click PLAY or watch Amy’s Floor on YouTube.
Brigid McCarthy:
Amy ‘Tinks’ Tinkler trains at South Durham Gymnastics Club with Nicola Preston and Rachael Wright … her squad, who call themselves ‘The Pink Ladies’. …
If you had to choose between living without your grips or your phone, which would you choose?
Phone, but to be honest I don’t think I could live without any of them!
Fadwa Mohamed #AfricanChamps Prudnova
Fadwa Mohamed Abdellatif MAHMOUD (EGY) is the defending African Champion on Vault.
In prelims her Handspring double front looked better than 2yrs ago.
In fact, it looked pretty good in high speed.
Frame-by-frame, however, …
RT @Kyla_Phillips: … questionable handspring DOUBLE front from MAHMOUD score 13:80 @SAGymnastics pic.twitter.com/fCuehu9pEq” #AfricanChamps
— SAGF (@SAGymnastics) March 28, 2014
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FIG WTC rep Kym Dowdell needs to show this to her Vault panel.
That vault scored 13.80.
African Champs Team & AA
The Senior women’s warm-ups begin in Pretoria, South Africa hosted by @SAGymnastics.
Kirsten Beckett hopes to lead her team to the Gold medal here at home.
