Smart.
“A day at work doesn’t look like this. What about a day at school?”
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Alabama over Georgia
A crowd of 12,381 watched the meet as Alabama rallied from a 5/100 point deficit going into the final rotation.
In the floor exercise, sophomore Lauren Beers and senior Sarah DeMeo brought an appreciative crowd roaring to its feet with matching career-best scores of 9.925. The crowd grew even louder when seniors Kim Jacob and Diandra Milliner closed out the rotation and the meet with huge routines …
Victoria Moors – Beam
Victoria Moors is now doing a full-twisting double tuck …
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Watch the post meet interview.
related – Victoria Moors, Hugh Smith victorious at 2014 Elite Canada
Bridget Sloan – 10.0 Beam
Gabby Douglas Story – review
Slate’s culture critic Meghan O’Rourke, a former gymnast, posted the best review I’ve seen so far in The New Yorker:
“The Gabby Douglas Story” is not a good movie, but its flaws suggest what a great gymnastics movie would be. …
There is a great film to be made about the special challenges that élite female gymnasts face today, when the sport is continuing to evolve at lightning speed. Women’s gymnastics continues to be a sport of incredible paradoxes—a crucible for both sheer athleticism and delicate grace, in which gymnasts who can do full-twisting double-backs can also be penalized for having messy hair. …
… a better movie than “The Gabby Douglas Story” would have gotten at more of the texture of the everyday, the draw of the sport itself. There’s disappointingly little footage of Douglas learning new moves, practicing or perfecting routines, being given the small corrections that lead to mastering a big new skill like an Amanar vault. Anyone who has done gymnastics seriously, at any level—any girl who once had the bug—knows that the delights of competitive gymnastics are unmatched. Nothing approximates the discipline, control, clarity, grace, and focused play that gymnastics can bring into your life when it’s going well. One can dream of a film about an Olympic gymnast that captures some of the focus it took for her to realize her dream.
related – Variety – TV Review: ‘The Gabby Douglas Story’
If those strike you as too serious, check @SpannyTampson’s hilarious and profane recap – The Gabby Douglas Story.
Thanks @a_picazo
extreme playground strength
Respect this dude.
Post by Scott Adkins.
Canadian MAG Physical Ability
Canada put a big push on strength and flexibility. Starting NOW physical ability testing will count towards results in competition.
Tony Smith & Markos Baikas evaluating Novice & Junior guys for physical abilities. #EliteCanada pic.twitter.com/rsIBIJxUHR
— Grace Chiu (@GraceClick) February 6, 2014
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Darian Modasi of Mississauga, Novice physical testing #EliteCanada . New boys program. Scores added to AA total. pic.twitter.com/c4B6Q58zfT
— Grace Chiu (@GraceClick) February 6, 2014
Moors, Yu, Black
Élite Canada 2014 day 1 AA results are up. (PDF)
Guess what @VictoriaMoors ' new beam dismount is? #EliteCanada pic.twitter.com/Dgkz5PHS9o
— Grace Chiu (@GraceClick) February 6, 2014
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Men’s day 1 results are available, too. Start scores on the individual apparatus are highest priority, not the AA.
related – Gymnastics Canada – Nation’s top gymnasts converge on Ottawa-Gatineau for Elite Canada
Georgia at Alabama
… the big meet on Friday is Georgia visiting Alabama, which should be fascinating as always. It doesn’t have the same bite as in the Suzanne v. Sarah years, but it’s still a treat gymnastically.
Based on overall quality shown so far this season, the meet should be a toss-up. Except, it’s Alabama at home. It’s been what, 1150 years since they lost at home? …
Balance Beam Situation – The Weekend Ahead – February 7th-9th
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related – Lauren Hopkins – NCAA Week 5 Recap
Elite Canada
Sounds like Ellie has the most upgrades.
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