Hawaiian Island Twisters gives visiting teams competing at their GYMNASTICS IN PARADISE INVITATIONAL a personalized poster.
That’s cool. 🙂
Boise 196.650
The happiest Teams so far in this young season might just be LSU and Boise.
The No. 23-ranked Broncos set a school record for the second-straight year, earning the program’s best season-opening score of 195.850 at the Utah Deseret First Duel in Salt Lake City. BSU placed second in the four-team meet behind No. 6 Utah (196.650).
“I am so proud of this team,” said Tina Bird, Boise State co-head coach. “They worked hard to prepare for this and then got out there and made Utah look over their shoulder. This team is destined for greatness!” …
Krystine Jacobsen won Beam.
Check Road to Nationals to see where Boise ranks, so far.
Shout out too to Rutgers highest-ever opening day team score 195.075.
U.S. men arrive China
China’s national training center. An amazing facility
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Is this the first time the American National Team has trained in China?
New Zealand Commonwealth squad
Seven gymnasts are battling for the five spots in the Gymsports New Zealand squad for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July and August. …
The gymnasts attending the training camp were Christchurch-based Courtney McGregor, Hanna Malloch, Mackenzie Slee, Charlotte Sullivan, Anna Tempero, and Jordan Rae … and North Harbour’s Brittany Robertson, who has moved to Canterbury to further her gymnastics. …
The New Zealand squad will compete in Qatar and Canada over the next few months, before attending trials in Auckland and the Australian nationals at the end of May. …
The Press (PDF)
Thanks Avril.
Uchimura training TTY
Looks like Kohei Uchimura is training a triple-twisting Yurchenko again!
Training at the first Japanese Team Camp of 2014.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
He needs Maroney height to finish that. 🙂
Naila flying high
At Club Med Cancun, Yucatan.
when Floor was ENTERTAINING
Last night. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch Danusia Francis’ FX on YouTube.
It looked like UCLA had a bigger crowd than usual. What was the official number?
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(via GymCastic)
Danusia Francis 9.90 Beam
Here’s the routine everyone is talking about.
Francis made … history by becoming the first gymnast to compete a unique dismount combination, a standing aerial sideways across the beam right into a back layout with a full twist.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/Nzc2NzI4OTQ1?related=1&autoplay=false
Watch more video of 2014 NCAA Gymnastics Season Openers on gymnastike.org
The sideways aerial was named by FIG for Silvia Colussi-Pelaez who competed it at Worlds last year. Silvia was there at the UCLA meet with her Florida team.
1-handed gymnast Millie Andrilenas
When Juanita High School revived its dormant gymnastics program last season, first-time head coach Annie Smith arrived at her team’s initial practice knowing little about the 10 girls who had signed up for her debut roster.
Yet Smith had heard some chatter about a girl named Millie: small (around 4 feet 11), knowledgeable (she started in club gymnastics in first grade) and talented (she won a statewide Level 4 [out of 10] competition as a preteen).
One other thing: Millie has no left hand. …
Millie is Amelia Andrilenas, a 17-year-old junior and the top scorer on what is now a 27-gymnast team. …
“She’s my best gymnast,” said Smith …
Andrilenas routinely scores in the mid-8’s on vault with a handspring full …
read more – Despite having no left hand, Juanita gymnast Millie Andrilenas is pushing her limits
Respect to Millie. At her age I trained with Carol Johnston, who ended up a collegiate gymnastics champion featured in the 1979 film “Lefty”.
Carol competed an excellent Handspring 1/1, as well.
via Jim Holt
Devillard – Yurchenko double back
In training.
Post by Hong MA Wang.
Coline Devillard, from France, will be a Senior in time for Rio.
(via WOGymnastika)
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