figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya

The next big star. Very flexible.

Yulia Lipnitskaya … On 9 February 2014, by winning gold in the team event at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, she became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in ladies singles figure skating history, six days younger than American Tara Lipinski, when she won the 1998 Winter Olympics at 15 in Nagano, Japan. …

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Rick McCharles South Africa

The African Championships posted a video detailing why I’m in the RSA for 6 weeks.

It has nothing to do with the sunny weather. 🙂

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related – Visions Gymnastics

handspring front-1/1-in, barani out

Ferhat ARICAN (TUR)

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That was one of the new men’s elements accepted for evaluation at Worlds 2013.

The video is in training. But it was competed at 2013 European Championships.

(via gymnastikfabriken)

Acrobatic Tumbling Toy

This is a beautiful hand-made, hand-painted wooden toy, made in Germany. The little wooden figure performs a series of back-flips as he descends down the steps.

Automata like this have a history going back over 200 years, when mechanical toys were collected by rich and famous people. …

Recently, a traditional German toymaker has re-invented the toy, with a different, patented, mechanism that uses weights and levers, instead of mercury.

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It costs about $400.

(via Gymnast Crossing)

ball-up 360 tick-tock

Cheer superstar Maddie Gardner.

Fans say when she performed the stunt for the first time at the 2010 World Championships, it was the “greatest moment in cheer history.” …

ball-up 360

She’s now a sophomore at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.

Inside the Cheerlebrity Economy

I believe I could do a ball-up 360 tick-tock.

Any bases willing? 🙂

LSU 197.875, Oklahoma 198.175

I wish I’d been there to see this competition.

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Three 10s were handed out for the evening: for LSU’s Rheagan Courville on VT and for OU’s Haley Scaman and LSU’s Llomincia Hall on floor. …

College Gym Fans

Michigan 196.650, Nebraska 196.125


Michigan Topples No. 7 Nebraska …

Nebraska’s Emily Wong (again) wins the AA with 39.475.

Emily Wong
Emily Wong

Emily Wong’s success comes from her great balance. But after a practice last fall, the NU senior almost lost her footing when she found out her dad, John, had suffered a stroke.

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Less than a day later, Emily had flown home to North Dakota to be by her dad’s side.

“It meant the world,” said Wong. “He wasn’t fully conscious when I got there but you could still talk. It was nice to have conversations with him. I probably didn’t sleep for three or four days just going back to talk for hours. So it was definitely nice.”

John was able to see Emily’s sister get married in the hospital. He then died on October 4th. …

Wong Dedicates Season to Late Father

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Amy Tinkler at WOGA

Great Britain’s Amy Tinkler and Jade Armstrong from South Durham Gymnastics Club travelled across the pond to Texas last week to compete in the 2014 WOGA Classic. The competition, that took place on the 8th February, showcased some of the world’s top rising stars from the likes of Brazil, China, Russia, USA, Ukraine and more. …

In the junior category, rising star Amy Tinkler impressed by taking silver in the all-around competition, performing clean routines across the apparatus to finish with 55.750. Amy also took silver on the vault for her double twisting Yurchenko and gold on the floor performing her new routine to score an impressive 14.500. …

GB’s Tinkler and Armstrong impress at the WOGA Classic

Click PLAY or watch her DTY on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.

related – Examiner – Rebeca Andrade, Brazilians dominate WOGA Classic