Team Germany to Worlds

Hannah of turn-news.com posted a very comprehensive preview of the women competing for Deutschland.

Elisabeth Seitz
Sophie Scheder
Cagla Akyol
Pauline Schäfer

See Bios, Successes, Videos, Opportunities for each here. (German)

Cagla Akyol
Cagla Akyol

Chusovitina is competing for Uzbekistan this time ’round. … Who can keep track?

related – IG – ‘Reborn’ Chusovitina Celebrates 38th Birthday (June 2013)

double back progressions

GymneoTV just posted another visually superb tutorial.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=689452627751485

Nice to see the demonstrator show hands on shins. 🙂

National Gymnastics Day USA

toplogoUSAG:

All gymnasts, coaches, gymnastics clubs and fans are invited to turn upside down and show us how you play on Saturday, September 21, 2013. Take photos and share them on the USA Gymnastics Facebook page.

Goal of National Gymnastics Day (PDF):

To increase excitement for the sport of gymnastics and to communicate the healthy benefits that gymnastics fosters while teaching the importance of charitable outreach.

McKayla, Kyla and – Charlotte Drury

Gymnastike:

The McKayla Maroney/Kyla Ross friendship has been well publicized.

A decade after first meeting, training together, and ultimately building a strong bond, Maroney and Ross each earned their place on the five person 2012 Olympic Team. And if that weren’t enough, they went on to win a historic gold medal for Team USA. Together. It is truly a fairy tale story, but that story is not complete.

What many may not know is that there was a third teammate – a third friend. Her name is Charlotte Drury. And just like Maroney and Ross, Drury is a world class athlete with Olympic potential. Drury just chose a slightly different path. …

GymMax

read more – Maroney, Ross and Drury: The Gymnastics Fairy Tale

wedding proposal on wakeboard

Former Avant Coeur gymnast Brynn Hathaway is in a viral video. 🙂

Boyfriend (former gymnast) Matthew Gencarella:

As a man you have one opportunity to do the biggest surprise of your life, your proposal. This was my way of creating that once-in-a-lifetime, never-been-done, proposal and having some fun in the process…This is My Proposal! Brynn Hathaway I love you!!!

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

It’s featured on Glamour magazine.