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Aliya Mustafina – new skill

Aliya Mustafina Debuts NEW SKILL on Bars

A Shaposh variation from toe-on. 1/1 twist to mixed grip.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NzY5NzIwODQw?related=1&autoplay=false

Watch more video of 2013 World Championships on gymnastike.org

It’s not quite the full twisting Maloney competed by Elisabeth Seitz. Aliya catches in mixed grip (easier).

UPDATE: Grace Chiu clarified that the mixed grip does not make it a different skill that the Seitz (2011). Therefore E+D and both are flight elements. Therefore CV 0.2.

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currency exchange

If you’re traveling to #WChAntwerp or anywhere else internationally, look closely at the REAL amount you are paying for purchases in another currency.

World traveler Dory Dynna linked to an important post on the “Dynamic Currency Conversion” (DCC) rip-off.

Bottom line: “When you are presented with the offer to pay in the currency of your card, you should ALWAYS decline.”

Catherine Lyons – Beam

AA Japan Jr

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Ariana Agrapides – Floor

Impressive tumbling.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Ariana trains at MG Elite.

Epke and Fabian

… The story of 2 friends, 2 rivals.. Epke Zonderland (NED) & Fabian Hambüchen (GER) …

Produced by Sports2Visuals.com …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Many are pondering Grandi’s unofficial proposal to “reduce the number of team members from five to four gymnasts“.

Instead of 5-4-3, it would go to 4 on the team, maximum 4 compete / apparatus – 3 scores to count towards team. Maximum 2 / nation in the final.

I assume.

That would free up more spots for specialists from around the world. Especially from smaller nations.

It’s worth considering.

The old system ALMOST did not qualify Epke to London. Any gymnast who might win an Olympic medal should be in the Olympics.

Brinn Bevan – Floor

A Floor routine with some style. Some originality. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (14.350 in the AA)

Note Brinn omits the ghastly pseudo body wave prior to the last tumbling line. He should gain +.1 for that. (Everyone else considers it compulsory.)

(via gymnastikfabriken)

Gymnastics Coaching on twitter

I’ve been a twitter skeptic from the start. Only relying on the micro-blogging service for LIVE events.

LIVE events like World Championships. Twitter’s the very best way to follow what’s going on in Antwerp. Search for #WChAntwerp

Yet — for some reason — I’ve been using twitter more of late. Regularly following my interactions feed in a browser.

As an experiment, I’ve added a RECENT TWEETS display in the right hand navigation.
Tweets by @GymCoaching

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