tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
1974.
Thank Dagmar Nissen Munn for this edit.
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I’m not quite old enough of an old timer to have a dozen personal Mark Davis stories. I never got to Muscle Beach until 1977 or 1978. Mark wasn’t doing the Quad off Swinging Rings the year I was there.
Great interview.
Gigi Khazback Farid:
Fadwa Mohamed is an Egyptian gymnast who won the gold medal on vault at this year’s Mediterranean Games. …
Gigi: You perform the most difficult and dangerous vault in women’s gymnastics, how long have you been training the vault?
Fadwa: I have been training it for three years but still i need more time.
Gigi: The Produnova is an incredibly dangerous vault, have you ever been afraid of attempting it.
Fadwa: I was never scared of doing it. Its not dangerous for someone who has a body like mine. …
WOGymnastike – Exclusive Interview With Egypt’s Fadwa Mohamed
If FIG rules keep rewarding her for falling. And she’s not afraid.
Why stop chucking that Vault? 😦
Obviously Vault landing deductions need to double, at least.
Examiner was there:
Eight 2012 Olympians, including European vault champion Giulia Steingruber and two-time Olympic finalist Tomas Gonzalez, won the team title at the Tournoi de Schilteigheim Saturday afternoon near Strasbourg, France.
It was the first time the Schiltigheim tournament, organized by the Alsace club of the same name, has held a team competition. The program was inspired by the Pro Gymnastics Challenge held in Pennsylvania earlier this year, with gymnasts from each team facing off rotuine-for-routine on each event.
For example, the competition began with Russia’s Anna Pavlova, representing the blue team, and Greece’s Vasiliki Millousi, representing the red team, facing off on floor. Each performed their routine, but Millousi’s score was the higher of the two, so the red team earned a point. …
… what was most notable about this tournament was the exceptional goodwill and camaraderie between the two teams, who openly supported each other during every routine and gleefully clowned around when not on the apparatus. …
Both teams gladly posed for photos with young gymnasts from the Alsace region before heading off to a banquet dinner followed by a soiree in a Strasbourg nightclub.
Why everyone’s a winner at the 2013 Tournoi de Schiltigheim (Video)
Yep, that’s Ruggeri. Blythe notes he’s “recently moved to train at the U.S. Olympic Training Center under Vitaly Marinitch”.
I’m really looking forward to Peng Peng Li in the NCAA. 🙂
She’s a trickster. And entertainer.
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Watching old videos & Charlotte caught me doing the not impressed face… Again https://t.co/16e20aQ7i2
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Bloggers rehash some of the most discussed Floor routines of the past.
Kristen Ras:
Here, our esteemed panel discusses the nuances of the routines that demand to be noticed—love them or hate them, they get people talking and challenge the notions of what can be done with choreography.
To begin our series, I wanted to start with the generation that inspired this article—the Athens 2004 Era. …
And the winner is …
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Recall that lunges were allowed. 🙂
Bea Gheorghisor posted a summary with links.
Names to watch.
Category I
1 Andreea Munteanu (Deva) – 58.850 (D- VT 5.8/ UB 5.1/BB 6.4/ FX5.7)
2 Paula Tudorache (Dinamo)- 54.550 (D- VT 4.4/ UB 5.0/BB 5.5/ FX 5.0)
3 Ioana Nicoara (Deva) – 53.050 (D- VT 4.4/ UB 5.0/BB 5.0/ FX 4.6)
Category II (gymnasts born in 2000)
1 Anda Butuc (Dinamo) – 55.300 (D- VT 4.4?/ UB 5.7/BB 6.1/ FX 5.1)
2 Dora Vulcan (Dinamo)- 55.100 (D- VT 5.0?/ UB 3.9/BB 5.5/ FX 5.2)
3 Adela Florea (Deva) – 54.400 (D- VT 5.0/ UB 4.6/BB 5.5/ FX 4.8)
Category III – Level 4 (gymnasts born 2001)
1 Ioana Crisan (Deva) – 57.125 (D- VT 5.0/ UB 4.8/BB 6.3/ FX 5.7)
2 Olivia Campian (Deva)- 55.675 (D- VT 4.4?/ UB 5.4/BB 6.2/ FX 5.5)
3 Georgiana Juravle (Constanta) – 54.900 (D- VT 5.0/ UB 4.7/BB 5.5/ FX 5.5)
Level 3 (gymnasts born 2002)
1 Laura Iacob (Onesti) – 52.775 (D- VT ?/ UB 3.8 / BB 4.9/ FX 5.3)
2 Daniela Dumitrascu (Onesti)- 52.575 (D- VT ?/ UB 4.6/BB 5.1/ FX 4.7)
3 Nica Ivanus (Cluj) – 52.225 (D- VT ?/ UB 3.9/BB 4.6/ FX 4.8)
E scores were a bit generous.
Romanian Jr. Nationals: Results and Report
In my opinion, the most competitive was the category of Juniors II, among the gymnasts born in 1999 and 2000.
Andreea Munteanu, the all around champion of Category I, showed she is on the right path on vault – beam – floor. How does she manage to maintain such a level in all meets? She is making a name for herself as the gymnast who medals in all finals she qualifies for.
Andreea is a hard working gymnast and a very good competitor. She is the leader of this generation. …
read more of the Couch Gymnast Cristian Moldovan Interview
Responsible for Bars, Cristian talks about the positive effect of introducing Grips.
How’s this for bad sportsmanship?
JAS:
Guys, that’s
1.) the Russian National Championship, not an international competition, &
2.) not everything that happened. If you watch the full video, you can tell that Mustafina was goofing around with Afanasyeva. There was nothing mean about it in the full video; the gif was edited in a way that just makes it look mean.
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