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Unique style. Some self-invented skillz.

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Thank Dave Adlard for the link.

Another fantastic edit from the FIG.

… 12 Gold medals, 10 World Gold gymnasts : Simone Biles (USA), McKayla Maroney (USA), Huang Huidan (CHN), Aliya Mustafina (RUS), Kohei Uchimura (JPN), Kenzo Shirai (JPN), Kohei Kameyama (JPN), Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA), Yang Hak Seon (KOR), Lin Chaopan (CHN), Epke Zonderland (NED). …

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FIG:

After Chellsie Memmel and Nastia Liukin in 2005 and Bridget Sloan and Rebecca Ross in 2009 this was the third time in history that the USA have won the Gold and Silver All-around medals at a World Championships. Sixteen-year-old Simone Biles (USA), who qualified in top position, won ahead of her teammate Kyla Ross and Russia’s Aliya Mustafina. We introduce you the Top 8 of this exciting competition. …

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The Hard Way To Success – Episode 8 – Brinn Bevan

Brin scored 84.75 at the European Youth Olympic Festival. 1st AA.

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Brinn scored 84.800 at Japan Jr, 3rd AA. And brought home a couple of Apparatus Finals medals, as well.

… I started swim and gym when I was 3 years old and my teacher was Gary Dove. On his advice my mum took me to South Essex Gym Club in Basildon, Essex. I was 5 or 6 years old and was invited to join their development squad coached by Matt Jackson. Since 2005/6 I have trained with Scott Hann in his Top Squad. …

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I feared the The Hard Way To Success video series was something put together especially for the World Championships in Antwerp.

Happily, sports2visuals out of the Netherlands confirms that they plan to continue into the future. 🙂

That’s Lisa Deen and Carolien Visser.

DVORA MEYERS on Dead Spin:

One year and three leg surgeries after London, McKayla Maroney has returned to competition on the vault. And from a performance standpoint, not much has changed. She does the two-and-a-half twister that made her famous (before the meme made her even more famous) just as well as she did at the Olympics. She even managed to stick a vault that was better than the one she did in the London team finals …

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I’m quoted:

“Nobody is working towards an Amanar any longer. The value is too low for the difficulty”

Kasamatsu and Handspring twists are the way to go in this cycle.

The only girls left training it are those who were close last cycle. It’s undervalued now.

Jessica Lopez had a sore Achilles tendon after prelims. Did not want to risk competing in the AA Final.

She was replaced by Vasiliki Millousi, first alternate.

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(via gimnasialatina)

I would love to see how high Jessica could place in the AA if she hit 4/4.

Victoria Moors, too. 🙂

Though I was super busy, I managed to follow Apparatus Finals via twitter and Icelandic TV online.

Sweet.

Highlights and commentary yet to come. In the meantime, here are some Day 2 wrap-up posts:

USA increases medal haul to 12 at 2013 World Gymnastics Championships

Examiner – Quick hits: Event finals day two at the 2013 Worlds

Aliya Mustafina and Simone Biles take Golds

Yang, Uchimura, Lin and Zonderland are World Champions

Alyia … on her Beam performances

Triple Twist – Thoughts from the 2013 World Championships (WAG)

Includes Karlsruhes gymnasts Pauline Tratz, Leah Grießer und Maike Enderle. And some … other gymnasts. 🙂

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Thanks CA.

COACH and gymnast. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch Maegan on YouTube.

4 double somersaults — many of the guys do ZERO.

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Maegan needs to add 1/1-twisting double layout now!

Amazing what those girls tumbled in the late 1980s, early 90s.