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Daiane Dos Santos back when she competed Beam.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Or is it a forward handspring?

I saw that linked from Korbut Flip.

And she’ll be back for Championships.

Amanda Turner:

Recovering after an unexpected performance at Saturday’s U.S. Secret Classic, rising star Simone Biles told IG on Wednesday she is focused on a top-three finish at the upcoming U.S. championships in Hartford.

The first-year senior struggled at the U.S. Classic, with missed routines on uneven bars (fall on Tkatchev), balance beam (missed mount) and floor exercise (fall on full-in). After a shaky warm-up on vault, she decided not to compete her final event.

“We just decided it would be best if I didn’t do vault, just because I wasn’t having a good meet and also because on floor I hurt my ankle just a little bit,” she explained. …

Biles Back to Work Before US Championships

I’ve got a feeling she’s going to look fantastic in Hartford. And, if so, she’ll be considered the favourite for the AA going into Worlds.

Click PLAY or watch her Floor (again) on YouTube.

I hope they do change that weak third tumbling pass.

Peyton Ernst is awesome, as well. And also aspires to finish top 3 AA at Championships:

… Looking ahead to other international competitions, Ernst said she thinks she can best help the U.S. team on uneven bars and balance beam. …

Many will name Komova the favourite for Worlds AA 2013, but I worry about Vika’s consistency. And her health. (PHOTO)

Aliya will have lower start scores, but is much more likely to HIT.

Now over 4 million hits, I guess I’ll finally share this funny Tampon commercial.

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A tribute to the Chinese WAG who will retire after the 2013 National Games (or, in the case of Cheng Fei and YYL, who haven’t been active in a while).

Click PLAY or watch it on Yuku.

http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XNTg4MzU3Mzky/v.swf

You might wonder why gymnasts kept training through to these National Games.

As I understand it, funding is based on results there. The gymnasts were asked to stay on long enough to help their home teams.

via GymFever

Fangfang Jia easily won Tumbling at the 2013 World Games. There are only a few competitors on Earth that can challenge her.

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She’s 2011 World Champion.

I assume Chellsie is checking these videos. 🙂

World Games in Cali.

A sample – CHN Men’s group balance

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more Acrobatic & Rhythmic videos on Don Olivero’s YouTube channel.

Thanks Bea.

Brilliant slideshow.

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I saw a few competitors comment online that this competition is better than World Championships.

I’m feeling rotten for the German and American athletes forced to withdraw. 😦

(via Phoenix CAN)

Translation: Bea Gheorghisor:

Octavian Bellu:

… as a gymnast I did not excel. I participated in Nationals, in average competitions, but I never reached high performance because after a point I was not built for gymnastics. …

You said that you wanted to study medicine?

I even studied for Medical school. But when I arrived in Bucharest for the exam, my colleagues hijacked me and I went to IEFS (Institute of Physical Education and Sport).

When did you start growing a mustache?

In high school in the ninth grade. I had great difficulties, because all the teachers claimed it would be better to shave. Just as I had difficulties when I went to Valea C?lug?reasc? teacher with long locks.

Locks?

I had long hair, yes. I am a rocker.

What music are you listening to?

Woodstock ’62. Beatles, Rolling Stones, Uriah Heep, Janis Joplin. …

To the National team, how did you get?

There was this Balkan Championship and two little girls from my club went to Onesti, the people from the Federation saw me and in ’81 when Bela Karoly left for the U.S. Athanasia Albu was a coach at the Federation at that point, I got a call: “Do you want to go to Deva?”. I said, “Yes.” …

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Source for the interview: adevarul.ro

Octavian Ioan Atanase Bellu (… born February 17, 1951 …) is the current head of the Romanian national women’s artistic gymnastics team. He was the main coach with interruptions, between 1990 and 2005 and returned as head of the national team in 2010. …

Bellu has one daughter, Iolanda, born in 1978, with his first wife Camelia … In 2008-2009 Bellu married his coaching partner Mariana Bitang. …

Spanny is in lust with this Arabian on Beam.

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OMG

She could go Arabian punch front any time.

is week’s workout takes us to Morganville, NJ and MG Elite. MG Elite is home to National Team Member Laurie Hernandez as well as junior elites Ariana Agrapides and Jazmyn Foberg. The elites train under Coach Maggie Haney.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NTc1NzE4ODIz?related=1&autoplay=false

Watch more video of Workout Wednesday, Season 5 on gymnastike.org

Who needs a male coach? 🙂

You can WATCH AN EXTENDED VERSION OF THIS VIDEO in Gymnastike Gold …

I have to admit I’m getting tempted to pay for a year. Many subscribers have been enjoying the premium service.

The main reason I haven’t is my disappointment in the way they rolled out the paid service.

I believe it’s $147 for the year. Or 19.99/month and cancel at any time.