… Sunoco is offering a free scholarship for one lucky kid and three of their friends to attend Camp Woodward, a high tech action sports camp, for one week this summer.
To win the scholarship, kids ages 7-17 can submit a video about how they are fueled by their friends to become the best they can be. Once they post their video to Instagram, Vine or Tout with both of these hashtags: #FueledbySunoco AND #CampWoodward they’re entered to win!
Camp Woodward offers unique camping covering many specialties including gymnastics, cheerleading, skateboarding, bmx, inline skating, snowboarding & skiing and digital media.
The contest is only for a short time – the deadline to post videos is July 17th
Danusia Francis on Yang Hak Seon
Yang Hak Seon continues to wow the world. Check out Danusia Francis’s reaction to his vault today!
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Russian Men win FISU
They did it. The hosts won the Team competition.
1. Russia 273.150
2. Ukraine 269.950
3. Japan 269.700
Russia’s strategy of sending its best MAG team to the Universiade in Kazan today paid off. All rounders Nikita Ignatyev, David Belyavski and Nikolai Kuksenkov put in a solid showing, supported by specialists Denis Ablyazin (floor, vault, rings) and Emin Garibov (pommels, parallel bars and high bar). Their performance must be one of the most consistent and solid by a Russia MAG team in a long time …
RRG – Russia’s golden haul continues in Kazan – updated with links to full results
Denis Ablyazin threw an absurdly difficult Floor routine. (7.1)
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Compare that against Kenzo Shirai’s 7.3 difficulty routine.
Bart Deurloo – H Bar 3.4 combo
All G elements Men’s Code
Tough stuff.
Published on Jul 7, 2013
1. Triple back – Liukin
2. Triple twisting double back – Ri Jong Song
3. Reverse stokli to handstand 3/3 travel + 360 turn to travels – Busnari
4. 3 Russian’s on 1 pommel – G
5. Belle with 360 turn / Tsukahara in parallel bars – Quintero
6. Basket with 540 turn – Zhou Shixiong
7. Forward uprise to Makuts to support – Tsolakidis 1
8. Double back tucked with 360 turn – Hiroyuki Kato
9. Gienger with 180 turn over the bar – Pineda
10. Kovacs stretched with 360 turn – Cassina
11. Kovacs with 540 turn – Shaham
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Komova or Douglas?
Many still argue that Vika should have won the Olympics over Gabby Douglas.
… But not as many who argued that Shawn should have won over Nastia.
Compare their AA competitions in this new video edit.
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I was happy that Nastia won. And that Gabby won.
Most purists prefer Vika’s style and technique. But she truly did have more conspicuous errors that day. Gabby HIT better.
Regardless of how the judges wildly interpreted the rules of 2012, I felt justice was done.
Gabrielle Douglas deserved to be Olympic Champion.
Michael Jackson ONE
Despite a terrible, terrible tragedy — Sarah Guillot-Guyard, veteran aerialist with Ka, killed from falling 90 feet — the circus goes on.
Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Michael Jackson ONE‘ premiered June 29, 2013.
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… (the) reportedly $1 billion company which employs 5,000 people globally, including 2,000 at its headquarters in Montreal. …
… In January, Cirque du Soleil announced that it was laying off 400 employees.
“The Cirque is not in crisis,” said spokeswoman Renée-Claude Ménard after the announcement, but she also mentioned that the company had not turned a profit in 2012. …
It is unlikely that “Ka” will be back onstage before July 16th. The Battle Scene in which Sarah died will be cut.
Yvette Moshage THWTS Ambassador
Sports2Visuals:
Former elite gymnast Yvette Moshage will be The Hard Way To Success’ ambassador!
Yvette told her impressive story in the first episode. Recently she tore her ACL for the third time and she was forced to retire from gymnastics.
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Gymnastics Queensland Jr Champs
Gymnastics Queensland very successfully hosted their 2013 Junior State championships over 5 days from 21-25 June. …
Some interesting numbers:
706 competitors – 237 MAG and 469 WAG
31 MAG clubs represented
45 WAG clubs represented
Gymnasts from all 8 Regions (Far NQ, North Queensland, Central Queensland, Sunshine Coast, Darling Downs, Nth Brisbane, Sth Brisbane, SE Coast)
4,500+ routines performed
tens of thousands of feet-hand take-offs and landing
only 2 x sprained ankles
I never like to see any gymnast injured, but based on the above total numbers, I appreciated the last number!
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Shin Soo-ji’s first pitch
The Korean Rhythmic gymnast throws a baseball STRIKE.
No illusion. 🙂
Over 8 million hits on this video as I post.
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Published on Jul 5, 2013
Before the Doosan Bears at Jamsil on July 5th, rhythmic gymnast Shin Soo-ji threw out the first pitch.
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