the pain in Spain

Amanda Turner:

Fed up over a perceived lack of support, members of the Spanish men’s national team have penned an open letter to Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation outlining their complaints and threatening to retire.

The letter, signed by all 14 members of the men’s national team, questions why the team has gone all year without adequate physical therapists and no team doctor at the national training center in Madrid. …

read more on IG – Spanish Gymnasts Threaten to Quit En Masse

Jesus Carballo JrJesus Carballo Jr. has been head of the Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation (REFG) since 2010.

He’s doing his best to quell the insurrection.

Tinkler, GBR win friendly

Brigid:

Great Britain won the junior friendly Jugendländerkampf 2013 held in Germany today.

The French team came in second, Germans in third, and Swiss in fourth.

GB also led the all-around with Amy Tinkler taking gold and Ellie Downie taking silver; Germany’s Kim Janas was third.

1 Amy Tinkler GBR, 53,80
2 Ellie Downie GBR, 53,60
3 Kim Janas Germany, 53,55
4 Claire Martin France, 53,45
5 Louise Vanhille France, 53,05
6 Leah Grießer Germany, 52,05

TCG – A Feast of Juniors In Germany

photo via Nick Ruddock
photo via Nick Ruddock

> Rhyannon Jones
> Ellie Downie
> Jade Armstrong
> Amy Tinkler
> Chantelle Halford

• videos

Sam Oldham, Will Trood

Full Twist:

Sam Oldham and fellow British gymnast Will Trood have introduced a new YouTube channel detailing their road to Rio 2016.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Turkey medals at Mediterranean Games

Some good news for sport in Turkey.

Turkey claimed rare artistic gymnastic medals at the 2013 Mediterranean Games … in Mersin.

Turkey Rings

details

via Couch Gymnast

Pommel long travel w half spindle

Ma JIuH YsM:

Michael Newburger doing new pommel horse element Driggs with 180

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch his 2013 Winter Cup Finals routine on YouTube.

Newburger, from Ohio State, is the 2013 NCAA Pommel Horse champion.

Andreas Bretschneider – the “Bretschneider”

It’s for real this time. Full twisting Kolman.

Easy. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Andreas competed Casina and Kolman at the Turnier der Meister 2013, Cottbus.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Blythe posted history on this super skill – Get ready: Here comes the double twisting Kovacs on high bar

(via Emilio Toledo)