tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
1. Italy 165.396
2. France 158.895
3. Greece 148.597
Amanda Turner has results and commentary from the Mediterranean Games in Turkey — Italian Women Best French in Mersin.
Ferrari discusses her possible retirement. She leads the AA from prelims.
related – Couch Gymnast – Italy wins Med Games & Ferrari considers future
Sarah:
From the 17th to the 21st of June, groups of young Chinese junior gymnasts competed in the Chinese Junior Nationals, in the Changzhou province of China. The competition was split into two age groups, with Group A having gymnasts aged 14-15, and Group B with gymnasts 13 and under. More than two hundred gymnasts …
Couch Gymnast – Chinese Junior Nationals: Recap and video
Piibunina was there, uploading to youku.
Check out group B all around champion Lu Jiaqi’s Gold medal Beam on youku.
6.0 + 8.55 = 14.55
http://player.youku.com/embed/XNTcyOTkyNDY0
Luo Huan’s Bars scored 14.2. Watch them on youku.
World Cup Portugal
C G E G D D D E D E – 4.8 + 2.5 = 7.300
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(via Adam Patterson)
Though I’ve followed the sport since it was introduced in the 1984 Olympics … I still can’t explain it.
trivia – who won the 1st Olympics?
It’s got more in common with dance and contortion than Artistic Gymnastics.
Mina decided to go to Vienna for the 29th European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics.
… In rhythmic gymnastics the Europeans are almost as good as Worlds as the top nations like Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and even Azerbaijan etc. all participate. …
In the end, the very young Russian gymnasts, Yana Kudryavtseva, Daria Svatkovskaya (daughter of the famous Oxana Skladina, who refused to congratulate silver-medal-winning Carolina Pascual at the 1992 Olympics) and Margarita Mamun not only won the team event (two to three gymnasts from each country show altogether two routines per apparatus) but all of the gold medals in event finals and three silvers, too. (There‘s been no all-around competition this year.)
… (starting) 2013 gymnasts are allowed to use one piece of music which has vocals with words. (I think) all of the gymnasts used this new rule and while some shone even brighter doing their difficult elements and great artistry work to the wonderful voice of Adele, Lana del Rey or even Shakira, other performances were just smothered by the singing and couldn‘t really live up to their own music choice. All in all I really liked the new rule …
Couch Gymnast – Impressions of the European Rhythmic Championships
Mina’s top 6 routines from that competition are linked. Including this one …
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related – GymCastic episode 37 features a lengthy audio interview with 2012 Olympian Julie Zetlin. Charming and eloquent.
Damon Anderson:
… this is a keyframe animation. No motion capture was used in any of the Oya animations. Each animated skill was created using numerous videos of many gymnasts and dancers. …
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What’s the start score on that routine?
See more like that on the OyaProject YouTube channel.
Does exercise work?
And — if so — how can we make change to our lifestyles?
Dr. Michael Evans is a practicing family doctor and associate professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto.
He is internationally renowned for innovation in engaging the public about health. Examples include the viral YouTube video “23 and 1/2 hours”, his national CBC radio show, and founding a “Mini-Med School” for the public at the U of T. He is currently directing Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and partnering with YouTube on a series for the public.
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And you thought your gymnast had a lot of … STUFF. 🙂
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via GymFever
Despite widespread protests in Istanbul, the atmosphere at the 17th Mediterranean Games in Mersin is calm and peaceful, Greek gymnast Eleftherios Kosmidis told IG Wednesday.
Pictured: The new gymnastics venue, built for the Games.
Amanda Turner – Kosmidis Ready to Defend Floor Title in ‘Peaceful’ Mersin
It’s a shame the protests in Turkey — not at all an Arab Spring type uprising — are going to derail their attempts to win the 2020 Olympics.
Here’s an old feature on one of my first coaches, (Physical) Ed Vincent.
Proof that gymnastics training keeps you young.
Decide for yourself how old Ed looks in this TV new feature. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on Altadore Gymnastics Club.
http://www.cbc.ca/video/swf/UberPlayer.swf?state=sharevideo&clipId=2265299029&width=480&height=322
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