Gabby Douglas – the movie

Seems that made-for-TV-movie project is moving forward:

Casing call from Alchemy of Acting in Atlanta, Georgia:

Email: CastingGabby2013@gmail.com

Call: (310) 244-3720 office

CASTING: GABBY: 8 to SMALL 12yr Old.FEMALE, African American,
VERY Petite, Great Smile, Great Eyes, Gymnastic & Dance Ability a
PLUS! Takes Direction Well GABBY:13-16 yrs old (VERY PETITE) FEMALE, African American, Very Petite (No taller than 5′ 2′)
Gymnastic & Dance Ability Important and a Plus, Great Smile,
Great Eyes. Great Acting Ability

The movie starts shooting September 9th all the way through the end of October

Project Casting

Gabby

via GymFever

back flip football catch

I’m expecting ALL the guys at Taiso Gymnastics to be doing this by the time I get there.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thank Tony Retrosi for the link.

USA Gymnastics magazines

In celebration of 50 years, USAG put up an online LIBRARY from the 1960s until today:

We’ve dug deep into the archives and posted tons of past issues from the different magazines that have documented the history of USA Gymnastics. …

USA magazine

A recent edition.

//e.issuu.com/embed.html#0/4082257

Click through and you can read the magazine contents in a user unfriendly format.

Thank Warren Long for the link.

Sang Lan engaged

Hu Xuedan:

Chinese gymnast Sang Lan recently got engaged to her agent Huang Jian. Reports say the two will get married by the end of this year.

engaged

“I’m not 20 anymore. What I need is a simple [kind of] happiness,”Sang explained.

Sang Lan was paralyzed after a fateful fall at the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York. A wheelchair has become an indispensable part of her life ever since. Sang was pushed to the point of public scrutiny several times after the accident, especially when she filed a lawsuit in the U.S. …

read more …

Thanks Brigid.

Worlds 2013 preview

Rien’s fan edit.

… only 3 gymnasts per event!

The Chinese team is Yao Jinnan, Shang Chunsong, Huang Huidan, and Zeng Siqi.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Ed Gunny – Butterfly on Rings

1967 NCAA Championships, SIU

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10151771851955270

Jim Royce:

He held a cross with an old school steel school desk between his legs —— He also did a half in half out off rings to the splits on purpose

That was posted by David Niemand on the Facebook NCAA MEN’S GYMNASTICS ALUMNI page.

viral Nike ad

We’re all capable of a little more — a little faster, a little higher, a little stronger, a little more. And when we look at all of the little things we’ve done, we’ll see the big things we’re doing.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Mashable)