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Episode 35: Jake Dalton:

This week our guest is World team medalist, Olympian, 2013 American Cup Champion, former Oklahoma Sooner, and founder of Mesomorphic Clothing, Jake Dalton.

He tells us about: how his female coach, Wanda Fredericks, and skateboarding videos helped him with his air sense, choosing Oklahoma, being a sex symbol, how he proposed to Kayla Nowak, which TV show sparked the idea for his company, what it was like to compete in the Pro Gymnastics Challenge, what new skills he’s working on, training for the specific equipment that will be used at Worlds in Belgium, how he got his toe point, advice for gymnastics parents and the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

graphic by Andrew Novialdi Design

Alternate to the 2012 Canadian Olympic team, Jessica Savona, shows one of my favourite KIP drills at Manjak’s.

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Jess is available to coach Summer Camps 2013.

Leave a comment if you are looking for a guest Olympian. She’s an energetic and inspiring athlete.

Funny.

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Gymkata ranks as one of the worst movies of all time on some lists.

(via Gymnast Crossing)

Japan must have more goofy reality TV shows than any other nation.

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(via Marceline Goldstein on Facebook)

Blossom:

Former Olympic Champion Cheng Fei has left the National Team and returned to her home province of Hubei. She is currently coaching at Wuhan Institute of Physical Education, the place where she used to train. …

Cheng Fei’s transfer come as no surprise to most of her fans. She has expressed how she doesn’t feel at home living the Beijing metropolitan life

Before Cheng Fei, many coaches felt we might never have a Chinese Floor of Vaulting World champion.

She changed ALL that. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch her 2004 Floor on YouTube.

That was linked from a Happy Birthday career retrospective posted by Couch Gymnast.

… W.A.F.F.L.E. (We Are Family for Life Entertainment) crew: J-Black, Goofy, Boy Aero, Lex Aero, John-O and Sonic. …

NY Times – ‘Subway Ballet’

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Young men perform daring aerial dances in a crowded New York City subway car.

Sorry to be slow linking to this one.

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via @GymCastic

North Stars Gymnastics Academy located in Boonton N.J. (45min out of Manhattan) has two optional and 1 compulsory full time coaching position available.

North Stars has placed numerous kids on the U.S. National team plus has been over 60 collegiate scholarships.

Contact Tony Gehman at 973 316-2507 or email northstarsnj (a) optimum.net

The International Federations for karate, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding, wushu, baseball/softball, squash and wrestling all made 30-minute presentations prior to voting in Saint Petersburg.

The IOC Executive Board then selected three sports by secret ballot with baseball/softball, squash and wrestling all being proposed for possible inclusion on the Olympic programme for the 2020 Games. …

Team GB – IOC PRESIDENT ROGGE BELIEVES RIGHT THREE SPORTS CHOSEN

It sounds like only one Sport will be added.

To me Wrestling is a no-brainer. It obviously should be in the Olympics.

Swimming and gymnastics were the big winners Wednesday in a new revenue-sharing ranking of Olympic sports, signaling the start of the debate over how to split the money from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The IOC executive board promoted the international swimming and gymnastics federations into the top tier along with track and field in a list of five groups comprising the 28 summer Olympic sports.

Previously, the International Association of Athletics Federations was ranked alone in the highest of four groups and received the biggest share of the hundreds of millions of dollars generated from television rights and other deals from each Summer Games. …

Swimming, gymnastics get Olympic revenue boost

The obvious question — Why can’t our National Governing Bodies better market one of the top 3 Olympic sports?

(via FIG)