Talia Chiarelli – Bars Final

Talia had a great day 1 finishing 5th all-around at the Canadian National Championships.

@taliachi posted this chat with her coach Mihai Brestyan back in Boston.

Mihai
🙂

Her Boston Bruins went up 3-0 over the NY Rangers, as well.

Pro Gym Challenge – night 2

Click PLAY or watch Part 1 of the 2nd broadcast on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Part 2 of the 2nd broadcast on YouTube.

And Part 3 on YouTube.

Olsen, Yu, Clark

Canadian Championships 2013

WAG Junior day 1

1. Shallon Olsen 57.400
2. Aleeza Yu 56.250
3. Brianna Clark 55.625
4. Rose-Kaying Woo 53.475
5. Isabela Onyshko 53.400
6. Kirsten Peterman 51.825

full results (PDF)

Click PLAY or watch a TV news spot featuring Shallon on YouTube.

Hofland, Black, Chant

Canadian Championships 2013

WAG Senior day 1

1. Kaitlyn Hofland 53.425
2. Ellie Black 53.150
3. Megan Chant 52.525
4. Stefanie Merkle 52.100
5. Talia Chiarelli 52.050
6. Natalie Vaculik 51.425

full results (PDF)

Kaitlyn

Photo via Futures Gymnastics on Facebook.

Moors – double double layout

Update: Head Judge confirmed Victoria was deducted for touching one hand on landing.

Victoria Moors debuted tonight at Canadian Championships one of the toughest tumbling lines ever competed.

She attempted a double double layout.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The only other I’ve seen competed is MyKayla Skinner.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTbue.

Canadian Championships

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GYMNASTICS Handbook of Sports Medicine & Science

To be published October 2013.

UPDATE – Available for preorder now $59.95 in the USA.

The Handbook of Sports Medicine is an ongoing series of specialist reference volumes sponsored by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and designed specifically for the use of professionals working directly with competitive athletes.

The target groups for whom this handbook is written includes (1) interested medical doctors who have little or no training in sports medicine, as well as sports medicine professionals; (2) physiotherapists and other health-related professionals; (3) team coaches who have academic preparation in the basic sciences; and (4) knowledgeable gymnasts.

The purpose of this volume is to present a comprehensive, state-of-the-art description of the medical and scientific aspects of Olympic gymnastics sports.

Gymnastics Caine Russell Lim

Dennis Caine, Professor and Interim Dean College of Education and Human Development, University of North Dakota

Keith Russell, President Scientific Commission (FIG)

Liesbeth Lim, Former National Sports Physician of the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation, 1997–2012

funniest Pommel video EVER

… Not that there’s been all that much competition. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

“Masquerade” is one of the most popular TV shows produced by NTV Japan. People from all walks of life participate …

via Gymnast Crossing

Click through to watch Invisible Man Vaulting and … more.

tramp + soccer + volleyball = Bossaball

Lucas Stritt:

Bossaball is a ball game between 2 teams, combining elements of volleyball, football, gymnastics and capoeira.

It is played on an inflatable court featuring a trampoline on each side of the net. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Bossaball clubs exist in various countries including Brazil, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Kuwait, Ecuador and Saudi Arabia.