Ed Vincent – “18 until I die”

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

1-arm Giant HAT TRICK

🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via @gymnastTighe

In response, Nick Blanton posted this … a swing and a miss.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

LOVE Catherine Lyons

One of the most popular up-and-coming girls on the Gymternet right now. 🙂

Catherine is a British gymnast born August 30, 2000. She is the 2012 Espoir British Champion, 2013 English and British AA silver medalist. She also won a silver medal as part of the team at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF). …

Catherine trains at Europa Gymnastics Centre under Rochelle Douglas, who is a former British gymnast. Rochelle Douglas is also Catherine’s choreographer. …

Catherine has beautiful form and ridiculous flexibility and is one of the most artistic gymnasts out there. She has the potential to be an excellent All Around gymnast, but for now beam and floor are definitely her best events. …

TCG Junior Watch: Catherine Lyons

tumblr_mk6r8ci6nj1r0m2gio2_r1_500

(via Korbut Flip)

top 10 Bars 2008-2012

10. Youna Dufournet
9. Beth Tweddle
8. Elisabeth Seitz
7. Ksenia Semenova
6. Yang Yilin
5. Nastia Liukin
4. Natalia Kononenko
3. Viktoria Komova
2. Aliya Mustafina
1. He Kexin

Click PLAY or watch a montage by LissaGymVids on YouTube.

bread not circuses

… Eight years after Greece spent ~$15 billion to stage the 2004 Summer Olympics, some of those once-gleaming venues are crumbling.

The economy is a part of it, but so is the fact that many of these venues were built only for sports with little local interest (like softball), and now have no use. …

Business Insider – Abandoned Venues From The 2004 Athens Olympics [Photos]

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related – Wikipedia – Athens Olympic Sports Complex Legacy