Team China coaches reassigned

Lu Shanzhen, long time women’s coach, is being moved to head the Chinese Rhythmic and Trampoline teams.

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Details and comment thread on Blossom. They hope Xiong Jingbing will take over WAG.

Tramp Pundit questions why the Chinese Trampoline coach would be moved. That’s been a fantastically successful program.

Alabama’s charter plane

… Alabama took a (charter) plane to three regular season meets this year – Missouri, Florida and Arkansas – and bussed to meets at LSU and Georgia. It also flew to three meets in 2012. There are University regulations that dictate when teams are allowed to fly depending on how far away a destination is. But flying is always the preferred method.

The average cost of a charter flight during the 2012 season was $22,743 compared to $2,004 for each bus trip – a difference of more than $20,000 …

This year, the team flew back immediately following its meet in LSU on March 8 and went straight to the cold tubs, even though it was three in the morning. But being able to do rehab on the night of the meet gave the gymnasts an extra day to recover on Saturday before getting back to practice Sunday.

“You have a recovery day the next day. It’s not that you’re spending all day traveling to get home,” Patterson said. “Not many teams come back and then at three in the morning get in the cold tubs like we did when we got back from LSU.”

It also helps the gymnasts in the classroom. Patterson said the plane usually leaves at 3 p.m. on Thursday before a Friday meet, which means the athletes don’t have to miss any class.

… parties include four coaches and three staff members in addition to the gymnasts. They use 15-16 hotel rooms, which totalled an average of $2,223 last season. The travel party also spent an average of $2,677 on meals and per diems, and $1,666 for a bus to carry the team around once it lands. That brings the total cost of a trip to an average of almost $30,000.

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Ri Se Gwang – two 6.4 vaults

This clip has both piked Dragalescu and his own Vault (double Tsuk with 1/1 twist). Both highest rated values in the Code.

Click PLAY or watch them on YouTube.

Doha prelims.

Jiaxin Tan – Gold Doha Bars

MONSTER difficulty.

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube. (14.850)

Beautiful Gymnastics tells that she only competes Bars. So we’ll not likely see her internationally after this season.

Unless she cleans that up. And becomes as competitive as He Kexin.

Doha Finals – day 1

Via the official website.

Vault
1-PHAN Thi Ha Thanh VIE 14.825
2-IORDACHE Larisa Andreea ROU 14.675
3-STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI 14.662

WAG Podium Vault QAT2013

Bars
1-TAN Jiaxin CHN 14.850
2-HARROLD Ruby GBR 14.500
3-JUPP Gabrielle GBR 13.925

MAG Floor
1-KOCZI Flavius ROU 14.925
2-OYAKAA Arthur BRA 14.900
3-KLAVORA Rok SLO 14.700

Pommel Horse
1-BERKI Krisztian HUN 15.450
2-OKA Jumpei JPN 15.125
3-HIDVEGI Vid HUN 15.100

Rings
1-NABARRETE Arthur BRA 15.700
2-LIAO Qiuhua CHN 15.425
3-TOVMASYAN Artur ARM 15.400

Anastasia Dmitrieva – Floor

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… both tied for AA gold at the Gymnix competition. Some people are raving over on how cute and special Bondareva’s floor routine is but I prefer Dmitrieva’s routine. …

Anastasia Dmitrieva’s & Maria Bondareva’s Gymnix FX 2013

Click PLAY or watch Anastasia on YouTube.