Anastasia Shukhtorova Pole Art

With over 4 million views, this performance from Pole Art 2011 ranked #1 in the Top 30 pole dance videos on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.

famous gymnast – GSP

Georges St-Pierre dominates Nick Diaz in unanimous decision at UFC 158

Click PLAY or watch his gymnastics training on YouTube.

Thanks for the link Chris Saccullo | @CSaccullo

British Espoir Championships

Not to be confused with English Espoir Championships. 🙂

1 64.800 – Georgia-Mae Fenton (Europa)
2 64.000 – Catherine Lyons (Europa)
3 62.350 – Teal Grindle (Sapphire)
4 62.100 – Louise McColgan (Largs)

all results on Full Twist

Georgia-Mae even scored higher on “Range and Conditioning” than Catherine. That’s impressive.

… The girls in the Espoir level age ranges from twelve to thirteen.

The girls who are turning twelve this year are not eligible for Rio 2016, but the thirteen-year-olds will be eligible. This weekend the girls will only be doing the all-around competition.

… this meet is also a qualification round for the event finals which will take place next week at Liverpool’s Echo Arena where the Junior and Senior championships will take place (that must drive the coaches crazy!). …

Craig Tilley on Couch Gymnast

what acrobats do in the weight room

More hilarity from Damien Walters and Tim Shieff, this time joined by tumbling champion Greg Townley.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Give the guys a shout on twitter – @DamienWalters, @TimothyShieff & @GregTownley1

Check out their channels at:

https://www.youtube.com/damienwalters
https://www.youtube.com/99timshi
http://www.youtube.com/gregt18/

Check out Storm Freerun: http://www.stormfreerunlondon.com/

Shewfelt – Modi, Loran, Melton

Results from the friendly at Kyle Shewfelt Gym Fest are up.

1. Akash Modi 84.525 (USA)
2. Anderson Loran 84.075 (CAN)
3. Sean Melton 83.225 (USA)

Marty Stretch (USA) won the Jr friendly with 80.650.

The guys compete again at the Saturday Night BIG SHOW Finals, a showcase.

KSGF

Kyle Shewfelt Gym Fest on Facebook

Oregon State University commit Taylor Ricci won the Sr Women’s FIG competition. Unsigned Emily Lennon won Floor and Beam.

@ShewfeltGymFest

Sh*t Gymnasts Say

EVERY coach will recognize most of these typical statements. As reenacted by some Canadian gymnasts.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (2012)

(via WOGymnastike)

gymnastics social media

#ProGymnastics

Check out International Gymnastics Camp‘s PIT.

A nice interface for seeing gymnastics news links from around the world. This site is contributing.

IGC pit

They have a similar feed for Camp news. And Pro Gym Challenge news.

USA Male gymnasts. And USA female gymnasts.

Also, social media from female international gymnasts. And foreign male gymnasts.

Or … perhaps your preference is College gymnastics news.

Very cool.

I predict we’ll see many more pages like those in future.

Alabama 197.525, Oklahoma 196.825

The “perfect” season is over for the Sooners.

No. 1 Sooners Stall at No. 4 Alabama:

OU finishes the regular season with a 19-1 record, competes at Big 12 Championship next week.

Poor landings. An off night.

“I thought that we did a great job in a lot of different areas, but there is still a lot of room for improvement,” UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. “Our fans were incredible again tonight and I think our ladies rose to the occasion.”

For the season, the Crimson Tide drew 13,422 fans per meet, the second highest average in school history and the second highest average among all collegiate women’s programs this season. …

Roll Tide

Read the blow by blow on Balance Beam Situation.

Click PLAY or watch Sr Ashley Sledge on Bars.

Gabby – Raising the Bar

Though I’ve not yet read her first book, the second will be available April 30th.

It’s the post-Olympics story.

gabby-douglas-raising-bar-book
… Gabrielle shares an inside look at her day-to-day world, from the things that are still important to her—time with her friends and family, her favorite comfort foods, and her training routine—as well as what’s it’s like to suddenly walk the red carpet and interviewed by various people.

Along the way, Gabrielle also offers tips on how you can raise the bar on your life and accomplish your dreams. Through candid photos taken by Gabrielle to exclusive images taken behind the scenes, experience what it’s like to be an Olympic Champion and a normal teenage girl balancing a life in the spotlight with a life in the gym.

Amazon

(via Full Twist)