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Our Olympic Horizontal Bar Champion awarded Netherland’s highest accolade for the third time.

I find this photo … appropriate. 🙂

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Directly following the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Age Group Training Camp organised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the FIG expert Rick McCharles (CAN) travelled to Doha, Qatar to repeat the experience for that country on December 11-15. This camp was also for Women’s Artistic Gymnastics and the expert for that discipline was Enrico Casella (ITA), the well known Italian National Coach and coach of former World Champion Vanessa Ferrari. …

As in Saudi Arabia, this Age Group Training Camp was held with the financial assistance of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). …

The Age Group programme includes a testing and monitoring programme for Men’s and Women’s Artistic gymnasts’ physical abilities and technical skills as well as a complete competition programme with modified optional rules for age-group gymnasts and compulsory exercises for all ages. It also includes a variety of additional information related to developing a systematic gymnastics programme that can lead to high performance. …

… Qatar has now hosted four FIG Academies including the very first Trampoline Academy; it hosted a precursor of the Age Group Programme that recommended competition rules and standards for the Persian Gulf Region; it hosted an FIG Introductory seminar/camp for the Age Group Programme and now an official FIG Age Group Programme Camp. We thank them for their willingness to help in the coach education of the entire region. …

details via FIG

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Campia Gymnastics, Newfoundland:

Marta will be watching to make sure all our gymnasts are listening to their coach, doing their conditioning and having lots of fun at gymnastics!!

No surprise. Another older powerful tumbler blows an Achilles.

It really is one of our biggest problems.

UCLA junior Samantha Peszek will sit out the 2013 gymnastics season after suffering a torn right Achilles tendon in practice on Monday.

Peszek, a silver medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2011 NCAA balance beam champion, plans to have surgery as quickly as possible and will redshirt the upcoming season. She will have two years of eligibility remaining. …

Bruins

With so many Artistic gymnasts trying to compete 3 1/2, I’m sure we’ll see more quads this quad.

Dennis Vachon.

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Long time Italian Olympic coach Enrico Casella is happy with the progress of one of his up-and-comers, MARTINA RIZZELLI from Brixia.

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Here’s an upgrade she’s working.

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Those come from Enrico’s VIDEOS page.

Vince Carter dunks over 7′ 2″ (2.18 m) French center Frédéric Weis.

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It’s not “charging” if you jump OVER the defender.

Lovely duet at the Olympic Gala in Antwerp. 🙂

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WOMEN’S FLOOR EXERCISE:
Koko Tsurumi (JPN) 13.825
Mai Murakami (JPN) 13.575
Sabrina Gill (CAN) 13.400

WOMEN’S BALANCE BEAM:
Yu Minobe (JPN) 14.225
HC: Asuka Teramoto (JPN) 13.525
Yuko Shintake (JPN) 13.375

MEN’S VAULT:
YANG Hak Seon (KOR) (16.325, 15.950) 16.137
Wai Hung Shek (HKG) (15.800, 15.825) 15.812
Takumi Sato (JPN) (15.900, 15.500) 15.700
Hugh Smith (CAN) (15.825, 14.625) 15.225

MEN’S PARALLEL BARS:
Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 15.275
Kazuhito Tanaka (JPN) 15.125
Christopher Jursch (GER) 13.525

MEN’S HORIZONTAL BAR:
Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 15.175
Wai Hung Shek (HKG) 15.125
Christopher Jursch (GER) 14.575

GYMMIN’ MIEL!

WAG Finals results (PDF)

MAG Finals results (PDF)

Great to see Sabrina Gill back. 🙂

The “next one” — Japanese Olympian Ryohei Kato — took two titles, floor exercise (15.675) and pommel horse (15.050)

Update. shergymrag links to a better angle. … The judges did not give her credit.

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That’s Yekaterina Tsvetkova

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