Wow.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Heaven was 2nd AA at the recent Tournament Combs-la-Ville in Paris.
She’s from Brantford Gymnastics in Ontario.
(via Beam Queen)
best skateboard tricks ever
a caution on Ibuprofin
Many older athletes pop something like Ibuprofin as a regular part of the workout ritual. Some refer to it as “Vitamin I“.
In a study published in the December issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, nine healthy trained men cycled using different combinations of ibuprofen, no ibuprofen and rest.
The study found that ibuprofen aggravates injury in the small intestine, based on measurements of cell leakage in the gut lining.
Whether the leakage leads to pathology isn’t known and will take a longer-term study to determine.
“This is the first study to reveal that ibuprofen aggravates exercise-induced small intestinal injury and induces gut barrier dysfunction in healthy individuals,” Kim van Wijck of Maastrict University Medical Centre and her co-authors wrote.
“We conclude that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs consumption by athletes is not harmless and should be discouraged.” …
new Code at Liukin Invite
Though Judges have not yet been officially tested in the new FIG Code, I understand it was “used” at the Valeri Liukin Invite this weekend.
Leave a comment if you can confirm.
All Around final:
1. Naoto Hayasaka (JPN) 89.650
2. Oleg Stepko (UKR) 89.150
3. Daisuke Suzuki (JPN) 87.700
Ruggeri was 4th.
1. Japan (178.950)
2. Ukraine (172.500)
3. Puerto Rico (169.500)
(via @theallaround and Miel)
UCLA Floor Routines
Always interesting to see what Miss Val brings.
Click PLAY or watch Vanessa Zamarripa, Mattie Larson and Sophina DeJesus on YouTube.
In related news, Aunt Joyce is back blogging. He’s been covering recent skating events. And (hopefully) will cover WAG NCAA this season.
NCAA Fever: A Look at the 2013 Boomer Sooners
Gymnastike – NCAA preseason
Glasgow World Cup
Official results — women:
1. Elizabeth Price, USA, 59.165
2. Elisabeth Seitz, GER, 54.799
3. Kim Bui, GER, 54.732Official results — men:
1. Marcel Nguyen, GER, 90.089
2. Kazuhito Tanaka, JPN, 89.998
3. Daniel Purvis, GBR, 89.864High scorers per event: Women’s vault: Elizabeth Price; Uneven bars: Elizabeth Price, 14.966; Balance beam: Elizabeth Price, 14.033; Floor exercise: Elizabeth Price, 14.266 ; Men’s floor: Kristian Thomas, 15.8; Pommel horse: Daniel Purvis, 14.7; Still rings: Marcel Nguyen, 15.366; Vault: Daniel Purvis, 15.966; Parallel bars: Marcel Nguyen, 15.833; High bar: Yusuke Saito, 15.433.
full results on IG
Craig Tilley for Couch Gymnast:
Well folks, that’s another amazing years worth of major competitions done and dusted. It all concluded today with the final leg of the World Cup in Glasgow, Scotland. The event took place in the brand new Emirates Arena…
And the Glasgow native crowd seem as if they cannot wait for Glasgow to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships. …
Elisabeth Price … pulled off an amazing vault- not Mckayla Maroney amazing, but amazing.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That’s a BIG Vault.
… Canada’s Kaitlyn Hofland put on a breathtaking display of artistry and originality in her (Beam) routine. Including a Valdez to a back handspring to layout step out, an illusion turn and a full twisting gainer dismount. …
One of the biggest surprises on floor was the tiny little Wakana Inoue from Japan. She threw a 3 ½ twist for her first pass …
A massive congratulations to British Gymnastics on pulling off a superb event. Other nations need to follow their example of how to use social media. The British Gymnastics Twitter, YouTube and Facebook was updated instantly. No waiting around for routines. …
Here’s that Glasgow World Cup 2012 BG TV YouTube Playlist.
related:
Daniel Purvis – Gymnastics: Bronze mettle
official website – 2015 World Championships in Glasgow
School Board removes playground swings
No wonder our kids are overweight.
Cabell County, West Virginia.
… the county’s school system has decided to remove swing sets from all school playgrounds, due to lawsuit fears.
The decision came after the school district faced two different lawsuits from the same parent over relatively minor injuries suffered by his two kids in separate incidents on a school playground. Facing a tight budget because of the current economic situation, the school system determined that it could not afford the potential costs of playground-related lawsuits and decided to remove the swing sets. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Details on Faces of Lawsuit Abuse.
10 months later the swings were returned at a cost of $260,000 for 17 schools.
It’s far too easy to launch a nuisance lawsuit in the USA.
Will Ferrell – rabid Olympic fan
car tire as springboard
Wilson Maposa for Zicora Mobile Network in Zimbabwe (6 February 2012):
A group of young boys from Mucheke suburb of Masvingo, Zimbabwe, are using old tyres as springboards to do acrobatic moves. Their love for gymnastic have made them to be innovative as there are no gyms around the suburb. …
While the local authority used to provide sporting facilities, they have since reduce or provide no funding at all and the past years have seen some of the playing fields being turned into housing stands …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
A Canadian friend of mine worked as a sport educator in Harare. She was eventually evacuated. For the many, many problems in Zimbabwe, I blame most President Robert Mugabe who’s been something of an irrational dictator since 1980.
African Championships, Pretoria
… top gymnasts from across the African continent contest for Africa Championship titles in the various Gymnastics disciplines of Aerobic Gymnastics; Rhythmic Gymnastics; Trampoline; Double Mini-trampoline and Tumbling.
The South African Gymnastics Federation (SAGF) takes great pleasure in hosting the 11th African Gymnastics Championships at Tukssport Indoor Sports Centre Pretoria, from December 9 – 13, 2012. Countries participating will be those from Algeria; Angola; Congo; Egypt; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa; Senegal; Tunisia; and Zimbabwe, with just under 160 participants in total to date. …
Gymnastics Coaching.com 