Inside Gymnastics Reader’s Choice

… Choose your favorite athletes in a variety of different categories—including several new ones for this years’ edition of the awards.

We are and always have been a publication based on feedback and input from our fans, and this is a perfect way to let your voice be heard! Voting is open until Monday, December 3rd …

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Kohei already got the nod from Guinness World Records as 3 times World Champion and Olympic Champion in the same cycle.

(via Akiko on Facebook)

Shang Chunsong – Floor / Beam

China’s tiny Shang Chunsong added gold medals on balance beam and floor exercise to become the most successful female gymnast of the Asian Championships …

Sixteen-year-old Shang, who is looking more and more like a contender for multiple medals at the 2013 Worlds, earned the highest difficulty and execution scores of the event finalists on both beam and floor. …

Examiner – Shang Chunsong makes a name for herself in finale at Asian Championships

Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch her Beam on YouTube.

Results: Event Finals Day 2

Floor Bar for Christmas?

Looking for a present for a gymnast?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Floor Training Bar: $169.00

An excellent product. And safer for the wrists than the flat floor.

Russian on Pommels

Uncle Tim:

Russians are basically the pommel horse equivalent of a dog chasing its tale. Woof. Because Russians look so funny, they are pretty easy to spot. (Even a men’s gymnastics neophyte can pick out a Russian in a pommel routine.) So, I have chosen to start my pommel horse primer with the Russians.

Yes, you read that correctly. I plan to write several posts that break down the most boring event on earth, which means…

You’ll no longer have an excuse to call every skill on pommel horse a “spinny thingy.” …

Pommel Horse Primer: What the H is a Russian?

related:

• Pommel Horse Primer: Traveling Russians
• Pommel Horse Primer: Dismounting with a Russian

Blob Jump – World Record

Blob Jump Official Guinness World Record. … Cham, Switzerland, 17 Metres …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via Rusty Pierce and Brett MacAulay, who love this kind of stuff. 🙂

Colussi-Pelaez wins Massilia

The future Florida Gator was #1 at Massilia Junior.

I’m not sure of the age requirement. Silvia competed Senior for Spain last year.

1. Silvia Colussi-Pelaez (Canada); 52.750
2. Louise Vanhille (France Junior); 52.550
3. Sydney Townsend (Canada); 52.450
4. Heaven Latimer (Canada) 51.250
5. Victoria Kayen Woo (Canada) 51.050
6. Ida Gustaffson (Sweden) 51.000
7. Sabrina Gill (Canada) 50.850

TEAM
1. Futures Gymnastics Center Canada (154.850)
2. Sweden (152.600)
3. Canada Open Federation (152.600)

Massilia Report and Results: Canada Dominates Again

It’s great to see Sabrina back. This is her first competition in some time.

Chinese Championships results

Amanda Turner has a succinct wrap-up post on Chinese Championships.

Uneven bars medalists Huang Huidan, Wu Liufang and Sung Ji-Hye