Added to the MAG Code of Points.
… The “Mikulak” is a double scissor forward (sometimes called a scissor full here in the USA) with a hop from one end of the horse to the other. …
… valued as a D
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Not pretty.
YouTube in Slow Motion
There are a number of ways to watch … or post videos in slow motion.
Play any YouTube video by clicking the Play triangle (or replay symbol).
Pause the video, by clicking the Pause double line symbol
Then press and Hold the spacebar.
Release the spacebar and the “slow motion” video will pause.
Hold the spacebar again and the “slow motion” will continue.
Try it on this video of Kyle Shewfelt on Vault.
For more slow mo tips and other ways to watch YouTube video in slow motion, click over to Gymnastics Zone.
There’s at least one more way that may be fast-and-easy. Click the settings gear. On some videos you can change the playback speed. This one of Shewfelt has a speed setting on the YouTube site, but not when embedded here.
Alexander Alexandrov fired
Bad news for those of us who appreciated his candor. 😦
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics:
Sports Express today confirmed the news that Russian WAG team coach Alexander Alexandrov has been fired from his job as WAG head coach. The decision was made by a vote of the board of the Russian Gymnastics Federation, including some of the coaches of gymnasts who performed poorly in London … .
Sources close to the Russian team suggest that Alexandrov will continue as personal coach to 2010 World Champion and 2012 Uneven Bars Olympic Champion Aliya Mustafina though this has yet to be officially confirmed and (updated 18.45) … Alexandrov has now suggested it is doubtful he will continue beyond the end of December. We still await an announcement of who will take over from the talented Alexandrov as head coach of the Russian WAG team. …
details – Alexander Alexandrov dismissed as WAG Head Russian coach
Alexander could be hired for pretty much any coaching job in the world right now.
His successor has big shoes to fill.
UPDATE:
Sovietski Sport has now announced that the council of the Russian Gymnastics Federation has appointed bars coach Evgeny Grebenkin as head coach of the WAG team. …
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics has the details. With quotes from the ungracious Valentina Rodionenko.
… If anyone should be fired …
Alexandrov feels the reasons for dismissal were personal. The personal coaches of the Team were not supportive.
Olympic Gym Gala, Belgium
Update:
Olympic Gymgala 2012 in Antwerp
Once again the Gym Gala looks very promising; moreover, this 15th edition will surely become an unequalled event! For in the aftermath of the Olympic Games, we have invited the celebrities of London to come to Flanders.
The ‘Olympic Gym Gala’ will undoubtedly become the major gym show of the year, as the leading figures of the various disciplines will take part. … two fabulous shows. On 15 or 16 December we expect you in Antwerp to come and watch your favourite gymnast(s). You will be flabbergasted by the Olympic stars, the leading figures of Belgian gymnastics and various special acts!
Aliya Moustafina is one of the special guests.
Olympics is the “theme” this year.
girl on Pommel mushroom
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related – American Gymnast – new Pommel Pod Trainer:
… a taller pedestal-style mushroom while keeping the durable, light-weight benefit of the dome style pommel trainers.
With the taller base to the new Pommel Pod Trainer, your gymnasts should find it easier to begin their circles with a straighter body-line …
The gymnast shown in the video below is approximately 120-130 lbs. A 50 lb bag of sand was added to the base for this illustration, and as you can see, it is rock-solid!
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Olympic gymnasts 20s / 30s outnumber teens
Veterans in their 20s and 30s now outnumber teens in Olympic Gymnastics.
The largest age group in WAG are the 20-24-year-olds who make up 55% of the competitors.
The oldest female competitor is not Chusovitina, but 39-year-old Athens trampoline Olympic champion Anna Dogonadze (nee Mcxeta).
The oldest male competitor is Jordan “The Hotness” Jovtchev , rockin’ it silver fox style at 39. …
Masters Gymnastics – Veteran Gymnasts in Their 20?s and 30?s Now Outnumber Teenagers Competing at the Olympic Games
I’m very surprised to see those statistics in Women’s Artistic. And highly doubt it will be repeated in Rio.
USA had the youngest women’s team.
USA handstands
For National Gymnastics Day USA Gymnastics asked people to share handstand photos on Facebook.
USAG linked to this video from August, as well.
Click PLAY or watch the Global Gymnastics Project montage on YouTube.
timelapse CDN Gymnastics Championships
This is a timelapse video of the setup of the 2012 Canadian Gymnastics Championships in Regina, Saskatchewan.
The setup took three days and involved hundreds of volunteers from the community. Prairie Wave setup a single camera to capture images every ten seconds, then after assembly, 3D motion effects were applied to the video. …
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
Prairie Wave was an excellent partner in this event, LIVE streaming most routines in WAG, MAG, T&T and Rhythmic.
That’s Pascal Tremblay and the Gymnova Canada crew getting it right in a very unusual venue. The company provides equipment for about 50 competitions each year.
fierce Sammy Smith
Sammy Smith has trained in the martial arts over 10 years and is a 2nd degree black belt from New York.
She has crushed multiple competition forms and weapons grand champion records and continues to be the leading female double nunchuck competitor. Her innovative weapons tricks, clean basics and high-level kick combos keep her performances respected and exciting …
Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.
Zeng, Deng – Chinese Champions
International Gymnast:
Zeng, a first year senior and Olympic contender, claimed her first national title with four hit routines, while all five members of China’s Olympic team sat out the competition. …
On the men’s side, the 21-year-old Deng won the all-around title with with 89.650, followed by Zhou Shixiong and Yang Shengchao. None of the members of China’s gold medal-winning team from the recent Olympics are set to compete but two former world champions — 2009 world pommel horse champion Zhang Hongtao and 2009 parallel bars champion Wang Guanyin — both topped their specializing events in qualifications. …
WOMEN’S ALL-AROUND FINAL
1. Zeng Siqi Hunan 55.650
2. Huang Huidan Zhejiang 55.350
3. Shang Chunsong Hunan 54.400MEN’S ALL-AROUND FINAL
1. Deng Shudi Guizhou 89.650
2. Zhou Shixiong Guangdong 89.450
3. Yang Shengchao Guizhou 88.000
Click PLAY or watch Zeng’s Beam (2001) on YouTube.
