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Kyle Shewfelt is tweeting highlights from Day 1 of the final Canadian Women’s Olympic Team “trial” in Quebec.

Day 2 goes Thursday. The Team will be named by Friday. Selection is by a points system, verified by committee. Don’t put too much importance on these scores.

UNOFFICIAL
Vaculik-55.15
Moors-55.00
Rogers-54.3
Savona-53.70
Gerber-52.45
Pegg-52.05
Black-52.05
Gardiner-51.25
…

via @gymnewstics

Peng Peng and Talia Chiarelli are not competing, both injured, but are there cheering their teammates.

photo via @kyleshew

Lauren Mitchell will lead a team of five talented young artistic gymnasts to London 2012.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

… This Romanian father’s experiment in extreme strength training with two young sons won’t end well.

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I commented to choreographer / artistic preparation expert Julia Spivak that Floor has never been less “artistic” than in 2012.

… She didn’t disagree. 😦

Young gymnasts today assume that she with the highest start value, should win.

But dinosaurs like me recall the golden age of women’s gymnastics, the 1980s. In that era Floor choreography was as important as tumbling. The Soviet girls were trained in classical ballet — and could entrance with dance.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (poor video quality)

… Svetlana Baitova, Irina Baraksanova, Olga Bicherova, Svetlana Boguinskaya, Olga Chudina, Elena Davydova, Olesya Dudnik, Natalia Frolova, Tatiana Godenko, Tatiana Groshkova, Natalia Ilienko, Vera Kolesnikova, Natalia Laschenova, Olga Mostepanova, Elena Naimushina, Oksana Omelianchik, Alevtina Pryakhina, Elena Sazonenkova, Elena Shevchenko, Albina Shishova, Elena Shushunova, Olga Strazheva, Tatiana Tuzhukova, Natalia Yurchenko, and Stella Zakharova.

If Shushunova can dance, anyone COULD dance.

… But they’d have to train for it.

In advance of publication on his Gym Coach Journal, Valentin Uzunov posted an article explaining of his system of teaching this essential skill.

scribed – Developing the Straddle Press to Handstand

This accompanying video is a quick summary, illustrating his program with drills collected from the internet.

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Canadian gymnast Sydney McEachern has verbally committed to Eastern Michigan University for 2013-2014. Congratulations.

Click PLAY or watch her Double Layout on Rod Floor.

She’s represented by Sara Gill, consultant for GymDynasty.com.

More videos on YouTube.

Another of Sara’s clients, a teammate of Sydney’s at Springers, Manitoba, is available for 2012-13. That’s Natalie Gervais, 5th all-around (52.625) at Nationals in Open.

She could start for most NCAA teams instantly.

Some crazy straps Bar stunts I’ve never seen before. They look self-taught.

Turnikmen – street athletes who perform strength exercises of varying complexity in an outdoor setting. …

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Check out the foot swing on straps at 5min 30sec on another of their videos.

And there’s one more video in the series here.

Thanks Claudine.

(via kuriositas)

StickItMedia is pleased to present a two-part preview of the men’s Olympic Trials. Guest blogger Matthew Rusk, a gifted young writer from Houston, TX, analyzes this year’s field in great detail. Rusk just finished up his freshman year at Indiana University, and has plans to head for London next month to attend the Games. The field for next week’s Trials is arguably the deepest America has ever produced …

2012 Men’s Gymnastics Olympic Trials Preview – Part 1

2012 Men’s Gymnastics Olympic Trials Preview – Part 2

Worth watching.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Gymnast #391)

London-based branding agency Bear has created a new identity for British Gymnastics that incorporates stunning swirling graphics, both still and motion, created by photographer Giles Revell in collaboration with 3D artist Ben Koppel…

The new identity will officially launch this weekend at the Echo Arena in Liverpool where the nation’s artistic gymnastics Olympic hopefuls will hope to impress selectors ahead of the Olympic team selection and announcement on July 4.

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