Nastia’s Bar dismount

Not bad.

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Can she pull that out end of routine?

… I wish she’d gone back to double layout.

Somebody calculated Nastia’s routine at 16.5 start. Or 16.6. A hit routine with that dismount would easily put her in contention for the Bars “specialist”.

Here’s the full routine without the dismount. (VIDEO)

next gen Canadian girls

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Junior AA Top 16 results from the Salamun Memorial in Maribor, Slovenia with Team Canada sweeping the podium! Bravo Girls!

1. Shallon Olsen 55.20
2. Victoria-Kayen Woo 52.80
3. Rose-Kayen Woo 52.00

Alicia at Visas

Kick open that front.


via Pushy Queen


Talk about tearing your Achilles in training at 2011 Worlds.

In Japan, I was in a good amount of pain. We were actually testing out different methods of tape to try and alleviate my Achilles pain. I woke up one day and something just felt off. I was actually doing a dismount off beam and I was like, I think I’m going to tear my Achilles today. It hurt so bad. Second pass on my floor routine I just hear this pop and I landed flat on my back. I looked around and I was like, I think I broke the floor. Does somebody want to check this? Everybody pauses because they heard it over the music. It was that loud. They’re humoring me, checking the floor, but I was like, oh man. It’s my Achilles. I know it. I flew back to the states two days later and had surgery. …

That’s from a profile piece by NBC – Getting to know Alicia Sacramone

I first became a fan of Alicia Sacramone at Visa Championships oh so long ago. She’s larger than life in person. Dominating the gym with personality.

related – Beam training VIDEO

related – Chellsie (not competing) has signed on for the post-Olympics Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions

ACL Rehab Protocols

Jessica Savona is expert, having recovered from two anterior cruciate ligament tears in her career. She said the second was easier, having learned how best to do it during the first.

2010 World Champion Aliya Moustafina is back, but not yet with the level of confidence that she showed pre-injury.

Now Peng Peng Lee is in the process, getting her knee back for College gymnastics.

The Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy just released an issue specifically focusing on the knee. One of the main themes was ligament rehabilitation. They posted some grim statistics from a recent meta-analysis that only 63% of ACL repairs continue on to their pre-injury level of function and that only 44% of these athletes go on to become competitive again. They also quote that the odds of reinjuring the same knee or the opposite knee after surgery range from 3% to 49%. …

EAT. MOVE. IMPROVE. – The Dreaded ACL Tear – Rehab Protocols from JOSPT and Solutions for Coaches and Trainers

Sounds grim.

… On the other hand, ultra-fit and young Artistic gymnasts are far outside norms when it comes to rehabilitation. If they are motivated, they can be back close to 100% within a year.

Ask Savona.

All 3 I mention happened to be injured vaulting twisting Yurchenko on FIG approved competition matting. Is it time to reassess those landing mats?

Rebecca Tunney – Bars 14.600

Rebecca Tunney has come along way since the American Cup earlier this year where she had a disastrous competition.

At Great Britain’s second Olympic Trial, Tunney topped the board again, performing consistently and well.

She won the All Around competition at the recent GBR v Finland v Spain friendly competition last weekend, scoring a 14.600 on bars in the team / AA competition. …

Full Twist

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Rhonda’s new gym

… The 2013 Gators will be the first to train in the $4.5 million state-of-the-art renovated gymnastics studio at the O’Connell Center, scheduled to be completed in December.

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source – O’Connell Center renovations to create bigger gymnastics studio

… In her 10 seasons, Faehn has amassed seven top-five NCAA finishes, won three Southeastern Conference titles, seven regional crowns, established the top 10 team scores in school history (as well as each team event record) and had 28 individual gymnasts garner 100 All-America honors. …

Rhonda Faehn gets contract extension through 2017

final trial CDN Olympic Team

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… Women’s Olympic Team Selection, … open to spectators, but tickets are limited.

Unigym Gatineau, Quebec

June 26th ($20) and 28th ($20)

Call Annie (613) 262-9644 ASAP with a credit card if you want tickets.