Kirill Prokopev – Air Flare

European Championships 2012

… Juniors Apparatus Final. The young Russian (18) won the gold on Floor : 14.333 (Difficulty : 5.00, Execution : 8.066). Daniel Radeanu (ROU) is 2nd, Daan Kenis (BEL) and Andrej Korosteljev (CRO) are 3rd.

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Sweet. In combination.

Thank gymninja for the link.

Thanks

2012 Oregon State Gymnastics

Well done.

Highlights from the 2012 Oregon State Gymnastics season … including a senior tribute to standouts Leslie Mak and Olivia Vivian and a blooper reel at the end!

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Even better, OSU coach Michael Chaplin linked to this contest submission video featuring slow motion footage of Leslie Mak (Facebook).

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getting into Cirque

… For four months, 16×9 followed Cirque Du Soleil scouts as they scoured the world, searching for the best of the best. …

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It’s terrific to see Nebraska’s Tricia Woo featured.

(via TKATCHIF-YOUR-LUCKY)

Creative editing to make the stories more entertaining. Still, a good glimpse into the process.

Hambuechen – all 6 routines

VT – 15,850 (6,6)
PB – 15,650 (6,5)
HB – 16,350 (7,5)
FX – 14,750 (5,9)
PH – 13,750 (5,6)
SR – 14,750 (6,0)

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Great competition.

But I’m surprised Fabian’s Rings and Pommels aren’t even stronger after all that time off training upper body.

Gabby Douglas

The three gymnasts with excellent timing for the Olympics are Vika Komova, Larisa Iordache and Gabby Douglas. Young and still improving.

photo via Aunt Joyce

Douglas and Komova have had big errors in big meets. Larisa and Jordyn 🙂 are more consistent.

… Should be a terrific showdown in the Olympic AA competition.

related:

ESPN – Blythe Lawrence – Gymnast Gabrielle Douglas making her mark

ESPN – Gabby herself – I’m an underdog starting to get to the top

Recall it wasn’t a new young gymnast who won in 2008, however. It was veteran Nastia Liukin.

Aussie Olympic Team named

Lauren Mitchell
Emily Little
Ashleigh Brennan
Larrissa Miller
Georgia Bonora

Ist reserve: Georgia Rose Brown
2nd Reserve Mary-Anne Monckton

Couch Gymnast – Surprises as the Australian Gymnastics Team is Named

22 G.S. George articles

An archive of newsletter articles by Dr. Gerald George can be found here.

A sample — “The Mechanics of Impact“:

… The effectiveness of the take-off sets the uppermost limits of what the gymnast can hope to obtain during the airborne phase of any skill. During this moment, the path (trajectory) followed by the performer’s center of gravity, as well as the quantity of rotary motion (angular momentum) available for skill execution, are irrevocably established. …

Once the gun has been fired, there is no turning back…for the trajectory and momentum of its bullet are irrevocably established! …

new book – Gym Mom

Rita Wieber’s new book Gym Mom can be pre-ordered for $19.95.

Or the Gym Mom‘s at your club could sell them as a fund-raiser.

More photos of Jordyn at Visas posted by Melissa Perenson on Gymnastike.

hopeful FIG interview

The best news I’ve heard out of FIG in some time.

By Brian Homewood
LAUSANNE, June 19
(Reuters)

Gymnastics is in danger of losing its artistry as competitors are concentrating on pulling off increasingly difficult acrobatic moves, the sport’s governing body said.

The FIG is unhappy with trends in artistic gymnastics, where the accumulative scoring system encourages athletes to cram their routines with risky moves.

“Artistic gymnastics should be about art, about beauty, and in the case of the women it also has to do with music, with expression,” FIG secretary general Andre Gueisbuhler told Reuters in an interview.

Olympics-Gymnastics needs fewer acrobatics, more artistry

He blames the current Codes.

I also like what Andre has to say regarding age cheats. And fair Olympic judging.

That’s a MUST read. It restores my faith in the possible future of our sport.

The sun is shining a little brighter today. 🙂