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Over-rotated triple twist.

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She plans to be back for Olympic Trials. But will need medical clearance, of course.

Chris quickly put together a tribute to the 2012 Visa Champion. Nice work.

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Aunt Joyce questions whether Jordyn and Team USA are peaking too early, as they have in the past.

I don’t think so. Marta has changed. And the sport has changed.

Marta:

“I think Jordyn is doing well. She has her training plan and her training plan is to get in her best shape by the Trials. And that’s exactly the training plan I suggested to all the coaches. And the coaches, some of them want to push it and get ready earlier, but my suggestion was 90 percent at Championships, 100 percent at Trials.”

Examiner – A few Martha Karolyi-isms following the U.S. Championships

You must peak for trials if you want to make the Olympic Team.

Elastics ensure that the grips cannot slip off the fingers. Janz Gymnastics, Ireland.

I’ve most often used soft yarn. Leave a comment if you have a favourite method.

If you follow this site you know I link to Blythe Lawrence’s Examiner blog more than any other.

But it’s getting increasingly cluttered. That’s not Blythe, but rather the host — Examiner.

In frustration with the pop-up shown, I downloaded a free Google Chrome browser extension called Clearly. (There are others similar.)

With one click, Clearly makes blog posts and articles clean and easy to read. Clearly eliminates all distractions from your online reading experience, and even allows you to browse multi-page articles in one, seamless view.

Connect Clearly to Evernote to clip and sync articles with every computer, phone and tablet you use. …

Here’s how Examiner looks after being interpreted by Clearly.

If these utilities get popular, companies like Examiner will have to come up with less annoying, deceptive advertisements.

Why can’t I pay for a version of Gymnastics Examiner ad free?

If interested for yourself, watch how Clearly works on YouTube.

Note. Clearly doesn’t work on some web pages. Video heavy Aunt Joyce, for example.

P.S. I’ll occasionally click on some Examiner ads, just to support Blythe. Even better, why doesn’t someone hire her away from Examiner? She’s too good for them.

The American Bars guru has been working with Tumbl Trak on yet another of his innovations.

Fun Sticks are an essential element in creating a Forster Handstand Training System, which helps gymnasts learn to self-correct handstand positioning at all skill levels. The Handstand Training System is a great side station for bars …

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“Fun Sticks” start at $17 each.

(via Rec Gymnastics)

Bea Gheorghisor was in Ghent, Belgium for the final World Cup meet pre-Olympics. She reported on Couch Gymnast:

… Celine van Gerner continued her impressive Olympics campaign by winning uneven bars by a clear .6 margin over silver winner, Martha Pihan-Kulesza. I really can’t see how van Gerner won’t be going to the Olympics after her results of the past few weeks. It is a terrible situation for her and Wyomi Masela, but van Gerner’s results speak volumes. …

There were some other lovely surprises, including Sweden’s Ida Gustafsson being rewarded for her beautiful lines and execution on bars with a bronze medal. …

read more – Ghent Cup: Wrap, Results and Videos

Click PLAY or watch Celine’s Bars on YouTube.

results via IG – Qualification Leaders Repeat in Ghent

Of many, many commentaries of the women’s Visa Championships, Andy Thornton‘s is easily the best I’ve read.

The Elephant In The Room… Should Nastia Have Made Trials? And Other Competition Notes…:

… Should Nastia Liukin have been asked to come to the Olympic Trials? Is it “fair?” …

… We could argue on and on about how unfair it is that Chellsie Memmel wasn’t even invited to NATIONALS after missing one beam routine, and yet Nastia Liukin is being invited to the Olympic Trials after hitting just 1 routine out of 4 at that nationals and looking nowhere near ready to even do a dismount at the end of her bar routine. …

… would I personally have accepted Chellsie Memmel’s petition to the U.S. Championships? Absolutely. Would I personally have allowed Nastia Liukin through to the Olympic Trials? I think I would have, simply because I want to see her compete there, and due to the fact that she is still potentially right in the mix if she can put that bar routine together. She also has shown two world class beam routines in competition and hit a 15.1 on Day 1 …

Certainly it was a public relations blunder not to invite beloved Chellsie to Visa Championships.

What would have happened in the public mouth if they had not asked Nastia?

via Sports Illustrated – Liukin shaky again but determined to go to trials

With Shawn out, it’s good publicity to have Nastia in the Olympic Trial. I’m looking forward to watching her there myself.

… But if that Bar routine’s not together in the next couple of days, she should find a way to gracefully opt out.

Here’s one more tidbit from Andy’s lengthy dissection:

… I was surprised Elizabeth Price wasn’t shown ONCE on NBC’s coverage, particularly after Tim Daggett specifically pointed her out as a potential Olympic team member. After watching her routines, I believe she was a bit underscored today …

I leave you with these four underscored routines from today’s competition:

Bridget Sloan – Bars
Elizabeth Price – Bars
Elizabeth Price – Floor
Anna Li – Bars

To watch those routines and read Andy’s commentary, click through to American Gymnast.

MAG

… All arounder Tommasone, a silver medalist on pommel horse at the 2011 World Championships, leads the experienced men’s squad. He will be joined by Yann Cucherat, Da Silva, Rodrigues, and Sabot. Bény is the named reserve. …

WAG

… France will be represented by five first-time Olympians on the women’s side, none of whom have competed at the Olympics

or were even eligible for Beijing. Brevet, Dufournet, Kuhm, and Sophia Serseri, all members of the French squad for the Olympic Test Event and European Championship team, will be joined by Aurélie Malausséna. Olympic reserve Valentine Sabatou was the fifth member of the Euros squad.

At 18, Dufournet is the most experienced of the team, having reached multiple all around and event finals at European and World Championships. In Nantes, she showed a 6.9 routine on uneven bars and remains the best medal hope for the women. …

The All Around – French teams for London announced

… Anne Kuhm has won the all around competition at the French Nationals this weekend with a combined score of 55.600. …

Couch Gymnast – French Nationals: Results and Video links

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on YouTube. (13.950)

related – TAA – Bény, Kuhm win French titles

Winner today at the French Nationals with 15.550 (6.9) … same start score as Anna Li’s highest.

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Wow.

Hey. Is this a flattering camera angle, or has the flying Dutchman improved his form and line?

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Astonishing difficulty done very, very well. 🙂

CONGRATS Epke.