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Kat Ding – Floor

Your NCAA Champion.

Some felt Elyse should have won.

Balance Beam Situation:

EHH – FX – Didn’t upgrade the mount, so she won’t have enough difficulty, but this is excellent. Beautiful hit routine. Can we give this to her? Performance-wise it was no contest, and that should count in EFs. She goes ahead of Hunter. Could we really see a win here? I’d love that.

Ding – FX – Good first pass with a straddle + punch, drills double pike middle pass, lovely landings on everything in this routine. Best she’s done? Probably. She goes ahead of EHH, which is not appropriate, but this day is all about Kat Ding, and it’s hard to argue with that. Kat Ding NCAA FX Champion?

Neither routine was up to the standards of the greatest routines of the past. I can live with this result.

Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs – Floor

This was the hottest routine at Championships this year. Shame YouTube doesn’t come close to duplicating the excitement of seeing it LIVE.

Unique and fascinating choreography.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

learning from defeat

On this site we often celebrate those who succeeded in their gymnastics goals.

Tom Burgdorf:

But what about those who don’t “make it” in their performances at the big events? They win too. So much learning and growing occurs when a less than desired result happens. That is why we can’t lose.

… As parents we get to help guide them through this period and we will learn a lot about the core of our child based on their “rebound.”

… I really believe that more is learned from adversity and the recovery than with success all of the time.

… Life doesn’t end with a fall off beam or not moving on to Nationals.

… Parents: your children will be okay even though they may be hurting right now. Guide them but make sure you give them some space to do a little “figuring it out themselves.” …

Coaches & Parents – Learning In Victory and in Disappointment
– Gymnet Sports on Facebook

Beam druggie

What is it about gymnastics that makes TV screenplay writers look like complete idiots?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

By comparison, MIOBI is ultra realistic.

There’s another clip from that TV show linked from GYMNAST CROSSING – Gymnasts + Drugs = Bad, mmm’kay?

Emily Warfield – Shushanova

Big value release.

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on YouTube.

(via College Gym Fans – Superlatives)

Olympics to be LIVE streamed

Cool.

… Beginning with preliminary-round soccer games on July 25, all 302 events from all 32 sports on the London program will be streamed live online.

For gymnastics, viewing options will include a single “integrated” feed showing various competitors (akin to watching on TV), plus separate feeds for each apparatus (vault, floor, etc.). …

NBCOlympics.com To Live Stream Entire Games

This is what I want.