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Doha Bars Tweddle / Iordache

Bar Finals:

1. Beth Tweddle 15.175
2. Jiang Yuyuan 14.875
3. Lisa Katharina Hill 14.575
4. Larisa Iordache 14.525

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Click PLAY or watch Larisa on YouTube.

14.525 for a Romanian Bars routine. Congratulations.

Aliya at Russian Championships

iLITTER montage.

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Louis Smith BMW commercial

This is very well done. Features coach Paul Hall.

As Olympic gymnast Louis Smith prepares for London 2012, Form and Function — a documentary by Richard De Aragüés, director of TT 3D Closer to the Edge — explores the tensions between delivering both form and function in his performance as he aims for gold at London 2012, and the parallels in the development of the BMW i8.

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Louis broke a finger on Horizontal Bar and is out for about a month. UPDATE: He’s already back training. Turned out to be more minor than prognosis.

WAG Code 2013-2016

THE ALL AROUND – A first look at the next Codes of Points

TAA on Facebook:

Russia changes teams for Jesolo. Senior: Anastasiya Grishina, Yulia Inshina, Yulia Belokobylskaya, Anna Rodionova. Junior: Maria Bondareva, Marka Kharenkova, Viktoria Kuzmina, Ekaterina Baturina, Anastasiya Dimitrieva.

Ryan Doyle – Parkour Santorini

One of the best edits ever on why acrobats take to the streets.

NY Times – TOM SIMS:

… Ryan Doyle, one of the world’s most prominent practitioners of the sport of parkour, who can be seen here in action in Santorini. …

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U Michigan mock meet

… the 2010 Men’s NCAA Champions, the University of Michigan. The Wolverines are gearing up for the 2012 Big 10 Championships which will be held next weekend at Iowa. Sophomore Sam Mikulak is the reigning Big 10 and National All Around Champion and will work to defend his title. He’s also in the running for the 2012 USA Olympic team.

Look for the smart connection on Floor after Arabian. Next Code will allow only one roll-out skill … so we’ll be seeming much more of that kind of thing.

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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NDU4NjIzOTg3?related=1

Watch more video of University of Michigan 2012 Gymnastics on gymnastike.org

Thanks once again to Anne and team for all the work spent putting together these Workout Wednesdays, my favourite regular feature.

Sadly I won’t be getting to Men’s NCAA Championships 2012. It’s scheduled the same weekend as the Women’s meet in Georgia.

Penn State has the highest score this season. Unlike WAG, anything can happen in Men’s Collegiate Gymnastics.

Alexander Alexandrov – Olympics

The best source for information on the Russian Team is the Russian National Women’s Coach.

When asked about gymnasts not prepared for Russian Championships in Penza he gave straight answers:

Victoria Komova – minor operation to ensure blood flow to her ankles

Tatiana Nabieva – can’t decide whether or not she wants to commit to what’s being asked of her … and has many colds

Yekaterina Kurbatova – no longer in the Olympic selection pool

Anastasia Sidorova – flew over the handlebars of her bike = broken arm.

Anna Dementieva – tonsillitis

Aliya Mustafina – good progress, but only now starting serious Floor / Vault training.

A translation of that interview is available on Couch Gymnast – “Everyone has their own trump card”

Sounds like Nabieva is back training at Round Lake. But I’m sure Alexander is worried about their depth for London.

The Russian Europeans Team will be announced after a competition in Switzerland April 18th.

Mustafina Bars 7.0 difficulty

Fangymnastics – Romanian gymnastics blog:

Usually, we dont post about gymnastics from other countries, but this time I’ll make an exception because the routine I want to speak about really impressed me. In the last few days I have watched 3 uneven bars routines from Aliya Mustafina, the ones she performed at the Russian Nationals. …

Aliya Mustafina’s D score:
Stalder full (D) + toe-on Khorkhina (E) +0.2;
Inbar stalder with half turn (D) + Piked Jaeger salto (D) +0.1;
Inbar stalder with full turn (E) + Pak salto (D) + stalder Khorkhina (E) +0.4;
toe-on with full turn (D) + Mustafina (E) + 0.2;
Final score: 7.0

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