After missing Championships last season, the girls of Stanford are feeling good.
Click PLAY or watch the team interviewed on YouTube.
Gabby signs with Sheryl Shade
We’ll never see Gabby in College. She’s gone Pro.
Shade Global, Sheryl Shade, Signs Representation Agreement With 2012 Olympic Gymnastics Hopeful Gabrielle Douglas …
They represent Shawn Johnson, Chow, Paul Hamm, Bela Karoli, Chellsie Memmel and many more.
Gymnastics Examiner linked to this fluff piece.
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(via Double Front on Facebook)
Brazil friendly montage
Grace Chiu GraceClick on Facebook:
A creative summary montage from the Brazil meet featuring moments of Ellie Black, Hugh Smith, Talia Chiarelli, Brittany Rogers, Dominique Pegg, Diego Matias Hypolito, Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Grace is shooting at Acro Worlds in Florida, by the way. Photos.
Quaas stole my P Bar routine
… I’m pretty sure this is my Boys Under 10 Parallel Bar routine. From 1967.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Her “planche” is stronger, I admit.
That routine was featured on the Colbert Report, my favourite TV comedy.
Dan Keatings ankle injury
Bad timing.
… he’s already on a big rehab programme and is working to try and qualify for the European Champs and hopefully to make the grade for the Olympic Games,’ said coach Paul Hall. …
But GBR has depth. They could still do well at Europeans without Dan starting each apparatus for them, as he did at the London Test Meet.
Opus Energy asked Dan what he most admires most about his team mates:
Louis Smith – he really knows how to handle pressure and nothing fazes him;
Reiss Beckford – really has the ‘wow’ factor with some amazing big skills;
Daniel Purvis – unbelievable work ethic, he just never stops;
Sam Hunter – dedicated to gymnastics and a true professional;
Kristian Thomas – also works unbelievably hard and has fantastic team spirit;
Theo Seagar – very powerful gymnast;
Ruslan Panteleymanov – this guy has awesome style and puts the artistic into gymnastics; and
Then there are Sam Oldham and Max Whitlock – both of them are young and very talented gymnasts who push the Senior Team every day. Two names to look out for in the future.
Valeria Maksyuta – Olympian?
Israeli requires that their gymnasts confirm readiness to be sent to the Olympics by finishing top 12 AA at the European Championships 2012. Or top 6 in any apparatus final.
That’s confirmed by Valeria on this post:
… A bit about me
I’m Valeria Mksiota, 24 years old and I’m Artistic Gymnastic athlete. I started training when I was 5, and has been training for 20 years. I have dedicated my life to this sport and today I found myself only one small step from my biggest dream – the possibility to join Israel’s Olympic team and represent the country in London …
… In 2011, I won 27 medals in international competitions, 13 of them gold medals. …
That links to a training video. And a fund-raising request.
It would be a terrible shame if Valeria was not confirmed by Israel. She’s one of the most exciting gymnasts in the world.
Click PLAY or watch her Finals Beam from the London Test Event on YouTube.
I love her unique double front 1/1-out dismount on Bars.
related – Examiner – Israeli requirement puts Olympics in jeopardy for Maksyuta, Aronovich (Jan. 2012)
Thanks Maya.
Dasha Joura FX / Vault
Aussie gymnast Luke Wiwatowski confirms the rumour:
… I had a chat with Dasha some time ago and she has been training and was looking to compete a couple (Floor and Vault from my last correspondence) of apparatus during the Queensland State Championships. …
new Mustafina montage
the very best gymnasts – Acro
For some years now my favourite gymnastics discipline has been Acrobatic Gymnastics.
The ultimate in human performance, without apparatus.
Click PLAY or watch an FIG promo on YouTube.
Acrobatic Beauty – Behind the scene
Needless to say, these athletes are in high demand for Circus.
Acrobatic Gymnastics Worlds
The first World Championships of Acrobatic Gymnastics to be held outside of Europe begins today in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
April 16 – 18, 2012 – Worlds
April 20 – 22, 2012 – World Age Groups
It’s my favourite gymnastics discipline. But I don’t really understand the rules.
FIG posted a primer:
… Acrobatic Gymnastics offers five different possibilities of partnerships to the athletes:
Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Pairs;
Women’s Group (3 gymnasts) and
Men’s Groups (4 gymnasts).… The exercises presented in competitions by the pairs/groups must not exceed 2:30 minutes, have to include a certain number of required collective (partnership) and individual elements and are of three different types: static (balance), dynamic, and combined.
read more – FIG – Acrobatic Gymnastics (ACRO)
