FIG Official – New version – Artistic Gymnastics. See you in London ? . Editor : Julien Rennes/FIG TV
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1st Chilean gymnast to Olympics
#FIGTest12 … you assumed this post was about the great mustachioed Tomás González. Nope.
CONGRATULATIONS to Simona Castro.
… University of Denver junior gymnast Simona Castro (Santiago, Chile) made history on her 23rd birthday, becoming the first Chilean woman to qualify for a gymnastics spot in the Olympic Games …
Click PLAY or watch her Beam from qualifying on YouTube.
GREAT SAVE Simona. 🙂 And thanks to Coach Carl Leland for introducing me. This is going to be an awesome Olympics for Chile.
JPN National Team in California
The Olympic Team is training in California right now. At Byers.
gymnastics problems
Nastia at PFSaGS
Progressive Figure Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular
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Great demo? … Or the greatest demo of all time? 🙂
I prefer this hyperbole – This Is How Winners Are Made (VIDEO)
(via Examiner)
audio feedback on Bar
Sebastian is experimenting with an idea I’d never considered.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Listen for the beep.
What do you think?
Would audio feedback help kids figure out timing of the “tap” and “beat” on Bar? … I’d love to try it. It certainly couldn’t hurt to have more feedback.
(Lord knows we need something. Some of the girls in finals in London still muscle forward giant on Bars.)
This post details the experimental device …
Keyboardmods – Gymnastics tap swing trainer
That site is dedicated to “input device reviews and custom keyboards”. Cool.
Kieran Behan – 4th FX
This guy’s incredibly consistent. He hit slightly better tonight than prelims.
… Everyone in the arena is talking about Behan, he is the man of the moment. From the Press, to his fans, to the judges and other delegations, his story has truly touched many hearts in the O2 Arena this week. A star is born. …
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Kieran and his coach talked about possible upgrades for the Olympics, a couple of which he actually warmed up tonight.
Kyle Shewfelt likes the routine, but wants Kieran to add a real dismount.
Jovtchev to record 6th Olympics
After a restless night wondering whether he would get the chance to participate at a record sixth Olympics, Bulgarian Jordan Jovtchev discovered on Wednesday that he had made the cut for the 2012 Games.
The news, more than 24 hours after the men’s qualifying competition ended, will come as a huge relief to the Bulgarian gymnastics federation as the 38-year-old Jovtchev had said its survival depended on whether he made it to London for the July 27-Aug. 12 event. …
read more on Universal Sports
CONGRATS !
planned Olympic upgrades
tidbits gleaned by THE ALL AROUND:
Tomás González
The Chilean had a great floor routine that he hopes to increase to a 6.8 D score. One of the skills he plans to include for the Olympics is the Kovalyonov. … On vault, he expects to have two competitive 7.0 vaults, including his Yurchenko 3/1″.
click through to see what these superstars are training:
Valeria Maksyuta
Jade Barbosa
Louis Smith
Olympic qualification system
OK — it’s confusing.
For this cycle those teams finishing 13th-16th qualify one “placement” for their nation.
For example, Jackson Payne from Canada was highest AA. But Canada can send anyone they wish to fill that spot.
Nations finishing below 17th must earn “personal” spots by competing in the AA in either Tokyo or London. Netherlands, for example, can send either Epke Zonderland or Jeffrey Wammes, but not Yuri van Gelder.
Here’s the official list of MAG qualifiers posted on IG.
Chatting with Kyle Shewfelt, I agreed with him that “fairer” would be something like the old system:
Teams 13-16 get 2 “spots”
Teams 17-20 get 1 “spot”
… after that selection could be by individual, though I’d really like to see apparatus specialists have a chance to get in too.
Brainstorming here … Leave a comment if you’ve an opinion on the issue of system of Olympic qualification.
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