prelim results TRAMP in London

Here are the 8 finalists for Men:

1. CHN D Dong 50.804 59.675 110.479
2. CHN C Lu 50.590 58.680 109.270
3. JPN M Ito 49.375 59.415 108.790
4. CAN J Burnett 48.869 57.5 106.369
5. POR D Ganchino 48.420 56.750 105.170
6. AUS B Gaudry 48.710 55.760 104.470
7. GER H Stehlik 48.560 55.180 103.740
8. POR D Merino 47.750 55980 103.730

We could be heroes is playing in the arena.

Jason Burnett with that result qualified CAN for one athlete to the London Olympics. He’s the Silver medalist from Beijing.

WAG NCAA stats

From the new Balance Beam Situation blog:

For the purposes of these statistics, I included only scores from teams in the Top 25 preseason coaches’ poll and included all six scores per rotation, not just the five counting scores.

Average Score by Apparatus – Week 1
1) Vault – 9.764
2) Beam – 9.620
3) Bars – 9.619
4) Floor – 9.596

Average Score by Team – Week 1
1) Georgia – 9.785
2) Florida – 9.783
3) UCLA – 9.775
4) Oklahoma – 9.752
T5) Ohio State – 9.738
T5) Arizona – 9.738

details – Week 1: The Numbers

Click PLAY or watch STICK of the WEEK on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NTg2NTY3NzY3?related=1

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London Test Meet montage

FIG Official – New version – Artistic Gymnastics. See you in London ? . Editor : Julien Rennes/FIG TV

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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 …

details

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.

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. …

Full Twist

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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 !