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Chris Brooks – Parallel Bars – 2012 Winter Cup Prelims
Feb. 2, 2012 – Las Vegas Sports Center – Las Vegas, Nev.
Ties World Champion Leyva.
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… Great routine. Score seems a little high. They have some kind of bonus points system — that may account for it.
Glen Ishino: 15.65 on pommel horse, HOLY MACKEREL!!! The breakdown was 6.7, 8.95. That’s the score of the meet in my opinion, significant enough to suddenly put him right in the Olympic mix. He also had a solid 14.4 on floor.
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Paul Hamm looks good on Horse … but only scored 13.05 (5.9, 7.15)
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Shawn Johnson has been getting into shape at the Michael Johnson Performance Center in McKinney, Texas. Here she is there alongside discus thrower Jarred Rome.
From Shawn’s blog on ESPN W:
I’m focusing solely on getting my body — specifically my knee — where it needs to be in order to be ready for the U.S. national championships and Olympic trials in June.
I see a physical therapist daily for about two to three hours. We do a lot of strength training and biometrics work with high-tech tools like the Nike SPARQ Sensory Performance Lab, Dartfish digital movement analysis and Myotest. I do a lot of jumping and landing and things that really cater to my sport. In the evenings I head to a local gymnastics club for a few hours of skill work …
I’m pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It’s still not back to normal, and I don’t know if it ever will be, but I’m learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before. In two weeks I’ll return to Chow’s gym in Des Moines and from there will press on with full gymnastics training.
read more – Shawn Johnson rehabbing, eyeing London
FIG via email:
LAUSANNE (SUI) – FIG Office, February 2, 2012: Due to a conflict in scheduling, Japanese organizers for the FIG World Cup stage in Artistic Gymnastics, slated for April 14 – 15, 2012 in Tokyo, were forced to cancel the event.
The decision comes in response to an inability to coordinate major dates for gymnasts on the sport calendar with availability of the host broadcaster for production. A lack of television coverage would have a negative impact on announcer participation and bring about weighty financial consequences. …
Here’s the official press release.
First Paris. Now Tokyo. More financial problems for the World Cup circuit. I’ll bet yet another “restart” will be announced soon.
Illinois all-time title winners
1. Charlie Lakes 112
2. Travis Romagnoli 89
3. David Zeddies 68
4. Paul Ruggeri 60
5. Justin Spring 59
… “I’ve said it from the beginning, and I’ll say it now,” said Spring, current Illinois head coach and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist. “I always knew Paul would come and break all my records.” …
… Spring has a new goal for himself: making a four-year turnaround return to the Olympics — this time as a coach. …
… Shaun White proved yet again that he is the world’s top halfpipe snowboarder with an unprecedented perfect score of 100 in the superpipe final at Winter X Games, winning his fifth consecutive gold medal in the discipline.
… White executed the first truly perfect performance in Winter X Games history, including an 18-foot backside air, a 17-foot frontside double cork 1080, an 11-foot switch frontside double cork 1080, a 14-foot frontside cork 540, a 13-foot backside double cork 1260 and a 12-foot frontside double cork 1260 — the first back-to-back double cork in Winter X.
The judges awarded the perfect 100. …
USA Today – Shaun White wins Winter X superpipe gold with perfect run
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On recommendation from Hal Halverson, I visited Europa Gymnastics Centre, the newest and quite possibly best facility in the U.K.
By accident I arrived first at the OLD gym, a … unique set-up.
Head Coach Yvonne Arnold (British captain 1972 Munich) happily drove me over to the NEW gym.
(She and husband Len have been living above the old gym to help make this project a reality. … They’ve got a new house planned right beside the NEW gym.)
… What do you think of the new gym?
All equipment is new.
The new building is being used as an Olympic venue. So the final move won’t happen until October. But first it will host MAG and WAG English Championships 2012, March 2-4th.
They will eventually be offering WAG, MAG, Tumbling, Double-mini, Team Gym and Acrobatic Gymnastics.
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