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We just got word that Kieran Behan from Ireland is currently sitting in first place on floor at the Ostrava World Cup Challenger in the Czech Republic in qualification.

Kieran, sponsored by athletic clothing company Stoi Athletic Wear, has performed excellently at his two previous challenger cups, winning medals on floor at both competitions. …

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Tied 1st with Eleftherios Kosmidis GRE 14.850.

2011 Ostrava Grand Prix prelim results MAG and WAG

GymnasticsHVMeets:

Posted some Soviet training from 1986. Gymnasts include Olga Strazheva (’88 Olympian and ’89 AA Bronze medalist), ’81 World Champion Olga Bicherova, ’87 World Silver medalist Elena Gurova, ’88 Olympic Gold medalist Elena Shevchenko, and Aleftina Priakhina (’87 Worlds alternate and queen of the full twisting everything)

V- Yurchenko full on full twisting tsuk off
UB- Full twist back handspring mount, full in dismount
BB – Full twist back handspring to back hip circle mount, standing full, gainer rulfova, full in dismount
FX – Double double mount, 1 1/2 to double back, full in dismount

Hard to believe this was 25 years ago. 2 full in dismounts off beam (Gurova and Shevchenko) and 2 double double mounts on floor (Priakhina and a girl I can’t identify) and 3 full in dismounts (Shevchenko, Priakhina, and Gurova).

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Gymnasts were much tougher in that era. Wow.

… Team Russia. Gymnastike takes you inside their training session in Tokyo, just 24 hours before the 2011 World Championships Team Final where the finished 2nd behind Team USA. …

Gymnasts in this video: Viktoria Komova, Tatiana Nabieva, Ksenia Afanasyeva, Yulia Inshina, Yulia Belokobylskaya, and team alterante Alyona Polyan. Head coach is Alexander Alexandrov.

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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NzE5NTIyNzA5?related=1

Watch more video of Workout Wednesday, Season 5 on gymnastike.org

Part 1 of 1994 Australian gymnastics documentary that looks at gymnasts training at the AIS in Canberra. Narrated by Monique Allen.

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Monique credits then National Coach Ju Ping Tien for her success. And for changing forever the sport in Australia.

1991 World Championships in Indianapolis, the Australian women finished 6th as a team, the biggest “shocker” of the competition (aside from Pak Kim from North Korea winning Bars).

Many were highly impressed, including me. In fact, in 1993 I made a “research” trip to Australia to see how a “free” nation with a small population could be so successful. (I followed in the footsteps of coach Dana Brass who had done a similar tour the year prior.)

Ten days I spent at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, mightily impressed. However, over that period I was very much unimpressed with Ju Ping who seemed to coach inconsistently and in erratic ways. She’d storm into the gym, yell at a few kids and coaches, then storm out. It was a marked contrast to the Men’s Head Coach at the time, Warwick Forbes, calm, organized and focused.

I could be wrong about Ju Ping Tien. Many, many have told me that she did wonderful things during her era.

related – my Gymnastics in Australia ‘93 report

I hope to get back Down Under in January 2012.

The latest from JAO.

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Don’t spend too much time perfecting Cast to horizontal for some age group competition. Do the minimum needed, and work towards the future. Bars is still the weakest apparatus in most gyms.

London 2012: My Olympic Dream by Beth Tweddle, originally planned to be available before Christmas, … looks like it won’t be shipped until January. 😦

I like the price, only £5.99 from Amazon.UK

Follow Beth’s website to see where it will be available elsewhere in the world.

via @ukflair

In the annual Pre-Season Coaches Poll:

1 UCLA
2 Alabama
3 Florida
4 Oklahoma
5 Utah
6 Nebraska
7 Oregon State
8 Stanford
9 Georgia
10 Michigan
11 Arkansas
12 L.S.U.
13 Penn State
14 Boise State

See the entire list on GymInfo

With Zamarripa back, I’m not surprised to see the Bruins atop the list. They should be a much prettier team too with Mattie Larson and Cassie Whitcomb coming in.

Stanford looks too low. But it’s nice to see so many coaches with confidence in Boise. See commentary on College Gym Fans.

(via Gymnastike)

Gymnastike is looking for interns at NCAA schools, by the way.

Andrew Zakonov sends word of new scoring software for trampoline competitions which is (currently) free.

It’s the online version of AContests.com software that has been used since 2009 around the world.

If interested in giving it a try, check the detailed online video tutorials here.

Then create an account and log in here.

Danell won P Bars at Worlds with a 6.4 difficulty. (VIDEO)

He’s trying to up that start value.

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He added a peach half and took out the diamidov.

Enrique Trabanino who owns Perfection Gymnastics in the Cincinnati area shares a drill to help perfect the body shape and technique of the front layout and front twisting. …

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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NTE3NTIxNzc1?related=1