Kyle Shewfelt – Canadian Olympics TV coverage

Kyle Shewfelt announced that he will be part of CTV’s Broadcast team for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

… specifically be covering the Men’s Artistic, Women’s Artistic and Trampoline competitions. I will also be playing a role in the Opening Ceremonies coverage and of course, I will be blogging, tweeting and facebooking through out the Games for CTVOlympics.ca.

Congratulations.

related – Shewfelt interview on Sport At Its Best

Li Ning $1 million to Olympic Museum

… With more than 10,000 pieces, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games in the world and one of Lausanne’s prime tourist draws attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year. …

… Six-time Olympic gymnastics medalist-turned sporting goods entrepreneur, China’s Li Ning today donated USD 1 million to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. …

“As a former athlete and Olympic champion I have always felt strongly about the Olympic Games. The Olympic Museum is a good way to learn about this spirit and draw inspiration from it. The Lausanne Olympic Museum has managed to collect and introduce almost every inspiring moment in the long Olympic story, and I believe anyone who has the opportunity to visit it will be profoundly touched and encouraged just as I was,” Li said, speaking through an interpreter. …

“Tomorrow is the beginning of the one-year-countdown of London Olympic Games, which makes this donation especially meaningful. …

AIPS

Most participants at World Gymnastrada last week in Lausanne checked out the Museum, including me. It is fantastic.

Shannon Miller's leotard

CoverGirl on YouTube

If you were unable to watch the meet on Universal, it’s starting to appear on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch part 1 on YouTube.

On YouTube you can find all 7 parts of the original broadcast.

(via Going for Gold)

Kristina Baskett Casio TV ad

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Casio is official sponsor of XGames 17

(via Greg Marsden on College Gym Fans)

Greg told me that Kristina was not all that heavily recruited. Yet went on to be one of the greatest NCAA gymnasts of all time for Utah.

Handspring Front layout 3/1 twist

Amanda Turner on Facebook linked to this drawing by Koichi Endo of the highest value vault in the Code, so far.

YANG Hak Seon (KOR) new vault.

Handspring fwd. and salto fwd. str. with 3/1 turn “Yeo 2 with 1/2”. … A-score is 7.4

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

WOW. I still cannot believe how easy he makes that look.

TRACES – America’s Got Talent

I watched the (crappy) TV show with a group of coaches last night. This entertainment was outstanding.

Click PLAY or watch them on YouTube.

Traces is a Montreal-based professional circus troupe. They made it plainly obvious that America’s not got much real talent this season.

Details.

Nica Hults – Beam

Great potential.

Nica’s beam routine at the Covergirl US Classic in Chicago. This is her first year as an International Junior Elite.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

when Beam was the best apparatus

Big mount. Long tumbling series. Onodi in combination. Continuous movement. Interesting choreography.

Yekaterina Vandisheva

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Recommended by Brigid.

Stairs are DANGEROUS

Have you ever fallen down stairs and been injured? I have. Twice.

John Templer has written the first theoretical, historical, and scientific analysis of one of the most basic and universal building elements: the stair.

… two volumes present a detailed study of stairs and ramps – the art and science of their design, their history, and their hazards.

…The second volume shows the dangers stairs present. Drawing on twenty years of human factors research on stairs, Templer sets out what is known about slips, trips, and falls and how best to design stairs to avoid their inherent dangers. He discusses the physiological and behavioral relationship between humans and stairs and walkways, the question of gait and slippery surfaces, and the various types of falls and the injuries that result. Perhaps most importantly, Templer proposes the idea of the soft stair, which could substantially reduce the annual epidemic of stair-related deaths and injuries.

John Templer is Regents’ Professor of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. …

Amazon – The Staircase: Studies of Hazards, Falls, and Safer Design

John Templer is the world expert on stairs. Turns out they are one of the most dangerous hazards in our daily lives. Escalators are not nearly the waste of money I’ve always assumed them to be.

Teaching LANDING and FALLING skills is one of our highest priorities.