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USAG’s Amanda Robinson by email:
… 20,478 gymnasts and fans from more than 100 gymnastics clubs nationwide joined together today to break the world record for most handstands performed simultaneously …
Here are Mary Wright’s kids spelling out the name of their club – Olympus.
… more photos from different clubs
via @Double_Front
1) Purvis 91.500
2) Keatings 90.500
3) Thomas 90.100
4) Whitlock 88.500
5) Firth 86.800
Full Twist – full results and commentary
No bonus point in GBR scoring. Is Daniel Purvis (age 20) the #1 rival for Uchimura in Tokyo?
He can nearly match Kohei in terms of form and artistry. Looking forward to comparing their E scores.
GREAT to see Keatings back from the torn ACL, too.
These kind of numbers put GBR in the fight for the team Bronze at Worlds. USA and Germany have a serious rival here.
Ono updates:
Oh, and none of those top three guys even hit 6 for 6. Keatings and Thomas counted falls.
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…Olympic bronze medalist Louis Smith (Huntingdon) competed three events, scoring 14.90 on pommel horse, 14.30 on still rings and 14.70 on parallel bars. …
Respectable. Louis is on the team, I’ll bet. … Though both Keatings and Max Whitlock scored higher on Pommels.
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GBR WAG defeats Romania in dual. How about that?
Even if you know nothing about Rugby, you’ve got to admire the impassioned posture dances, a pre-match ritual.
Click PLAY or watch two on YouTube.
The louts of Auckland get it on too in this Haka flash mob. (VIDEO)
I’m cheering for the All Blacks.
Jessica is looking to put up a rig.
But she’s not sure if they need a “standard” spotting belt, or something special.
Should they have a twist belt? … Or are standard padded belts good enough?
Leave a comment if you have advice.
Gymnastike has the first post I’ve seen on the new College recruits, starting with the top 10 teams from Championships 2011. (We need Stanford too.)
You can click on the gymnast’s name to watch video interviews and routines.
NCAA Preview: Meet the 2011-2012 Freshmen! (Teams 1-10)
Nebraska looks interesting. Two new assistant coaches and Jessie DeZiel.
But all eyes will be on UCLA (as usual). Mattie Larson and Cassie Whitcomb and Zamarippa. Wow.
… Coverage of women’s sport makes up 9% of all sports coverage in Australian television news and current affairs, while male sport makes up 81%.
Horse racing alone receives more airtime that all women’s sport combined, making up the other 10% of all coverage. …
Damien Johnson – Women deserve fair go in sports pages
(via Australian Gymnastics Blog)
Evidence that women should boycott “old media”. And dominate “new media”.
… A new survey … by the Pew Internet and American Life Project corroborates numerous other studies that show women dominating social media websites. This is particularly the case with Facebook and Twitter usage. …
… the social Web is now ruled by estrogen. Women make up over half of all social media users at fifty-six percent, and they hold sway over emailing, instant messaging, blogging and photo sharing, as well. …
Smedio – Women are taking over the Social web
Females dominate the Gymnastics blogosphere, too.
Blythe Lawrence:
Think the big four — Kohei Uchimura, Philipp Boy, Jonathan Horton and Danell Leyva — are the only ones to watch for in the all-around at the Tokyo Worlds?
While they do seem to be favored to stand on the podium, here are nine others who have the capability to challenge for medals as well:
Russia – Ermin Garibov
Ukraine – Mykola Kuksenkov
Chile – Tomas Gonzalez
Romania – Flavius Koczi
GBR / Scotland – Daniel Keatings & Daniel Purvis
Germany – Marcel Nguyen
China – Lu Bo & Teng Haibin
details on Universal
There are another dozen guys at least who have scored over 90 points all-around. Any one of them could put together a miracle day and end up on the all-around podium.
Men’s Artistic Gymnastics is SUPER competitive.
On my Recreation Gymnastics blog I make the argument that Montreal should be the first North American host of the World Gymnaestrada:
• a bilingual city with easy, inexpensive access for Europeans
• Cirque du Soleil might partner
• Gymnaestrada in Europe is not growing
• the event needs to modernize, North America would help
• Canada has a strong and growing Gymnastraeda base
• Gymnastics Canada strongly supports the event
Click through for the details … especially the part on why it won’t happen any time soon.
RecGymnastics.com – Canada should host World Gymnaestrada
I’m still looking for contributors for RecGymnastics.com.
If planking was too idiotic. Batmanning too dangerous, perhaps your goof is leisure diving.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Mail Online – Just hangin’ by the pool: Summer posers caught mid-air in new photography craze
Thanks for the tip, Danielle.
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To this day, my most popular “gymnastics video” on YouTube is an embarrassing edit of coaches splashing into a pool.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
