Brandon Wynn – Rings – NCAA Champ

As expected, Ohio’s Brandon Wynn dominated Rings.

Click PLAY or watch him on Ohio Buckeyes.

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/newMediaPlayer/sl/embed.htm?catid=201&id=767938&type=vod&oemid=17300

USA WAG Regional Championships

USAG has Women’s Level 9 and 10 Regional Championships results all linked from one page.

The Level 9 Eastern and Western Championships will be held May 5-8 in Worcester, Massachusetts and San Diego, California respectively.

Level 10 J.O. National Championships go May 12-15, 2011 in Long Beach, Calif. In conjunction is the National Invitational Tournament.

(via Double Front)

GSP training gymnastics for UFC

Canadian star Georges St-Pierre (GSP) shows muscle-ups on Rings in preparation for the first-ever Ultimate Fighting Championship® in Toronto, at the Rogers Centre Sat., April 30, 2011.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Coach Kelly Manjak had their tickets confirmed on his birthday. So far it looks like a sell out, a record gate (ticket sales) for MMA.

Sarah Patterson praised, Jay Clark not so much

Aunt Joyce linked to this interview with the Head Coach of National Champions Alabama.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Over in Athens, Georgia, folks are not so happy:

Jay must go. Simple as that.

When Jay Clark became head gymnastics coach at the University of Georgia two years ago, he was handed the keys to a Rolls Royce. He proceeded to drive it right off a cliff. …

… read more by Denton Ashway Sports Columnist

In fact, both teams are great. On another day it could as easily have gone the other way.

But stakes in the SEC are high. If Jay has one more bad season, I would expect him to resign.

NCAA H Bar Champ – no Kovacs

Stanford – Alex Buscaglia

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

This apparatus is getting much more interesting of late as guy find different ways to get a high start score.

gymnastika – films and documentaries

Lena is a ‘gymnastics fan’ especially fond of Soviet, Russian, Ukrainian, and Romanian gymnastics.

She’s posted a list of favourites, some I’ve never seen, some in languages other than English, under these categories:

Documentaries

• Soviet Union, Russia, and Ukraine
• Romania
• China
• USA
• Miscellaneous

Feature Films

Informative Montages

See the entire list on gymnastika

I’ve subscribed to her website too – gymnastika.

another Verona van de Leur scandal

The former Dutch gymnastics star is only 25-years-old, yet she’s already had more scandals than any other gymnast I can recall.

IG updates us on the latest unbelievable revelations. She’s done 72 days in jail and faces 90 more.

Get some help, Verona. Your many fans would love to help you.

related – Dutch Gymnastics World Worries About Van de Leur (2008)

Olympics ticket sale ending

UK and EU residents can apply for tickets at www.tickets.london2012.com until April 26th

Details on how to apply for tickets from your part of the world is available here.

Adult tickets start at just £20, and LOCOG has created an innovative ‘pay your age’ scheme at more than 220 sessions for young people who are 16 and under when the Games start on 27 July 2012. People aged 60 or over when the Games start will pay just £16 at these sessions.

Click PLAY or watch a promo video on YouTube. (not available in the USA)