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The final installment in Jason Shen’s essay on how his team won the NCAA gymnastics championships.
Inspiring.
… Whenever we would do an amazing routine or skill, instead of getting super high-fivey about it, we would just shrug our shoulders and say “Just another day in the office.” Because we were professionals and outstanding performance was just what. we. did. …
Part 3 (Finale): How I Blew Out My Knee and Came Back to Win a National Championship
This site has over 7000 posts. Of those, I’d love to link the 300-400 best technical posts from an online Table of Contents.
Ideal would be a wiki, where others could add, delete and edit
Yet every time I research the state of the art wikis, I’m disappointed.
We don’t need much:
• WYSIWYG easy page editing for ‘normal’ people
• hosted
• good security
I’m currently experimenting with Google Sites.
Click PLAY or watch a tutorial on YouTube.
Leave a comment if you can recommend other options.
… Mai Murakami, 14-year-old, will compete at the 2011 California Classic Gymnastics Invitational from March 4-6. This gymnastics competition will be hosted by the Southern California Elite Gymnastics Academy …
Mai is coached by Japan’s former male Olympic medalist (Seoul and Barcelona), Yukio Iketani. …
She will travel from there to compete City of Jesolo in Italy, Mar 19th.
The new littlemissgymnast blog links videos. Including her double layout on Floor at age-13.
More cheese.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I love cheesy.
The cast of Glee halftime show (Heads Will Roll / Thriller) was far more entertaining than Black Eyed Peas at the Super Bowl. … What was with the audio on that?
Yet another team pushing the magic 197 only half way through the season.
This today at Arizona State (194.800)
… details to come on OSU Beavers.
Next weekend Stanford, UCLA and Oregon State all compete at IGI Chicago Style (” Largest Women’s Gymnastics Invitational Meet in the World!”) on Friday at Navy Pier.
Stanford then heads to Ann Arbor, Michigan for a tri-meet with Michigan and Nebraska on Sunday.
Two GREAT meets.
It’s the first of The New Dimension Of Gymnastic Videos.
Black and White. Camera angles you’ve never seen before. Excellent editing.
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
Martijn Kuikman, Producer.
That’s a bit of a teaser. There’s more to come.
Kuikman is a Dutch gymnast who studies Media & Entertainment.
Thanks Tarik.
It’s worth watching the introduction to this video. Good question:
Why do women’s Health and Fitness magazines put skinny models on the cover?
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Personally, the only magazine cover I check out is Oxygen. Those covergirl athletes are extraordinarily fit.
I’m still concerned about safety at CrossFit clubs, though the best are very safe.
Apparently she’s the first woman to do one. That surprises me. Guys have been doing them for decades.
Kimmy Fasani Lands First Double Backflip for Women:
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Is that what they call “landed” … ??
🙂
(via Transworld Snowboarding)
Here’s a look at the all around rankings:
(2 days of competition were combined)1 Jacob Dalton, 176.250
2 Danell Leyva, 175.150
3 CJ Maestas, 172.750
4 Alexander Naddour, 170.750
5 Andrew Elkind, 170.600
6 Joshua Dixon, 168.800
7 Jesse Silverstein, 168.600
8 Tim Gentry, 167.500
9 Tyler Mizoguchi, 166.800
10 Alexy Bilozertchev, 166.750
11 Joseph Hagerty, 165.800
12 Sho Nakamori, 165.700
13 Dylan Akers, 164.400
14 Donothan Bailey, 163.300
15 Christopher Stehl, 162.950
16 Mel Anton Santander, 162.550
17 Jake Martin, 161.850
18 Chris Turner, 161.400
19 Jordan Valdez, 159.500
20 Jesse Glenn, 159.450
21 Stacey Ervin, 158.700
22 Craig Hernandez, 158.000
23 Alexander Buscaglia, 157.650
24 Maximilian Mayr, 154.700
Gymnastike links videos of many of the top routines.
National Team announced:
… 2011 USA Senior National team from now through August 2011:
Chris Brooks, Houston/ Hilton HHonors
Chris Cameron, Winter Haven, Fla./University of Michigan
Jake Dalton, Reno, Nev./University of Oklahoma
Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif./Stanford University
Andrew Elkind, Cherry Hill, N.J./Hilton HHonors
Jonathan Horton, Houston/Hilton HHonors
Glen Ishino, Santa Ana, Calif./University of California, Berkeley
Steven Legendre, Flower Mound, Texas/University of Oklahoma
Danell Leyva, Miami/ Hilton HHonors
CJ Maestas, Corrales, N.M./U.S. Olympic Training Center
Tyler Mizoguchi, Houston/University of Illinois
Alex Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz./University of Oklahoma
Paul Ruggeri, Manlius, N.Y./University of Illinois
Jesse Silverstein, Suffern, N.Y./U.S. Gymnastics Development Center II
Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J./Ohio State University
The University of Oklahoma star took prelims with 88.10.
And proved himself in Finals winning the AA, Floor and Vault.
CONGRATS.
OU sophomore Jacob Dalton won the 2011 Winter Cup all-around title and regained his position on the U.S. Senior National Team late Saturday night.
Overall, one third of the national team will remain from the University of Oklahoma men’s program. …
Joining Dalton on the U.S. National Team are (Chris) Brooks, sophomore Alex Naddour, senior Steven Legendre and Olympic silver medalist Jonathan Horton. …
Dalton, a three-time All-American, claimed the all-around title for the weekend after he posted a two-day total of 176.250. Posting an all-around score of 88.150 on the final night, the Reno, Nev., native also claimed the floor (16.150) and vault (16.550) event titles. …
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