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Full Twist delivers the bad news …
Beckie:
“I am of course very disappointed to have suffered from this injury, but remain very positive about the future and am looking ahead to working hard with the British Gymnastics Medical Team to ensure that I do everything I can to be in a position to return strongly, and continue my journey towards London 2012.”
The latest question on The Discussion:
Bloggers sound a bit flummoxed on this one.
Surprisingly (to myself) … I didn’t name Alicia Sacramone. I picked Nastia … but guestimated there’s only a 10% chance she’ll actually compete in London.
Fact is the USA is in big trouble on Bars when trying to match up against Russia and China. Whoever has the biggest routine will be on the team. That could easily be Nastia, if she’d train.
Click over to Gymnastics Examiner to read The Discussion for yourself.
Barb Durfee sends us the list of elite competitors for the 2011 WOGA CLASSIC, Feb 19-20th.
That includes Madeline Gardiner and Anysia Unick (CAN), Anastasiya Marchuk and lrina Yashina (RUS) to name just a few of the great international gymnasts traveling to Texas, the centre of the gymnastics world IMHO.
Gymnastics Examiner links to photos and a full list of the elite competitors.
Of course the WOGA Classic is one of the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup Series.
The Optional Elite Qualifier is one of only a handful of chances for U.S. elites to qualify to go to the CoverGirl Classic, which is a qualifier to VISA Championships. This is the first U.S. Elite Qualifier of the year, so a lot of girls are hoping to qualify to CoverGirl early, then they can train at a measured pace up until July. If they don’t qualify at this event, they’ll have a couple other changes later in June and July.
See the full schedule including participating teams.
Celebrities not competing include Nastia Liukin, Carly Patterson, Hollie Vise & Rebecca Bross.
Many saw Amanda Turner’s link on Facebook to a fascinating interview in Sport.ua, a Ukrainian sport website with Lyudmila Korolenko, who is Ukrainian but judges for Russia.
Honest and insightful.
Brigid wrote it up …
… as much as she looks on the Ukrainian gymnasts, she still hasn’t seen any stars- not for a while. There is one girl, however, the same that many gym fans have been talking about in the last year, the very promising Masha Livchikova, whom she describes as something to watch, a “textured beautiful blonde, born in 1995.”
Two big time tumbling lines.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
read the entire excellent translation / interpretation on Couch Gymnast – Lyudmila Korolenko: The State of Ukraine
Korolenko mentions that new Senior Russian Maria Paseka is capable of a triple twisting Yurchenko.
Cracked magazine (Mad wannabe) did a number on the infamous Kurt Thomas movie Gymkata.
… It has developed a minor cult following as an unintentional comedy for its dubious premise, poor production quality and low budget. Maxim lists the film as the 17th “Worst Movie of All Time” …
Click through if you need a laugh today – 5 Reasons ‘Gymkata’ Is The Funniest Movie of the 80s
One of the great personalities of recent years joined her former team as a coach this season.
Click PLAY or watch a profile on YouTube.
(via Gym Dogs and Aunt Joyce)
Just when I was going to write off the defending champions, they put together a meet tonight:
UCLA 196.675
Oregon State 196.625
Due to a depleted Bruin lineup, they had to use 4 all arounders !! (Sawa, McCullough, Hopfner-Hibbs, Courtney)
The Beavers had some problems.
Miss Val will be a little happier this week.
Florida posted an NCAA season high 197.5, so she won’t get too excited.
#2 Stanford 196.825 defeated #4 Utah 196.500.
Is this true?
Gymnastics was one of the founding sports at the Australian Institute of Sports, 30yrs ago.
Now I’m hearing the residential program was canceled December 31st, 2010
The official website states:
… In 2011 AIS Gymnastics will be delivered as a camps based program. This means that up to 20 gymnastics camps will be held at the AIS for Olympic squad members. …
Leave a comment if you can confirm.
Thanks for the tip, Bob.
This is on the TV Sport highlights tonight.
A boy dunks himself by accident through a basketball hoop during the halftime of a Phoenix Suns game.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
UPDATE: 18yr-old gymnast Nick Corrales plans never to make that mistake again.
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