Cal beats #1 Stanford

The No. 5 California men’s gymnastics team opened its 2011 campaign with not just a 349-650-348.700 win but a victory over rival and No. 1-ranked Stanford. …

Junior Glen Ishino handily won the all-around with a 90.300 while Stanford’s Tim Gentry took second with an 87.450. …

No. 5 Cal Upends No. 1 Stanford, 349.650-348.700

Parallel Bars and Pommels were the difference, traditionally strong apparatus for Berkeley under former coach Weiner.

Most years Cal is my favourite team.

I’m impressed with this gutsy performance. The guys are trying to prove themselves to those who want to cancel the program next year.

… On the other hand, I don’t see any improvement in the quality of online meet reporting from last season. The guys are far, far inferior to the women’s Collegiate when it comes to promoting themselves.

Somebody needs to step up and make more photos and videos available immediately from the Men’s NCAA meets. This post is pretty dull without it.

(via Stick it Media)

Hambüchen snaps Achilles

Yet another Achilles injury. This time on a “simple somersault”.

He’s had Achilles pain for a long time, typical early warning. Fabian is age-23.

“My ultimate goal is the Olympic Games in London 2012,” says Hambüchen brave. All of Germany is hoping that by then all is well ..

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He has plenty of time to recover for the Olympics. But landings will still be difficult in time for Worlds 2011.

related posts tagged Achilles … Stout, Zamarippa, Carnobe, Sandy

(via GymPOWER)

Kent State 195.475 in Vegas

Impressive.

Kent State captured the Lady Luck Invitational in Las Vegas, posting a big 195.475. Kent State was led by Christina Lenny, who won titles on VT and BB en route to a 39.325 AA win.

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Here’s the official press release from Kent State – Jackpot …

That’s a career best AA score for captain Christina Lenny. CONGRATS.

After an alarmingly bad first weekend, this second week of College gymnastics has seen many teams show a big improvement.

CWG Team Ontario

Team Ontario for the Canada Winter Games is … unofficially:

Sabrina Gill
Mikaela Gerber
Kristina Yemany
Jordyn Pedersen
Silvia Colussi-Peleaz
Elise Bolger
Gabriela Douglas

Six of the seven, I believe, train at WOGA North, Oakville Gymnastics.

The final trial was held in Cancun, Mexico. Nice. Sabrina Gill won that event.

results – Cancun

This is all coming from Facebook. Leave a comment if you have a link to the official announcement.

gymnast Michelle Stout – Achilles tear

NCAA Sports has a feature on Arkansas star Michelle Stout:

… Following a fourth-place finish in the all-around at NCAA Championships in 2009, Stout was ready to finish her stellar career with a flourish and make her senior season one to remember. The season was memorable alright, but not for the reasons Stout thought it would be. Instead, she suffered a season-ending Achilles’ tendon tear during the 2010 preseason and spent the year recovering.

“It was definitely pretty devastating at first,” Stout said. “I didn’t know if I was going to be able to come back. …

read the rest – Arkansas senior returns to provide lift

The story makes reference to the recent Achilles tears by Georgia’s Kaylan Earls and UCLA’s Vanessa Zamarripa.

It’s very common in older powerful gymnasts.

I’m not sure there’s any way we’re going to reduce the number of Achilles injuries, short of competing only on TumblTrak.

GoPro wearable HD cameras

GoPro is the world leader in wearable HD cameras. You can strap a GoPro camera to almost anything, from the top of your ski helmet to the tip of your surfboard. The result is amazingly visceral, high definition video that gives viewers a front seat to the action. …

Sierra Trading Post – GoPro Highlights Video – 2010

There are no gymnasts nor trampolinists in the video, unfortunately.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Amazon – GoPro HD Helmet HERO Camera ($299.95 right now)