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Fill in the blanks with your predictions:
Dark Horse of the Year = __________
Most Elegant Gymnast of the Year = __________
Comeback of the Year = __________ not Shawn Johnson 🙂
Honorable Mention = __________
… award a gymnasts who, despite not winning a major medal, should be recognized for their incredible efforts …
Unluckiest Gymnast of the Year = __________
Toughest Cookie of the Year = __________
Specialist of the Year = __________
For the answers check Couch Gymnast Awards: Part 2
On Facebook I saw that a number of coaches decided not to drive to a competition last weekend in Alberta due to bad roads.
That surprised me as we Canucks are normally unfazed by blizzard conditions.
Then I checked the photos online. Here’s the Trans-Canada highway:
Many years ago we had 10 gymnasts miss a competition in Montreal due to airports being fogged in. We finally got there for the Sunday athletes clinic, missing the Friday / Saturday competition completely.
What’s the worst weather related mishap you’ve experienced?
It could be worse, Canada. Allstar Gymnastics in Toowoomba, Australia was recently flooded out of their gym. Check the video from Jan. 10th.
There’s bad weather all around the world right now.
Always entertaining.
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
Somebody is staying out of the rotten weather.
Melanie posted this pic of Canadian gymnasts on the beach in Mexico.
Jr. Champion Sabrina Gill won the meet, whatever it was.
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In August, 2009 Frank received the National Business Leader Award from USA Gymnastics for the second time. Frank has delivered business presentations for USA Gymnastics, the US Swim School Association, the Dance Studio Pro Seminars, the Martial Arts Supershow and various cheerleading associations. …
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ItsNastiaFan101 posted a simultaneous comparison of 3 vaulters in the World Championships finals.
Sacramone wins.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Superior block, superior Height, superior Form
Agreed. There should be much more differential on execution.
… Alicia is very close to the line on landing, though.
Here’s Sacramone v Mustafina.
After a lengthy survey mostly on Facebook, Brigid has posted the first round of winners and runners up. No big controversies here:
Junior of the Year: Viktoriya Komova
Rookie of the Year: Alexandra Raisman
Older Gymnast of the Year: Alicia Sacramone
Reserve of the Year: Chelsea Davis
Coach of the Year: Alexander Alexandrov
Most Improved Gymnast of the Year: Lauren Mitchell
Most Improved National Team: Russia
click through for details – The Couch Gymnast Awards: Part 1
It was a rough opening weekend for women’s Collegiate gymnastics overall, I thought.
The top team scores so far:
196.925 – Florida
196.625 – Stanford (report)
195.925 – UCLA
Since UCLA had 2 meets this weekend, the GymInfo ranking by average score looks like this:
Florida
Stanford
Utah and Michigan
UCLA
Georgia
Oklahoma
Oregon State
Alabama
Arkansassee the Top 25
Don’t get too excited for Florida. They have a history of starting with a bang, and peaking too soon. I’m hoping they’ve learned that lesson and will use a smarter strategy this season.
You should get excited about Stanford. That team is a real contender this season to win it all.
One of the greatest gymnasts of all time, Li Ning, was literally on top of the world when he ran through the air to light the Olympic torch in Beijing.
But since that day in 2008, his company has been troubled.
In 2009 Anta Sports replaced Li Ning Co. and Adidas to became the official partner for sportswear for the Chinese Olympics Committee and the Chinese Sports Delegations.
Now this …
… Li’s company had announced on Dec. 17 its product order information for the second season of 2011. Orders for clothes and shoes dropped 7 percent and 8 percent respectively. On Dec. 20, the first trading day after the announcement, the company’s stock price dropped 15.86 percent, the largest plunge in a single day since the company went public in 2004. …
Businesses lose hundreds of millions of dollars in value
China’s ‘Prince of Gymnastics’ Takes Tumble After Beijing Olympics
They’ve denied shutting down 600 outlets, a rumoured panic reaction.
Here’s the strategy in bringing the brand to America to compete head on with Nike and Adidas:
With Li-Ning, a big part of the allure is the performance heritage and the Chinese cultural component. From Li Ning’s epic performances to the glory of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Li-Ning has been the flagship Chinese sports brand. We believe today’s young US consumer thinks more globally than any generation that came before, and – as opposed to assuming US athletes are not interested in the brand’s backstory – we prefer to embrace the “Chineseness” of Li-Ning as a breakthrough selling point.
I dunno. There’s plenty of anti-Chinese sentiment in the USA.
Seems to me that TV commercials like this are not going to work. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via China Smack)
I like Li Ning and the Li Ning brand. But it looks like they will need to downsize drastically to return to profitability.
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