Romanian Gymnastics 2010

2010 was not a particularly good year in the records of the Romanian National team, nor was it an extremely bad one. But it was not a predictable year either: there were plenty of shocks, extremely happy moments and extremely sad ones. …

So begins a superb summing up by Beatrice Gheorghisor on Couch Gymnast.

I’ve heard similar conclusions from others. … Personally I feel that Romanian fans should be extremely happy with 4th place at Worlds. Romania has such a small base of gymnasts and coaches that they should aspire to beat Texas :), not the massive gymnastics nations of the USA, Russia and China.

… The road from the devastated team in January to the gold medal contender of 2011 was tough. The team has returned with one gold and three bronze medals from Euros 2010 but the entire country did not hesitate to call it one of the biggest failures in history. …

Click through to read that – Romania, 2010: From Deva to Milan

There’s a far better than average discussion thread on IG forum started by jerrylynch that goes into specifics of what Romania needs to compete for an Olympic team medal – ROMANIA: News, Pictures in 2011-part 1

gymnastics apps

The new Double Front blog recommends two apps:

Georgia Gymdogs iPhone App—The first (and currently only) iPhone app for an NCAA gymnastics team.

Video now available … Universal Sports iPhone app—Universal Sports, the sole broadcasting partner of USA Gymnastics, added video to their iPhone app in late 2010. I’m happy to see this development and anxiously await a native iPad app and mobile live streaming. …

In the right hand navigation you’ll find a link to the TumbleTally the first gymnastics meet score tracking app for Android™ devices!

American Gymnast recommends the “My Fitness Pal” iPhone app, a nutrition tracker.

If you’ve a comment on these or any other gymnastics related apps, please leave a comment.

I’ve not personally used any. But many, many got new phones, iPads, iPod Touch devices and other toys this Christmas. There’s certainly a market for more.

Oregon State gymnastics in tough

Greg on College Gym Fans has calculated who has the toughest 2011 schedule in Women’s Collegiate gymnastics:

That chart is a ranking of the top 10 teams. He has also calculated the top 25 teams.

Click through to see them both – Strength of Schedule Analysis: 2011

Competition starts SOON.

gymnastics 2010 in review

Doble en plancha has a succinct summary of what happened over the past year in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics with a few MAG highlights thrown in, as well.

Russia

Read that in the original Spanish or Google translated English.

(via Full Twist)

Rio Olympics logo unveiled

What do you think?

I quite like it. A unique new look. The theme is:

Passion and Transformation

There’s an impressive video that goes along with the launch posted on the official website.

IOC President Jacques Rogge:

… “I see the preparation for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is going extremely well,” he said.

Rio Gov. Sergio Cabral said the lack of airport infrastructure remains the greatest obstacle in preparations for the games, but downplayed concerns it will remain a problem when the event begins in six years.

2016 Olympics logo unveiled New Year’s Eve in Rio

Gymnastics Worlds Team Final

Full Twist has a link to Komova2012’s YouTube channel, the Womens Team Final split into 11 parts.

Click PLAY or watch Part 1 on YouTube.

Links to the rest on Full Twist.