gymnastics – A Sparkly Christmas

Another great edit Tolworth Gym Club, London.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

These kids are as impressive as any young gymnasts anywhere. Congratulations to the coaching staff.

Thanks tye.

The 12 Gays of Christmas

Posted by TROY MAGINO Director/Choreographer.

DISCLAIMER: Those appearing in this video are not necessarily of the gay persuasion, (not that there’s anything wrong with that), they just play one on TV…

🙂

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Thanks Mary.

On a serious note, shout out for those politicians who voted to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Especially the Republicans with the guts to do the right thing.

Also the 13 Republicans who defied their party’s leadership to vote for the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty).

Those two votes almost restored my faith in the American political system. Almost.

Christmas gymnastics montage

If you’re watching gymnastics video on Christmas day … you’ll actually probably appreciate this.

… Sleigh Ride, including footage from competitions throughout 2006 …

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(via Gymtage)

all I want for Christmas …

… is to see if Dave Durante can still do double leg circles on a mushroom.

But these tall supermodels keep getting in the way.

Click PLAY or watch the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on YouTube.

David Durante, Morgan Hamm, John Macready, Stephen McCain, Sasha Artemev, Alexei Bilozertchev, Chris Brooks, Wes Haagensen and Derek Shepard. …

It was organized by Shane Geraghty, a former high school gymnast, who now runs a production and event-management company in New York City called Acroback.

Gymnastike

Thanks Shawn Bryant.

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John Roethlisberger wasn’t there on stage, but was in the audience. He’s taken, girls. Meaghan Ruppert and John just announced their engagement.

(via Inside Gymnastics on Facebook)

gymnasts who danced Nutcracker

Between The Olympics on Christmas Eve posted video of gymnasts who used variations of The Nutcracker (1892) as Floor music.

Amanar, Isayeva, Dragoi, Grishina and …

Click PLAY or watch the goddess Mostepanova on YouTube.

See the rest on Between The Olympics: A Gymnastics Blog.

Merry Christmas from Las Vegas

Don Eckert and his wife relocated to the Lost Wages in September. Here’s a mixed edit of the Go For It girls doing their thing. That’s their new gym.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone there.

Olympians: Mustafina, Komova, Grishina …

betweentheolympics has a lengthy post speculating on who will be on the #1 ranked Team Russia in London.

Anastasia Sidorova is awesome! If she can continue improving at the rate that she has been since the beginning of the year, she will be almost a lock for the Olympic team along with Mustafina, Komova and Grishina. …

Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.

It’s definitely worth clicking over to betweentheolympics – Voronin Cup Videos.

Interesting commentary on Pavlova, Sophia Lee, Anna Rodionova, Alissa Baumann and many more.

‘rich’ people funding gymnasts

A post in the Christmas spirit …

Barrie Wells in the U.K. has provided funding to “… around 16 elite athletes – in sports he enjoyed, primarily athletics, triathlon, modern pentathlon and swimming …”

Here he is with World Youth heptathlon champion Katarina Thompson:

Details on Ollie William’s Blog – Catching up with the not-so-secret millionaire

Gymnasts have gotten personal sponsorships in the past. Recall Mohini Bhardwaj getting support from Pamela Anderson in 2004.

Perhaps someone should hit up Mark Zuckerberg. He’s promised to give most of his billions to charity.

Leave a comment if you know of other gymnasts personally funded.