4 element beam flight series

That’s topic of a recent College Gymnastics Board thread.

Sarah Shire competed ff layout ff layout last season.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I’d love to see more long tumbling series in FIG competition. Especially those connected to the mount (VIDEO) like the good old days.

What exact Rules change would encourage that?

(via IG forum)

gymnastics coach not guilty

EDMONTON — Gymnastics coach Perry Nile Larsen embraced his wife in the hallway outside an Edmonton courtroom on Wednesday afternoon, after being found not guilty of sexual assault and sexual interference for an alleged incident involving a 12-year-old gymnast. …

Larsen, 40, was charged in 2008, after a then-12-year-old gymnast told her mother that he pulled her sweatpants and underwear down three times while she was in a back-bend position during a drop-in practice at the Capital City Gymnastics Club.

After listening to several days of testimony — as well as a full day of closing arguments on Wednesday — Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Mel Binder said there was not sufficient evidence to find Larsen guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

“I’m not at all sure that the incident occurred,” he said.

Binder noted that there were more than 50 people in the gym at the time of the alleged incident, but no one — not even the complainant — actually saw what happened, The judge also rejected the girl’s testimony about where exactly the alleged incident occurred.

… Larsen previously faced charges in relation to two other girls, but Engel said those charges were withdrawn by the Crown in the spring. …

Edmonton Journal

Of course the reputation of a coach is ruined even with this kind of allegation.

Larsen has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against Edmonton police chief, officers alleging broad police misconduct in the case.

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Update:

Help Support Friends of Perry by donating to:

Bank of Montreal
Account 2633-8994-802

Links:

http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=6366f141-f758-41c6-873d-c3623f37c199
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/12/02/16404216.html

More can be found:

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20101202/edomont-coach-sues-101202/
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/12/02/16404216.html
http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101202/edm_trial_101202/20101202/?hub=EdmontonHome
http://www.leaderpost.com/health/Edmonton+court+hears+final+arguments+against+gymnastics+coach/3913242/story.html
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/sign+sexual+touching+club+workers+testify/3885848/story.html

Ludvine Furnon – incredible talent

Former French star Ludivine Furnon and acrobatic partner Nicolas Besrnard have advanced to the finals of La France a un Incroyable Talent.

The pair, calling themselves Duo MainTenanT, will face off against three other candidates in the final …

… will be broadcast in France on Wednesday, 22 December. The winner will receive 100,000 euros and will have a place at Le Festival Juste pour Rire in Montréal.

THE ALL AROUND

That post has links to some of their TV performances.

When’s the last time your saw double layout punch front? … aside from Mohini in Athens.

Click PLAY or watch her Floor from 2000 on YouTube.

She won finals with this routine over Produnova, Amânar and Raducan.

Gymnast’s Optical Illusion

What kind of Photoshop trickery is this?
🙂

there has been no digital manipulation involved. …

Mighty Optical Illusions

(via Flip Catch)

gymnastics wall bars

Artimex Sport is a Romanian company with a gymnastics apparatus division.

They sell a number of different kinds of wall bars out of the U.K.

Prices look very competitive.

Artimex Sport U.K. – Gymnastics

UCLA #1 in gymnastics poll

Gymnastike:

Here are 2011 Gyminfo Preseason rankings:
Rank/Team/Points/1st Place Votes

1 UCLA 1035 32
2 Alabama 950 3
3 Florida 948 3
4 Oklahoma 881 2
5 Utah 853 1
6 Stanford 818 1

Those come from Troester.com. Click through to see the full list.

… I’m still predicting a UCLA v Florida show down at Championships.