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Mattie Larson is one of the most artistic American gymnasts in years. Everyone hoped she’d survive the tough American selection process to qualify to a major international meet, and she did.

… Unfortunately Mattie fell on her best apparatus, both times she competed Floor for the American team at World Championships 2010. A disaster, certainly.

You have to feel rotten for her.

What now?

Catty Comments on Aunt Joyce:

… Mattie Larson, to no one’s surprise, is leaving her long-time gym AOGC in Los Angeles …

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I hope she reports to UCLA and becomes one of our fave College gymnasts.

But there’s speculation Mattie will join another elite gym with the goal of Olympics 2012.

2008 Aussie Olympian Daria Joura quoted in Perth Now:

She calls it quits.

… “I don’t particularly want to make a big fuss about it,” Joura said. “But I think most people would probably know I haven’t really been in the gym for a good two years.

“I still find myself going through the same cycle of really wanting to be (back in the gym) but my foot not letting me progress any further. …

When she stayed in Perth after her family moved, I really hoped Dasha’d be able to come back from injury.

It was not to be.

She’ll rejoin her family, including her gymnast younger sister, in Queensland.

Click PLAY or watch the beautiful Dasha on YouTube.

(via Keishlieta Gymnastique)

Never say never. Nastia on Twitter:

“First full week of two-a-day trainings. I think now I remember what it feels like to be completely exhausted, but 100% satisfied.”

Ouch. The Federation banned until after the London Olympics. In all FIG disciplines.

If you haven’t seen details yet, click over to Gymnastics Examiner.

Second confirmed offence.

Yet Blythe asks :

Your take: Is the FIG’s ruling fair? What would you have done under these circumstances?

My question: What’s going to happen to these gymnasts in North Korea who have worked for years to attain the elite level, and are throwing some of the most difficult skills in the world? Where will they go now? …

Ri Si Gwang, for example, who scares even the rest of the maniacs in Men’s Vault finals.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

You might argue that only WAG should be disciplined.

Gymnastics Examiner

Tim Rand was a great coach, educator and inspiration … before his death, too soon, in 2007.

His memorial meet, the Tim Rand Invitational is March 4-6 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

It continues many of the FUN traditions that Tim brought to his meets including “shopping tables”. (Gymnasts earn “money” from the judges at each apparatus for stuck landings, etc. that can be spent at the “mall”.)

$5 from each athlete entry goes to benefit the Tim Rand Memorial Fund. Competition for girls level 2-elite, a great opportunity for families to get away from the cold and spend some time near the beach in sunny south Florida.

info TwisterInvite.com

At the World Championships I watched dozens of photographers processing tens of thousands of fantastic photos … yet couldn’t find them online.

Many will never leave the photographer’s hard drive. Only a few are used.

Here are the official FIG photos, however. They are watermarked and available for sale.

all FIG photos from Rotterdam

Couch Gymnast asks … who is this lovely lady with the Romanian Team at Worlds?

… I noticed a couple of times this week that Ana Porgras (I can’t think if I saw the other girls do it) would go over and get the woman to grab her hands and hold them in hers. At first I thought she needed something medical done to them, or maybe she needed some reassurance for her nerves. I saw her do it today before beam, and the woman also said something to her as she held her tiny little hands. …

ROMANIA’S LUCKY CHARM?

Answer from the comments:

… Everybody (coaches, gymnasts, fans) calls her “Doamna Eta“,

Mrs. Eta. She’s been a (nurse) for the national team since forever and has just come out of retirement to help some more. No other (younger) doctor wanted the job, since the monthly pay is around 120-130 euros. She is, undoubtedly, one of the unsung heroes of Romanian gymnastics.

Dutch J&F were demonstrating an excellent piece of equipment at Worlds.

Love the internal storage compartment.

Two of these can be used together to make a circuit.

Also of interest is their JF-Multikast, an update of the traditional Swedish box horse.

Both have many attachments.

The descriptions are in Dutch. But having purchased equipment from J&F bringing it to Canada before, I can tell you it’s very expensive.

Cool.

I’ve never used this exact variation.

… Texas Dreams Coach Travis Cherrier shows a drill he uses with his TOPS gymnasts to teach a smooth transition from the kip to a front hip circle in compulsory uneven bars.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://videoplayer.flocasts.org/player.swf

Shannon Miller attended the meet in Rotterdam.

The excellent Dutch website GymPOWER posted the longest interview EVER.

GymPOWER: … the women of China have made big mistakes on Bars and Beam, They have lost some important points, luck is for the USA or the pressure by the Chinese women too high?

Shannon: The Chinese have a history of making major mistakes When They Are within-range or clenching the gold. They Were Able to Overcome That history at the 2008 Olympics but it Seems to have returned. That a Deduction With the heavy fall bring it is more important Than to ever be playable to hit your routines. While a high StartValue certainly helps, in the end, whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins!

GymPOWER: Mustafina was the star of the Russian team, Also the number one by the next round?

Shannon: She’s got my vote. In what an incredible talent. Mustafina reminds me a lot of myself (although i believe she is much more talented). She does not take anything for granted and is very focused on her goals. What a beautiful gymnast and exquisite in her performance. She is certainly making a name for herself with the judges and audience alike. I Could See Her defeintly Taking the AA title.

read more via Google Translate – Shannon Miller’s vision on the Worlds in Rotterdam

Disclaimer. I love Shannon Miller, one of the greatest gymnasts ever. We should listen to this legend even though she’s been a bit distracted of late with baby Rocco.
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