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

… Sleigh Ride, including footage from competitions throughout 2006 …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Gymtage)

… 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.

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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)

What the what?

Mark Kurmey posted this on Facebook.

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.

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.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone there.

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.

Happy Holidays.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

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

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.

China confirms its attendance at the 2011 Triple Flip Wild Rose, March 24-27, 2011.

“We are once again thrilled to host one of the very best gymnastics nations on earth at this year’s Triple Flip Wild Rose. China sent a very strong delegation last year (Deng LinLin, Jiang Yuyuan and Sui Lu). We are confident that they will assign their very best again. …

Wild Rose Gymnastics

That’s in Edmonton, Alberta.

Three hours away, same weekend, the Chinese Men will be competing at the Kyle Shewfelt Gymnastics Festival.

4.-10. April 2010 · Berlin, Max-Schmeling-Halle

This features just German gymnasts.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

details on the competition

(via @fangymnastics)