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I’ve been a Paul Hamm doubter in the past.

No more.

Now that the 2004 Olympic AA Champion has moved to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado, I’m even more confident that he’ll be a serious contender for Worlds 2011 and Olympics 2012.

It’s easy to focus there.

On World Champion Uchimura:

“He’s going to be tough to beat, no question about that,” Hamm said. “I’m excited to go after him and see what happens.”

On training without his twin brother:

“I love having Morgan in the gym, and it [stinks] not having him. But I think can get what I need at the training center as far as training partners.”

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read more on USAG

At Commonwealth Games.

… Pole-vaulters Carly Dockendorf of Port Moody, B.C., and Saskatoon’s Kelsie Hendry finished in a three-way tie for bronze with Kate Dennison of England….

read more – Canadian pole-vaulters tie for 3rd in Delhi

Medal count at that point:

Australia (153)
England (121)
India (89)
Canada (73)

Only 89 medals, India. Is that all you can deliver?
🙂

Today was the first opportunity to see the Women’s Artistic teams. The most interesting site by far is Couch Gymnast.

Brigid McCarthy has already posted dozens of photos. And more on her Facebook page. She’s volunteered to provide stories and pics for the official meet website.

Brigid reports that Ana Porgras looks great. Beth Tweddel ‘NAILED bars over and over‘. Great Britain might challenge Romania as a team. He Kexin is ready.

The Chinese are gorgeous on Beam and Bars … but had some scary tumbling.

The Russians looks strong. And relaxed. … Some say ‘flirtatious’.

I’m a little worried that Nabieva might not hold it together:

The girls are back on the podium tomorrow. Men do not take the floor until day 3.

FIG preview post – Ahoy Rotterdam

It’s official. The up-and-coming Junior will be training with Shawn Johnson.

Welcome to the Official Website of Gabrielle Douglas! Gabby is an international elite gymnast from Chow’s Gymnastics in West Des Moines, Iowa. …

I like Chow.

But I like Gabby’s coaches back at Excalibur, as well. She didn’t need to move. … But I’ve still not heard confirmed why she switched gyms. Did the family relocate for work?

(via Aunt Joyce)

Big news here in the host nation, the Netherlands.

The Dutch team has withdrawn former world champion Yuri van Gelder from the world championships, which begin Saturday in Rotterdam.

Team manager Hans Gootjes told the media Tuesday that the federation had withdrawn van Gelder from the competition. Gootjes declined to give an explanation, saying only that van Gelder was removed from the team for “compelling reasons.” …

Amanda Turner on IG – Dutch Pull Van Gelder from Rotterdam

Another test positive for cocaine? …

UPDATE: The late night press conference seemed to reveal nothing. Here’s one translation from Dutch:

Yuri van Gelder is out … for medical reasons of a personal nature …

Hans Gootjes of the Dutch Federation was spokesman, not Yuri. … So the speculation continues.

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Alan Owen lets us know that her official website is now live.

… Anastasia won the 2010 European Championship with her teammates in the Team Final and won a bronze in the Floor Exercise final! She won with her team another Gold at the 2010 Jesolo Championship. Anastasia is also a 4-time Gold Medalist at the 2010 Eurasian Games …

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If you are attending the World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, consider making a sidetrip to wonderful Amsterdam.

Cirque du Soleil’s TOTEM is playing every day of the week except Mondays.

Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.

I’m thinking to go Tuesday, Oct. 19th, staying over in Amsterdam that night. Leave a comment if you are interested in joining me.

From Chile. Training the hard stuff on mats in a gym.

Moe Alafrangy, Ignacio Rodriguez, Andre Rodriguez, William-Thomas Coneys, Travis Parker and Rene Macias

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Though on YouTube it’s edited to look like their sequences are spontaneous, the best guys train like athletes.

And condition.

Click PLAY or watch Parkour street strength training on Gymnastike.

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(via Flip Catch)

Here’s a good news story out of Delhi:

IMOGEN Cairns wrote off her chances of a second gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the same way some doctors once wrote off her gymnastics career. They were wrong and so was she. …

… with two golds and a silver, added to her two medals from Melbourne, moving her level with Annika Reeder as Britain’s most successful women’s Commonwealth Games gymnast of all-time. …

morethanthegames.co.uk – COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Cairns proves the power of perseverance

England’s Imogen Cairns (C) holds her gold medal along with silver medallist Jennifer Khwela (L) of South Africa and Canada’s Gabby May with bronze for the women’s gymnastics vault at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi …

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She was on crutches a year ago after a series of leg operations.

2010-2011 Men’s College Gymnastics Preseason Coaches’ Poll, as published by Troester Gym Info

1 Stanford
2 Michigan
3 Oklahoma

Berkeley in (possibly) their last season is ranked 5th.

Click through to College Gym Fans for the full list.

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