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John Crumlish:

… Olympic and world championships gold medalist Natalia Laschenova is awaiting a decision on her latest quest for a U.S. immigrant visa, her lawyer told IG this week….

In January of this year, Laschenova’s former employer, Integrity Gymnastics in Plain City, Ohio, received a notice from the USCIS that her petition for an employment-based immigrant visa was denied, reopened and denied again.

… on hold are plans for Laschenova’s daughter, Sasha Tsikhanovich, to compete on a gymnastics scholarship for Auburn University.

read more on International Gymnast

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Podium Training from the 2010 Covergirl Classic and Visa Championships.

Footage from Gymnastike

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… tacky and unnecessary

I’d heard the rumour that Hong Su Jong was underage at the Beijing Athens Olympics. The complaint is now official.

details on IG – North Korean Gymnast’s Age Under Dispute

That post can be updated. …

… Hong Su Jong will be given a chance to explain the discrepancies at a hearing and in written statements, the International Gymnastics Federation said Saturday.

Hong’s birthdate is March 9, 1989, on the entry list for the world championships later this month in Rotterdam, Netherlands. But she had a March 9, 1985, birthdate at the 2004 Olympics and the 2006 world championships, and a March 9, 1986, birthdate at the 2007 world championships, where she won the silver medal on vault.

If Hong was born in 1989, she would have been ineligible to compete in Athens. …

ESPN FIG probing Hong Su Jong’s birthdate

No nation bungles bigger than North Korea. I recall judging with a fellow from North Korea in the early 1990s in a major international competition. He literally was some sort of bureaucrat who knew nothing about gymnastics. And could not distinguish between vaults.

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Thanks Brigid. This looks to be the best yet.

by site editor Rick McCharles

You and I know that “gymnastics” is fundamental to sport. All kids need to … Run, Gym, Swim.

Scheduled to teach a week long gymnastics course in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Oct. 11th – 18th, I was interested to see this article on Gulf News:

Dubai: The secretary-general of the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) has called for the implementation of gymnastics at the national level if the country is to taste success in sports at the international level.

“We have a belief that gymnastics is the basic ingredient of any sport, be it individual or team. And this is the only reason why we should have gymnastics as part of the national sports psyche in the UAE,” Dr Ahmad Sa’ad Al Sharif, Secretary-General of the DSC told Gulf News.

read more – Sports official pushes gymnastics

This concept is new in that region.

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This is the 5th year that the Banff Mountain Film Festival has sent a mini-festival of their best climbing films on the road.

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Ueli Steck, Paul Robinson, Daniel Woods, Lisa Rands, Dean Potter, Peter Croft, Chris Sharma, Cedar Wright, …

international calendar

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1954 — Agnes Keleti (Hungary)
1958 — Larissa Latynina (USSR)
1962 — Irina Pervushina (USSR)
1966 — Natalia Kuchinskaya (USSR)
1970 — Karin Janz (East Germany)
1974 — Annelore Zinke (East Germany)
1978 — Marcia Frederick (USA)
1979 — Ma Yanhong (China) and Maxi Gnauck (East Germany)
1981 — Maxi Gnauck (East Germany)
1983 — Maxi Gnauck (East Germany
1985 — Gabriele Fahnrich (East Germany)
1987 — Doerte Thuemmler (East Germany) and Daniela Silivas (Romania)
1989 — Fan Di (China) and Daniela Silivas (Romania)
1991 — Kim Gwang-Suk (North Korea)
1992 — Lavinia Milosovici (Romania)
1993 — Shannon Miller (USA)
1994 — Luo Li (China)
1995 – Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
1996 – Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) and Elena Piskun (Belarus)
1997 – Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
1999 – Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
2001 — Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
2002 — Courtney Kupets (USA)
2003 — Hollie Vise (USA) and Chellsie Memmel (USA)
2005 — Anastasia Liukin (USA)
2006 – Elizabeth Tweddle (Great Britain
2007 — Ksenia Semenova (Russia)
2009 — He Kexin (China)

Michael T. Jones has set up a video training site for WAG.

It shows drills using an animated gymnast. Interesting concept.

Check it out for yourself – GymnastTraining.org

And leave a comment if you have an opinion. If it works, many coaches could use similar software to share their favourite drills online.

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Nicole Cooper has a site called Gymnastics the Great:

For All The: Gymnastics, Gymnast, Coaches, Judges, Gyms, Skills, Drills, Handstands, Cartwheels, Splits, Leaps, Flips, Rolls, Jumps, Twists, Falls, Breaks, Bruises, Lessons, and Beauty

Browsing the archives there are a number of posts on injury prevention and the benefits of gymnastics.

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vol.2, num.3, 2010 – Ivan Cuk – editor

Lauren A. Burt, Geraldine A. Naughton, Dean G. Higham and Raul Landeo
TRAINING LOAD IN PRE-PUBERTAL FEMALE ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

Maja Bucar Pajek, Ivan Cuk, Marjeta Kovac and Barbara Jakše
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GYMNASTICS CURRICULUM IN THE THIRD CYCLE OF BASIC SCHOOL IN SLOVENIA

Lurdes Ávila-Carvalho, Maria da Luz Palomero, Eunice Lebre
APPARATUS DIFFICULTY IN GROUPS ROUTINES OF ELITE RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS AT THE PORTIMÃO 2009 WORLD CUP SERIES

Thomas Heinen, Pia Vinken in Patrick Ölsberg
MANUAL GUIDANCE IN GYMNASTICS: A CASE STUDY

Ivan Cuk and Warwick Forbes
HOW APPARATUS DIFFICULTY SCORES AFFECT ALL AROUND RESULTS IN MENS ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

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