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no question – the NABIEVA

Sweet.

Tatiana Nabieva must be the first gymnast to do an absolutely layout toe-on Tkachev. It should be named after her.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That routine has no straight body cast handstand. And only 1 backward giant (early tap) over the low bar.

That routine was done at a friendly in the Netherlands as reported by Couch Gymnast.

Ana Porgras – Romanian National Champ

Fangymnastics:

Results AA:

Ana Porgras: 57.800 (VT: 13.800; UB: 14.700; BB: 15.800; FX: 13.500);
Diana Chelaru: 56.700 (VT: 14.600; UB: 13.500; BB: 14.000; FX: 14.600);
Amelia Racea: 56.650 (VT: 13.700; UB: 14.700; BB: 14.500; FX: 13.750);
Cerasela Patrascu: 56.450 (VT:13.750; UB: 14.300; BB: 14.800; FX: 13.600);
Gabriela Dragoi: 55.700 (VT: 13.600; UB: 14.500; BB: 14.800; FX: 13.20

full results and videos

The comeback continues. Congratulations Ana.

in defense of indoor climbing

Female gymnasts make great climbers. They are flexible and can keep hips to wall.

Indoor climbing and bouldering get little respect from sport and traditional climbing. That’s a shame.

… Want to see just how great gym climbing can be? Then check out the video below and see for yourself. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

A short film about indoor climbing featuring Paul Robinson, Sasha DiGiulian, Vasya Vorotnikov, and Ashima Shiraishi. Presented by Central Rock Gym in Worcester, MA, …

(via The Adventure Blog)

happy Sports Day in Canada

Today, Saturday, September 18.

Simultaneous with National Gymnastics Day in the USA.

… a national celebration of sport, from grassroots to high-performance levels, in communities across Canada. Sports Day in Canada caps off a week of thousands of local sporting events and activities, open houses and try-it days showcasing sport at all levels, and includes a special television broadcast on CBC Sports. …

CBC

Kyle Shewfelt will be part of the TV broadcast from Oakville Gymnastics in Ontario.

details – Gymnastics Canada – CBC Sports Day broadcast features Kyle Shewfelt at Oakville Gymnastics Centre

top 10 female gymnasts all time

You’ll only want to watch this one if you’re something of a history buff.

Gymnastike:

This weeks Flash Back Friday looks at some our sports greatest female gymnasts.

These gymnasts are considered to be the 10 greatest female gymnasts in history based on the following criteria:

1) Gymnast must have won at least one all around World or Olympic Title

2) Must have a least 2 World or Olympic titles on any apparatus.

3) Gymnastike requirement- at least 5 years removed from competition

Who is the Greatest Female Gymnast in history ?

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

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

Not many would dispute that Khorkina is #1.

As for the rest of the list … you simply can’t compare Shushanova v the women in the first Olympics.

Without looking at medals I’d rank them 1. Khorkina, 2. Comaneci … 3. Kim or Shushanova.

Of those Shushanova was the toughest competitor in the toughest era. Just to make the Soviet team at that time meant you were one of the best few gymnasts in the world.

They were all great innovators. … Leave a comment if you’ve your own top 3.

in praise of Cirque clowns

I love Cirque du Soleil for the acrobatics.

Great dance, song, acting, humour are bonus.

The first time I saw Kooza I dismissed it as the “clown show”. Many from the acrobatic side feel that clowns are the weakest element in many of the shows.

But seeing Kooza again last week, I was more impressed. The non-gymnastics friend I brought along felt the 3 main characters were brilliant:

Cirque clown casting:

… finding performers who pass Cirque’s tough standards is not an easy task, Sheriff says.

“In this world, there are a lot of clowns,” he says. “But there is not a lot of good clowns for circus. You have to be very talented. It’s a very particular thing. …

Calgary Herald – Hail king clown Campbell of Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza: Photos, videos

Love ’em? Hate ’em? … Leave a comment.

Flavius Koczi – Romanian National Champ

Fangymnastics:

… Flavius Koczi won the all around gold medal after a faultless perfomance. …

Men’s Vault is insane.

Check out his Kazamatsu plus 2 twists on YouTube.

Final score VT: 16.300 average. He was Universiade 2009 Vault Champion over the even more insane Korean gymnast RI Se Gwang.

Click through for more results and video – Flavius Koczi – the 2010 All Around National Champion

flashback – USA VISA Championships

AT&T posted a well-edited summary fluff piece. No embed code. I guess they’re afraid it might go viral. People might start liking AT&T. … Can’t have that.

When are big corporations going to figure out social media?

FIG warns USA and Ukraine

Update from Gymnastics Examiner via KP:

… in Sacramone’s case this is perplexing, because she announced her unretirement in the summer of 2009, a full 11 months before she competed at the CoverGirl Classic this past July. She also stated in interviews that she knew she had to be in the doping pool for six months before she could compete again.

Turns out Sacramone was enrolled in the U.S. anti-doping program, and has been tested twice during the past year (both results were negative.) But she was not enrolled in the FIG’s program, which is what spurred the warning. That comes down on USA Gymnastics, and the FIG recognized it.

“This decision was taken to protect these two world-class gymnasts from the negligence of their Federations,” the FIG stated in a press release. …

Oops. USAG bad.

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Nations must get more organized in the official retirements and unretirements of their National Teams.

The FIG Presidential Commission has sanctioned USA Gymnastics and the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation with a strong written warning for their failure to announce the return to competition of their gymnasts Alicia Sacramone (USA) and Natalia Godunko (UKR), six months prior to taking up competition, thus violating WADA and FIG Anti Doping Rules. …

FIG – Strong written warning!