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HP Pavilion at San Jose, California, June 28-July 1. The USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show will be staged at the San Jose McEnery Convention Cente.

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Results Individual All-around Final

Gold: KANAEVA Evgenia (RUS) – Total: 116.250
Silver: KONDAKOVA Daria (RUS) – Total: 113.825
Bronze: – Total: STANIOUTA Melitina (BLR) – Total: 110.350

She was quoted:

“I am very grateful to my coaches, who are constantly with me,” Kanaeva stated. “I am happy that I have not let my coach down. Now, I have to keep improving. I will rest for a couple of days and then start preparing for new tournaments. I made some mistakes at the beginning of the championships, but the way I see it I am not a robot. It only means that I didn’t train hard enough. But during the Final I didn’t let myself think about my mistakes, I was neither scared nor nervous. I just focused on doing one element after another. I am glad that I was the one to finish off the event.”

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Daria Kondakova won the Longines Prize for Elegance.

Bloggers can’t win.

If they say something cryptic, ironic or sarcastic … some reader won’t get it. … There’s a time wasting exchange in the comments.

But here’s what you get if you explain every video, post or story for slow people …

… ya can’t please everyone, so ya got to please yourself …

Thanks Jason.

StickItMedia posted an interview with the up-and-coming American gymnast who finished 9th at his first VISA Senior Championships this year.

The most interesting parts for me had to do with his coach:

Silverstein: Next year, I do not plan to compete NCAA. I really put a lot of thought into my decision about this. And I believe that my gymnastics can benefit more from staying with my coach Genadi Shub, and staying at my local gym for now, rather than going to an NCAA program. …

Silverstein: One of my biggest role models would have to be my coach Genadi. I had first walked into the gym a week before my tenth birthday, never doing serious gymnastics before. Genadi has put so much work and time into me, more then I could have ever asked. He never accepts anything less than my best inside and outside of the gym. I’ve learned so much from Genadi whether it was gymnastics- related or about life. Genadi’s acted as a second father to me and is a part of my family as far as I’m concerned. Genadi has been the most influential person in my gymnastics career hands down. …

read the rest – StickItMedia Exclusive Interview: Jesse Silverstein

Click PLAY or watch his P Bars on YouTube.

Genadi coaches Jesse at the U S Gymnastics Development Center in Mahwah, NJ.

Summer gymnastics camps in North America are finished for another season.

Here’s a flashback to some of the action at past Woodward West camps.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

See more videos like this on the SaltoCafe YouTube channel sponsored by Gibson’s.

Kiara Nowlin, Jenny Hansen, lots of Charlie Tamayo.

I might have to book a trip to Macao. This looks awesome.

It just opened.

Click PLAY or watch documentary highlights on YouTube.

… The show was performed in a purpose-built theater with the so-called world’s largest commercial pool, and installation of 258 automated fountains and 8 elevators that make it possible to convert the aquatic stage to a solid floor. …

Amazing visual feast: “House of Dancing Water makes debut in Macao

Thanks Fred and Dana.

Again.

Her name is Corina Mihai. They wed in Vegas. She’s reported to be an entrepreneur. Online.

Marian’s love life has been a great topic of interest in the Romanian tabloids.

I hope Marian remembers to notify F.I.G. of the change in his marital status … Nevermind, that’s only when he unretires from competition.

Canadian coach Elizabeth Brubaker confirmed on Facebook that the girls are going, but that the date of departure is not fixed. Possibly Sept. 26, 27 or 28th.

Don’t show the girls those photos of the Athletes Village!

Alison Arnold:

Term 4 begins Tuesday, September 28th and there is still space available.

Term 4 will feature presentations from Cheryl Jarrett, Tony Retrosi, Mary Lee Tracy, Mas Watanabe, and Tammy Biggs. …

Sessions include 45 minutes of lecture and 15 minutes of question and answer, using live lecture, video, power point, and of course your questions, all on your computer. Watch it live or watch the recording from anywhere you’d like, whenever you’d like.

Mary Lee Tracy kicks off Term 4 this Tuesday with a presentation on “What’s new in conditioning”.

Cost for 4 weeks is $199.

Details and registration on USAproject2012.com

Calgary Gymnastics Centre did an excellent job hosting the final “mock meet” for two teams:

World Championships: Nathan Gafuik, Calgary, Hugh Smith, Halifax, Kevin Lytwyn, Stoney Creek, Ont., Casey Sandy, Brampton, Ont., Ken Ikeda, Abbotsford, B.C., Jayd Lukenchuk, Saskatoon, Jackson Payne, Edmonton.

Commonwealth Games: Ian Galvan, Cagary, Tariq Dowers, Mississauga, Ont., Robert Watson, Coquitlam, B.C., Anderson Loran, Saskatoon, Jason Scott, Richmond, B.C.

That’s Kyle Shewfelt doing colour commentary for TV.

I thought the guys looked surprisingly good. The Canadian Men’s program is rebuilding from the best ever team we had in 2008. Despite many young competitors, they hit over 80% of routines. Jayd Lukenchuk, for example, looked right at home on the Senior team.

The Commonwealth team is young. It will be a fantastic experience for them … if they survive the rats and sleeping dogs in the Delhi Athlete’s Village.

Liang Cheng and Tony Smith will be the coaches on the Floor at World Championships, Rotterdam.

But with Edouard Iarov on the FIG Technical Committee, the Canadian National Team Coordinator is none other than esteemed Masaki Naosaki. This should help. Nao is a great influence. A philosopher coach with a wealth of experience.

Check some of Nao’s coaching career highlights. He was Canadian Men’s Olympic Head Coach in 1988 and 1992.

A blast from the past. In fact, a couple of other coaching legends are headed to Rotterdam too: Mitz Ikeda and Tak Kikuchi.

… I’ll post some routines over the next few days.