Jason Burnett – new Tramp world record

Jason Burnett has done it again. Smashed his own world record for difficulty.

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… High flying Jason Burnett of Toronto lived up to his “go big or go home” philosophy at a trampoline World Cup on Saturday, breaking his own world record for degree of difficulty en route to winning the silver medal in the men’s final.

Burnett, who went into the final ranked third after Friday’s qualifications, jazzed up his optional routine with several multiple twisting moves to score a whopping 18.8 points for degree of difficulty, breaking his old mark of 18.00 set at the Pacific Rim Championships in April.

Despite his dazzling performance Burnett was nudged out of the top spot by reigning world champion Dong Dong of China who scored lower for difficulty (16.6) but was awarded more points for execution.

Dong claimed the gold with a score of 41.90 points, with Burnett a tenth of a point behind at 41.80 and Tu Xiao of China in third with 41.60 points.

“Everything went really well,” said Burnett, the silver medal winner at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

“Having the world record pretty much sets me apart from the others and I think it should be safe for quite a while now. For the rest of the year, I’ll still be doing routines with a high degree of difficulty but I won’t be aiming for the record again unless I see someone getting too close.” …

Gymnastics Canada

Zamarippa, Magee try for Elite

Vanessa Zamarippa (UCLA) and Casey Jo Magee (Arkansas) competed in National Elite Qualifiers in an attempt to reach VISA Championships.

I saw that on Aunt Joyce’s new Formspring blog.

UPDATE from Shergymrag:

Vanessa made it. She got her 54 for Optionals and made the 36 for compulsories (she needed 35). It looks like she got the highest compulsory score. …

Casey didn’t make it …

At the Bieger International Gymnastics qualifier Vanessa scored 36.80 (all results PDF).

Gymnastike has details – Vanessa Zamarripa, Brandie Jay, and more Qualify for 2010 US Championships

Gymnastics Coaching on Facebook

After months of unreliability, evil Facebook seems now to be consistently putting Gymnastics Coaching posts on our Facebook page. If you use Facebook, you can click LIKE on that page and get regular updates on your own Facebook.

The LIKE button at the bottom of each post does nothing except notify others that you liked that particular content.

BAM – Shannon Miller – Vault

1992 Olympics AA.

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(link via a DIScussion in the comments)

I’d call Shannon an ectomorph with mesomorphic tendencies.

Olga Strazheva – 1989 World’s FX

Intense, original choreography.

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Recommended by Valérie Oudin.

… Known for her unique artistry and spectacular skills, Strazheva was a member of the gold medal-winning Soviet team at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and the 1989 World Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart. She suffered a torn ligament in her knee during her optional balance beam routine in Seoul, and was unable to finish the competition. …

International Gymnast – 2009 interview

Today Olga is a physical education professor in her native Zaporozhye, Ukraine.

UNM gymnastics coach Rusty Mitchell

Will be honoured tonight.

Congratulations.

… From 1966 through 1999, when the program was dropped along with wrestling and men’s swimming, Mitchell’s Lobo men’s gymnasts were among the most consistent winners the University of New Mexico has produced in athletics. His teams won 11 conference titles and finished second on seven occasions. …

… Saturday, at the UNM Student Union Building, Mitchell will be the guest of honor at a UNM gymnastics reunion.

“This is amazing,” Mitchell said in a phone interview. “I can’t believe they’re doing this. I’ll be seeing people I haven’t seen in 20, 30 years.” …

Mitchell: A Coach Worth Toasting