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I’m so happy that the Smooth Skills series highlighting great performances has been resumed on Andy Thornton’s American Gymnast blog – Andy’s Angle.

Smooth Skills Episode 3 highlights amazing Chinese beam workers

Click PLAY or watch Li Xue Hong Beam EF 2001 Chinese Nationals on YouTube. Very pretty.

Along with a number of Chinese gymnasts in Episode 3, Andy includes one PRK Bar routine. Click PLAY or watch Han Jong Ok Bars 2005 East Asian Games on YouTube. Tkachev direct to Geinger.

All WAG coaches need click through to every video Andy links:

Smooth Skills Episode 3

I’m totally enjoying this oddball TV show.

Click PLAY or watch Don’t Stop Believing on Viddler.

http://www.viddler.com/player/2ef3e81e/

Click PLAY or watch Golddigger on YouTube.

trailer for season 1

Another terrific montage from MostepanovaFan.

Montage showing the most successful gymnasts of the 1993-1996 quad.

Success was worked out by: total number of World and Olympic individual medals won …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via The Couch Gymnast)

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January 16 & 17, 2010

Byers Gymnastics Center, Elk Grove, California

details … (PDF)

The Associated Press:

… A ruling on whether China competed with two underage gymnasts at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney has been pushed back until at least next year.

A disciplinary commission of the International Gymnastics Federation told that group’s executive committee, which met Sept. 23-25, that it has yet to finish its investigation.

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If the gymnasts were underage, the commission could recommend sanctions to the FIG’s executive committee. It won’t meet again until the end of February, so no decision can come before then …

The gymnasts, Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun, are suspected of being as young as 14 in Sydney. Gymnasts must turn 16 during an Olympic year to be eligible to compete. …

read the entire story – Chinese gymnast age probe continues

AP Photo by AMY SANCETTA

Senor Nico on IG Forum points out some errors in the AP story. There’s some interesting discussion on that thread too.

Who are the “investigators”?

GHARBI Mohamed Rached – Tunisia

ALTABBAA Mouhammed Youssef – Syrian Arab Rep.

ENGELMANN Paul – Switzerland

SCHOENMAEKERS Marc – Belgium

HAGVERDIYEV Nihad – Azerbaijan

DIAS FERREIRA Margarida Eugenia – Portugal

FIG – Disciplinary Commission

If you know any of these men, ask them what’s taking so long?

Tony Retrosi shows a good technique and drills on how to use your arms to accelerate rotation.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The Gymnastics Minute is a series of free introductory video tips produced by GymSmarts.

I’ve just subscribed to a blog flying under the radar posted by a gymnast named Kayleigh. It’s quite good. I’ve linked to it under BLOGS in the right hand navigation.

Kayleigh is also a video editor, kimberlyann56 on YouTube.

Check one of her recent posts … a first draft of montage from the 2009 VISA Championships: Fame Montage Teaser

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Check out GymChat – the blog … not to be confused with GymChat the online forum.

… I could not stop crying before, during and after the moment Rio was announced as the host city for the 2016 Olympics. I am a native of Rio and I am extremely happy with the fact that we will be able to witness the world’s biggest sports competition here in South America! It will be seven years of hard work, but in the end I am sure that Rio will stage the most exciting Olympics ever! Congratulations to the city and THANK YOU president Lula! You are AMAZING! Truly an inspiration for us brazilians! …

Brazilian Gymnastics

related: Gymnastics Examiner – Analysis: Rio Olympics likely to boost Brazilian gymnastics

Mohini Bhardwaj, 2004 Olympic gymnast, …

… gave birth on Friday, October 2nd at 5:32 PM.

Name is Tristen Jai Barry, and he weighed in at 7 lbs, 19 1/2 inches long!

via mandusky on IG Forum

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It’s the first World Championships of a new 4yr cycle. There will be some surprises.

But Andy Thornton calls it this way:

… can Sloan and Bross contend for an all-around medal? I think they absolutely can. In fact, I see six gymnasts in serious contention for the all-around medals, given they remain on their respective teams’ rosters:

Ksenia Semenova (RUS)
Ksenia Afanasyeva (RUS)
Yang Yilin (CHN)
Deng Linlin (CHN)
Bridget Sloan (USA)
Rebecca Bross (USA)

I honestly don’t see anyone else challenging for a medal, although some other contenders to keep an eye on would be Rebecca Downie of Great Britain, Anamaria Tamirjan of Romania, Koko Tsurumi of Japan, Elsa Garcia of Mexico, and Youna Dufournet of France. But these are certainly outside shots. …

read his detailed assessment – American Gymnast – Andy’s Angle – Thoughts on the U.S. women’s world team that was announced today…

Gymnastics Examiner has a (tentative) list of competitors for World’s in London.

Leave a comment if you see anyone else in the hunt for an All-around medal.