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Commentary from the Romanian gymnastics blog:

… our big hope is the little great Larisa Iordache. She actually came pretty close to over scoring the seniors, although they were in a different division of the competition. Larisa had a great competition on beam and floor. On beam she threw a new combination (flick + tucked full twist), a difficult double turn and one of the best triple twist dismounts ever. Thus she upgraded her beam routine to a 6.7 difficulty, rewarded by the judges with 15.775, the highest score in the whole competition. …

Romanian Nationals Buzau 2009 – Junior competition

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Hmm. Them’s a lot of wobbles for less than 1.0 deduction.

Still, another super talent on beam from Romania. Strong Floor. Comparatively weak bars. The same story as usual.

Why doesn’t Romania bring in some proven Bar coaches?

related: Larisa Iordache – fan site

A short clip from early season workout of an NCAA team.

I link to it only because it includes a brilliant conditioning drill. Have the kids push your vehicle across the parking lot, while you steer.

That’s my idea of FUN conditioning, … at least for the coach.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

HBC won the contract to supply uniform for Canadian Olympians from 2006 – 2012.

I saw this on Kyle Shewfelt’s (kyleshew) twitter feed.

But they’ve never found a theme anywhere nearly as good as the previous supplier, Roots.

The best the Hudson’s Bay Company has done is copy the Roots Retro formula.

Last Thursday the “look” for the 2010 Olympics hosted in Canada was unveiled.

“Hoser Chic”, it’s been called.

I like it. But certainly we need Roots to win back the contract after 2012. Overall, HBC has been a disappointment.

(Sport BC linked to the announcement on CBC Sports)

The 45min final presentations go Friday. Followed by the vote.

I’m already starting to feel badly for Rio. Perhaps the Olympics will never be hosted in South America if they don’t win this time.

Tokyo will not win, despite a last minute desperate pitch from their new PM.

… Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama plans on Tokyo winning the 2016 bid. He says that it doesn’t matter if other cities are ahead because they will come from behind. Hatoyama’s confidence comes from the face that Tokyo is in the strongest financial position to host the games in the post-recession economy. If Tokyo was a county, it would have the 15th highest GDP in the world. …

Aunt Joyce’s Ice Cream Stand

Alberto Braglia (March 23, 1883 in Campogalliano (Modena) – February 5, 1954) was an Italian gymnast. He won gold overall at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 3 olympic gold medals throughout his career.

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Jim Holt requested some video of Alberto. Watch it in Italian on YouTube.

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Every single video Tammy puts up teaches me something new.

Here is a quick drill for tour jetes and tour jete halfs from Tammy Biggs. This is a very difficult leap and one of the five important leaps for an elite gymnast to master and compete in this Olympic cycle.

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Are you one of those who ignores the international judging rules up until a major competition?

After all, FIG is bound to change them anyway. New interpretations will force the top gymnasts to change their routines.

The first World Championships of the new cycle is nearly upon us. October 13 to 18th in London.

Matt (mgl71594) has a number of videos like this, helping explain what judges are looking for.

Click PLAY or watch Jon Horton’s Floor routine assessment on YouTube.

A detailed projection of scores by Andy Thornton on the American Gymnast blog puts Jon 3rd in the world:

I put together a chart below that shows the highest scores I could find on each event from any competition this year for Uchimura, Hambuchen, and Horton – this included the Japan Cup where Uchimura and Hambuchen competed head-to-head (Uchimura won by 0.65), the American Cup, the national championships for all three gymnasts, and Hambuchen’s recent Champions Trophy competitions. Then I totaled them up to get a theoretical comparison of their all-around potentials:

Uchimura – 94.0
Hambuchen – 92.9
Horton – 91.95

… it’s clearly POMMEL HORSE that is keeping both Hambuchen and Horton away from Uchimura. You’ll notice that Hambuchen’s all-around is about 1 point behind Uchimura, and that’s exactly how far back his pommel horse is as well. Similarly, Horton’s total is 2 points behind Uchimura, and that’s exactly how far his pommel horse is away from Uchimura’s too! So if we look at the other five events combined, these three guys are incredibly evenly matched.

To make it even clearer, here are these three guys’ totals WITHOUT pommel horse:

Uchimura 78.85
Hambuchen 78.80
Horton 78.75

read more – Uchimura vs. Hambuchen vs. Horton…

(via Sho Nakamuri)

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(via GymNiceTic)

related post: Viktoria Komova – all 4 apparatus

The competition is finished.

Day 2 of Apparatus Finals results have been posted.

… China was the only double winner Wednesday, with victories from Hu Yuhong on balance beam and Dong Zhendong on parallel bars.

2008 Olympic silver medalist Thomas Bouhail claimed the vault title, and France’s third gold of the meet. …

Polish Olympian Marta Pihan-Kulesza won her second World Cup title, placing first on women’s floor exercise. …

Slovenian veteran Aljaz Pegan, 35, won high bar, his first World Cup title of 2009.

click through to IG for full results – Doha World Cup Ends; Worlds Approach