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I love these digitally created TV commercials.

muhammed ali in adidas commercial, “impossible is nothing”. other people appearing (Digitally composited) in the commercial are, zinedine zidane, david beckham, haile gebrselassie, ian thorpe, tracy mcgrady, maurice greene and laila ali.

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Thanks Brett MacAulay for linking to this inspiring video.

From Judge Judy Schalk via email:

” So What’s New in Optionals?”

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There’s been a return to the basic philosophy of progression in the JO Optional
rules. Exceeding difficulty requirements of Levels has been discouraged by
imposing 0.50 deductions for doing so. Level 7 may only do “A” and “B” skills
with the exception of Handstand 1/2 turn and Clear Hip Circle w/wo 1/2 turn (UB).
Level 8 may only do “A” and “B” skills plus the above mentioned UB skills and
“C” dance elements (BB/FX). Level 9 may only perform 1 “D” or “E”
element which receives “C” credit. Level 10 has no difficulty restrictions.

Vault Values have changed giving increased value to some Level 8 and 9 vaults.
Level 9 has been restricted from using the Level 10 10.0 valued vaults. Some
Level 10 vaults have decreased values but most of the 10.0 vaults have become
eligible for +0.10 Bonus if performed successfully.

On Level 7 UB, only one of the required circling elements must be a “B” but the
Clear Hip Circle to below horizontal has been lowered to “A”. Casts reaching more
than 20 degrees short of vertical receive no element value; and ALL casts including
the required 45 degree L-7 cast, receive up to 0.30 deduction for insufficient amplitude
(a few exceptions exist). This rightfully emphasizes the significance of casts.

Level 10 has added a requirement of a “C” with LA turn, and the old Special
Requirement for 2 bar changes has become a 0.20 compositional requirement.
Now 2 different “C’s” from Groups 3, 6 or 7 without turn or flight will receive
+0.10 Connection Value (CV) Bonus.

Event requirements on BB have remained the same, but some new CV options
have been added. A compositional deduction of 0.10 has been added for more
than 2 pivot turns on straight legs. Rhythm deductions on acro series have been
modified to include an Up to 0.30 deduction in some cases. Significantly, the
Straddle Jump facing the end of the beam has been lowered to “B” and the Layout
Step-out has gone back down to “C”. Several skills have increased in value, most
notably: Handstand Forward Roll – “B”, Valdez – “B” and Gainer Layout 1/2 turn
dismount off the side – “B”.

I’m pleased to note that with the statement “Only elements listed in the Code may be
recognized as Value Parts,” just climbing up on the beam to mount will no longer
be considered an element.

The most significant FX change is in the dance Special Requirement no longer
requiring a direct connection of 2 elements, but now describing a “passage” where
running steps, small leaps, hops and other loco-motor movements can occur between
the 2 dance elements to create a large flowing movement pattern.

Connection Value (CV) has been eliminated for “C” turns directly connected to “C”
jumps from 2 feet. These connections were always dubious and elimination of CV
removes the controversy. However, a new Acro/Dance CV principle has been added
to FX – “D” Salto + “A” Jump (in this order only)+0.10 Bonus.

Judy Schalk is editor of JustGymnastics.com and author of a series of gymnastics judging books.

While hiking, coach Sheena Mosier got some gymnastics in …

Happily, there were no judges up in the mountains that day.

In recent months Inside Gymnastics magazine has been hyper active on twitter and Facebook.

International Gymnast magazine is finally getting with the newfangled social networking:

Follow at twitter.com/igmagazine

Via Live.Breathe.Love Gymnastics. At the French Championships.

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By email from Doug Hunt:

Just to be accurate, Brantford, Ontario Canada still holds the Guinness Record for most People on Stilts!

Cirque established a new record on June 16 for Most People on Stilts in multiple sites!! . This is a new and different record -not their original record they set for their 20th anniversary five years ago!

I was the organizer of the Brantford Team and also hold a couple of Stilt Records with Guinness myself. Our event raised funds for people who can not walk – let alone walk on stilts! Please confirm with Guinness. Just to set the record right!

I believe him.

Great new montage from charloadams.

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Shawn Johnson on a Cheer magazine?

… Olympic Champion Shawn Johnson is all over the place these days. You can see her on the Cover of Inside Cheerleading magazine. The issue features an interview with Shawn …

This is from the new GK Elite blog specially devoted to Cheerleading Uniforms.

Inside Gymnastics July/August readers’ cover choice.

Mattie Larson won with by a landslide. She was picked about 2-1 over the other three candidates.

Guilty pleasures. What are you going to do … ??

For some reason I went back and watched episodes 4, 5 and 6 of Make It or Break It.

Dunno why. But there is something engaging about the show.

I thought it was a big gamble to play off of the much mocked fight in the (bad) movie Gymkata, but this scene works for me.

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Entertainment Weekly calls the new hit show cheese-tastic … but lists 6 reasons to watch it anyway.

(via PRESSMANIA)