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It seems former Romanian Women’s National Coach, Octavian Belu, resigned as Secretary of State at the at Ministry of Youth and Sport.

… “I asked to be dismissed … I see no perspective for the function in the Ministry. The Romanian sport is in collapse”, said Octavian Belu at RealitateaTV. …

Octavian Belu resigned from MYS. The Government does not discuss the case …

Alex Seifert … posted victories in tumbling and double mini trampoline on Wednesday at the Canada Cup competition.

The meet was the last of three qualification events for the trampoline and tumbling world championships this fall in St. Petersburg, Russia, with athletes in various age categories vying for spots on the Canadian team. …

“It was a great competition for me,” said Seifert, who competed last week at the World Games in Taiwan.

“In double mini, I executed a routine with a very high degree of difficulty and in tumbling I completed a pass that had never been done by a Canadian.”

In the women’s trampoline final, Olympic finalist Rosannagh MacLennan of Toronto won with 104.00 points …

“I tried a new routine and I got through it,” said MacLennan, seventh at the Beijing Games last year.

“There were a couple of rough tricks but overall it was pretty good. I was a little more nervous than usual because it was a new routine. There’s some uncertainty but it does help you focus a little more.”

In men’s trampoline, Japan’s Yasuhiro Ueyama held on to first place with 112.5 points. Olympic silver medallist Jason Burnett of Toronto was second at 110.00. …

Corissa Boychuk of Airdrie, Alta., won the women’s double mini trampoline …

Emily Smith of Burlington, Ont., took the women’s tumbling crown, with Ashley Speed of Etobicoke, Ont., second and Jordan Sugrim, also of Burlington, third.

In youth competition, Red Deer’s Keegan Soehn was a double winner placing first in men’s double mini trampoline and trampoline. …

more results – Canadian Press

2009 … Aug. 12-15th, Dallas, Texas
2010 … Aug. 11-14th, Hartford, Connecticut

… “Hartford, you got it,” shouted former Olympic coach Bela Karolyi, who played the role of fight promoter at Wednesday’s news conference, billing the event as a clash between the old guard of gymnasts, who won 10 medals at the Beijing Olympics, and the next crop of champions. “You got the best coming up.” …

Legendary women’s gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi greets Jordan Fulchino, 10, right, along with three other aspiring gymnasts from Dearys Gymnastics of Danielsen, Conn., as they waited in the hallway of the State Capitol for the start of a news conference in Hartford, Conn., on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. It’s being billed as the biggest sporting event to hit Connecticut since the NHL’s Hartford Whalers left town more than a decade ago. …

ESPN

… Hartford will play host to next year’s gymnastics national championships. State economic development officials expect at least 25,000 people to attend the event, which will be held Aug. 11-14, 2010.

The men’s and women’s championships will be held at the 15,000-seat XL Center while the rhythmic, acrobatic and trampoline and tumbling competition will take place at the Chase Arena at the University of Hartford, which seats about 3,500.

The Connecticut Convention Center, which opened in 2005, will host the organization’s national congress and trade show that week. …

Hartford to host 2010 USA Gymnastics championships

by site editor Rick McCharles

This Summer, traveling in Europe, I find I’m missing some very important stories.

Happily, Blythe Lawrence on Gymblog doesn’t take holidays. 🙂

I’ve added her most recent posts to the right hand navigation.

This weekend, female gymnasts compete in Colorado Springs at the little known State Games of America.

Levels 4-10.

I’ve pretty much given up on the series, myself.

But the new gymnastics TV show is a HIT.

… Halfway through its 10-episode freshman run, the drama series set in the world of competitive gymnastics has received an additional 10-episode order.

The second batch of 10 segments is slated to air in the first quarter of 2010.

Airing after ABC Family’s top-rated series, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “Make It” ranks as the network’s second-highest-rated series ever. …

ABC Family doubles number of episodes for “Make It”

by site editor Rick McCharles

Traveling in Italy, I couldn’t help but notice how many skinny women are here.

Why?

Is it the super model diet? Caffeine, Nicotine, and ….

Or is it simply that Italians eat less than we do in North America. I never see them eating while moving. In a car. Or walking.

Eating is an event to be done sitting down. And normally only 3 times a day.

Here’s our newest innovations in fast food.

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For the second Summer in a row, I missed camp in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada.

Judging from some of the Facebook photos, looks like the girls had too much FUN this year. Energy drinks? At night?

From Tom & Reiko Beach of GymSmarts:

… two new DVDs this month!! Punch Front for Balance Beam from Mary Lee Tracy, and another great one from Tony Retrosi, Combination Tumbling.

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