Gymblog linked to another great Saltocafe edit.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
More videos like this on the Gibson Athletics SaltoCafe YouTube channel.
photos Germany vs USA Gymnastics
best routines USA vs Germany?
I’ve been trying to find an interesting video from the USA vs Germany dual meet.
Videos are posted on gymcat67 and Dutchfan33 YouTube Channels, for two.
I considered this beam routine – Sabrina Vega 14.30
Click PLAY or watch Sabrina on YouTube.
Trick. Trick. Trick.
AA Champion Bridget Sloan’s bars are precise. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Truth is I’d much rather watch the Utah 2009 Team Highlights video.
The NCAA is so much more entertaining to me in 2009 than FIG.
But if you enjoy the International routines, another big event is coming up: May 8 USA vs FRANCE Seniors. And GB vs FRANCE Juniors.
details – Gymnastics In Europe
It seems the dangerous Youna Dufournet is not competing for France.
Leave a comment if there are other routines I should post from USA v Germany.
injured Chinese gymnasts
VIOLA ROADKILL reports that Olympic Bar Champion He Kexin is injured:
She broke her left hand training a Rufolva on beam. The national team doctor says she will take about a month to recover.
Also Yang Yilin – out with a back injury.
Cheng Fei competed recently … but has watered down difficulty due to injury.
Is the FIG Code partly to blame?
Thanks chaoticstar26.
Twitter and Facebook together at last
If you are trendy enough to use Twitter on a regular basis, likely you are jumping back and forth between your gobbledygook Twitter feed and your much, much more intelligible Facebook stream.
Wouldn’t it be better if you could check both at once?
You can.
Seesmic Desktop is a beta release. So use it with caution.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Email to request the FREE trial software – Seesmic Desktop Preview
(via Mashable)
=== UPDATE:
J. Orkowski recommends Ping.fm, a site that offers similar functionality.
near collisions in gymnastics
It’s been many, many years since I’ve seen one of these near collisions in a gymnastics gym.
This girl is a cheerleader.
Linked to by Tracey Morrison on Facebook.
gymnastics results with video links
StickItMedia is reporting on a terrific new innovation:
MeetScoresOnline (MSO) now has embedded YouTube video links to complement their online scores. This new free service of connecting gymnastics scores to videos is an exciting development which could take MSO to the next level of being the major gymnastics portal. MSO’s founder, Karl Stubsjoen, is looking for advocates to get the word out. …
screenshot
Click through to try it out on MeetScoresOnline.
Brilliant idea.
best bars double layout ever?
Gymblog asked for nominees for the best double layout dismount off bars … not counting the Chinese girls.
Some of those recommended: Moceanu, Pavlova, Richardson, Schwikert, Courtney Kupets, Shannon Miller.
Honorable mention: Nastia Liukin before 2006, Bridget Sloan, Andreea Isarescu, Vanessa Atler circa 1995, and Aagje Vanwalleghem.
Want to see the best of the bunch posted?
Click PLAY or watch Courtney McCool on YouTube.
Original Gymblog posts:
Related post:
USA v Germany in Gymnastics Friendly
GER 219.700 / USA 232.400
GymNiceTic translated the live feed in German to English.
In one team, there are seven gymnasts, all compete, five scores are selected before they start to compete and the four best results on every event (vault, bars, beam, floor) count.
These are the teams:
GERMANY: Anja Brinker, Kim Bui, Desiree Baumert, Elisabeth Seitz, Katja Roll, Susann Herbst (they only have six team members – it´s the first big competition for the juniors Katja and Desiree)USA: Bridgette and Mackenzie Caquatto, Olivia Courtney, Sabrina Vega, Bridget Sloan, Mattie Larson, Corrie Lothrop, Kytra Hunter
…The competition arena, RWE Rhein-Ruhr-Sporthalle, is totally sold out (2500 seats).
read more … USA defeats GER: competition report & results
GYMmedia.com – full results – official competition home page
photo – Anja Brinker
=== Updates:
All-around
1. Bridget Sloan, USA, 59.550
2. Corrie Lothrop, USA, 56.500
3. Mackenzie Caquatto, USA, 56.400
full results PDF
Photos from the competition.
contortion – the Ross Sisters 1944
The Funny Page posted this 1944 video of the Ross Sisters, a scene from the movie Broadway Rhythm.
Are Aggie, Maggie and Elmira triplets?
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
This must have been one of the earliest contortion acts to reach a Hollywood film audience.
Thanks George.
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