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Congratulations.

… For almost three decades now, boys and girls from Knoxville and the surrounding counties have been flipping and tumbling under Savage’s guidance.

Thursday, the first name in Knoxville gymnastics will be inducted into the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame. …

Savage has been premier stop for gymnastics

Posted by Utah coach Greg Marsden (UtahGymnastics) on Twitter.

How was this cool image made?

As decided by Meredith of He Kexin = 14.

Click through to see the rest.

He Kexin = 14 – 10 most photogenic-Meredith style

Check out some of the cool clothing specially made for the Canadian Gymnastics Teams.

See much more on the Inspire Sports website.

Inspire Sport was founded by coaches Liang Cheng and David Sykes. They also import gymnastics equipment from China to North America.

In the most recent edition of the Code of Points, on page 181:

Stroescu Silvia (ROU) Salto fwd stretched with 2 1/2 twist (900°)

Yet I saw a post by the always informative mandusky on Chalk Bucket stating that Stroescu never competed that skill. That it was Sabina Cojoca from Romania, instead.

Starting at about 3min:40 it’s shown in “4 different competitions including the Worlds”.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Or was it someone else who first competed this skill?

Sierra Sapunar in 1997? … In smaller meets.

And who was the first man to compete the skill?

Leave a comment if you know.

I won’t embed this crash from an amateur looking bunch of acrobats.

You must click through if you want to see an ugly, but comic, fall.

It’s posted on a Sports Gone Comedy site.

Cheer is NOT an official sport of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

… Sports sanctioned by the NCAA include basketball, baseball (men), softball (women), football (men), cross country, field hockey (women), bowling (women), golf, fencing (coeducational), lacrosse, soccer, gymnastics, rowing (women only), volleyball, ice hockey, water polo, rifle (coeducational), tennis, skiing (coeducational), track & field, swimming & diving, and wrestling (men’s). …

Wikipedia

Will Cheer ever be added?

I wouldn’t be surprised.

… According to the annual participation survey of the National Federation of State High School Associations, competitive cheering is one of the top 10 girls’ sports in this country. In 2002-03, 4,644 schools reported having competitive cheering squads, with 111,191 participants. It ranks 10th in terms of number of schools participating, and ninth in terms of the number of participants.

At the University of Maryland, College Park, an institution that granted cheerleading varsity status in 2005-06, the cheerleading squad is granted scholarships and athletic department support services while being held to the academic policies of the NCAA and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). …

Double A Zone – Room for cheerleading in intercollegiate athletics?

related post – Cheerleading an Olympic Sport?

Inspired by a song called Get Up by Superchick.

I’ve had the pulled muscles, the rips and the pain.
I couldn’t walk for a few days, felt like I got hit by a train.
I still tried.
My mother tried talking me out of it, said I was too old.
I got laughed at and felt the stares, they were all so cold.
I still tried.
The coaches wouldn’t spot me, they couldn’t handle my weight.
Everyone told me that I couldn’t do this sport, that I was too late.
I still tried.

But what happens now? I quit.
Now more flying. No more flips into the pit.
I do my stretches, my body protests screaming a loud no.
I keep going, my heart telling me to do so.
I show my mother my accomplishments, she hates it.
I feel like crying, I feel like ****.
I have no money and no support.
I’m not skinny and i’m not short.

Do I keep trying? My heart says yes, stay strong.
My body and everyone else says no.
Forget them, I’ll prove them all wrong.
I can do this and this I know.

I Think I’ll Keep On Trying.

Chalk Bucket Forum – Supergirl91 – Trying

Thanks Supergirl. Many can relate.

Coach, Judge and Baseball nut Jeff Macrae sends us this link:

The CrossFit Games are now on in Aromas California and there are some BEASTS of athletes there. The individual competition started today with the athletes performing 5 workouts today and the top 16 moving on to the finals tomorrow where they have to complete 3 more! It’s pretty intense and the competition itself has grown immensely as this is only the 3rd year for it. There is even talk of it being televised on VS. next year.

2009 Crossfit Games

Jeff gives a shout out to Megan MacLellan from PEI who is competing.

Rick McCharles will be mostly offline hiking in Europe.