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beam skills named after gymnasts

Beam Elements Named After Gymnasts Montage by MostepanovaFan.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (Audio disabled.)

To watch it with audio click through to GymnastTube.

Tinsica was the name of a gymnast? This is the first time I’ve every heard of it.

igorgymn1 has a similar montage – Named Gymnastic Elements. Balance beam

Dancing with Shawn Johnson week 6

WEEK 6 – Dancing with the Stars – Season 8, Episode 10 ( April 13 2009 )
In the sixth week of performances, contestants perform the rumba or the jive.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Their least appealing dance so far, I thought.

But Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas are through to next week.

WatchDancingWithStars.com

related: Three-year restraining order granted against Shawn’s alleged stalker, Robert Oâ€™Ryan.

padding a gymnastics pit bar

Spontaneously we decided to pad the base of one of our pit bars with a cylinder mat.

It worked surprisingly well.

larger original

Small kids can climb up on to the bar from this mat.

Barbie – gymnastics coach

With the Barbie I can be a Gymnastics Coach, girls can discover their dreams with barbie. Also includes a cute little Kelly doll that can slide and pose on the balance beam. There are hoops, a gold medal and all the accessories to be a great gymnastics coach. Doll can not stand alone. …

Hmmm …

Barbie is a gymnastics coach with Kelly as student. Kelly spins on balance beam. …

Amazon – Barbie I Can Be: Gymnastics Coach Doll Play Set

return of the Goodwill Games?

Outspoken former billionaire Ted Turner wants to “revive the Goodwill Games, the Olympic-style competition he created in response to the boycotts of the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.”

… The first Goodwill Games were in Moscow in 1986, followed by Seattle in 1990, St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1994, New York City in 1998 and Brisbane, Australia in 2001.

Then Time Warner, which bought Turner’s properties, pulled the plug.

“That was short-sighted management of Time Warner,” said Turner, who eventually left the company. “If I’d have stayed there the Goodwill Games would not have been canceled. I really believe they helped to bring the Cold War to a conclusion — in fact, I know in my heart, because I was there, it helped to bring the Cold War to a conclusion.”

He even knows which network should bring back his creation.

“ESPN should be the one to do the Goodwill Games,” he told an ESPN reporter in the packed audience, “and if you want me to consult for free, I’ll do it.” …

Olympic Briefs — Possible Goodwill Games Revival

Jennifer Sey at the Goodwill Games in 1986 – California Literary Review – Jennifer Sey on the Harsh World of Elite Gymnastics

NCAA Championships Men 2009

From USA Gymnastics:

Three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top three individuals on each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, will advance from each pre-qualifying session to the finals session. Final competitions will take place April 17-18, also at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

The 2009 qualifying teams and individuals are listed below.

USA Gymnastics

TEAM QUALIFYING SCORE Stanford 359.920 Oklahoma 357.570 Illinois 355.960 Michigan 354.130 California 353.970 Ohio State 349.870 Minnesota 348.250 Penn State 346.430 Nebraska 341.930 Illinois-Chicago 339.030 Iowa 337.790 Navy 337.160

ALL-AROUND QUALIFIERS:

ATHLETE	INSTITUTION	QUALIFYING SCORE
1. Derek Gygax	William & Mary	83.950
2. Ty Evans	Springfield	82.480
3. Josh Fox	Springfield	82.430
4. Nash Mills	Air Force	81.430
5. Ty Smith	Army	79.890
6. Boris Rasin	MIT	79.760

FLOOR EXERCISE INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS:

ATHLETE	INSTITUTION	QUALIFYING SCORE
1. Aaron Zaiser	Air Force	14.490
2. Josh Fried	William & Mary	14.450
3. Scott Bloomfield	Temple	14.210
4. Chris Valeska	William & Mary	14.040
5. Tyler Croteau	Temple	13.990
6. Evan Burke	Temple	13.990

POMMEL HORSE INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS:

ATHLETE	INSTITUTION	QUALIFYING SCORE
1. Adam Al-Rokh	Temple	14.060
2. James Prim	William & Mary	14.010
3. Richard Pearson	William & Mary	13.990
4. Jacob Houder	Air Force	13.950
5. Andy Hunter	William & Mary	13.810
6. John Vogtman	Temple	13.790

STILL RINGS INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS:

ATHLETE	INSTITUTION	QUALIFYING SCORE
1. Jacob Schonig	Air Force	15.320
2. James Prim	William & Mary	14.880
3. Matthew Bolognese	Springfield	14.850
4. Josiah Loeser	Air Force	14.690
5. John Vogtman	Temple	14.320
6. Chris Mooney	Temple	14.150

VAULT INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS:

ATHLETE	INSTITUTION	QUALIFYING SCORE
1. Scott Bloomfield	Temple	15.500
2. Jeff Zack	Temple	15.260
3. Devin Menefee	Air Force	15.250
4. Keith Stumpf	Springfield	15.230
5. Chris Mooney	Temple	15.180
6. Aaron Zaiser	Air Force	15.100

PARALLEL BARS INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS:

ATHLETE	INSTITUTION	QUALIFYING SCORE
1. Pat McLaughlin	Temple	14.110
2. Andy Hunter	William & Mary	14.030
3. Andrew Kelly	Springfield	13.810
4. Adam Al-Rokh	Temple	13.650
5. Tyler Croteau	Temple	13.640
6. James Prim	William & Mary	13.630

HORIZONTAL BAR INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

ATHLETE	INSTITUTION	QUALIFYING SCORE
1. Sloan Crawford	William & Mary	14.180
2. Brett Lazarus	MIT	13.940
3. Pat McLaughlin	Temple	13.880
4. Jay Hilbun	William & Mary	13.870
5. John Vogtman	Temple	13.840
6. Michael Freundlich	Springfield	13.520

I predict Stanford will win. Casey Sandy will take the All-around.

NCAA Gymnastics Championships draw

I’m looking forward to NCAA Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Preliminary team and all-around competition will be conducted in two sessions Thursday, April 16 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. The top three teams from each session will advance to the Super Six competition Friday, April 17 at 6 p.m. The top four individuals from each session in each event (plus ties) from the preliminary competition will compete in the individual-event finals on Saturday, April 18 at 6 p.m.