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Cirque du Soleil talent scout Stacy Clark pointed me to an “event” on Facebook tomorrow, Saturday, February 14, 2009.

Do a handstand at 2PM your time. And post the photo to the Facebook group.

Haruna-chan – Tsukahara Gymnastics Club 2005

Facebook – National Handstand Day

Valentine’s Day fun.

Nebraska hosts the Women’s Championships in 2009.

Just over 8 weeks until the NCAA National Championships begin here in Lincoln! The lower bowl is filling up fast…if you are planning to attend, call now! You can purchase tickets on line at http://www.huskers.com or by calling the ticket office at 1-800-8BIGRED. It’s going to be an exciting competition – don’t miss it!

Thursday, April 16 Prelims 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Friday, April 17 Super Six 6:00 pm
Saturday, April 18 Event Finals 6:00 pm

This young fan will be there.

Nebraska hosts #1 ranked Utah tonight, Friday 13th.

Thanks coach Danna Durante.

Saturday, Feb. 14th the high profile Men’s session features Cal Berkeley, Stanford, the Norwegian Junior and National Teams and Canadian Elites including Olympian Nathan Gafuik.

The Gold Country Classic is a Co-Ed Gymnastics competition held in San Francisco’s historic Fort Mason’s 30,000 sq ft “Herbst Pavilion” pier located in the Fisherman’s Wharf area of San Francisco.

official website

The Gymnastics Canada philosophy.

A good one.

related post: NEW Gymnastics Canada Recreation manual

Inside Gymnastics magazine publisher Chris Korotky shares his thoughts on the 2009 Winter Cup competition. …

Based on past Winter Cup competitions that kicked off new quads, I was expecting to see a rough meet. But this year, I was surprised to see a relatively clean competition with athletes who looked well-prepared, focused and eager to take on the new Code—and the next four years. …

Korotky liked Stanford, Alex Buscaglia, Joey Hagerty, Chris Brooks, Guillermo Alvarez, Sho Nakamori and Steve Legendre.

… Steve Legendre also provides some clips for the highlight reel of the night, wowing the crowd with a spectacular floor set, that included a rarely-seen Arabian double front with a full out (earlier this season, he also competed a 2 ½ twisting double layout!). …

Inside Gymnastics – publisher Chris Korotky – My Take on Winter Cup

I’m seeing more and more gymnastics photos … with a twist.

Hopes and Dreams posted more.

Gopher gymnast Jamie Bullock is in a snowglobe. And it’s snowing. Ana Balboa was puzzled, but she’s putting all the pieces together.

new gallery – 2009 University of Minnesota Women’s Gymnastics v. Iowa State – February 7, 2009

Hopes and Dreams also added a 2009 USA Gymnastics on TV page, including NCAA broadcasts.

Triple Full has two interesting new posts.

The first is called Meet China’s New Stars (Part 1)

WAG hopefuls for the 2012 Olympics. As we understand it, fifteen of the girls are newcomers to the national team, chosen from the sixty or so youngsters who participated in a December 2008 selection camp. The remaining five seem to be returning members — juniors who originally joined the National Team in 2006-07, returned to their provincial teams in the summer of 2008, and have now been invited back to Beijing. …

A complete roster has not been released yet, but recent Chinese news items confirm that the following six girls are among the lucky twenty-one: Tan Sixin and Zhang Yujiao (Shanghai); Chen Shihua (Guangdong); Zeng Siqi (Hunan); and Huang Ying and Zhang Qing (Hubei). …

Major cuteness alert: He Kexin and Zeng Siqi (photo courtesy of Ling Jie’s blog)

read the rest – Meet China’s New Stars (Part 1)

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The second post is titled Brazil Names a New National Team.

This Wednesday [today] Ukrainian coach Iryna Ilyashenko took her first decision as commander-in-chief of the Brazilian WAG team. After three days of work at the Center of Excellency in Curitiba, the coach selected the team that will serve as the basis for the next Olympic cycle.

Iryna selected nine of the twelve athletes she intends to use as the group that will seek to qualify for the London Olympics in 2012. Unofficially, three spots on the team will be kept for Daiane dos Santos, Laís Souza, and Jade Barbosa, who are recovering from injuries and did not take part in the selection camp.

In all, eighteen gymnasts took part in the tests that began on Monday in the capital of Paraná State. After analyzing such aspects as physical fitness and technical prowess, the coaches’ committee, headed by Iryna, opted for a group of nine official team members and five alternates.

Of the nine official team members, five were not part of the group that worked with Oleg Ostapenko in the last cycle. They are Anna Carolina Cardoso, Bruna Leal, Nadhine Ourives, Janaina Silva, and Priscila Cobello. Still on the team: Ethiene Franco, Khiuani Dias, Ana Claudia Silva, and Daniele Hypólito, all gymnasts who joined the team last year [or much longer ago in Hypólito’s case]. The alternates are Nicole Beltrame, Vitória Sampaio, Caroline Himovski, Letícia da Costa, and Nayara Sobrinho. …

They also give an update on the ongoing woes of Jade Barbosa.

Brazil Names a New National Team

<img align="right" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="5" blockquote id="image7217" src="https://gymnasticscoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Coach-Sommer.jpg&quot; alt="Coach-Sommer.jpg" / Coach Sommer of GymnasticBodies calls this drill a Galimore.

I assume that’s in tribute to former gymnast, now USAG Vice President, Ron Galimore.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

more conditioning videos from Coach Sommer on YouTube

USA Gymnastics has an online free database of camps.

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If you are already thinking about summer training options, check it out on the USAG Camp Directory.

You can add your own camp to the list for free, too.

You’ve seen the big budget ad promotion for Gatorade called Quest for G.

… behind the scenes footage of Quest for G. Hear what Alicia, Kevin Garnett, Derek Jeter and Usain Bolt have to say about recreating Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-4560738103985586169&hl=en&fs=true

Alicia will be at the NBA All Star Game this weekend as a “reporter” offering an inside look into her Quest for G activities at the event. Please also check out www.MissionG.com this weekend to see videos of Alicia at the event. For every person that visits the site this weekend, $1 will be donated to charity (up to $25K).

Thanks Tammy Quach.