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Miniature people on beam in a model train railway scene.

larger version – flickr – Orin Optiglot

Friends of Olympic gymnast Val Norris have scheduled a party at her gym in Perth, Western Australia.

Olympic Gymnastic Academy and Olympic Fun & Fitness would like to invite friends of Val Norris-Buffham 1958 – 2008 to come and celebrate Val reaching a unique milestone of 50 yrs in gymnastics.

Sunday – 8th March 2009

Venue: Olympic Gym – 2 Lakes Way, Jandakot, WA

RSVP 28th Feb: Email – academy@iinet.n

All the best. Wish I could be there.

What’s G?

“[G’s] the emblem of a warrior, it’s the swagger of an athlete, a champion and dynasty,” … “It’s gifted, golden, genuine and glorious. … The greatest of all time.”

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Lil Wayne … Voiceover
Michael Jordan … Himself
Peyton Manning … Himself
Mia Hamm … Herself
Jimmie Johnson … Himself
John Wooden … Himself
Terje Haakonsen … Himself
Jason McElwain … Himself
Billy Jean King … Herself
Picabo Street … Herself
Jackie Joyner-Kersee … Herself
Nadia Comaneci … Herself
Jackie Robinson … Himself
Tiger Woods … Himself
Usain Bolt … Himself

Cool skill from Fabian Hambüchen.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

He will be competing at American Cup. Also from Germany, 20-year-old WAG gymnast Kim Bui.

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Gymnastics Videos on Gymnastike

In the Olympic quadrennial, if there is a “down” time, it’s now.

Is Jon taking an “easy year”?

I read many NCAA gymnast blogs.

Boring, boring, boring.

They seem to be written by the media guy for the team. Rarely do I ever link to them.

But the wild and wonderful Olivia Vivian is now at Oregon State University. Her diary is unlike any other. It’s FUNNY.

G’day, my name’s Olivia Vivian and I’m a gymnast from Australia. I joined the OSU gymnastics team after competing at the Beijing Olympic Games. The Olympics had been my ultimate goal ever since I understood what they were, and it took me a while to work it out, too! I was a bit of an airhead in my younger years and actually, I still am.

Gymnastics is a popular sport here in America, so I’m going to assume that you know a little bit about what we do, but for those that think females do the rings …

We do the floor, a square mat that is more bouncy than your average grass field, and the vault, which is a table-like object that you run at and then flip off of. Also are the bars – two uneven wooden sticks that tend to peel large amounts of skin off your hands – and the beam.

The beam is a four-inch wide, solid column that is covered in some sort of a protective layer. Whatever this layer is, it doesn’t do much. The most frequently asked question about the beam is, “Does it hurt?” The answer is yes, it does hurt and yes, I have fallen in more ways than you could possibly imagine on the beam! Over the years, you grow accustom to the pain and learn to deal with it, and I’ve had many years to grow accustom. …

People commonly ask me why I chose Oregon State? It’s simple, I love the constant rain and the smell of cows in the morning … just kidding. I chose OSU one, because I didn’t know what the weather was like coming from Australia, and two, because of the wonderful gymnastics program they have here. …

read the rest – College Media Network – Athlete diary

Another good blog is posted by Abby Stack from Georgia.

Kelly Lambert/Staff

more Georgia Gym “Sportraits”

Abby’s Blog

One of the girls at the gym today brought in these entertaining routines by the Oregon State University great Tasha Smith.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. She’s a “popper“.

2006

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Score 10.

2007

I love this extreme Floor choreography. FIG routines are so dull and predictable by comparison.

Often when we train beam mounts Alica’s name comes up.

She famously fell at the Olympics on an excellent mount, piked front.

larger original – flickr

A good argument for doing an “easy” beam mount.

Stu Cram wrote to alert us that the new bilingual site is finally up.

Gymnastics Canada – English

by site editor Rick McCharles

My club Altadore Gymnastics is still taking applications for Technical Director / Head Coach to oversee all our in-gym programs including: Women’s Artistic, Men’s Artistic, Trampoline and Tumbling.

(The Gymnastics Canada website was recently hacked and is unable to post the job ad right now.)

For this season I’m “Interim Technical Director”. The start date for the position is June 1st.

If you have good people skills, as well as plenty of experience in leading a National level program, consider this great opportunity.

more information

Altadore Gymnastics Club