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New Head Coach Nicusor Pascu was interviewed by Prosport a month after taking over the job.

He calls his training program “radical”.

In the post-Drăgulescu era, here’s the current Men’s Team:

Daniel Popescu (CS Dinamo Bucuresti)
Razvan Selariu (CS Dinamo Bucuresti)
Flavius Koczi (CS Dinamo Bucuresti)
Marius Berbecar (CSM Bistrita)
Robert Stanescu (CS Dinamo Bucuresti)
Alin Jivan (CSS3 Steaua Bucuresti)
Adrian Bucur (CSM Sf. Gheorghe)
Cosmin Popescu (CS Dinamo Bucuresti)
Cosmin Malita (CSS Resita)
Cosmin Iancu (CSS3 Steaua Bucuresti)
Cristian Bataga (CSM Bistrita)
Andrei Munteanu (LPS/CSM Bistrita)
Andrei Ursache (CS Dinamo Bucuresti)
Ovidiu Buidoso (CSS Resita)
Vlad Cotuna (CSS1 Timisoara)

read the interview on Fangymnastics – “I want to form a real team”

In a related story, former Romanian champion Steliana Nistor suffers from medical problems, including — perhaps — necrosis of the hand.

Off tonight to our first meet of the Canadian season. (A nice late start this year.)

Meet hosts need refer to Kathy Ostberg’s article called Organizing the Perfect Women’s Gymnastics Meet

It was posted 1998 in USAG Technique magazine.

Perhaps not yet the best, but certainly the BIGGEST competition in the world is CHICAGO STYLE, Feb. 6-8th 2009!

3 days over 4000 gymnasts!

U of IL, UIC, Mich State and Boise State Friday night!

Sat. night Super L 10 session!

trying for the Guinness Worlds Record for most competitors this year

official website

Good luck to coach Todd Gardiner and his team in putting together that event!

When I posted Tasha’s Floor routines the other day, I did not realize she was currently on MATERNITY.

Oregon State senior gymnast Tasha Smith returned to the team this week.

Smith, who has been away from the team during her pregnancy, gave birth to her daughter in December. Smith has recently been cleared by both her doctor and the team’s doctor to resume training.

“I’m very excited to return to the gym with my teammates,” Smith said. “I’m thankful for the opportunity and look forward to supporting the team in any way I can.”

“We are excited to have Tasha back in the gym training,” head coach Tanya Chaplin said.

OSU Beavers

Super blogger Anne Phillips posted photos and a video interview of the German team training in Texas.

The Women’s German National Team is holding a training camp at WOGA right now as they prepare for the upcoming European Championships.

Included in the camp:

Seniors: Anja Brinker (2008 Olympian), Susann Herbst (2008 Olympic alternate), Jenny Brunner, and Elisabeth Seitz

Juniors: Maike Roll, Desiree Baumert, Giulia Hindermann, Pia Tolle, and Nadine Jarosch.

3 gymnasts named:

Shannon Miller – Missouri

Kerri Strug – Arizona

Mary Lou Retton
– West Virginia

(via International Gymnast forum)

The Italian Olympic committee on Wednesday called for a doping ban.

Gymnast Andrea Gaddi could be banned for two years after traces of cocaine were found in his system following a competition in Ferrara, Italy, in November 2008.

Herald Tribune

Gaddi was 2nd on Horizontal Bat at Italian Nationals 2008.

Doping infractions are so rare in Artistic gymnastics that even stupidity-violations, like this one, are news.

On my first look at the new site, I had a few complaints.

Many of those have already been answered.

NOTE: A link to Grace Chiu’s photos has been added to the home page. Nice!

Also a link to competition results – Gym Score Depot.

The Classified ads are now easy to find. Including the blurb on the coaching job at Altadore in Calgary.

It’s still being improved, by the looks of things.

Congratulations Gymnastics Canada.

Gymnastics Canada – English

Congratulations. A number of people I really admire were honoured today.

Carly Patterson won the all-around gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

larger original – flickr – jodfevic

Patterson was selected to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame on Tuesday, a day before her 21st birthday. She and 12 other members of this year’s class will be inducted Aug. 14 during the national championships in Dallas, where Patterson trained.

Joining her in the Hall will be Mary Sanders, the national rhythmic gymnastics champion from 2002-04 and an Athens Olympian; 1996 Olympian John Macready; Steve McCain, a member of the 2000 Olympic squad; two-time world acrobatic champions Shenea Booth and Arthur Davis; James “Jimmy” Yongue, bronze medalist in synchronized trampoline at the 1968 world championships; and Fred Turoff, the men’s gymnastics coach at Temple.

Also being inducted is the men’s double mini-trampoline team that won the gold medal at the 1999 world championships. Pat Wilson Henderson, a trampoline and tumbling judge for almost 35 years, will be honored for lifetime achievement. …

AP – Patterson, 12 others chosen for U.S. Hall

Gymblog notes that Carly does not meet the criteria for induction into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Gymbrooke Sports News posted a partial list of Canucks currently training in the American College system:

Marci Bernholtz – UCLA

Alyssa Brown – Stanford

Laura-Ann Chong – Oregon State

Aisha Gerber – UCLA

Alexandra Grant – Iowa

Brittnee Habbib – Nebraska

Danielle Goldman – BYU

Nicole Heikkila – Michigan State

Melissa Hough – BYU

Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs – UCLA

Jennifer Lezeu – BYU

Gael Mackie – UTAH

Leslie Mak – Oregon

Heather Purnell – Stanford

Casey Sandy – Penn State

Jennifer Simbhudas – Iowa

Rebecca Simbhudas – Iowa

Kylie Stone – Nebraska

Melanie Tham – Iowa

Click through for information on each.

Gymbrooke – Canadian 2009 NCAA Gymnasts

JANUARY 22: Alyssa Brown – original

We talk about Elise Ray every day in my gym.

A couple of our girls do Stalder from low to high (“Ray”) as a bar transfer. That’s not the only “Ray” on Bars. She also has the dismount named after her. As well as the toe-on toe-off to Tkachev.

Click PLAY or watch Elise Ray on Bars at the USA 2000 National Championships finals on Gymnastike.

Gymnastics Videos on Gymnastike

Nance at the Perfect 10 blog named Elise one of the best bar workers EVER.

She went on to University of Michigan on a full athletic scholarship, tying with Onnie Willis of UCLA for the All Around title in 2001. She is currently a performer in the Cirque du Soleil in the Las Vegas show “O”.