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Irina Karavaeva qualified 2nd to Finals. I’d say she’s still the favourite.
How about those Canucks? Go Rosie! Go Karen!
Canadian’s Karen Cockburn and Rosannagh MacLennan both advanced to the women’s trampoline final on Saturday.
MacLennean, of King City, Ont., qualified third, and Toronto’s Cockburn finished fourth.
Only the top eight move on to Monday’s final where the competitors’ scores won’t carry over from the qualifying round.
Though Nastia Liukin vaults to the very highest tier of Gymnastics Greats with this win, I’m certain that we will remember these two together for all time.
Steve McCain gives a heartfelt tribute to the new Champion.
… My favorite female gymnast of all time, Nastia Liukin, won the women’s All-Around finals today. With beauty and style, she flowed through every routine with swan-like grace. It was one of those competitions where it all seemed to click for her. We all knew she could do it. She just needed to put together the 4 best routines she had already performed so far at this Olympics. I’m not sure how it looked on television, but in real life, she appeared to have total control over her body. I honestly was not even that nervous because I couldn’t imagine her falling. …
Nastia Liukin, the All-Around Queen of Gymnastics – Gymnast.com
You may have seen the old “Packman” mat used for introducing backward handsprings to beginners.
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She deserved it. Absolutely. No question.
(Photo credit: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) – source
Talk about peaking at the right time. This was the best competition I’ve ever seen from her. That vault was, I think, the best 3/2 Yurchenko ever done by a female gymnast. (Where are the deductions, again? … Women’s B-score judging is idiotic.)
… Consider this. Nastia said this year she may not retire after the Olympics.
It would be easy to stay on the National Team as a Beam and Bars specialist. I hope she does.
At the Olympics:
Melinda Gates holds an American flag along with her husband Bill Gates at the women’s all-around.
original – flickr
USAG should ask them to sponsor a National Training Center for Gymnastics.
Ngan Thuong
… kicked out of the Olympics after testing positive for the diuretic furosemide. …
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Ljungqvist said he thought the gymnast’s use of furosemide was inadvertent.
“My interpretation is this was probably the result of poor information given to the athlete, who did not have the knowledge of what to avoid and what she was allowed to take,” he said.
What a shame. In 2000, Romania’s Andreea Raducan was stripped of her all-around gold medal because of a positive test for pseudophedrine, a banned substance at the time, that she ingested via cold medication. This sounds similar, though no medal is on the line.
Click through to the slideshow. A gorgeous Olympic champion. She’s never had better form.
Liukin captures all-around gold – Reuters
YANG Yilin BRONZE. Shawn Johnston SILVER.
Congratulations USA. Congratulations to Nastia, her father Valeri and her many, many fans.
This is fantastic for the sport.
Hey, WOGA had the last 2 Olympic Champions in series!
(Photo credit: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) – source
These superb athletes will fight it out on Floor:
My home club is looking for their next Head Coach. (Current Head Coach Jeremy Mosier is moving on.) It’s a great opportunity, I think.
… I’m a consultant and elder statesman for the program.
Altadore Gymnastics is looking for a Head Coach for our Women’s competitive program.
Be close to Rocky Mountain skiing and hiking in Calgary, Alberta. Calgary is an oil economy boomtown with a fast growing population.
This full time position is ideal for someone with a positive, kids come first attitude. We have had Olympians, even an Olympic champion from Altadore — but our mission is to instill a lifelong love for the sport of gymnastics in every athlete.
Applicant needs experience coaching to the National Level (Minimum NCCP Level 3 in Canada), with good spotting skills. Pay commensurate with experience.
Email your resumé. Please contact us by phone or email if you have any questions.
Altadore Gymnastics
www.altadoregymnasticsclub.com
Contact: TC Edwards, Executive Director
Email: agcexecutivedirector@shaw.ca
Phone: (403) 720-2711
Fax: (403) 720-3110
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