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Acrobatic Gymnastics
World Championships
Kelvin Hall Arena, Glasgow
3rd – 12th October 2008

The website is up — acro2008.com — but there is no content, as yet.

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Thanks Tracey Morrison for the link.

Shergymrag has the details on the 40-city American tour beginning in September post-Olympics.

Shawn Johnson and Paul Hamm have already been signed. Also Chellsie Memmel, Blaine Wilson and the entire men’s Olympic team.

Even former world champion Shannon Miller has been training and will perform in some of the shows.

New, this time round, is that musicians will be featured, as well, in the arena shows. It will be televised as well, of course.

related post: Gymnastics SPECTACULARS give me a headache

From the Polish 101 blog:

It is widely rumored, though not confirmed, that the Chinese Women’s Olympic Gymnastics Team is as follows:

Cheng Fei
Yang Yilin
Jiang Yuyuan
He Kexin
Li Shanshan
Deng Linlin

Alternates:
Xiao Sha
He Ning
Sui Lu

Polish101- Gymnastics

Can this team HIT and beat the USA?

They have the start scores.

He Kexin – AFP/Getty Images – Daylife

So, the favourite to win Bars at the Olympics He Kexin has been selected. Journalists in China should seek out a “scoop” now. Confirming that her birthday (listed as 01-Jan-1992 on her F.I.G. bio) is accurate.

Rumours persist that He Kexin is actually too young to compete. If so, a HUGE scandal looms.

He Kexin is coached by Liu Guicheng and He Hua.

Live.Breath.Love Gymnastics reports that USAG is having Google take down YouTube clips for copyright infringement.

That’s lame, USAG.

Those montage video edits are put together by some of your biggest fans. The ones who watch every minute of your T.V. coverage. The ones who help videos go viral.

You should be paying video editors for putting together fantastic commercials for your sport. Or at least partnering with them.

Sad. Sad. Sad.

You can use sites like keepvid.com or TechCrunch to download your favourite YouTube clips to your computer. Before big, bad USAG takes them down.

related post: NBC sucks

Dariya Zgoba
Iryna Krasnyanska
Alina Kozich
Valentina Holenkova
Marina Proskurina
Anastasia Koval

Olga Scherbatykh is the alternate.

Irina Krasnyanska – photo – Paulian C.

The Ukrainian girls are often considered the artistic successors to the Soviets; it’s easy to appreciate their work because it’s just so…Soviet.

The last World medal for the Ukrainian ladies was Krasnyanska’s gold in 2006 Aarhus, in the balance beam event finals. But if they medal in Beijing, gymnastics snobs will be weeping with love and happiness in front of their televisions.

Ukrainian Team announced – difficulty plus execution

The introductory offer of FREE access to a digital version of the hard copy magazine seems to have ended.

It’s now US$24.95 for the digital, US$30.00 for both print and digital for one year.

Subscribe on Grips Etc

Good timing, I think. With the Olympics looming, interest of new subscribers has never been greater.

International Gymnast magazine online is still free. And, overall, the best gymnastics news site on the WWW.

Many libraries carry the print version.

THANKS IG!

Many Canadian athlete associations use Usana supplements: Speed Skating Canada, Cross Country Canada, Biathalon Canada. Others include: US Speed Skating, USA Luge, and the Sony Ericsson Women’t Tennis Association.

My friend (and former gymnastics great) Phyllis Keegan raves:

Great for endurance, recovery as well as the only company in the world that provides a $1,000,000 athlete guarantee of no banned substances in our products.

Contact Phyllis Keegan if you want to know more.

From the Australian Gymnastics Blog:

… Sister of Canadian Olympian Stella, former commentator, now a WAG coach and choreographer, Stacey has been sassin’ up the gymnastics scene from coast to coast here in Oz for more than a decade (two decades?), from the Waverley Gymnastics Centre here in suburban Melbourne to the tropical and topical climates of the Queensland Academy of Sport to the far-flung floor mats of the West Australian Institute of Sport. She not only choreographs routines for some of our top squad members (including, but not limited to, Lauren Mitchell’s funk-tacular new routine and Emma Dennis’ Chinese ballet-inspired exercise) but she lectures at clubs and institutes on coaching and artistic principles (particularly conditioning, flexibility and dance elements). Oh, and she heads the Creative Movement Group, a dance, physical movement and fitness company that tours around the country educating and working with anyone from schools to sports programs and other dance companies. …

Give it Up For Stellar Stacey

She’s great.

Russia was the dominant nation.

4th Children of Asia Games
July 10-11, Yakutsk, Russia

Girls All-Around 1994-1995
1. Valeria Sviridova RUS (Novosibirsk) 58.050
2. Alexandra Yakovleva RUS (Yakutia) 54.600
3. Moldir Azimbay KAZ 53.200

Girls All-Around 1996-1997
1. Yekaterina Shtronda RUS (Krasnoyarsk)
2. Lilia Akhaimova RUS (Primorsky)
3. Yulia Ovcharova RUS (Primorsky)

Boys All-Around 1993-1994
1. Viktor Cherepanov RUS (Kemerovo) 83.050
2. Dmitry Turayev RUS (Khabarovsk) 79.000
3. Yevgeny Vasilyev RUS (Yakutia) 78.950

Boys All-Around 1995-1996
1. Vladislav Polyarshov RUS (Yakutia) 79.650
2. Alexander Mikhailov RUS (Novosibirsk) 76.450
3. Kirill Potapov RUS (Tomsk) 75.900

Report and links to full results – IG

After the 2004 Olympic Gymnastics champion broke his hand on Stutz in Houston, I did not speak to even one person who doubted he’d be ready for Beijing.

This guy is a freak.

Earlier this year John Roethlisberger (who has probably hit more routines in competition than any other gymnast in history) said that, in his prime, he’d never been able to train full routines like Paul Hamm.

When I got back to Canada, some of the Men’s Team told me that Pommels would be the most difficult apparatus while healing. That hand surgery recovery took often longer than expected.

I would have thought PBars might be a problem too … But here’s Paul training Stutz:

In the training video footage posted July 10th Paul is doing long Pommel sequences, as well.

Paul will defend the AA in Beijing. He’s awesome tough.

(via a cool new blog – StickItMedia Men’s Gymnastics)

USA Today’s Christine Brennan threw USA Gymnastics some grief:

… The toughest move Paul Hamm, the 2004 Olympic men’s all-around gold medalist, made at the recent U.S. trials was to get out of his seat in the stands without putting any pressure on his broken hand. Yet he was put on the Olympic team once the trials ended, pending his ability to show his readiness next week. …

Olympic trials can be unjust for the world’s best

Brennan questioned why Hamm got a “pass” while World Champion sprinter Tyson Gay was eliminated from Olympic selection due to injury.

She’s got a good point there. StickItMedia called for a more flexible selection process in Athletics. … Next time.