Really funny commercial is the "mad minute" towards the beginning. haha Alicia Sacramone announced again her comeback during a commercial for AAI equipment with John Roethlisberger - she's playing on the beam in the background, funny commercial. You're like wondering who is that in the background checking out the beam by stretching her leg on it and stuff while Roethlisberger is talking about[ Read More... ]

They are zoomed out so much on Shannon Miller's tumbling on beam it is like they are saying it is not really her. I like Vanessa Atler's reese's pieces commercial - how you eat a reese's pieces - she flips over it and then eats it.

Here's something interesting, a 1995 gymnastics documentary taped at Nunno's gym with Shannon Miller, Steve Nunno (her coach), and Mario Lopez! [youtube]wIyZAPbZtIU[/youtube] Steve Nunno in hot pink shorts. Mario Lopez - awesome!

2008 Beijing Olympics Open Ceremonies were awesome! Did you see Shannon Miller's claritin commercial - it was on a couple of times. She's tumbling on beam and also helping with some coaching. So, Shannon can still tumble on beam. lol. It was good, back handsprings on beam. Not on youtube yet. Check this out though: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=73534

I learned on the Gym Chat message boards that Vanessa Ferrari's nickname is "the cannibal" (http://gymchat.com/messageboards/showthread.php?t=58958&highlight=vanessa+ferrari+nickname ) and now that Vitaly Scherbo's nickname was Cookie! [QUOTE] He was a rambunctious boy, running around his local gym, but he didn't look like an Olympian. In fact, when his coach first met him, he called Scherbo[ Read More... ]

Another Johnson on the USA women's national gymnastics team! Alaina Johnson from Texas: Alaina was in the same rotation as Shawn and Nastia Liukin at the USA Visa Championships. Good comeback for Alaina from almost quitting last year after being inured at the 2006 Visa Championships and having to compete on an injured leg: [QUOTE] Ten days ago, Johnson and Parsley arrived in Boston with a[ Read More... ]

Shawn Hohnson practicing in Philly, getting ready for Olympic Trials: [QUOTE] About 100 volunteers spent 17 hours at Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute on Saturday, cleaning out the gym and building a new gymnastics floor so Johnson can train there. The floor isn't an Olympic regulation floor, but with the Olympic trials only a few days away, Johnson's coach, Liang Chow, is trying to[ Read More... ]

Shawn Johnson and the other competitive team members of Chow's gymnastics practiced at the University Friday and Saturday: [quote] Chow made arrangements with Iowa State University for Johnson and the competitive gymnastics team she practices with to train at that facility today and Saturday. About 100 people showed up Thursday night to move equipment to a higher floor and to sandbag around[ Read More... ]

Controversy over the 2 women picked to go to the 2008 Beijing Olympics to represent Canada (they Canadian women's gymnastics team didn't qualify at the 2007 Worlds to send a full gymnastics team to the 2008 Beijing Olympics) - Kristina Vaculik, 2nd at the Canada Gymnastics Nationals isn't going: [quote] At the Canadian Gymnastics Championships held in Calgary, Vaculik established herself as[ Read More... ]

2008 Ukraine Gymnastics National Championships June 13-14, Kirovograd Women's Vault 1. Anna Kalashnik 2. Olga Scherbatykh 3. Marina Kostyuchenko Uneven Bars 1. Anastasia Koval 2. Valentina Golenkova 3. Daria Zgoba Balance Beam 1. Irina Krasnyanskaya 2. Alina Kozich 3. Valentina Golenkova Women's Floor Exercise 1. Valentina Golenkova 2. Marina Kostyuchenko 3. Marina[ Read More... ]

It's interesting the French Nationals had an open division with 4 Chinese female gymnasts and Slovenia's Mitja Petkovsek for the men competing too. The Chinese women won bars, floor, and vault on Sundays' Finals; France's Marine Petit won beam. They name the French national champion by the femail / male French gymnasts with the highest scores. 2008 French Open/National Championships June 15,[ Read More... ]

Romania's Steliana Nistor all-around champion. Romania vs. Great Britain June 14-15; Ipswich, England Team 1. Romania 237.20 2. Great Britain 232.20 All-Around 1. Steliana Nistor ROM 61.000 2. Beckie Downie GBR 60.750 3. Sandra Izbasa ROM 59.200 4. Andreea Acatrinei ROM 57.350 5t. Andreea Grigore GBR 57.300 5t. Marissa King GBR 57.300 7. Imogen Cairns GBR 56.950 8. Daniela[ Read More... ]

"Shannon Miller interviews Shawn Johnson" [YOUTUBE]OPVRvPMccnA[/YOUTUBE] Shawn Johnson commercial 2008 [YOUTUBE]stjfiu0I8zw[/YOUTUBE] Commercial for HyVee, grocery store chain in Iowa.

"Shawn Johnson vs. Vanessa Ferrari" [YOUTUBE]RPBpOcHdXSc[/YOUTUBE] They are both fun, real people. Vanessa is so tough! In this video clip is also the competition where her tape grips were coming off on one hand and she kept going, and didn't mess up. She also lost a scrunchie once before the last tumbling pass of her floor routine in another competition. They're both high flying, and go for[ Read More... ]

Paul's definitely going for it! [quote] COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 27, 2008

Discussion here: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/showthread.php?p=70836#post70836 (plus link to the video on Paul's surgery!)

Yup! Paul can make the team again, he's so good. He won the American Cup this year. There's a lot of news on his hand injury during his p-bars routine in the gymnastics news & blogs section: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/forumdisplay.php?f=439 Most recent: Top U.S. gymnast undergoing surgery (CBC) http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/showthread.php?p=70807#post70807 [QUOTE] He[ Read More... ]

Carly Patterson- Life After Gold Special Part 1 [youtube]ag5swT1_I_Q[/youtube] She went to WOGA at 12 years old, already jo junior national team, quickly went to international. Carly says her coach Evgeny Marchenko is a genious gymnastics coach because he treats each gymnast differently / individualizes it and knows what each gymnast needs/how to be coached that works for them. Carly[ Read More... ]

Nastia Liukin-Pacific Rim 2008-BEAM [youtube]VuCbEvatFMo[/youtube] Nastia's skill: around 1:27 Steliana Nistor 2008 Europeans Event Finals - Balance Beam [youtube]OOibMGqk7XE[/youtube] Steliana's skill: around 1:10 Nastia's looks like she's going for it piked, and Steliana's looks like she's going for it tucked.

NewNewNastiaFan101 put up these videos today, of the NBC coverage: 2008 Pacific Rim Championships - Part 1 [youtube]oHASeN-ODrs&feature=user[/youtube] 2008 Pacific Rim Championships - Part 2 [youtube]Kx-mKnJXvhU&feature=user[/youtube] 2008 Pacific Rim Championships - Part 3 [youtube]2uVd7EtEJug[/youtube] 2008 Pacific Rim Championships - Part 4[ Read More... ]

Thanks for the email reminder! :D The gymnastics competition coverage was like almost over, and I was like, didn't the guys compete there too? lol And then they put up a couple of dismounts of Paul Hamm's routine, and his mess-up on his pommel horse, and that's it for the guys! Nastia Liukin is so cool! She's so nice, she was the first one to go up to Samantha Shapiro and congratulate her[ Read More... ]

Also, Carly Patterson will be singing at the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships! [quote]INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 21, 2008

Parallel Bar Fun [youtube]1NyEj90utzw[/youtube] They trust each other a lot to do handstands so close to each other! lol :D Paul Hamm as James Bond [youtube]mjYOYooblcE[/youtube]

Nastia Liukin- Tylenol Spectacular- Floor [youtube]78W71o6xDqw[/youtube] Interesting :D

[quote=flyinflex]8.3 on bars(start value 9.5 b/c my casts weren/t quite high enough) 7.7 on floor 8.1 on vault 7.9 on beam (fall, poor connection in series) Bars: kip-cast-clearhip-kip-squat on, kip-cast clearhip-kip-cast-layout flyaway. Yes, I still do YMCA, so pretty much no one does giants. And yes, state is a 31.0 AA, and I got a 32![/quote] Cool! Good job for your 2nd meet at level7![ Read More... ]