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Vanessa Ferrari's left tape grips come off during her bars routine at team finals at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=3134#3134 She doesn't stop in this routine either, and finishes her bars routine.

That is really interesting kpaulako, thanks for posting. Too bad for Tim. It must be hard to get your gymnast to the senior elite level and then be told they don't want you to coach them anymore, as he got her there and did apparently nothing wrong. It does seem from the stories that Jana's mom was coaching her throughout...well, that's media. They made a gymnast in my gym in a tv commercial[ Read More... ]

My daughter worked out at American Twisters while Jana trained their as a junior national team member. What they never tell you is her mother was never her main coach until she hit senior level. The owner of American Twisters Tim Rand was her main coach. When Jana became a Senior, her mother basically said his services were not needed anymore. Jana then went to Boca Twisters to train.[ Read More... ]

i saw the months ago..

I read a/b that A long time ago (almost two years) in IG. I wonder why productionand release was so slow/delayed.........

this movie will probably have a wider audience than the gymnastics movie "Stick It"

New gymnast/gymnastics movie coming out: "Peaceful Warrior": check out the movie trailer here: http://cbs4.com/entertainment/local_story_080110435.html opens March 30th, nationwide. it's an adaptation of Dan Millman's book "Way of the Peaceful Warrior"; about an arrogant talented gymnast who has a shot at the Olympics for men's gymnastics, his life goes through changes, and he goes through[ Read More... ]

it's very important to feel welcome! like that Cheer's song (from the tv show Cheers I mean) - where everbody knows your name, and they're always glad you came!! :D

"Gymnastics hopeful relieved to be in own gym" - http://www.oxfordpress.com/sports/content/shared/sports/stories/2007/GYM_BIEGER_0302_COX.html it's not really 'gym hopping' - it's with the same coach, her mom Andrea Bieger. [quote]Andrea Bieger, Jana's mother and coach and a three-time Olympian for Germany, simply says "an agreement" between Boca Twisters, Jana's old gym, and its affiliate,[ Read More... ]

more Tyson American Cup video links here: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=317

you could check the manual too. exchanging it is good if there's a maufacturer's problem with it!

"They treat ALL athletes alike no matter who is on the podium..." A couple of coaches at my gym totally do no do this. And those coaches do not do this too: "They do not buy athletes personal gifts or gadgets (Ipods,etc)...nor do they make scarves and such...unless they do it for the entire team!" for their 'star' athletes. You should totally be allowed to watch practices!

yup, esp. if they're really bossy! Howell doesn win the champs.: "Fobes, Howell gymnasts are No. 1 in Shore Colts Neck third at conference championships " - http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2006/1101/Sports/080.html The elite gymnast leading the team: [quote]Leading the way at Brick Memorial High School was sophomore Austyn Fobes, the all-around champion. Anyone who has followed[ Read More... ]

cool! we have optionals (levels 7,8,9,10) competitions starting in december I think, and then a lot of them start a couple months after that!

[quote]AARHUS, Denmark, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Romanian coach Nicolae Forminte lashed out at the judges at the world gymnastics championships after Vanessa Ferrari was declared the winner of the women's all-round contest despite falling off the beam. "Apparently you have to fall off an apparatus in order to become world champion. It's laughable," he told reporters on Thursday. "In the whole history[ Read More... ]

good writing makes a big diff!

Ugly Betty actually turned out to be good on the first episode so far! Pretty funny! It's new, on Thursdays at 8pm, before Grey's Anatomy.

From the Artistic Gymnastics thread: Ferrari loses her hair scrunchie in her floor exercise, with one tumbling pass still left to do! It was round-off, flip-flop, double pike. You can watch it online on You Tube: [youtube]iqTUCYGQWtg[/youtube]

From the posts on the Gym Chat Chalk Talk thread Mary Lou's bars routine from the '84 Olympics [youtube]SPwokPNMpCE [/youtube] [youtube]9LaZ6O2aVqk[/youtube] Nadia's bar routing from '79 [youtube]M55LwYOutEM[/youtube] and from Montreal '76 Olympics, compulsory bars [youtube]OvNWOj1CFrE[/youtube]

French World Team: Womens: Rose-Eliandre Bellemare, Magaly Hars (~27 yrs. old, competed at 2001 Worlds in Ghent/team = 12th), Katheleen Lindor, Lindsay Lindor, Julie Martinez and Isabelle Severino (26 yrs. old, got bronze on uneven bars at 1996 Worlds in San Juan). Mens: Yann Cucherat (bronze medal/parallel bars, silver/high bar at 2005 Worlds), Ga