The bars came down at a gym I was at during a girl's practice - looks like they weren't put back up quite correctly after a recent meet, with the parts that lock it in place. Here's a video of another one Rick from gymnasticscoaching put up: Naoual Ouazzani Chahdi Bars-disaster 2008 Euro trials [youtube]zobgX0KJ0BI[/youtube] Looks like her right foot lands on cement - there's a reason to[ Read More... ]

Tighten up and check the bars! Especially when the gym equipment is set-up and down for competitions/different events, etc. If you end up with an 'extra' part, it probably isn't one! Interesting related: From IG digital "1962: As routines got more complex, people stood on the base to secure the free-standing bars."

[quote]And then things got pretty scary...this is Mikaela "mac" Niles from Kamiakin on the uneven bars...she's nearing the end of her routine...and listen to what happens...fortunately, Niles lands on her feet and only got a scratch on her back...she would be a little shaken up. But as soon as the equipment was put back up, Niles would re-chalk her hands and get right back on the bars...the[ Read More... ]

Practice at Visa Championships, Chellsie Memmel's blog: http://wcsnblogs.com/gymnastics/chellsiememmel There's a couple of pictures of her from practice there too. She's on Paul and Morgan Hamm's website, as special guest video: http://www.makingtheolympics.com/videos/chellsie.html (the Hamm twins website is http://www.makingtheolympics.com ) She's practicing her tumbling - in leo and[ Read More... ]

swinging on the hammock!

The spider-web net things are just nets - like they wear in cafeterias, etc. The spider-web hair style: Katie Heenan: http://www.sitesbymorgan.com/katie/photos/images/01worlds89.jpg It's from the post on the hair/make-up topic http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=364 (under the Chalk Talk category). There's other hair styles pics in that topic too.

"Olympics makes exams fun" - http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2008/2007-06/15/content_895412.htm Olympics in the college entrance exams, 10 million high school students registered for the CEE (College Entrance Exam) in early June [quote]Exam questions using the Olympics as examples, there are probably no more efficient ways to promote the movement among youngsters. That's what Chinese had tried.[ Read More... ]

Yay! :D Good to have options.

cool skills "China Gymnastics Montage" [youtube]EG17ds6IF0c[/youtube]

Competition at Alabama, 10,540 fans in Coleman Coliseum: 196.375-193.625 Some highlights: [quote]Junior Terin Humphrey won her first all-around of the season, posting a 39.425. Freshman Morgan Dennis won the floor exercise and shared top honors on the vault with fellow rookie Kassi Price. Price also won a share of the uneven bars and balance beam titles. She shared first with Humphrey on the[ Read More... ]

They seem to have an awesome gym to workout in: [quote]The Crimson Tide practices in a state of the art training facility. The 12,500-square foot main practice space boasts a design that is at once attractive and extremely functional. The equipment is all arranged to give an increased fluidity in practice. There are six uneven bars stations, five balance beams, three vaults and an oversized[ Read More... ]

You Tube videos: Nastia Liukin 2005 US Classic FX - Quad twist attempt - http://youtube.com/watch?v=py-XFrAlYNU Quad Twist - http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lts3EbFdvCo Triple and Quadruple Fulls - http://youtube.com/watch?v=uwxa30uBG18 ...kind of like the quad in ice skating! :D

David Kikuchi: [quote]"I would be the one with less physical talent," says Kikuchi, 27, a leading member of the strongest Canadian men's gymnastics team in decades. "Nothing came that easily to me. I wasn't able to do the skills right away. It took me a long time to get to be on the national team." That sounds a little modest, considering Kikuchi's career. His team walked away from the[ Read More... ]

rec and compulsory team are off about a week in our gym, optionals/elite are off about 2 of the days.

The Chinese Gymnastics Association is sending their Aarhus World Gymnastics Championships teams to the Asiad Games in Doha that are next month, except that Han Bin will replace Li Ya on the women's team. Li Ya didn't make finals on bars which is her specialty and wasn't in the team finals either. Teams: Men's: Yang Wei, Xiao Qin, Liang Fuliang, Feng Jing, Chen Yibing, Zoukai, Dong Zhendong[ Read More... ]

you can tell from this pict. that Memmel and Liukin r kind of disappointed: (from wcsn.com) https://secure.wcsn.com/images/2006/10/18/RYx3rv9O.jpg

"Gymnastics-Error-prone China fail to overtake U.S." - http://au.sports.yahoo.com/061017/3/xn9y.html Qualifying teams are: U.S.,China,Ukraine,Russia,Romania,Australia,Brazil,Spain Team competition on Wednesday! Top individual qualifiers: Defending champion Chellsie Memmel, Vanessa Ferrari and Jana Bieger U.S. team wins qualifiers: [quote]AARHUS, Denmark, Oct 17 (Reuters) -[ Read More... ]

"Gymnastics-FIG admits Chinese judging error" - http://au.sports.yahoo.com/061017/3/xn37.html [quote] "The score was changed because a mistake was made by the judges. A team's score on an apparatus is determined by adding the four highest individual scores," officials said in a statement. "In the case of China, the judges erroneously added the scores of the first, the second, the third and[ Read More... ]

[color=indigo]I think that they may perform well this year bc they have some pretty stable gymnasts like Zhou Zhou Ru. This may not be one of their most exciting teams but I can see them actually hitting their routines which is a good thing. [/color]

Great article! There's a photo of Cheng Fei there too. Here's a summary of the info: Yang Wei is expected to lead the mens team to gold - he's an all-around gymnast. Xiao Qin, a.k.a. "King of the pommel horse'!! could get the world pommel horse champion title again. Liang Fuliang is also working for all-around like Yang. Feng Jing is on the Worlds team for China b/c of Huang Xu's[ Read More... ]

The Chinese men's and women's team both have chances at gold medals - good chances! Here is an article analyzing the team and how they set it up: "Chinese gym squad interpretation for world championship" - http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2006-10/13/content_707970.htm [quote]The 14-member roster released by the gymnastics authorities is well-planned to bring home the gold through their own[ Read More... ]