radslag: do you mean handstand? Congratulations Imke on your progress! Here is youtube on Imke's rehab. added 12/18/07 [youtube]NCIQG4IPscA[/youtube] Montage on Imke's gymnastics [youtube]tL6_ieta5qA[/youtube]

Gymnastics World Championships on tv in 1.5 weeks! :D

[quote]"I had to show them what to do because I couldn't tell them," he said. [/quote] That's what the coaches do that don't have good english, it's fun and it really does help a lot when your coach shows you what to do!

men's and women's teams say podium training went great. the men say it went great, no injuries, they are just wrapped with ice on their shoulders with blue seran wrap - must be the tough rings!

Rebecca Bross Floor Exercise (EF) - 2007 Pan Am's [youtube]fPyJY2l37iE[/youtube] Jade Barbosa Vault (EF) - 2007 Pan Am's [youtube]nSd5_xIE6WM[/youtube] Jade Barbosa Floor Exercise (EF) - 2007 Pan Am's [youtube]QA75Dz5zUpQ[/youtube] Daniele Hypolito Balance Beam (EF) - 2007 Pan Am's [youtube]ddUVOx0i5EA[/youtube] Lais Souza Uneven Bars (EF) - 2007 Pan Am's[ Read More... ]

How you get a skill named after you - funny video: Bart Conner's, "How do you get a move named after you" [youtube]LbicnxqoYZY[/youtube]

Its nice that their parents are coaching them! Theyre so lucky!

another Europeans article: "Medal for the record books Gymnast

Daria's and Nastia's bar routines have the difficulty built more on connections vs. like Ferrari's or Tweddle's bar routines that are by more release moves - so if you mess up on a routine built with connections, you can lose more points and be off the medal podium, whereas in one built with difficulty around release moves if you mess up a little it won't be so hard on your score and it's easier[ Read More... ]

videos incl. youtube videos listed here: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=416

Bart and Elfi did make a huge deal about Ukraine's Daria's 'home-made grips' with gauze and tape as they would put it! Guess they used grips and loved them! A lot of countries outside of the USA don't use them, but perhaps they would if they were given to them at no charge.

All the talk during the American Tyson Cup about Ukraine's Daria Zgoba's home-made grips of gauze and tape, and she wins gold on the uneven bars again! Italy's Carlotta Giovannini got gold on vault with double-twisting Yurchenko and round-off, half-on, front-full. Germany's Oksana Chusovitina got silver with a full-twisting piked front and a 1-1/2-twisting Tsukahara. Ferrari got 1st on[ Read More... ]

Photos: http://ecgymnastics2007.com/Photos.asp Videos: http://ecgymnastics2007.com/Videos.asp

Italy's Vanessa Ferrari (2006 world all-around champion) wins all-around title at Europeans. Her first event: beam - minor balance check on a flip flip; then floor - very good, then vault, then bars - landing double layout with a hop. Romania's Sandra Izbasa (3rda ll-around at worlds) got 2nd - she started on bars (her lowest scoring event of the dat), then beam and floor got her the highest two[ Read More... ]

Men's: "Hamb

"Ferrari Leads Qualifying at Europeans" - http://intlgymnast.com/news/2007/april/042607_europeans.html [quote]Ferrari's routine on uneven bars featured a Comaneci salto between the bars, a Jaeger and a double layout dismount. Her routine on balance beam was slightly shaky, but she did not have any major wobbles. Ferrari's skills included a flip-flop, full; front aerial; sheep jump; back tuck;[ Read More... ]

"Ferrari Leads Qualifying at Europeans" - http://intlgymnast.com/news/2007/april/042607_europeans.html [quote]Ferrari's routine on uneven bars featured a Comaneci salto between the bars, a Jaeger and a double layout dismount. Her routine on balance beam was slightly shaky, but she did not have any major wobbles. Ferrari's skills included a flip-flop, full; front aerial; sheep jump; back tuck;[ Read More... ]

TV schedule: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=411 News: "Gymnastics goes Interactive" - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sporteditors/2007/04/gymnastics_interactive.html [quote]Britain will have nine gymnasts (three women and six men) at these European Championships. They were be competing against 41 countries for 12 medals in front of over 6,000 fans at the Amsterdam[ Read More... ]

[quote]The timetable for the competition is as follows: Saturday, 28 April Women`s All Around: 1125-1345 BST (Available on Freeview) Men`s All Around: 1425-1715 BST (Available to digital, satellite and cable viewers only) Sunday, 29 April Five Apparatus Finals: 0955-1300 BST (Available on Freeview) (Men

some of us got a new leather covered flex metal weights - they're more expensive but so far seems like much higher quality and easier to keep in good shape than the fabric nylon ones - you can just wipe off the chalk and water or sweat watever! good esp when u do cast handstands with the weights on ur waist and like chalky bar conditioning, and when it gets really hot in the gym! :-)

[color=blue]2007 Russian National Championships at Lobnya, Russia[/color] Same format as in the World Championship and Olympics: Qualifiers: March 21-22 Team Competition: March 23 All-Around Final: March 24 Event Finals: March 25 [color=blue]View the competition on the webcam at the Lobnya Sports Palace: [/color]http://www.lobnya.com/itv.html Scores -> 3/21 Men's Qualification[ Read More... ]

Nastia: [quote]Valeri Liukin, Nastia

you could try crushing them in jelly then. must really taste bad crushed in water! they don't make chewable advil?

from Canada, Kylie Stone: "Sophomore strengthens Nebraska gymnastics" - http://www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2007/01/09/Sports/Sophomore.Strengthens.Nebraska.Gymnastics-2606053.shtml?norewrite200701101943&sourcedomain=www.dailynebraskan.com from USA, Courtney Kupets and Courtney McCool at Georgia, Terin Humphrey at Alabama "Carly Patterson, the reigning Olympic all-around[ Read More... ]

you don't really taste it unless you bite into it before swallowing.