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38 year old gymnast the best in Norway, at the 2007 Worlds: [quote]Espen Jansen no longer listens to all those folks who tell him he's too old for the kiddie sport of gymnastics. And no, it's not because he's losing his hearing. Three months shy of his 39th birthday, Norway's best gymnast competed in his 13th world championships Monday. Though he had mistakes on his first three events -[ Read More... ]

"I have to respect the fact she has her own feelings. She was doing the growing up, and now it's my turn to grow up," Valeri Liukin said, laughing. "The very, very good thing that helps me is Nastia's a very smart girl, and she's such a self-driven individual. She understands she's not going to get things done if she doesn't work."[/quote] Some gyms and coaches don't like it when you do share[ Read More... ]

Shavahn Church practices at Chris Waller's gym GymJam Academy in Santa Clarita (Southern California), but represents Great Britain (she has dual citizenship) since 2005. She got 5th all-around and silver on bars at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. She plans on attending UCLA. Her official website is actually posted on the Gym Chat visitor links page, it is http://www.shavahnchurch.com .[ Read More... ]

That's a great montage of the named skills! List of innovators of skills: http://gymn-forum.com/innovators.html [quote]Being the first to execute a gymnastics skill in international competition is an accomplishment highly regarded in the sport. Moves are often named after the gymnast who first performs them. Here is our list of "who was the first to...?".[/quote] The difference: skills[ Read More... ]

In high school gymnastics, there has to be a coach standing there on vault for round-off entry vaults, and it is also allowed now for the coach to stand in between the board and vault table. Interesting stuff: [quote]SITUATION 12: A coach stands on two folded panel mats placed along the side of the vaulting table to serve as the required spotter for a round-off entry vault. RULING: Legal.[ Read More... ]

[quote=Rick McCharles]I'd love to get video sources for the same clips that are easier to watch. The YouTube flash format is just too mucky. Any suggestions? [/quote] You can try shanfan.com - the videos are in wmv format (around 10 mb size). Great video links and info. on the bar releases. You can tell why the Hristakieva/Def is worth a G!!