Give us your best caption for this week's photo from European Championships! What do you think the Russian juniors are thinking here? Submit your caption below for the chance to be featured on Gymnastike! This photo was taken during the junior's qualification and team finals at this past weekend's European Championships. Russia took gold as a team ahead of Great Britain by three tenths. Related: View...
Andrei Rodionenko and David Belyavski anxiously await the final score. Courtesy RGF Britain and Russia had another tussle in MAG qualifying yesterday, with Britain coming out on top this time. Both teams had their weak moments. Russia performed poorly on the high bar, where they missed Emin Garibov in particular. The versatile Nikita Ignatyev, perhaps hampered somewhat by a painful...
Results of today's junior all around competition. Congratulations to all! ...
The Australian Gymnastics Blog: 2014 NATIONAL JR/SR ALL-AROUND LIVESTREAM The Australian Gymnastics Blog Friday, May 23, 2014 2014 NATIONAL JR/SR ALL-AROUND LIVESTREAM It's here yo! Posted by Mez at 7:14 PM No comments: Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About This Blog The Australian Gymnastics Blog : A gymnastics news and commentary space for fans at home and around...
On day two of the men's European Championships, it was the seniors who took the stage for their team, all-around, and individual qualification round. The top qualifying team for Saturday's final was Great Britain, with a total score of 267.076. Qualifying in second was Russia (264.304), while Ukraine took the third qualifying spot with a 261.277. Also moving on to the final are Belarus (260.161),...
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Qualification results and some beautiful photos by Nadia Boyce of podium training at the Australian Nationals. The post Australian Nationals: Qualifications & Photo Gallery appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
Another gallery of Nadia Boyce's gorgeous photos from Australian National Championships/ The post Australian Nationals: Photo Gallery appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
Simone Alexander drew my attention to this video. http://youtu.be/DIE0tfdYgos This is the best video of this outstanding floor routine that exists to my knowledge. Groshkova has never competed at World Championships; her light shone all too briefly when she won a silver medal at 1990 Europeans. Has anyone else ever performed that unique double full in in the straight/piked position? Tatiana...
Sergei Eltcov, Kirill Potapov, Artur Dalolyan, Nikita Nagorny, Valentin Starikov It was a close-ish competition, but Britain came out on top everywhere as a team, except for pommel horse where the British had a bad day, and rings, a strong piece for a Russia. In truth, they are two brilliant teams. Many of these gymnasts will turn senior next year, swelling the ranks of their respective...
State of the art gymnastics facilities at the Europa Gym Centre, Crayford I thought it timely to reprint this article, originally published last September 25th, to remember the friendship that exists between Russian and British gymnastics. It is 10.30 on a Saturday night, and Len Arnold OBE is shifting mats with the lads. The 58 year old gymnastics coach and social entrepreneur is Head...
Summer can be a great time for catching up on recruiting. Below are some ideas to keep college coaches aware of how you are doing. ~Update your website with new skills you are learning ~Go to a college summer camp ~Email college coaches with updates on your academics and athletic progress ~Visit college campus's, take tours, watch practice and meet with coaches ~Invite college coaches to come watch...
The men's competition has officially kicked off at the 2014 European Championships, with the juniors taking the stage on Wednesday for team finals, AA qualifications, and individual apparatus qualifications. As many expected, the British team defended its 2012 title with a total score of 254.094, while Russia also repeated its 2012 performance with a total score of 252.395 to take the silver medal....
Team USA's future World, Olympic, and J.O. National team members gathered at the Karolyi Ranch this week for the May Developmental Invite Camp. These camps are run by Developmental Team Coordinator Valeri Liukin. The gymnasts invited to the camp were members of the TOPs Diamond, A and B National Team. In total there were sixty gymnasts from 27 clubs around the country. According to USA Gymnastics,...
Great Britain's senior men aim to defend their European title and are considered favorites going into the team competition. The qualifications begin Wednesday with the juniors and continue Thursday with the seniors. This junior team final is Friday the 23rd and senior team final is Saturday the 24th. The event finals for both juniors and seniors are on Sunday the 25th. Olympic team bronze medallist...
From Aliya Mustafina on Instagram: 'thanks for the invitation' she says to Alexei Nemov A brief interview with Sovietski Sport is summarised here. Original interview is at http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/712772 Olympic gymnastics champion Aliya Mustafina today went to a party organised by famous gymnast Alexei Nemov, entitled "Sochi-Moscow-Rio". Alexei handed out some awards,...
14 videos from last week, which are not to be missed! The post 14 Videos from the Gymnastics Week appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
The Russian Junior team enjoy some fresh air in Sofia after a hard competition. Clockwise, from top left : Olga Bulgakova (head coach), Aleksandra Buzdalina (masseuse), Artem Voinov (team coach), Seda Tutkhalyan, Daria Skrypnik, Anastasia Dmitrieva, Maria Bondareva, Angelina Melnikova. Courtesy : RGF I like comments and discussions, and most of them on this blog are well informed, polite...
You guys. YOU. GUYS. National Champs kicks off this week ! Aw mah gaw! This morning I boarded an earlier train than usual in town and I am extremely glad for it. Who should be smiling up at me from inside an abandoned Herald Sun but the lovely ladies of Victoria! Not to be outdone, past champions Lauren Mitchell and Olivia Vivian recently made the back page in WA and recorded a segment alongside Jayden...
15 (highly random) things that went through TCG's head while watching Euros 2014. The post 15 (Random) Thoughts While Watching Euros 2014 appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...