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25 June 2012

Jefferis and Pichler's Journey to London

Josh Jefferis and Thomas Pichler are putting together a series of videos showing their journey to London. Of course, only Josh will compete, but Thomas is also going along as reserve and is Josh's training partner over the next few weeks. These guys are great fun and the videos are quite entertaining. You can watch the videos below or on YouTube. Keep checking Thomas' YouTube channel over the next few weeks to catch new videos as they appear.

19 June 2012

Lauren Mitchell VISA Videos

Some more Lauren Mitchell videos are appearing on the VISA YouTube page. The latest ones are shown below:

18 June 2012

Getting into Cirque Du Soleil

A show called 16x9 had a really interested episode that follows a few gymnasts as they audition and train to become part of a Cirque Du Soleil show.

Click Play or Watch it on YouTube

Devyatovskiy Retires

Known for being the brat of Russian gymnastics. Maxim Devyatovskiy has announced his retirement after he failed to make the training squad for the 2012 Olympics. Veteran Golotsutskov has also missed the Olympic squad after withdrawing from the Russian Cup due to injury. The Russian Olympic squad was announced as: Denis Ablyazin, Aleksandr Balandin, David Belyavskiy, Emin Garibov, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Nikita Ignatyev, Sergey Khorokhordin, Igor Pakhomenko. This squad will be narrowed down to 5 for the final team in the next couple of weeks.