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24 April 2013

Jair Lynch Gets Skill Named After Him ... After 20 Years

One of the big trends in men's gymnastics at the moment is the Tkatchev half turn. In the code the layout Tkatchev half is known as the Moznik:



But the straddle Tkatchev half is merely a side note. But over 20 years after it was first performed someone has finally discovered who first performed it. Turns out it was 1996 Olympic silver medalist Jair Lynch

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) recently approved naming a horizontal bar flight element after the USA's Jair Lynch, who won the silver medal on the parallel bars at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and is currently a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Board of Directors. Lynch was the first gymnast to compete the skill at an official FIG competition, having performed what is now known as the "Lynch" as far back as the 1992 season, and the skill is included in the FIG's 2013-16 Code of Points for Men's Artistic Gymnastics.


https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=11910&prog=pb

MAG Europeans All-Around Coverage

The MAG version is now available:

19 April 2013

WAG NCAA Podium Training

Gymnastike are helping to build excitement for the WAG NCAA's with some great videos and interviews from podium training.

Watch more video of 2013 NCAA Women's Championships on gymnastike.org


Watch more video of 2013 NCAA Women's Championships on gymnastike.org


Watch more video of 2013 NCAA Women's Championships on gymnastike.org


Watch more video of 2013 NCAA Women's Championships on gymnastike.org


Watch more video of 2013 NCAA Women's Championships on gymnastike.org


Watch more video of 2013 NCAA Women's Championships on gymnastike.org


Watch more video of 2013 NCAA Women's Championships on gymnastike.org


Watch more video of 2013 NCAA Women's Championships on gymnastike.org


Watch more video of 2013 NCAA Women's Championships on gymnastike.org


NCAA Men's Previews

Here are a number of interviews with the coach of the NCAA qualifiers












Europeans WAG Day 1

As many predicted Iordache topped qualifications on day 1, but Mustafina had 2 falls and fell to 4th. But finals starts from scratch, so it could still be a tight battle.

1. Larisa Iordache 14.766 12.966 15.066 14.400 57.198 Q 2. Diana Bulimar 14.833 12.700 14.366 14.233 56.132 Q 3. Anastasia Grishina 14.833 13.566 13.400 14.266 56.065 Q 4. Aliya Mustafina 15.066 15.025 11.666 14.300 56.057 Q 5. Ksenia Afanasyeva 14.900 12.466 13.100 14.633 55.099 6. Roxana Popa 14.566 13.633 13.166 13.700 55.065 Q 7. Ruby Harrold 13.833 14.133 13.433 13.400 54.799 Q 8. Elisa Meneghini 14.016 13.800 14.033 12.933 54.782 Q 9. Giulia Steingruber 15.300 12.466 13.033 13.933 54.732 Q 10. Giorgia Campana 13.500 14.066 14.033 12.700 54.299 Q 11. Ana Filipa Martins 13.333 13.466 13.200 13.100 53.099 Q 12. Maria Paula Vargas 14.000 12.933 12.966 13.133 53.032 Q 13. Dorina Böczögö 13.800 13.166 12.633 13.133 52.732 Q 14. Noémi Makra 14.133 13.500 11.833 13.233 52.699 Q 15. Charlie Fellows 13.900 13.100 13.200 12.366 52.566 Q 16. Noël van Klaveren 14.866 13.000 11.566 12.633 52.065 Q 17. Lisa Katharina Hill 12.966 13.933 12.100 12.966 51.965 Q 18. Ilaria Käslin 13.300 12.633 12.933 12.633 51.499 Q 19. Jana Šikulová 13.633 13.833 11.600 12.066 51.132 Q 20. Olena Vasilyeva 13.733 13.200 13.600 10.400 50.933 Q 21. Lisa Ecker 13.733 12.400 12.300 12.433 50.866 Q 22. Ida Gustafsson 13.866 14.066 10.800 11.966 50.698 Q 23. Cagla Akyol 13.600 11.233 12.900 12.766 50.499 Q 24. Angelina Kysla 13.733 12.066 11.633 13.000 50.432 Q 25. Laura Schulte 13.800 12.250 11.633 12.700 50.383 26. Elisa Hämmerle 14.000 12.666 11.866 11.833 50.365 Q

UCLA WAG Highlights

A great highlight video from UCLA:

Workout Wednesday with the Michigan Men

Just in time for NCAA's here is the latest in Gymnastike great segment, Workout Wednesday:

Watch on Gymnastike: http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/238390-Workout-Wednesday-Season-5/video/706005-Workout-Wednesday-with-the-3-Ranked-2013-Michigan-Men

Watch more video of Workout Wednesday, Season 5 on gymnastike.org

18 April 2013

Europeans Day 1

With no team competition Max Whitlock topped the all-around standings on day 1. Although he was only a hair ahead of favourite Verniaiev. It was also notable with the lack of Germans in the top 10 after the retirement of Boy and Nguyen and Hambuchen not doing the all-around.

1 WHITLOCK Max 89.365 Q GBR 364 15.466 15.533 14.433 14.933 14.800 14.200
2 VERNIAIEV Oleg 89.331 Q UKR 455 14.600 15.066 14.833 15.066 15.566 14.200
3 BELYAVSKIY David 88.265 Q RUS 433 15.433 15.000 14.366 13.900 15.066 14.500
4 STEPKO Oleg 88.224 Q UKR 456 15.125 14.333 14.800 14.533 15.700 13.733
5 WILLIG Arnaud 86.623 Q FRA 356 14.400 14.533 14.350 14.266 14.708 14.366
6 GONZALEZ Fabian 86.057 Q ESP 349 14.966 13.600 13.666 14.800 14.500 14.525
7 IGNATYEV Nikita 85.364 Q RUS 436 14.333 14.166 15.066 13.766 14.733 13.300
8 PURVIS Daniel 84.966 Q GBR 362 15.100 13.100 14.566 14.800 13.900 13.500
9 PRINCIPI Paolo 84.598 Q ITA 395 14.633 13.766 13.966 14.200 13.500 14.533
10 AUGUGLIARO Guillaume 84.565 Q FRA 360 13.166 14.000 14.433 14.200 14.433 14.333
11 BYKAU Artsiom 84.265 Q BLR 321 13.933 14.300 14.633 14.200 13.466 13.733
12 BATAGA Cristian Ioan 83.731 Q ROU 427 14.600 13.933 14.166 14.166 14.133 12.733
13 TOBA Andreas 83.723 Q GER 373 13.666 14.233 14.191 14.833 13.300 13.500
14 DAVTYAN Artur 83.165 Q ARM 304 14.133 13.800 13.166 14.833 14.033 13.200
15 EDALLI Ludovico 82.515 Q ITA 394 14.200 12.600 13.833 13.933 13.833 14.116
16 CAPELLI Claudio 81.998 Q SUI 441 14.933 11.600 13.133 13.500 14.866 13.966
17 VERBAEYS Jimmy 81.672 Q BEL 316 14.066 12.200 13.433 14.166 13.841 13.966
18 SOGHOMONYAN Serob 81.665 Q ARM 303 13.666 13.000 13.400 14.100 14.033 13.466
19 BARKALAU Dzmitry 81.447 Q BLR 322 14.166 11.266 13.700 14.266 13.583 14.466
20 LOPEZ Ruben 81.255 Q ESP 348 14.666 11.633 14.608 14.816 12.766 12.766
21 KENIS Daan 81.147 Q BEL 317 13.700 12.366 12.566 14.283 14.166 14.066
22 TALAS Bence 81.064 Q HUN 379 13.433 13.866 13.533 13.933 13.466 12.833
23 ARICAN Ferhat 80.981 Q TUR 450 14.000 13.600 13.416 13.866 13.766 12.333
24 RACZ Attila 80.931 Q HUN 380 13.533 13.000 14.133 13.266 13.466 13.533

Full Results: http://www.longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000C000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFF04

Here is Max's thoughts on his day:



There is also a livestream for the finals: http://eurovision.digotel.com/ueg/index.html

Although it does say available to European viewers, so I'm not sure if it will work for those of us outside of Europe. We may need a proxy server otherwise.

It's sure looking like a busy weekend of sport, with Europeans and NCAA championships.

Original Beam Mount

I love originality, and this is one of the coolest beam mounts I have ever seen

14 April 2013

Kohei Uchimura Documentary

Here is a documentary on one of the greatest athletes in the world. It was made back in 2010, but has now had english subtitles made:

Live Video for Men's NCAA Championships

Live video for next week's men's NCAA championships, held at Penn State, will be on the Penn State website: http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-gym/spec-rel/13-gym-ncaa-championships.html You will be able to click on the live video links once the competition commences.

04 April 2013

Stanford Blog

Some of the Stanford men's gymnastics team have been blogging from their trip to Norway which they just finsihed
Near the end of the workout, our team and the Norwegians had a ring strength contest, where people on both teams had to hold an iron cross for as long as they could. Our team was led by ringmen James Fosco and Dennis Zaremski, while the Norwegians had quite a collection of guys that could do crosses, including a 45 year old coach. I (Sean) was quite jealous, as I am still unable to pull that off. In the end, Stanford was able to capture the victory!
Spring Break Norway: Blog Nine

Meet of the Week: 1993 Winter Cup

1993 was a time of big change in gymnastics. ROV - risk, originality and virtuosity had just been eliminated and the gymnasts had to get used to a different mindset. I found this competition immensely interesting. There were a number of big names, some at the beginning of their career, some towards the end. Nobody really understood this code at the time and the major trends had yet to emerge, and there was also a great battle for 1st.