Buscaglia Tops Thrilling High Bar Final
Just a few highlight high bar routines from the Men’s NCAA Championships. I can’t say I love seeing so many “Yamawakis” (laid-out hecht vault with a half turn), when nearly [...]
A Star Returns…Catalina Ponor
Somewhere amidst this competition-filled spring season that has included the American Cup, the European Championships, the Glasgow World Cup, and the NCAA Championships, you may or may not have caught [...]
Men’s Floor Routines From Berlin
Flavius Koczi Floor 2011 European Championships Finals The men’s floor champion with a 15.5…well deserved! His twisting skills are almost like illusions at times – his 2 ½ looks like [...]
Commentary on Women’s Euros AA Finals!
Well first I’ll state the obvious…Mustafina’s injury is incredibly disappointing. What a tremendous loss to the gymnastics world if this turns out to be something serious, like an ACL tear. [...]
Day 1 at Women’s Euros…Random Thoughts!
I haven't seen all the videos from the competition, but I've seen quite a few. Here are some of my random observations based on videos and results from Day 1 [...]
Five Major Themes From the 2011 American Cup
The All-Around Lives On. I feel like this year’s American Cup ended up being a big step in the right direction for not only this competition, but for gymnastics in [...]
Men’s American Cup Wide Open
When two-time world all-around champion Kohei Uchimura dropped out of this weekend’s American Cup in Jacksonville due to an ongoing shoulder injury, the fight for second place suddenly became a [...]
American Cup Preview – Women
Aliya Mustafina might need to bring her “A-game” to Jacksonville after all. The newly crowned world champion was absolutely invincible less than five months ago at her first worlds outing [...]
Great American Cup Moments…Los Angeles Foreshadowed
1984 American Cup Highlights Thanks again to USA Gymnastics for posting these highlight videos! Here’s a look at the all-around results from that competition: Men 1. Peter Vidmar 59.2 [...]
Great American Cup Moments…The REAL First Perfect Ten?
In honor of this weekend’s American Cup in Jacksonville, Florida, I’ll be doing a few posts this week on “Great American Cup” Moments. It turns out that two years ago [...]
Best American Cup Ever?
I’ll definitely be in an “American Cup” mood this week, as I’m very excited to be heading down to Jacksonville to see the meet live next weekend. The American Cup [...]
Brand New Mai Murakami…You Won’t Believe This Routine!
Mai Murakami Floor 2011 Japanese Nationals This 2009 gem dropped slightly off the radar in 2010, but it appears she is back to her extraordinary self! What an unbelievable routine, [...]