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More video of Cata’s new mount

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apparently Emma Otsu has made the Japanese national team and will be moving from California to Japan to train

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Ninaaaaa

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Russian Juniors for 2017

Because I don’t have the time or energy to make an in-depth junior post this year, I figured I would just list the top ones with links to their most recent routines. They’re ranked roughly according to AA scoring ability. 

I’ve only include the girls who, IMO, have a shot at international assignments this year.

If you have questions about any of them (or if I screwed up any video links), just let me know!

2018 Seniors Angelina Simakova - VT1, VT2, UB, BB, FX Alexandra Shekoldina - VT, UB, BB, FX + training Viktoria Panchuk - UB, BB, FX Valeria Saifulina - UB, BB, FX Varvara Zubova - VT, UB, BB, FX Viktoria Gorbatova - VT, UB, BB, FX Ksenia Pekelman - UB, BB, FX Taisia Borozdyko - UB training, BB, FX Anna Subbotina - UB, BB, FX

2019 Seniors Ksenia Klimenko - VT, UB, BB, FX Anastasia Agafonova - UB, BB, FX [old] Daria Belousova - VT, UB, BB, FX

2020 Seniors Elena Gerasimova - VT, UB, BB, FX Olga Astafyeva - VT, UB, BB [old] + training, FX  Arina Strukova - UB, BB [old], FX Irina Komnova - UB, BB, FX Yana Vorona - VT, UB, BB, FX

Other Videos 2017/2018 Seniors 2019/2020 Seniors 2021/2022 Seniors

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Norah and V surprised Chow for his birthday 😀

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Keen for NCAA to start this weekend!!

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LET’S GET IS STARTED IN HERE! JANUARY 6TH NCAA MEETS

7:00 ET/4:00 PT – Texas Woman’s, Utah State @ Arizona | Video (pac-12)

7:00 ET/4:00 PT – Kentucky @ Eastern Michigan | Live Scores | Video (ESPN3)

7:00 ET/4:00 PT – Georgia @ LSU | Live Scores | Video (ESPN)

7:00 ET/4:00 PT – UIC @ Michigan State | Video (BTN)

7:30 ET/4:30 PT – Arizona State @ Iowa State (Beauty and the Beast) | Live Scores | Video

7:45 ET/4:45 PT – Alabama @ Oklahoma | Live Scores | Video

8:00 ET/5:00 PT – Oregon State @ Auburn

8:00 ET/5:00 PT – Ball State, Illinois-Champaign @ Missouri | Live Scores | Video (ESPN)

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Happy 16th birthday Oly!!

May you have the best possible senior debut, stay in one piece, learn how to dismount from the uneven bars and of course keep your lovely beam mount

x

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In which I attempt to make an informative powerpoint about the MAG events, enjoy!

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Some nice combo passes for Maddie and Kyla. You can see their full routines here (x) Not bad for first freshmen so I’m still excited to see them.

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Lilia Akhaimova | Russian Cup 2016

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but I don’t wanna learn all new d-scores for vaults

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Kim Bui’s Bhardwaj at the Swiss Cup'16.

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Did gabby said whether or not she'll return for Tokyo ? I looked and I haven't seen anything so I'm wondering if I missed anything and if you knew. Do you think that she'll return again ?

Here’s an ESPN article from a few days ago (x)

Right at the end:What do you mean, “retirement?” When people use that word, I pretty much laugh and say, “Come on! Tokyo 2020!” Dominique Dawes, my role model, went to three Olympics. She’s my inspiration. Right now, we just finished the tour and everyone is looking forward to some time off. My vacation to Tahiti is the next thing on my list. One step at a time!

Personally, I think she still has physical potential to continue. The question is: does she really want to do it? I can see how the results of Rio might leave her with a feeling of unfinished business. If so, I hope she can find more stable and positive training environment since I think her falling out with Kittia Carpenter was at a lousy time. The excessive criticism from social media (further perpetuated by mainstream media) also didn’t help, so I hope she’ll be spared some of that if she plans to return for Tokyo. If not, I hope she’ll have some effective ways of not letting it get to her. 

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Anda Butuc || July 2016

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Kim Janas is hurt again :( She felt pain in her knee when she landed her UB dismount. Actual injury yet to be determined.

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Eurovision and gymnastics (Part 1)

I’ve always loved the Eurovision Song Contest (even though I dislike 90% of the songs…) and I’m always happy when I hear a song from it being used in gymnastics.  I’ve decided to compile a list of some of the “ESC” routines that I could think of.

Eurovision is more popular with RG gymnasts but several songs have found their way to AG. The most famous one is probably Wild Dances by Ruslana (who won the contest in 2004) used by Jordyn Wieber in 2011/2012.

Wild Dances by Ruslana (Ukraine 2004 - Winner)

Jordyn Wieber (USA) 2011/2012

My Number One by Helena Paparizou (Greece 2005 - Winner) 

Sam Peszek (USA) 2007

Fairytale by Alexander Rybak (Norway 2009 - Winner)

Kim Janas (Germany) 2011

Satellite by Lena (Germany 2010 - Winner) 

Lara Omahen (Slovenia) 2015/2016

Euphoria by Loreen (Sweden 2012 - Winner)

Bulgaria Balls/Ribbons 2013