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Author Archives: Andy Thornton
Best Bars Final Of the Quadrennium? A Look At The Eight European Finalists
Who would have thought that the best bars final of the quadrennium thus far would NOT include Beth Tweddle, Aliya Mustafina, a single Chinese gymnast, or a single American? Probably no one. This was definitely the best bars final we’ve seen in a long time – and I would say the best since the historic Olympic bars ...
Surprise, Surprise…Chellsie Memmel Training Video!
Below is a link to an article from the Journal Sentinel online, out of Milwaukee. In it is a video of Chellsie Memmel training most of her beam routine during a workout: Article and Video of Chellsie Memmel Training Beam Could Chellsie be fooling us all again? She’s had two shoulder surgeries since we last saw her compete ...
Romania Wins It…Random Thoughts on the Womens European Team Final
What a thrilling finish to the competition. Romania continues to look incredible. After beating Russia two days in a row, they’ll now have to be considered a threat for at least a silver medal in London. Could gold even be possible? Not yet, but we can certainly envision how it might become possible…if Iordache adds ...
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Are These The Five Chinese Women’s Olympic Team Members? A Wrap-Up of This Weekend’s Chinese Nationals
The American women’s team isn’t the only gymnastics powerhouse with five out of six returning Olympic veterans trying to make a run for London. Like the American squad that it battled with for gold in Beijing four years ago, the Chinese team also has five returning members from its historic gold medal winning squad from ...
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Tagged 2012 chinese national championships, 2012 chinese nationals, andrew thornton, andy thornton blog, Andy's Angle, cheng fei, Deng Linlin, He Kexin, huang huidan, huang qiushuang, Jiang Yuyuan, shang chunsong, Sui Lu, tan sixin, wu liufang, Yang Yilin, yao jinnan
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Sacramone Back In It? Footage From National Team Training Camp!
Alicia Sacramone Vault April National Team Training Camp WOW!!! I’m not sure if I’m more shocked that USA Gymnastics is posting videos from a national team training camp or that Alicia Sacramone is vaulting her handspring layout rudi as well as she’s ever done – with still nearly two months to go before the Olympic team is ...
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London StockWatch Heating Up: Women’s Side
Women 1. Jordyn Wieber 2. Gabrielle Douglas 3. Aly Raisman 4. Kyla Ross 5. McKayla Maroney ...
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London StockWatch Heating Up: Men’s Side
It’s definitely time to put another StockWatch update out there, as a whole lot has happened since my last rank lists in March. Since that time, we’ve seen the retirement of Paul Hamm, the international return of David Sender, the completion of the Pacific Rim Championships, City of Jesolo Meet, and NCAA Championships, and the ...
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More Romanian Greatness…And New Stuff From Ponor
2012 Romania vs. Germany vs. Great Britain in Ulm, Germany: Larisa Iordache Floor 5.9, 14.55 Larisa Iordache Beam 6.8, 15.3 Larisa Iordache Bars 6.2, 14.85 Larisa Iordache Vault 5.8, 15.05 Catalina Ponor Floor 6.2, 14.9 Catalina Ponor Beam 6.4, 15.1 Diana Bulimar Floor 5.8, 14.45 Diana Bulimar Beam 6.0, 14.55 Diana Bulimar Bars 5.7, 13.95 Raluca Haidu Bars 5.5, 13.95 Diana Chelaru Floor 5.9, 14.4 Interesting that Larisa Iordache chose ...
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Did You Miss These? Zonderland and Other Select Men’s Routines
This spring has been a gymnastics whirlwind! So exciting to see so many international competitions taking place, and all of the world’s top gymnasts gearing up for the fight to make their respective Olympic teams. Catching up on just a few recent highlight routines on the men’s side: Epke Zonderland High Bar 2012 Cottbus World Cup 7.5, 15.725 Flavius ...
