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Remember This? Jiang Yuyuan’s Amanar
Huang Qiushuang has made quite the internet splash since a video of her new Amanar was unveiled online this week: This undoubtedly helps China TREMENDOUSLY. Most fans and experts have been considering China the likely 4th place team in London, primarily due to their lack of Amanars on vault and rather unimpressive performances from multiple Olympic ...
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Tagged 2012 olympics, amanar, andrew thornton, andy thornton blog, Andy's Angle, huang qiushuang, Jiang Yuyuan, yao jinnan
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A Week Later…Did The U.S. Selection Committees Get It Right?
It’s now been just over a week since our five-member U.S. Olympic teams were finally named at the Trials in San Jose. I’m playing a bit of catch up this week and wanted to post my thoughts on the teams that ended up being selected. I think the Men’s Selection Committee was spot on. The five ...
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Tagged Alex Naddour, alicia sacramone, Aly Raisman, andrew thornton, andy thornton blog, Andy's Angle, anna li, Chris Brooks, Danell Leyva, elizabeth price, gabby douglas, Jake Dalton, john orozco, Jonathan Horton, jordyn wieber, Kyla Ross, mckayla maroney, sam mikulak, sarah finnegan, steve legendre
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London StockWatch Update…Major Moves On Men’s Day 1!
I’ve already got plenty to update on my London StockWatch after last night’s incredible men’s competition. Here’s my most up-to-date rank list of the men’s Olympic contenders: Men 1. Danell Leyva 2. John Orozco 3. Jonathan Horton ...
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Tagged Alex Naddour, andrew thornton, andy thornton blog, Andy's Angle, Brandon Wynn, Chris Brooks, cj maestas, Danell Leyva, david sender, eddie penev, glen ishino, Jake Dalton, john orozco, Jonathan Horton, london stockwatch, Paul Ruggeri, sam mikulak, steve legendre
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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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Tagged 2012 european gymnastics championships, Aliya Mustafina, anastasia grishina, anastasia sidorova, andrew thornton, andy thornton blog, Andy's Angle, beth tweddle, catalina ponor, diana bulimar, elisabeth seitz, jordyn wieber, larisa iordache, maria paseka, oksana chusovitina, sandra izbasa, viktoria komova, youna dufournet
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Olympic Flashback…Catalina Ponor Secures Gold For Romania
Catalina Ponor Floor 2004 Olympics Team Finals It was one of the most decisive team victories in recent gymnastics history. Romania, the reigning Olympic champions who had been beaten by the USA at the 2003 world championships and were not necessarily favored for gold in Athens, peaked together beautifully for the Olympic team finals and delivered ...
Russia’s “Ten Little Indians”
With the Games in London set to begin in less than seven months, the Olympic selection season is essentially here for all participating countries in London - the final four of which will be determined at the Olympic Test Event in just a couple of days. Russia has already solidified Olympic team berths on both the ...
Two phenomenal training videos…Mai Murakami and Danell Leyva!
The best I’ve ever seen him do: Danell Leyva P-Bars Training WOW. This is in preparation for the upcoming World Stars meet in Moscow, which will be next weekend. I’ve just recently started seeing him truly finishing that peach diamidov without having to take a little step with his hand…almost like he figured something out there. This is ...
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 in Berlin: Mustafina’s floor was incredible – essentially stuck every single pass (just a tiny hop on the double Arabian). She didn’t throw the 3 ½ ...
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Tagged 2011 european gymnastics championships, Aliya Mustafina, ana porgras, andrew thornton, andy thornton, andy thornton blog, Andy's Angle, beth tweddle, carlotta ferlito, oksana chusovitina, sandra izbasa, tatiana nabieva, vanessa ferrari
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Full Turn with Stag Leg on Balance Beam
The gymnasts’ goal while performing the full turn with the front leg in a stag position is to complete the skill with the leg still in a horizontal line. The gymnast should also bring it down with control instead of dropping the leg down too early during the turn. The stag leg must be turned out.
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Tagged Full, Gymnastics on Demand, Leg, Stag, Turn
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Analysis…Women’s Prelims
A closer look at how the top three women’s teams might fare in a 3-up-3-count format.
