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Sports MD on The Role of Balance in Sports
Blog of Sport on how Gymnastics Equipment Creates Balance
Barefoot Running Biomechanics Expert Casey Kerrigan, Hopes to Develop a “Naturally Compliant” Shoe

Tweet FIG have released an update on their website regarding Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun. In the case of Dong Fangxiao, the Executive Committee constituted that there was a violation to the FIG Statutes and Regulations.  The Executive Committee decided that in the case of Yang Yun the concrete and objective evidence available is insufficient to prove that the birth date indicated on the official documents was falsified.

The FIG Executive Committee has ruled in the case involving two Chinese gymnasts suspected of having falsified their dates of birth …

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In December, FIG released a statement regarding the two Chinese gymnasts who were suspected of having violated minimum age requirements for participation in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Today, February 26th is the date that FIG had set for a decision to be brought at the next Executive Committee meeting,  in Lausanne.  Hopefully we’ll hear something soon.
Blythe has written an extensive post, full of information if you wish to refresh your memory or are unaware of the controversy.

Tweet Char wrote a nice piece on Aerial Skiier Ashley Caldwell
Your chair is your enemy -  a piece from The New York Times
Aileen Gallagher of NY Magazine on Why figure skating is so much better than gymnastics
Blythe has a response to Aileen Gallagher’s article from a gymnastics point of view
Ross Tucker on The mental edge or physiology – what separates champions from contenders?

Tweet A few months ago, I posted about music choice in gymnastics. Ollie Williams, a Sports journalist for the BBC is currently in Vancouver covering the 2010 Winter Olympics.  Today he posted a new blog post about music choice for figure skaters.

Choices of music in figure skating are becoming increasingly varied and unlikely, as witnessed on Monday at the final night of the ice dance inside Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum.
The musical accompaniments chosen by the 23 pairs battling for gold ranged from Edith Piaf to Schindler’s List, and from Myleene Klass …

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It seems that Nastia Liukin isn’t too impressed with the media attention she is currently receiving.

Tweet Shawn Johnson has suffered an ACL tear and under went surgery last week - I wish her a successful & speedy recovery
Well done to Chris O’Connor of Ireland

Tweet My girls competed excellently at the competition last weekend. Their individual scores were so consistent that we came away with the team gold. I’m so delighted for them. As I  said in my previous post, the girls really deserved medals for all of the hard work and effort they have put in over the last few weeks. They’ve really pushed themselves and it’s paid off. I know they have it in them to reach their full potential for the competition finals in a few weeks time.  I’m one very proud …

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This is just a quick little post to update you on how things are going in my gym. We’re smack – bang in the middle of competition season at the moment, so everyone is busy in the gym from coaches to gymnasts to parents and to the admin! My girls are competing in a level which has set moves based mainly on strength and flexibility. They’re all brilliant little girls who each deserve a medal so much. I’ve put a lot of work in with them over the last …

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New Shawn Johnson leotards for spring – opinions?
Sports MD has an article on ”Healing after a Traumatic Event”
Blythe is running a poll – Which US gymnast do you want added to the American Cup line up?
The TV Chick has a review of the latest episode of Make It Or Break It – what do you think?

Tweet As mentioned in a previous post Dublin has been chosen as the European Capital of Sport for 2010. Keep an eye on what’s going on sports wise in Dublin over the coming months at Dublin City of Sport
Cirque Du Soleil will be coming to Dublin again this summer. They bring the show Saltimbango. You can buy tickets here on Ticketmaster. Tickets for the O2 show are €69.70 excluding booking fee.
US schools are rethinking the importance of Physical Education
What you eat after you exercise matters via Science Daily
Finally, a lovely …

Tweet Yet again, another great video from Gymstarts Community -  “The Gymnastics Minute”. Kellie Mizoguchi discusses hand positioning for back flips on the beam. It’s something my gymnasts find difficult to grasp, so this is useful video for me! If you haven’t subscribed to The Gymnastic Minute on YouTube, I really suggest you do!

Tweet With 895 days to go until the London 2010 Olympics, a decision has been made to hold the rhythmic gymnastics competition in Wembley Arena, BBC Sport have an update on the decision.
International Olympic Committee website is great! They have a great list of the calender of events in Artistic Gymnastics and also a fantastic database that you can search for all of the medal winners, over all of the sporting categories since 1896!
Following on from my Coping with injuries post, here is a post I came across about Refusing to break: General Gymnasts …

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With the Winter Olympics fast approaching wired.com have compiled a list of all of the American Olympians who are on Twitter. It’s great, over a third of the American team for the Olympics have Twitter accounts! Check it out here

Tweet Irish Gymnastics maintains funding levels for the ‘National Governing Body (NGB) Core Grant’ allocation for 2010 receiving an allocation of €169,545, the same as in 2009. Read more here
British Gymnastics have launched BGTV. Check out videos of their gymnasts. What a great idea!
Gymnastics Article: Mental Blocks, Visualisation, Performance
FIG launches a database to purchase photos online. It features photos from the 2009 FIG World Championships in Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics, the 1st Gym for Life Challenge and the 8th World Games exclusively.
 Download the 2nd edition of the Science of Gymnastics …