A Gymnastics Blog
Archive for February, 2010
Little Links 27/2/2010
Feb 27th
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
Decision made on Chinese gymnasts
Feb 27th
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 for the Olympic Games in Sydney (AUS) in 2000, putting an end to the proceedings.
You can read the full statement here.
What are your thoughts on the ruling?
Decision expected regarding Chinese age controversy
Feb 26th
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.
Little Links 25/2/2010
Feb 25th
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?
Music Choice
Feb 24th
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 to Linkin Park. My personal favourites, however, were the Estonian duo skating to Nothing Else Matters by Metallica, and the Hungarians who brought a hip-hop medley to the Olympics.
You can read more from Ollie’s blog here. Thanks for an interesting insight!
Nastia VS the Media
Feb 23rd
It seems that Nastia Liukin isn’t too impressed with the media attention she is currently receiving.
