Gymnastics News No.12 Part Deux!

[Karina1974]

Someone like Kristi Phillips who achieved nothing but hype, and never even qualified for a weak medal-less U.S Olympic team

If you are referring to 1988, Phoebe Mills brought home a bronze from the balance beam finals.

[lulu]

The President is not impressed

With the gymnastic team: http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteho...in/photostream

[Karpenko]

Oh my god that photo completes me. (new wallpaper) I just can't.

[HisWeirness]

Oh my god that photo completes me. (new wallpaper) I just can't.

It is my photo of the year. Sums up 2012 perfectly.

[gingercrush]

http://wogymnastike.blogspot.ca/2012...ideo.html#more

How bad are these for the 2001-2004 COP.

[Coco]

10 count is back?

[Karpenko]

For real?? Wtf was the point of devaluing the Amanar if we are going back to the crap Beijing system where you can get a 17 on uneven bars?

[gingercrush]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=-wN1zMhW6-o - This is lovely.

Also Bross looked awesome at the gala in Mexico. of course so did Ponor.

[Rob]

http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher...dDate=20121127

I imagine that McKayla needs more healing time, but does this mean she isn't going back to training any time soon?

[ilovesalchows]

Elizabeth Price won the AA at the Stuttgart cup. Seitz won silver, Steingruber the bronze.

[OnyxRose81]

In MAG news, Phillip Boy retired.

[danafan]

Canadian Olympian Ellie Black training a bunch of new stuff. I can't wait to see what ends up in her routines.

http://youtu.be/h8AWRN2wu4c

[asdf334]

Canadian Olympian Ellie Black training a bunch of new stuff. I can't wait to see what ends up in her routines.

http://youtu.be/h8AWRN2wu4c

That has got to be one of the most piked front pikes I've ever seen. And such a high and easy full. It'll be great if that translates to competition.

[Domshabfan]

Mustafina is the russian female athlete of the year. Male athlete of the year is Ruslan Zakarov, the diver.

[BigB08822]

Has anyone ever done a hop full from a backward giant? I was just thinking about this and can't recall. I imagine men have done it, what about women?

[Erin]

Has anyone ever done a hop full from a backward giant? I was just thinking about this and can't recall. I imagine men have done it, what about women?

Do you mean from a front giant? Lots of people have done it from a back giant (Miller, Podkopayeva, Ray, Kupets come to mind immediately), but I can't think of anyone who has done one from a front giant. I'm wondering if the confusion is because the "normal" giants that you see most commonly are actually back giants.

[danafan]

I'm pretty sure that Russia's Nikolai Kryukov did a front giant hop-full, circa 1996 or 1997, but I can't find a video of it online.

[BigB08822]

I always thought "normal" giants are front giants because you are swinging forward while doing them. lol Oops. Maybe I am confusing them with forward giants? So many skills in gymnastics go by so many different names.

[Karpenko]

I think the skill danafan is referring to is the forward giants because your body is flipping forward over the bar, like during a gaylord. There are so many grip names for them too I'd rather just call them midgets. We can have giants and midgets right?

[vesperholly]

I always thought "normal" giants are front giants because you are swinging forward while doing them. lol Oops. Maybe I am confusing them with forward giants? So many skills in gymnastics go by so many different names.

"Normal" giants are backward giants. If they're to swing into a somersault off the bars from a giant, which direction would they flip? A backward giant releases directly into a back flip, even though your body is going forward on the swing. A forward giant would release into a forward flip. Basically, it's reversed because the gymnast is on their hands, not their feet.

A forward giant is always in reverse/eagle grip, and blind because you're not facing the direction of travel. Forward giant into a hop full sounds HARD!