Finally a relatively full qualification result list for floor:Deng Linlin 14.600Dasha Joura 14.550Claudia Silva and Yasmin Zimmermann 14.300Ksenia Afanasyeva 14.175Kristina Vaculik 13.975Marta Pihan 13.950Jade Barbosa 13.925Lauren Mitchell 13.900Nastassia Marchkouskaya 13.625Suzanne Harmes 13.600Uctas Goksu 13.400Sui Lu 13.275Dorina Boczogo 13.250Sherine El Zeiny 13.075Kristina Goryunova 13.050Some qualification rankings for Beam:Lauren Mitchell 15.700Ksenia Semenova 15.500Deng Linlin 15.450Anna Pavlova 15.400Marta Pihan 15.275Jade Barbosa 15.250Sui Lu 15.125Lichelle Wong 14.825Sanne...
VAULT:Anna Pavlova and Jade Barbosa 14.750N/AAriella Kaeslin 14.587Deng Linlin 14.425Nastassia Marachkouskaya 14.387Daria Joura 14.375Ksenia Afanasyeva 13.887Lais Souza 13.612UNEVEN BARS:Ksenia Semenova 16.075Pang Panpan 15.400Daria Zgoba 15.325Lichelle Wong 14.975Lauren Mitchell - 14.700Sui Lu 14.425Marta Pihan 14.250Kristina Vaculik - 14.025BALANCE BEAM:Deng Linlin 15.825Sui Lu 15.400Anna Pavlova 15.250Ksenia Semenova 14.950Lauren Mitchell 14.500Marta Pihan 14.350Jade Barbosa 13.650Lichelle Wong 13.165FLOOR:Deng Linlin - 14.800Ksenia Afanasyeva - 14.775Daria Joura 14.300Kristina Vaculik...
Juniors:Melissa Metcalf - Desert Devils, Mesa, ArizonaDesi Borgese - Airborne, Los Gatos, CaliforniaKaitlyn Clark - Precision, Rancho Cucamonga, CaliforniaSophina DeJesus, Precision - Temecula, CaliforniaHallie Mossett, All Olympia - L.A., CaliforniaSamantha Shapiro, All Olympia - L.A., CaliforniaMorgan Smith, Brandy Johnson - Clermont, FloridaRandi Lau, What's Up - Honolulu, HawaiiBridget Caquatto, Aerial's - Naperville, IllinoisAlexis Carroll, Hill's - Olney, MarylandKamerin Moore, Geddert's - Bloomfield, MichiganJordyn...
I simply cannot find full results anywhere at the moment but when I do or when Arina gets back from her holiday later today (the joys of having one lovely Russian friend!) you'll all be the first to know. Surely Miss Dasha fell on floor? That's quite low for her. And I feel highly sorry for Sui Lu who really had a bad...
Hello my pets, Keisha reporting in for duty. Apologies for the non-posts - work has been keeping me busy. Oh and I have just discovered the tv show Dexter and I believe I have 2 whole seasons to get through! So much gym news to get through:Starting with the announcement that the Romanian team for the Olympics will be announced at the end...
Dennis brings a touch of Chinese in her music for floor. She's very flexible and strong on this apparatus. Has a gorgeous routine but unfortunately went OOB. 14.250Mitchell: 1 1/2 twists which she stood up.Shona performs really well on the floor. I love this routine for her, it's very classy and she has a beautiful triple turn.Dasha's vault scoring a 15.300 was fantastic...
From Perthnow and can be found here.May 22, 2008 01:15pm WA'S Dasha Joura signalled herself a serious chance of winning Australia's first ever Olympic gymnastics medal at the national championships today. Joura scored the highest on floor in the world this year - taking a huge step towards a third successive national women's title and virtually assuring herself selection for Beijing with her...
22 May, 2008A stunning floor routine by defending champion Daria Joura has the West Australian on track to win a third consecutive all-around title at the Australian Championships and Olympic selection trials at Vodafone Arena in Melbourne.Joura produced a flawless floor routine, including a quadruple pirouette for the first time in competition, to score a personal best total of 15.75, the best score...
I should have mentioned in the last post. My name is Keisha and I will taking over from MissChim just temporarily while she is gathering some first hand info at the Aust Champs.I used to compete and train alongside M.C. (Miss Chim) as I often call her and she is fantastic! Anyways... now that we have established my credentials, well some of anyways,...
Another Blaine Wilson article, just for one Miss Lara K. check it out at this linkChannel 7 here in good old Australia has announced its line-up of commentators for the games - I am still a little perplexed that Daniel Kowalski is one of the commentators for the Triathlon? BUT anyhow the commentators for gymnastics will be Liz Chetkovich -yayyayyayyayyay! and Simon Reeve....
Gym star to coach in Cairns Craig Ross Tuesday, May 20, 2008 TALK about raising the bar in the Cairns gymnastics coaching ranks. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Rebecca Stoyel is lending her expertise to the keen youngsters at Southside Gymnastics Club.The former Australian artistic representative won an individual gold medal on the uneven bars on her way to an overall competition silver medal...
From: http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3384003By Molly KnightGymnast Nastia Liukin has been called many things: Phenom. Prodigy. Wunderkind. Which is why it's so surprising that heading into Beijing, she's being labeled something far different: Underdog.Not everyone is buying it. "She's more special than any other gymnast in the world," says U.S. women's team coordinator Martha Karolyi. The 18-year-old Texan has won two national all-around titles (2005, '06)...
Olivia Vivian's new blog is up. Check it out on this link! She talks about her decision to go to college and the atmosphere over there. She is so down to earth and very honest, I think that's why I like her so much. I especially like her final paragraph:As September comes closer and closer each day, a lot of people ask me...
It's everywhere!THE "R" Word... retirementTwo new articles have surfaced focusing on retirement from elite sports. The first is an opinion piece by Ron Green Sr. for the Charlotte Observer which you can read here. His opinion is centred around golfer Annika Sorenstam and tennis superstar Justine Henin's announcements of retirement from their respective sports and the fact that "when to quit is subjective"....
So Colombia has already chosen the flag bearer for the Olympics - cyclist Maria Luisa Calle who won bronze at the 2004 Athens Olympics. And if you happen to be a subscriber to Summer Games Plus and are a fan of one Mr. Blaine Wilson - then this next bit is just for you: MONDAY, MAY 19 OLYGYM-ONE LAST TIME UNDATED -- Blaine...
I have always wanted to run away and join the circus! But until recently I had absolutely no idea that the National Institute of Circus Arts existed... thanks Britt for starring in this article - oh and her pics make it look like so much fun! Hope you're enjoying it chicken. I am so very jealous!The article available at: http://www.mordiallocchelsealeader.com.au/article/2008/05/19/35298_mcv_news.htmlKate Swan 19May08 CLOWNING...
CHLOE SIMS' RETIREMENT IS OFFICIALYes, another Australian gymnast has retired. Gymnastics Australia released the official media release on Thursday the 15th of May. According to this release, located at this site: One of Australia’s leading gymnasts, the Queenslander suffered a series of injuries over the past twelve months, however had been working hard to regain her fitness and form in a last ditch...
It's almost the end of semester for me at uni and have I ever been busy. However the gymnastics world and the media have essentially been working overtime!Here's a favourite gymnast of mine in this article - Miss Darling Hill. Read it here. You'll be pleasantly surprised.Monique Cowan is not in the running for the Beijing Olympics. She made the Shadow team, and...
rhythmic gymnasticsINDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND QUALIFICATIONDAY ONE ROTATION 1:(ODD NUMBERS START WITH ROPE, EVEN WITH HOOP)Canada -Ukraine 2 - Russia 1-Korea -Spain -Russia 2 -Belarus 2 -Azerbaijan 1 -Ukraine 1 -Bulgaria 1 -Estonia -Azerbaijan 2 -Belarus 1 -Bulgaria 2 -Australia - Naazmi JohnstonChina - Yiming XiaoSouth Africa - Odette RichardKazakhstan -Greece -Cape Verde - Wania MonteiroIsrael 1 -Israel 2 -Austria -Poland -Rotation 2:Even starts with...
Men's Artistic Gymnastics: qualification:Subdivision One: Italy (starts on floor) Spain (starts on pommel horse) USA (starts on rings) Mixed Group 2 (starts on vault)\ Mixed Group 6 (starts on parallel bars) Mixed Group 3 (starts on horizontal bar)Subdivision Two: China Mixed Group 4 Canada Russia Japan FranceSubdivision Three: Belarus Mixed Group 5 Korea Germany Mixed Group 1 RomaniaMIXED GROUPS:Mixed Group One: 1. Luxembourg...
The Olympic Sequence Draws have taken place at the conclusion of the World Cup in Tianjin. So I guess let's look at what we have:QUALIFICATION: Subdivision 1: Romania (start on vault) Mixed Group 4 (starts on bars) China (starts on beam) Mixed Group 3 (starts on floor)Subdivision 2: Great Britain Japan Italy United StatesSubdivision 3: Russia Germany Ukraine AustraliaSubdivision 4: Mixed Group 1...
World Cup starts today and the field largely remains a mystery - like what? I thought the Gymnastics Australia webmasters were behind the ball a lot - however kudos to GA for updating the Senior National Squad profiles, however it would be nice to see Emma Dennis' moved into the senior section and maybe some of the junior squad's uploaded so we can...
