Gymmin' Miel!

The first day of the All Around World Cup Series Final for 2012-2013 is underway in Tokyo, Japan. Women will contest the Vault and Uneven Bars with the Men competing on Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse and Still Rings. United States of America gymnast Danell Leyva will not be competing due to a pain in his left shoulder which got worse during the two days of podium training. After Day One, Peyton Ernst of the USA leads Japan's Asuka Teramoto and Canadian Elsabeth Black. And for the Men, Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev leads over Japan's Ryohei Kato and Daniel Purvis of Great Britain. 

Asuka Teramoto won the final event of the 2012-2013 All Around World Cup series. American Peyton Ernst finished in second with Canadian Elsabeth Black in third. Ernst top scored on the Floor Exercise, whilst China's SHANG Chunsong earned the high mark on the Balance Beam. Kazuhito Tanaka withdrew from the second day of competition due to an injury to his left foot that was caused on the dismount from the Still Rings on the first day of competition. The Men's top three remained unchanged from the first day. Verniaiev scored the top mark on the Vault, with Ryohei Kato earning the top score on the Parallel Bars and tying for the top mark with Spain's Fabian Gonzalez on the Horizontal Bar. 

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Elisa Meneghini (Italy) is one of two first-year Seniors scheduled to compete (Image courtesy of Thomas Schreyer from ffgym.com at the 2012 Junior Euros)



 

The final event on the 2012-2013 All Around World Cup Series calendar is set to take place from the 6th to the 7th of April in Tokyo, Japan. The competition will be held at the Metropolitan Komazawa Olympic Park General Sports Ground and it is expected to be a fantastic competition! The competition takes place over two days, with the first day featured Men's Floor, Pommel Horse and Still Rings with the Women competing on the Vault and Uneven Bars. The second day sees the Men competing on the Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar with the Women contesting the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise. I am looking forward to seeing how first-year Seniors, Italy's Elisa Meneghini and Charlie Fellows of Great Britain go. Peyton Ernst has been added to the Women's roster. . Check out below for the results of the Drawing of Lots and also the World Ranking for the All Around World Cup Series as it stands with the final two competitions (American Cup and Tokyo) to go.

 

DRAWING OF LOTS:

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CURRENT STANDINGS (WITH 2 EVENTS TO GO):

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I am so excited to see how things play out at today's American Cup! Competition is set to get underway at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts very soon and I cannot even pick a gymnast who I feel has the edge... I am hoping for an exciting and close tussle! Competition is set to get started very shortly, and we'll be starting with just the Men for the first two rotations, with the Women starting on Vault in the third rotation. Poor Danell, balked on a tumbling pass, think he is sick. And after one rotation, Jake Dalton leads over Kristian Thomas and Hiroki Ishikawa. Huge commendations for Danell.... competing whilst ill and not scratching.... that's super determination. After two events, Thomas leads over Ishikawa and Oleg Verniaiev. Jacob Dalton top scored on the Floor Exercise, Still Rings (tied with Marcel Nguyen), Vault and Horizontal Bar to win the 2013 American Cup title. Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev and German Marcel Nguyen finished second and third in the All Around respectively. Verniaiev had the high score on the Pommel Horse, with Nguyen tops on the Parallel Bars.

And yay!!! Enter the Women! Simone Biles of the United States had the highest score of the day for her Amanar on Vault and also high scored on the Uneven Bars, in order to take the lead at the halfway point. She suffered a fall on the Balance Beam and was unable to come back to take the lead. Katelyn Ohashi wowed the crowd with her high scoring Beam routine and had a solid showing on the Floor Exercise to take out the 2013 American Cup title over Biles and Canadian Victoria Moors. Moors also scored the top mark on the Floor Exercise.
 

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U.S. Gymnast Kyla Ross has withdrawn from this weekend's American Cup due to a bruised heel, this has opened the door to two new faces to compete. Congratulations to the exciting duo of Simone Biles (Bannon's Gymnastix) and Katelyn Ohashi (WOGA Gymnastics) who will be making their Senior debuts at the competition in Worcester, Massachusetts. Ross still may compete an exhibition performance on the Balance Beam, but that is still to be confirmed. Maegan Chant of Canada also joins the line up as a replacement for Koko Tsuruni of Japan who has also withdrawn due to injury.

 

This means the final draws are:

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