Gymmin' Miel!

The 4th edition of the Abierto Mexicana de Gimnasia will take place from the 4th to the 6th of December at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. I am really excited about the twenty Gymnasts who are competing. The competition is split over the two days (5th and 6th) with the competition of both days beginning at 7.00pm (Local Time in Acapulco). This also marks the first International competition back for Australian Emily Little. 

After the first day of competition at the third Abierto Mexicano de Gimnasia at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Mexico, Peyton Ernst of the United States of America and Colombian Jossimar Calvo Orlando Moreno lead the Women's and Men's All Around standings respectively. Full results are still unknown but here is what I have been able to find so far. Thanks to http://caracteres.mx/definen-preliminares-del-abierto-mexicano-de-gimnasia/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter for the Women's rankings 8-11.

Spain's Roxana Popa Nedelcu had a fantastic second day of competition to take out the Women's title. Maggie Nichols and Peyton Ernst, both of the United States of America finished second and third respectively. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno maintained his lead to win the Men's title, with Russia's Nikita Ignatyev finishing in second and Japan's Koji Uematsu in third. Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan and Koji Uematsu of Japan won the Pairs Competition over Karla Amaranta Torres Nunez of Mexico and Calvo Moreno. Ernst and Ruben Lopez finished in third.

Missing results for Ernst (BB/FX), Angelina Kysla (BB, FX), Ruben Lopez (VT, HB) and Joshua Stuart (VT, PB, HB). Will update when these results are known.

WOMEN'S ALL AROUND:

MEN'S ALL AROUND:

1. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) (14.950, 14.950, 14.750, 14.600, 15.550, ) 90.500
2. Nikita Ignatyev (RUS) (14.900, 14.550, 14.900, 14.350, 14.750, 14.500) 87.950
3. Koji Uematsu (JPN) (14.700, 13.550, 14.200, 14.450, 14.950, 15.200) 87.050
4. ZHANG Yang (CHN) (13.450, 14.250, 14.900, 13.950, 15.000, 14.750) 86.300
5. Joshua Dixon (USA) (14.950, 13.900, 14.050, 13.650, 14.100, 14.600) 85.250
6. Ruben Lopez (ESP) (14.350, 13.450, 14.050, , 14.700, ) 84.350
7. Vlad Bogdan Cotuna (ROU) (13.300, 12.200, 14.400, 15.000, 14.800, 14.600) 84.300
8. Francisco Carlos Barretto Junior (BRA) (12.950, 12.800, 14.250, 13.800, 14.450, 15.000); Yevgen Yudenkov (UKR) (13.500, 14.100, 14.750, 14.550, 12.650, 13.700) 83.250
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10. Ludovico Edalli (ITA) (13.200, 12.650, 13.600, 13.150, 14.500, 14.800) 81.900
11. Joshua Stuart (CAN) (14.000, 13.150, 12.900, , , ) 79.400
12. Kevin Cerda Gastelum (MEX) (13.850, 13.150, 11.700, 13.550, 11.600, 14.000) 77.850

1. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)/Koji Uematsu (JPN) 142.850
2. Karla Amaranta Torres Nunez (MEX)/Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 141.900
3. Peyton Ernst (USA)/Ruben Lopez (ESP) 141.500
4. Roxana Popa Nedelcu (ESP)/Yevgen Yudenkov (UKR) 140.600
5. Maggie Nichols (USA)/Francisco Carlos Barretto Junior (BRA) 140.550
6. Francesca Deagostini (ITA)/ZHANG Yang (CHN) 139.000
7. Mariana Valentin (BRA)/Nikita Ignatyev (RUS) 138.650
8. Francesca Deagostini (ITA)/Joshua Dixon (USA) 137.950
9. ZENG Siqi (CHN)/Vlad Bogdan Cotuna (ROU) 135.050
10. Angelina Kysla (UKR)/Joshua Stuart (CAN) 133.100
11. Evgeniya Shelgunova (RUS)/Kevin Cerda Gastelum (MEX) 132.600
12. Sabrina Gill (CAN)/Ludovico Edalli (ITA) 132.100

The 3rd Abierto Mexicano de Gimnasia is set to take place from the 28th to the 30th of November at The Fairmont Acapulco Princess. This competition sees both Men and Women's Artistic Gymnastics compete in an All Around competition which is held over the course of two days. Additional prizes are awarded to Mixed Teams (made up of one MAG and one WAG gymnast) with the teams being announced at the press conference which is set to be held on the 27th of November. Gymnasts from the United States of America, China, Romania, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Italy, Colombia, Spain, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Canada are set to compete.

Ana Estefania Lago Serna of Mexico will only be competing on the Uneven Bars unfortunately due to injury. So it's Brenna Dowell of the United States and Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine in the lead after one rotation. It's a Pommel Horse rotation full of falls! Good on Ana for getting out there and performing her Uneven Bars routine minus her dismount. Hope you are okay and sending wishes of a speedy recovery her way. And after the first day, it is Dowell over Yessenia Estrada Martinez (MEX) and Georgia Rose Brown of Australia in third. And for the Men, it's Oleg Verniaiev over Russian David Belyavskiy and Daniel Purvis of Great Britain.

Day Two is set to get underway soon! 

Brenna Dowell wins the Women's AA Title over Yessenia Estrada Martinez of Mexico and Anna Dementyeva of Russia! And for the Men, it is Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine over David Belyavskiy (RUS) and Sergio Sasaki Junior of Brazil.

The official draw for the pairs at the 2nd Abierto Mexicana de Gimnasia has been completed. The competition which is set to get underway RIGHT NOW! (11th of October, Acapulco local time) with the 1st Copa Juvenil de Gimnasia, gets exciting on the 12th with the first of the two days the All Around competition. Colombian Jessica Gil Ortiz is the lucky gymnast who gets to be paired with 2 different MAG Competitors. 

PAIRS:

The 2nd edition of the Abierto Mexicana de Gimnasia will be taking place from the 9th to the 14th of October in Acapulco, Mexico. The competition is being held at The Fairmont Acapulco Princess (in the Exhibition Center 'Diamante') and is an All Around competition being held over two days, plus an additional prize for the winning Mixed Team (One MAG Gymnast and One WAG Gymnast) will be awarded with the Teams to be drawn at a Press Conference on the 10th of October. Also being held for the first time, is the inaugural Copa Juvenil Gimnasia. The initial roster was trickled out as of the 11th of September with the major roster being published on the 15th of September. Since then there have been a couple of changes: The US is no longer sending Kennedy Baker, with exciting Men's up-and-comer Donnell Whittenburg to be making the trip instead. Mexico has added Axel German Elias Jimenez to their participants, with Ukraine sending Oleg Verniaiev and Poland's Marta Pihan-Kulesza has also added to the participants. And now 27/09/2012 Canadian Anderson Loran has been added to the roster. Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina of Mexico added as at 30/09/2012

PARTICIPANTS:
WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTS:

• Brenna Dowell (USA)
• Georgia Rose Brown (AUS) 
• Jessica Gil Ortiz (COL)
• Anna Dementyeva (RUS)
• Ana Estefania Lago Serna (MEX)
• Yessenia Estrada Martinez (MEX)
• Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina (MEX)
• Chiara Gandolfi (ITA)
• Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL)

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Donnell Whittenburg (USA)
• Sergio Sasaki Junior (BRA)
• Daniel Purvis (GBR)
• Anderson Loran (CAN)
• Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez (COL)
• David Belyavskiy (RUS) 
• Luis Alberto Sosa Abarca (MEX)
• Axel German Elias Jimenez (MEX)
• Mattia Tamiazzo (ITA)
• Oleg Verniaiev (UKR)

SCHEDULE:

TUESDAY, 9TH OCTOBER:

WEDNESDAY, 10TH OCTOBER:

• 10.00 - 13.00: Training
• 16.00 - 18.30: Training
• 19.00 - 20.00: Press Conference

• 10.00 - 13.00: Training
• 16.00 - 19.00: Training
• 19.00 - 21.30: I Copa Juvenil de Gimnasia (AA)

• 19.00 - 19.15: Opening Ceremony
• 19.15 - 21.00: First Part AA Competition (MAG: FX, PH, SR/WAG: VT, UB)

• 18.00 - 20.00: Second Part AA Competition (MAG: VT, PB, HB/WAG: BB, FX)
• 20.15 - 21.00: Gymnastics Gala - Closing Ceremony
• 21.00 - 21.30: Awards Ceremony (AA and Mixed Team)

• All Day: Departure of Delegations

MEN'S VAULT: (Missing scores for Masahiro Yoshida, Rafael Martinez and Sergey Khorokhordin)

1. Daniel Corral Barron (MEX) 15.400
2. Danell Leyva (USA) 15.300
3. Santiago Lopez (MEX); Daniel Purvis (GBR) 15.250
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5. Jorge Hugo Giraldo (COL) 15.150
6. Marius Daniel Berbecar (ROU) 14.800

1. Daniel Corral Barron (MEX) 15.150
2. Daniel Purvis (GBR) 14.700
3. Masahiro Yoshida (JPN) 14.450
4. Rafael Martinez (ESP) 14.150

MEN'S HORIZONTAL BAR: (Missing scores for Danell Leyva, Marius Daniel Berbecar)

1. Rafael Martinez (ESP) 15.000
2. Daniel Purvis (GBR) 14.500
3. Sergey Khorokhordin (RUS) 14.450
4. Daniel Corral Barron (MEX) 14.150
5. Santiago Lopez (MEX) 14.000
6. Masahiro Yoshida (JPN) 13.850
7. Jorge Hugo Giraldo (COL) 13.200

The drawing of Pairs for the Couple component of the All Around competition at the Abierto de Gimnasia took place yesterday. The draw was attended by Estela de la Torre who is the General Manager of Abierto, alonf with special guests, Mexican Rhythmic Gymnastics superstar Cynthia Valdez Perez and the great Nadia Comaneci. With the withdrawals of TAN Sixin of China, and Mexico's own Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina, the number of Female gymnasts came down to seven, with there being nine Male competitors - this means that as a result of the pairing, both Australian gymnast Emily Little and Colombian gymnast Catalina Elena Escobar will partner two gymnasts each. 

PAIRS:

SATURDAY, 10TH DECEMBER:

• Women's Balance Beam
• Women's Floor Exercise
• Men's Vault
• Men's Parallel Bars
• Men's Horizontal Bar

WOMEN:

KSENIA AFANASYEVA (RUSSIA) Image from Getty Images.

EMILY LITTLE (AUSTRALIA) Image from Getty Images.

CATALINA ELENA ESCOBAR (COLOMBIA) Image from Yahoo.

TAN SIXIN (CHINA) Image by Thomas Schreyer from the French Gymnastics Federation website.

MAI YAMAGISHI (JAPAN) Image from the 2010 Asian Games courtesy of Zimbio and Getty Images

YESSENIA ESTRADA MARTINEZ (MEXICO) Image from Getty Images.

ALEXA CITLALI MORENO MEDINA (MEXICO) Image from TELEVISDEPORTES.

MIKAELA DAWN GERBER (CANADA) Image from Yahoo.

CHRISTINE LEE (CANADA) Image from Getty Images, sourced from Zimbio.

MEN:

SERGEY KHOROKHORDIN (RUSSIA) Image from Getty Images.

DANIEL PURVIS (GREAT BRITAIN) Image from DAILY MAIL ONLINE.

RAFAEL MARTINEZ (SPAIN) Pictured on Pommel Horse from 2011 World Championships. Image from Getty Images.

MARIUS DANIEL BERBECAR (ROMANIA) Image from the 2011 World Championships by Getty Images and found on Zimbio.

LIAO QIUHUA (CHINA) Image from Official Abierto competition website.

MASAHIRO YOSHIDA (JAPAN) Image from official Abierto competition website.

JORGE HUGO GIRALDO (COLOMBIA) Image from Colombia.com from 2011 Guadalajara Pan American Games.

DANIEL CORRAL BARRON (MEXICO) Image from 2011 World Championships, courtesy of Getty Images and Zimbio.

SANTIAGO LOPEZ (MEXICO) Image from AGP Noticias from 2010 World Championships.

DANELL LEYVA (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) - Pictured here with Coach/Step-Father Yin Alvarez. Image courtesy of Getty Images from 2011 VISA Championships.