Gymmin' Miel!

Brenna Dowell of Great American Gymnastics Express (GAGE) has been announced as the second Women's Artistic Gymnast to represent the United States of America at the 2014 AT&T American Cup. The AT&T American Cup will be held on Saturday, the 1st of March at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina. Simone Biles (Bannon's Gymnastix) has withdrawn from the competition after aggravating an existing shoulder injury during the pre-competition training camp at the Karolyi Ranch. Romanian Larisa Andreea Iordache has also withdrawn due to injury. Best wishes to both for speedy recoveries. 

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

The full field to compete at the 2014 AT&T American Cup was announced by USA Gymnastics. This year's competition will be held on the 1st of March at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in North Carolina and sees a very exciting line up!

N.B. Germany's Sophie Scheder has been added to the line up.

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MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

The 2013 Glasgow World Cup is underway at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Solid routine for Andrey Likhovitskiy. Massive roar for Daniel Purvis. No major mistakes for him and a very great start to his competition. Another great routine from Spain's Fabian Gonzalez Vidal. Think he was a bit low in some of his landings. I love John Orozco's flairs sequence in his routine. Solid performance, but was his score too low? He looked surprised. Sam Oldham is definitely a firecracker and a great young talent for Great Britain. Very low on his final pass and has to take a large step forward. After the first rotation, Daniel Purvis leads over Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev. With Gonzalez Vidal and Sam Oldham tied for third. Poor John, he's off on what is usually a strong event for him. His whole rhythm seemed a bit off today earlier in the routine. Love Fabian Gonzalez's personality - he always seems to be smiling. Wow Oleg Verniaiev also comes off the Pommel Horse, and was a bit wild in the dismount. And after two rotations Daniel Purvis leads with Andrey Likhovitskiy and Masayoshi Yamamoto rounding out the top three. Phenomenal Rings routine for Verniaiev. At the halfway mark, Purvis leads over Likhovitskiy and Verniaiev who are tied for second. Oldham's Pommel Horse score has been increased by 0.1. Hop back on the landing for Toba but a solid vault. Huge jump forward for Gonzalez on the Shewfelt. Step off to the side and off the mat on the landing for Yamamoto. Solid vault for Likhovitskiy. Massive vault from Verniaiev!! With two rotations to go, Purvis leads over Oleg Verniaiev and Andrey Likhovitskiy. Solid routine for Toba on the Parallel Bars. Phenomenal routine for Orozco!! Verniaiev starts his routine on the Parallel Bars and jumps off due to a problem with the settings of the apparatus. And it looks as though he gets to restart his entire routine again. Heading into the final rotation, Verniaiev leads over Purvis and Likhovitskiy. Fall for Toba to start the final rotation and lands on his knees on the dismount. Tremendous routine for Oldham. However it was Oleg Verniaiev who pulled out a great routine on the Horizontal Bar, who claimed the victory in Glasgow. Daniel Purvis finished second, followed by Andrey Likhovitskiy whose Horizontal Bar routine was a standout performance.

And here come the Women. Teramoto is wearing a very stunning half-sleeved leotard, love the sparkles. Vanessa Ferrari - love, love, love her leo - red and black with white diamantes... very elegant. Ruby Harrold wears white sleeved, blue bodied leo with yellow patterning across front with diamantes. My housemate says it looks like something that we would see a Ukrainian gymnast wear. I like it though! Roxana Popa Nedelcu wears another elegant looking leotard. Carlotta Ferlito wears another elegant but busy looking leotard.... I like it! Larisa Andreea Iordache wears the stunning blue leotard she wore in Stuttgart. Our first look at Raer Theaker! She wears a lovely version of the patriotic leotard that I so adore. It's unique. Elizabeth Price looks lovely in purple. Oh wow, a stumble back for Price on the landing. After the first rotation, Iordache leads over Teramoto with Price sitting in third. Theaker comes off the Bars, but a solid routine otherwise. Ruby Harrold also comes off on the low bar. Massive hop back on the landing for Ferlito and a big save on the transition to the low bar. Solid routine for Ferrari! Superb routine from Price!! And at the halfway mark for the Women, Iordache has a 0.1 point lead over Ebee with Teramoto in third. A few bobbles for Raer but a solid routine. A few bobbles for Harrold but she managed to stay on. Fall for Ferlito on her acro series and a couple of bobbles throughout. Solid routine from Popa Nedelcu. Solid routine from Vanessa. Asuka started off the routine strong, loved her turn sequence but came off on her acro series. Solid routine from Elizabeth. I love Ebee's gloves!! Oh wow Larisa's foot misses the beam on the round-off full twist and she comes off. Headed into the final rotation, Iordache leads over Price and Ferrari. Solid routine to finish for Raer. Nice finish for Ruby, just a couple of steps out of bounds. There were some standout routines on the Floor to finish the competition but Larisa Andreea Iordache claimed victory over Ebee with Vanessa Ferrari picking up the bronze. 

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) (14.800, 14.033, 15.266, 15.166, 15.633, 14.900) 89.798
2. Daniel Purvis (GBR) (15.433, 14.633, 14.966, 15.000, 14.533, 14.566) 89.131
3. Andrey Likhovitskiy (BLR) (14.533, 15.333, 14.233, 14.366, 15.066, ) 88.597
4. John Orozco (USA) (14.433, 13.566, 14.900, 14.833, 15.433, 13.866) 87.031
5. Fabian Gonzalez Vidal (ESP) (14.666, 14.533, 13.700, 14.866, 14.366, 14.666) 86.797
6. Masayoshi Yamamoto (JPN) (14.633, 14.966, 14.366, 14.200, 14.200, 14.200) 86.565 
7. Sam Oldham (GBR) (14.666, 14.000, 14.466, 14.466, 14.500, 14.233) 86.331
8. Andreas Toba (GER) (13.700, 14.066, 14.533, 14.733, 14.466, 12.233) 83.731

The Glasgow World Cup is set to be held on the 7th of December at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. The competition will get underway from 1.00pm to 4.30pm (Glasgow Local Time). Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev and American Elizabeth Price will be hoping to continue to build on the success they had by winning the All Around titles at the Stuttgart World Cup. Price won the title in Glasgow last year, whilst Great Britain's own Daniel Purvis will be hoping to recapture the title he won back in 2011. Six Men in the field competed in Stuttgart World Cup event, whilst Sam Oldham of Great Britain competed on all six events for the Great Britain team in the EnBW DTB-Pokal Team Challenge event whilst Japan's Masayoshi Yamamoto competed on the Pommel Horse, Still Rings, Vault and Horizontal for his team in the Team Challenge. 

Five Women in the field competed in Stuttgart, whilst Spain's Roxana Popa Nedelcu dominated at the 2013 Abierto de Gimnasia. Asuka Teramoto of Japan comes into this competition, as too does Raer Theaker of Great Britain who recently competed Uneven Bars as a Guest at the 2013 Northern European Gymnastics Championships. 

All in all it should be a fantastic competition!!

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Ukrainian sensational Oleg Verniaiev dominated on the Pommel Horse, Still Rings and Parallel Bars to take the 2013 EnBW DTB-Pokal World Cup Title on Sunday at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. Germany's own Fabian Hambuechen finished in second place; 1.901 points behind Verniaiev, whilst Great Britain's Daniel Purvis won the bronze medal. Purvis earned the top mark on the Floor Exercise, with Hambuechen and Verniaiev tying for the top score on the Vault. Hambuechen also outclassed the field on the Horizontal Bar, scoring a massive 15.966.

MEN'S ALL AROUND RESULTS:

After the Vault rotation, American Elizabeth Price leads from Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber and Romanian Larisa Andreea Iordache at the 2013 Stuttgart World Cup at the Porsche-Arena in Germany. Phenomenal Uneven Bars routine from Great Britain's Ruby Harrold. Seems like Briannah Tsang had a rough time of it on the Uneven Bars. At the halfway point, Price maintains the lead over Giulia Steingruber. Harrold's efforts on the Uneven Bars moves her into third place with Iordache in fourth. Solid Beam routine for Iordache. There are some stunning leotards in use today! Seems Beam is a rough rotation for most gymnasts so far. Harrold's leotard keeps with the patriotic feel we've come to expect from the country's leotards but is very elegant. Purple leotard with patterning and diamantes for Seitz - wasn't what I was expecting but I kind of like it!! Iordache looks stunning in an elegant royal? blue leotard with patterning on the front. Price maintains the lead going into the final rotation with Iordache moving into second with Steingruber in third. On a different note - love Ebee's leotard! There was a challenge to Iordache's Beam score which saw her score on the apparatus rise from 14.766 to 15.166. And it is official, the winner of the Women's All Around at the 2013 EnBW DTB-Pokal World Cup competition is ELIZABETH PRICE!! Iordache finishes in second with Italy's Vanessa Ferrari taking out the bronze! Well done to all!

ALL AROUND:

1. Elizabeth Price (USA) (15.700, 14.466, 13.500, 14.366) 58.032
2. Larisa Andreea Iordache (ROU) (14.933, 13.466, 14.766, 14.433) 57.998
3. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) (13.900, 13.700, 14.433, 14.833) 56.866
4. Giulia Steingruber (SUI) (15.400, 13.600, 13.633, 14.066) 56.699
5. Ruby Harrold (GBR) (13.700, 14.700, 12.966, 13.733) 55.099
6. Carlotta Ferlito (ITA) (13.700, 13.700, 13.566, 13.233) 54.199
7. Elisabeth Seitz (GER) (14.666, 13.400, 12.666, 13.200) 53.932
8. Briannah Tsang (CAN) (14.266, 10.233, 12.500, 13.133) 50.132

                                              



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:

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

CURRENT STANDINGS (WITH 2 EVENTS TO GO):

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MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

 

 

2012 British Junior All Around Champion, Gabrielle Jupp has joined the American Cup Line Up. One WAG place is yet to be filled, but will go to a second gymnast from the United States of America. This is set to be Gabrielle's first International outing as a Senior. At the 2012 Junior European Championships, Jupp finished fifth in the All Around with a score of 54.698 and also ended up with a bronze medal on the Floor Exercise, after scoring a 13.900. She is an exciting gymnast and I wish her all the best. (Gabby's Floor Routine from the 2012 Euros Final, courtesy of Youtube user UKGymVideos)

The 2013 American Cup will take place on the 2nd of March at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. The first All Around World Cup event for 2013 boasts an exciting line up even though one Female gymnast is yet to be added to the draw. Also the Women's Artistic representative from Canada and Men's representative from Japan are yet to be announced. Elizabeth Price and Kyla Ross will be the home country favorites however definitely do not count out any of the other Women who have been named to the field! The Men's field is very strong but I think Marcel Nguyen of Germany and Americans Jacob Dalton and Danell Leyva are standouts. Personally, I am looking forward to seeing Colombian stalwart Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez competing!

UPDATED 24/1: Elizabeth Price is out due to a strained hip muscle and as such a second female Anerican WAG Gymnast will be named after the February National Training Camp. Romanian Larisa Iordache has also withdrawn with her replacement still to be named. Japan's Koko Tsurumi has been added to the field. Whilst the unknown gymnasts from Japan (MAG) and Canada (WAG) have been announced as being Hiroki Ishikawa and Victoria Moors.

 

DRAWING OF LOTS:

WOMEN:

MEN:

 

 

The Glasgow World Cup, which is being held at the Emirates Arena is the final World Cup event for 2012 and is a part of the 2012-2013 All Around World Cup series. The competition is divided into two sessions, the first starting at 1.00pm (Glasgow local time) with the second commencing at 4.00pm (Glasgow local time). The competition boasts an exciting line up and it is expected to be one fierce World Cup!

The competition opened with an exhibition piece on the Uneven Bars by Beth Tweddle! Leyva fell to his knees on his final pass and had a few jumps out of passes, looks disappointed with his efforts. They're using music whilst the Men are performing on Floor Exercise, it is quite weird! Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine is not competing! After the first rotation, Kristian Thomas (GBR) leads over Marcel Nguyen (GER) and Fabian Gonzalez (ESP). Two falls on Pommel for Thomas. After the Pommel Horse, Gonzalez leads over Daniel Purvis of Great Britain and Kazuhito Tanaka of Japan. At the halfway point Purvis leads over Tanaka and Marcel Nguyen. Purvis top scored on the Vault, Nguyen on Parallel Bars and Yusuke Saito of Japan on the Horizontal Bar. The competition was won by Marcel Nguyen however, with Tanaka and Purvis picking up the silver and bronze respectively.

Elizabeth Price wears Pink, the British ladies are wearing black with the gold and white Union Jack, Seitz is wearing the half white/half red leo, Hofland is wearing the green (is that green)? leotard with the detailing on the front, Inoue is wearing a red leo with white, yellow and black strip diagonally down the middle, Bui i wearing the German leotard that we all know and Ferrari is wearing a pretty colored leo with the one sleeve and cutout. Wakana Inoue sat down her Yurchenko 1.5. But she's still smiling. After the first rotation, American Elizabeth Price leads over Great Britain's Rebecca Tunney and Germany's Elisabeth Seitz. Fall for Hofland off Bars. Deep squat and a few steps back on the dismount on Bars for Niamh Rippin. Top three remain unchanged at halfway in competition. Price topped the final two events, taking out the title over Germany's Elisabeth Seitz and Kim Bui

All videos can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdamoj-y6y8INMYs2SFBk251SFQcM3wc&feature=view_all with thanks to BritishGymnasticstv

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

1. Marcel Nguyen (GER) (15.033, 13.466, 15.366, 15.800, 15.833, 14.600) 90.098
2. Kazuhito Tanaka (JPN) (14.266, 14.500, 15.233, 15.266, 15.400, 15.333) 89.998
3. Daniel Purvis (GBR) (14.633, 14.700, 15.266, 15.966, 14.966, 14.333) 89.864
4. Danell Leyva (USA) (13.600, 14.600, 14.566, 15.666, 14.500, 15.300); Fabian Gonzalez (ESP) (14.900, 14.600, 14.066, 15.866, 13.800, 15.000) 88.232
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6. Yusuke Saito (JPN) (14.500, 14.066, 15.133, 14.066, 14.266, 15.433) 87.464
7. Kristian Thomas (GBR) (15.800, 11.966, 14.733, 14.666, 14.266, 13.466) 84.897

Germany's own Marcel Nguyen triumphed over the field at the 2012 Stuttgart World Cup competition held today. Great Britain's Daniel Purvis and Russian David Belyavskiy rounded out the top three. Switzerland's Claudio Capelli did not compete due to injury. Top scorers on each event were: Great Britain's Kristian Thomas on the Floor Exercise and Vault, Fabian Gonzalez of Spain on the Pommel Horse, Nguyen on the Still Rings and Parallel Bars, and American Danell Leyva on the Horizontal Bar. 

RESULTS:

American upstart Elizabeth Price has taken out her first major title - the 2012 Stuttgart World Cup All Around competition. Price top scored on the Vault and Uneven Bars to seal the win over Germany's Elisabeth Seitz and Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber. Seitz achieved the highest mark on the Balance Beam whilst Italian Vanessa Ferrari shone on the Floor. Price's routines can be seen at the following playlist (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJBt-Bl-D7nYiIxcPh45b07vC_SlbBtZG) courtesy of USA Gymnastics on Youtube. Some more videos can be seen here thanks to Youtube user Rodolfo Ramos. The videos are much appreciated!

WOMEN'S ALL AROUND:

1. Elizabeth Price (USA) (15.733, 14.933, 13.166, 14.266) 58.098
2. Elisabeth Seitz (GER) (14.533, 14.033, 13.700, 13.300) 55.566
3. Giulia Steingruber (SUI) (15.400, 13.433, 12.866, 13.866) 55.565
4. Kim Bui (GER) (13.966, 14.033, 13.600, 13.566) 55.165
5. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) (13.633, 12.633, 13.433, 14.366) 54.065
6. Rebecca Tunney (GBR) (14.466, 13.966, 12.000, 13.400) 53.832
7. Kristina Goryunova (RUS) (13.433, 13.433, 12.633, 12.733) 52.232
8. Niamh Rippin (GBR) (13.800, 11.766, 12.133, 12.366) 50.065

Elisabeth Seitz is one of two German Women set to participate. (Image from Getty Images Europe)

The 30th edition of the DTB Pokal ENBW World Cup will take place from the 30th of November to the 2nd of December. This All Around World Cup will take place in The Porsche Arena Stuttgart, and also features the team competition as was introduced last year. The Schedule for the competition is below, as too is the exciting participant list! Out of the top 10 gymnasts from the Men's All Around Final from the Olympics, eight will be action at this competition.Including the three two medalists, Kohei Uchimura (JPN), Marcel Nguyen (GER) and Danell Leyva (USA). Seven Women will be in action, six of whom competed at the London Olympics, with the other gymnast being Elizabeth Price of the United States of America who was one of the three alternates for the Olympic Games.

UPDATED 23/11: Great Britain's Niamh Rippin replaces Romanian Larisa Andreea Iordache; as mentioned before Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland fulfilled the final empty spot. Switzerland's Claudio Capelli replaces Brazil's Sergio Sasaki Junior in the line up. Daniel Purvis of Great Britain replaces Kohei Uchimura of Japan

UPDATED 30/11: GET EXCITED BECAUSE KRISTINA GORYUNOVA IS SET TO REPLACE CANADIAN VICTORIA MOORS!!!!!

SCHEDULE:

30TH NOVEMBER, 2012:

1ST DECEMBER, 2012:

• 12.00pm: Hall Opens
• 1.00pm - 3.00pm: AA World Cup - Women
• 3.30pm - 6.00pm: Team Final - Men

• 12.00pm: Hall Opens
• 1.00pm - 3.00pm: AA World Cup - Men
• 4.00pm - 6.00pm: Team Final - Women

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Larisa Andreea Iordache (ROU) Niamh Rippin (GBR)
• Kim Bui (GER)
• Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)
• Elisabeth Seitz (GER)
• Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
• Victoria Moors (CAN) Kristina Goryunova (RUS)
• Rebecca Tunney (GBR)
• Elizabeth Price (USA)

• David Belyavskiy (RUS)
• Sergio Sasaki Junior (BRA) Claudio Capelli (SUI)
• Fabian Gonzalez (ESP)
• Kazuhito Tanaka (JPN)
• Kohei Uchimura (JPN) Daniel Purvis (GBR)
• Kristian Thomas (GBR)
• Danell Leyva (USA)
• Marcel Nguyen (GER)

The Final All Around Cup for 2012 will take place on the 8th of December at the brand new Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Unlike previous years, the competition will divided into what they are calling two mixed sessions to make the competition a little more exciting than usual! There are eight Women on the Nominative Roster, which you can see below and seven Men. Two of the Women are newbies to the World Cup series (Kaitlyn Hofland of Canada and Wakana Inoue of Japan) and it will be great to see how they fair against a very experienced field. The Men's competition should be fierce, but my bet is either on Marcel Nguyen of Germany or American Danell Leyva to take out the honors.

Chinese starlet HUANG Qiushuang has taken out the Women's All Around title at the 2011 Tokyo World Cup, and in doing so has also taken out the 2011 Women's All Around World Cup Series. At today's competition, HUANG topped scored on all four events to take the Gold medal over Japan's own Yu Minobe and German gymnast Kim Bui. Special mention must go to Australian Georgia-Rose Brown who came 6th, competing her usual routines despite having broken her little toe on her left foot during the first day of podium training. You can see full quick hits here on the official Tokyo World Cup website. You can check out a video of Huang Qiushuang's Vault and Uneven Bars here, courtesy of Youtube user GraptemysnPiggy. Thanks so much for uploading! By the way I love her leotard from this event - very stylish indeed. 

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