Gymmin' Miel!

Finally catching up on some results from the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games.... the final day of event finals for Artistic Gymnastics. Great Britain's Giarnni Regini-Moran won the Vault title over China's MA Yue and Russian Nikita Nagornyy. Nagornyy narrowly earned the Parallel Bars honors over Hungarian Botond Kardos and Regini-Moran. Kenya Yuasa of Japan won the Horizontal Bar title with Belgian Luka Van Den Keybus in second and Regini-Moran adding another bronze medal to his name. Regini-Moran's higher execution score meant that he earned the bronze on the Horizontal Bar despite having the same score as Frenchman Zachari Hrimeche. China's WANG Yan was the Balance Beam champion over Brazil's Flavia Lopes Saraiva and Great Britain's Elissa Downie whist Lopes Saraiva triumphed on the Floor Exercise with Russian Seda Tutkhalyan and Downie finishing in second and third respectively.

MEN'S VAULT:

WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM:

1. WANG Yan (CHN) 14.633
2. Flavia Lopes Saraiva (BRA) 14.000
3. Elissa Downie (GBR) 13.500
4. Iosra Abdelaziz (ITA) 12.933
5. Natallia Yakubava (BLR) 12.766
6. Veronika Cenkova (CZE) 12.633
7. Stephanie Marline Hernandez Hurtado (MEX) 12.358
8. Laura Jurca (ROU) 11.866

1. Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) 14.033
2. Botond Kardos (HUN) 14.016
3. Giarnni Regini-Moran (GBR) 14.000
4. Alec Yoder (USA) 13.633
5. Marco Pfyl (SUI) 13.541
6. Kenya Yuasa (JPN) 13.533
7. Phay Xing Jeremiah Loo (MAS) 13.366
8. Nils Dunkel (GER) 13.300

1. Flavia Lopes Saraiva (BRA) 13.766
2. Seda Tutkhalyan (RUS) 13.733
3. Elissa Downie (GBR) 13.466
4. Laura Jurca (ROU) 13.366
5. Antonia Alicke (GER) 13.066
6. Iosra Abdelaziz (ITA) 12.933
7. Sydney Townsend (CAN) 12.833
8. Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) 9.200

1. Kenya Yuasa (JPN) 13.700
2. Luka Van Den Keybus (BEL) 13.666
3. Giarnni Regini-Moran (GBR) 13.633
4. Zachari Hrimeche (FRA) 13.633
5. Andres Martinez Moreno (COL) 13.266
6. Botond Kardos (HUN) 13.166
7. Rene Cournoyer (CAN) 12.333
8. Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) 12.000 

Today sees the first day of Artistic Gymnastics Event Finals take place this evening at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnastics. Giarnni Regini-Moran added a second gold medal to his name, taking out the Floor Exercise title over Japan's Kenya Yuasa and Myongwoo Lim of the Republic of Korea. China's WANG Yan won the Women's Vault title, whilst Great Britain's Elissa Downie and Sae Miyakawa of Japan finished in second and third respectively. I must say that whilst watching the live coverage on olympic.org that I am loving the display of sportsmanship that we are seeing. Absolutely lovely! Something else that I am loving is the leotards that we have seen throughout the competition, and that we continue to see this evening. Awww Elissa Downie towers over WANG Yan and Sae Miyakawa! Good friends Nikita Nagornyy of Russia and Vladyslav Hryko of Ukraine finished 1-2 on the Pommel Horse, with Uzbekistan's Timur Kadirov picking up the bronze. Mexican Stephanie Marline Hernandez Hurtado sat down her dismount, whilst Laura Jurca of Romania has to count a fall marking an unfortunate start to the Uneven Bars final. Solid routines for WANG Yan and Miyakawa. Solid routine for Tutkhalyan - hop forward on the dismount. Tutkhalyan earns the title over Iosra Abdelaziz of Italy and WANG Yan of China. I just want to say how lovely Ava Lorein Verdeflor's leotard and performance on the Bars was.... and how I still find it bizarre to see Yevgeny Marchenko in the Philippines tracksuit. Nagornyy won the Still Rings title over China's MA Yue and Hryko.

RESULTS:

MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE:

WOMEN'S VAULT:

1. WANG Yan (CHN) (14.900, 14.666) 14.783
2. Elissa Downie (GBR) (14.866, 14.266) 14.566
3. Sae Miyakawa (JPN) (14.800, 14.333) 14.566
4. Laura Jurca (ROU) (13.833, 14.666) 14.249
5. Seda Tutkhalyan (RUS) (14.600, 13.033) 13.816
6. Boglarka Devai (HUN) (13.733, 13.800) 13.766
7. Sydney Townsend (CAN) (13.600, 13.900) 13.750
8. Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) (13.800, 13.266) 13.533

1. Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) 13.966
2. Vladyslav Hryko (UKR) 13.933
3. Timur Kadirov (UZB) 13.800
4. Botond Kardos (HUN) 13.566
5. Jakov Vlahek (CRO) 13.533
6. Giarnni Regini-Moran (GBR) 13.400
7. Alec Yoder (USA) 12.900
8. Phay Xing Jeremiah Loo (MAS) 12.866

1. Seda Tutkhalyan (RUS) 13.575
2. Iosra Abdelaziz (ITA) 13.366
3. WANG Yan (CHN) 13.066
4. Antonia Alicke (GER) 12.633
5. Sae Miyakawa (JPN) 12.433
6. Ava Lorein Verdeflor (PHI) 12.333
7. Laura Jurca (ROU) 11.133
8. Stephanie Marline Hernandez Hurtado (MEX) 10.433

1. Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) 14.000
2. MA Yue (CHN) 13.866
3. Vladyslav Hryko (UKR) 13.533
4. Vladimir Tushev (BUL) 13.500
5. Botond Kardos (HUN) 13.366
6. Ilya Yakauleu (BLR) 13.233
7. Zachari Hrimeche (FRA) 13.016
8. Myongwoo Lim (KOR) 12.733

Russian Valentin Starikov has taken out the Floor Exercise title on the final over Great Britain's Brinn Bevan. Bevan scored the same mark as Tomas Kuzmickas of Lithuania but due to Bevan's higher execution mark relegated Kuzmickas to the bronze. Great Britain's Nile Wilson was the winner on the Pommel Horse over Greece's Antonios Tantalidis and Starikov. Bevan scored the same total of Starikov but had a lower execution saw which saw him miss out on a medal. Wilson also won the Still Rings title, with France's Paul Degouy in second and Russian Ivan Stretovich in third. Again it was the tie-breaking rule that decided who was second and third. Russia's Kirill Potapov was the Vault Champion with compatriot Starikov finishing in second place over Belarus' Viktar Hrankouski. Stretovich earned the honors on the Parallel Bars over Brinn Bevan and Turkey's Ahmet Onder, whilst on the Horizontal Bar, Italy's Carlo Macchini was triumphant. Starikov earned second place with Croatia's Tin Srbic in third. 

On the Women's side of the competition, Great Britain's Elissa Downie won the Vault title with Romanian Laura Jurca finishing in second. Fellow British gymnast Tyesha Mattis finished in third. Italy's Martina Rizzelli won the Uneven Bars title with Frenchwoman Louise Vanhille in second and Tea Ugrin of Italy in third. Maria Bondareva of Russia won the Balance Beam title over Dutch starlet Eythora Thorsdottir. France's Claire Martin and Romanian Andreea Iridon both earned the bronze medal having identical D and E scores. Russian Maria Kharenkova won the Floor Exercise over Kim Janas. Janas topped Romanian Silvia Zarzu for the silver medal due to her higher execution score. 

WOMEN'S VAULT:

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM:

1. Maria Bondareva (RUS) 14.250
2. Eythora Thorsdottir (NED) 13.800
3. Claire Martin (FRA); Andreea Iridon (ROU) 13.750
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5. Kim Janas (GER) 13.500
6. Laura Jurca (ROU) 13.400
7. Maria Kharenkova (RUS) 13.100
8. Louise Vanhille (FRA) 12.600

1. Maria Kharenkova (RUS) 13.950
2. Kim Janas (GER) 13.750
3. Silvia Zarzu (ROU) 13.750
4. Andreea Iridon (ROU) 13.650
5. Emma Larsson (SWE) 13.300
6. Amy Tinkler (GBR) 13.250
7. Tea Ugrin (ITA) 13.200
8. Mara Titarsolej (NED) 13.200

MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE:

MEN'S POMMEL HORSE:

1. Nile Wilson (GBR) 13.950
2. Antonios Tantalidis (GRE) 13.900
3. Valentin Starikov (RUS) 13.550 (D SCORE: 4.8; E SCORE: 8.750)
4. Brinn Bevan (GBR) 13.550 (D SCORE: 5.2; E SCORE: 8.350)
5. Botond Kardos (HUN) 13.200
6. Carlo Macchini (ITA) 12.050
7. Kirill Potapov (RUS) 11.550 (D SCORE: 5.0; E SCORE: 6.550)
8. Nils Dunkel (GER) 11.550 (D SCORE: 4.9; E SCORE: 6.450)

1. Nile Wilson (GBR) 14.100
2. Paul Degouy (FRA) 13.700 (D SCORE: 4.8; E SCORE: 8.900)
3. Ivan Stretovich (RUS) 13.700 (D SCORE: 4.9; E SCORE 8.800)
4. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 13.600 (D SCORE: 4.7; E SCORE: 8.900)
5. Kirill Potapov (RUS) 13.600 (D SCORE: 5.2; E SCORE 8.400)
6. Vinzenz Hock (AUT) 13.350
7. Norbert Dudas (HUN) 13.200
8. Brinn Bevan (GBR) 13.100

1. Kirill Potapov (RUS) (14.900, 14.350) 14.625
2. Valentin Starikov (RUS) (14.450, 14.150) 14.300
3. Viktar Hrankouski (BLR) (14.150, 14.200) 14.175
4. Ahmet Onder (TUR) (14.500, 13.700) 14.100
5. Zachari Hrimeche (FRA) (14.050, 13.400) 13.725
6. Emil Soravuo (FIN) (14.000, 13.200) 13.600
7. Jonathan Vrolix (BEL) (14.350, 12.700) 13.525
8. Vigen Khachatryan (ARM) (13.250, 13.500) 13.375

1. Ivan Stretovich (RUS) 14.650
2. Brinn Bevan (GBR) 14.550
3. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.500
4. Nile Wilson (GBR) 14.350
5. Florian Landuyt (BEL) 13.950
6. Valentin Starikov (RUS) 13.700
7. Botond Kardos (HUN) 13.550
8. Paul Degouy (FRA) 12.200

1. Carlo Macchini (ITA) 14.100
2. Valentin Starikov (RUS) 13.950
3. Tin Srbic (CRO) 13.900
4. Jonas Munsch (SUI) 13.600
5. Kirill Potapov (RUS) 13.450
6. Sascha Alexander Coradi (SUI) 13.400
7. Paul Degouy (FRA) 13.300
8. Brinn Bevan (GBR) 12.850

Finally time to catch up on the final day of Event Finals which were contested at the 2013 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, Russia on the 21st of April. Russian Denis Ablyazin earned the gold medal on the Vault with Flavius Koczi of Romania and Armenia's Artur Davtyan rounding out the top three. Oleg Stepko of Ukraine topped Switzerland's Lucas Fischer and Russian David Belyavskiy for the Parallel Bars title, whilst on the Horizontal Bar, Russian Emin Garibov was successful. Great Britain's Sam Oldham and Belarussian Aliaksandr Tsarevich earned silver and bronze on the Horizontal Bar respectively. Romanians Larisa Andreea Iordache and Diana Laura Bulimar finished 1-2 on the Balance Beam. Russian Anastasia Grishina, who replaced the injured Gabrielle Jupp (GBR) in the final earned the bronze medal. Whilst on the Floor Exercise, Ksenia Afanasyeva of Russia topped Iordache and Bulimar for the title.

RESULTS:

MEN'S VAULT:

MEN'S PARALLEL BARS:

1. Oleg Stepko (UKR) 15.766
2. Lucas Fischer (SUI) 15.633
3. David Belyavskiy (RUS) 15.533
4. Marcel Nguyen (GER) 15.500
5. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.333
6. Emin Garibov (RUS) 14.200
7. Andrei Vasile Muntean (ROU) 13.866
8. Pascal Bucher (SUI) 13.566

1. Emin Garibov (RUS) 15.433
2. Sam Oldham (GBR) 15.133
3. Aliaksandr Tsarevich (BLR) 14.833
4. Alexander Shatilov (ISR) 14.733
5. Andrey Likhovitskiy (BLR) 14.466
6. Fabian Hambuechen (GER) 13.966
7. Marijo Moznik (CRO) 13.933
8. Ashley Watson (GBR) 12.833

1. Larisa Andreea Iordache (ROU) 15.266
2. Diana Laura Bulimar (ROU) 14.833
3. Anastasia Grishina (RUS) 14.366
4. Carlotta Ferlito (ITA) 14.066
5. Katarzyna Jurkowska (POL) 13.866
6. Ruby Harrold (GBR) 13.633
7. Elisa Meneghini (ITA) 13.133
8. Olena Vasilyeva (UKR) 9.933

1. Ksenia Afanasyeva (RUS) 15.166
2. Larisa Andreea Iordache (ROU) 14.733
3. Diana Laura Bulimar (ROU) 14.533
4. Anastasia Grishina (RUS) 14.233
5. Carlotta Ferlito (ITA) 14.216
6. Giulia Steingruber (SUI) 14.100
7. Roxana Popa Nedelcu (ESP) 13.900
8. Krystyna Sankova (UKR) 12.866

The University of Michigan's Sam Mikulak earned the titles on the Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar as the 2013 Men's NCAA Championships concluded at the Rec Hall on the Pennsylvania State University campus. Penn State's own Trevor Howard won the Floor Exercise over Eddie Penev of Stanford University and Mikulak. Ohio State University's Michael Newburger won the Pommel Horse title with Minnesota's Ellis Mannon and John Martin of Stanford earning second and third place respectively. Oklahoma's Michael Squires took the Still Rings honors with William and Mary's Landon Funiciello and Penn State's Scott Rosenthal finishing second and third respectively. Illinois' Fred Hartville won the Vault honors with Oklahoma's Alec Robin in second and William and Mary's Neal Courter in third. 

RESULTS:

FLOOR EXERCISE:

POMMEL HORSE:

1. Michael Newburger (Ohio State) 15.450
2. Ellis Mannon (Minnesota) 14.900
3. John Martin (Stanford) 14.775
4. Sam Mikulak (Michigan) 14.700
5. Adrian Evans (Penn State) 14.675
6. Michael Reid (Oklahoma); Dylan James (Michigan) 14.575
7. 
   
8. Takahiro Kawada (California) 14.475
9. Raymond White (Oklahoma) 13.650
10. Garrek Hojan-Clark (Army) 13.425

1. Michael Squires (Oklahoma) 15.775
2. Landon Funiciello (William and Mary) 15.675
3. Scott Rosenthal (Penn State) 15.400
4. Chris Stehl (Oklahoma) 15.375
5. Mike Wilner (Illinois) 15.150
6. Parker Raque (Penn State) 15.075
7. Anton Gryshayev (Iowa) 14.925
8. Javier Balboa (Iowa) 14.875
9. Jordan Gaarenstroom (Michigan) 14.625
10. William Albert (Iowa) 13.125

1. Fred Hartville (Illinois) 15.425
2. Alec Robin (Oklahoma) 15.325
3. Neal Courter (William and Mary) 15.275
4. Grant Perdue (Nebraska) 15.175
5. Sean Senters (Stanford); Jeff Treleaven (Ohio State) 15.125
6. 
   
7. Eddie Penev (Stanford); Sam Mikulak (Michigan) 15.100
8. 
   
9. Trevor Howard (Penn State) 15.025
10. Stacey Ervin (Michigan) 13.775

1. Sam Mikulak (Michigan) 15.500
2. Syque Caesar (Michigan) 15.450
3. Sam Chamberlain (Nebraska) 14.925
4. Jonathan Liu (California) 14.900
5. Danny Berardini (Oklahoma) 14.850
6. Brian Knott (Stanford) 14.750
7. Dennis Zaremski (Stanford) 14.525
8. Adrian de los Angeles (Michigan) 14.325
9. Trevor Howard (Penn State) 14.175
10. Cameron Foreman (Stanford) 13.600

1. Sam Mikulak (Michigan) 16.100
2. Austin Phillips (Illinois) 14.950
3. Syque Caesar (Michigan) 14.925
4. Matthew Felleman (Penn State) 14.850
5. Felix Aronovich (Penn State) 14.725
6. Alec Robin (Oklahoma) 14.700
7. Cameron Foreman (Stanford) 14.625
8. Ethan Jose (Oklahoma) 14.475
9. William Clement (Oklahoma) 14.375
10. John Martin (Stanford) 13.250

On the back of the Gators Team success, Junior Alaina Johnson and Freshman Bridget Sloan took out the Uneven Bars and Balance Beam titles respectively. Alabama Junior Diandra Milliner and Louisiana State University Sophomore Rheghan Courville tied for the Vault honors with UCLA Junior Olivia Courtney finishing in third. Sloan and University of Utah Sophomore Georgia Dabritz tied for second on the Uneven Bars with Michigan Senior Katie Zurales and Minnesota Freshman Hanna Nordquist tying for second on the Balance Beam. University of Michigan's Joanna Sampson (Junior) won the Floor Exercise final over Milliner and Emily Wong - a Junior from the University of Nebraska. 

RESULTS:

VAULT:

UNEVEN BARS:

1. Alaina Johnson (Florida) 9.9125
2. Bridget Sloan (Florida); Georgia Dabritz (Utah) 9.9000
3. 
   
4. Mackenzie Caquatto (Florida); Erica Brewer (Oklahoma) 9.8875
5. 
   
6. Chelsea Davis (Georgia) 9.8500
7. Sarie Morrison (LSU); Rebecca Clark (Oklahoma) 9.8250
8. 
   
9. Nansy Damianova (Utah) 9.8125
10. Randii Wyrick (LSU) 9.8000

1. Bridget Sloan (Florida) 9.900
2. Katie Zurales (Michigan); Hanna Nordquist (Minnesota) 9.8875
3. 
   
4. Mackenzie Caquatto (Florida) 9.8500
5. Michelle Shealy (Iowa State); Kayla Williams (Alabama) 9.8375
6. 
   
7. Marissa King (Florida) 9.7875
8. Danusia Francis (UCLA) 9.3250
9. Erica Brewer (Oklahoma) 9.2750

1. Joanna Sampson (Michigan) 9.9375
2. Diandra Milliner (Alabama) 9.9250
3. Emily Wong (Nebraska) 9.9125
4. Bridget Sloan (Florida); Lindsay Mable (Minnesota) 9.9000
5. 
   
6. Katherine Grable (Arkansas); Marissa King (Florida) 9.8875
7. 
   
8. Nansy Damianova (Utah) 9.8750
9. Rheagan Courville (LSU) 9.8125
10. Kim Jacob (Alabama) 9.8000
11. Olivia Courtney (UCLA) 9.7750
12. Alina Weinstein (Illinois) 9.7500