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. 

PARTICIPANTS:

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• MEXICO:
• Jose Alberto Gomez Victoria
• Arturo Ian Juarez Alonzo
• Francisco Javier Rojo Gastelum
• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
• John Jacobson
• Yul Moldauer 
• Kiwan Watts
• Alec Yoder
• RESERVE: Cameron Bock

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.

Thanks to Arijana Mendoza for emailing me the results as it is much appreciated. The 2012 Trampoline and Tumbling Pan American Championships were held from the 28th November to the 1st of December in Queretaro, Mexico. The following are the results from the Senior divisions of the competition

The 2012 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships will be held from the 28th of November to the 3rd of December at the Auditorium "Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez" in Queretaro, Mexico. Competition will be contested in Trampoline, Double-Mini Trampoline and Tumbling and will feature both Senior and Age Group competitions. 230 competitors from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States of America and Venezuela are set to compete in the auditorium.

PARTICIPANTS (NOT COMPLETE):
(Not complete roster for Canada)
WOMEN:

• Maria Victoria Acedo Salim (ARG) 
• Carolina Diaz Naharro (ARG)
• Corissa Boychuk (CAN)
• Gillian Bruce (CAN)
• Pamela Kriangkum (CAN)
• Alejandra Fernandez Lomeli (MEX)
• Vanesa Vargas (MEX)
• Gemma Samantha Zamudio Gomez (MEX)
• Kristie Lowell (USA) (DMT)
• Marina Moskalenko (USA) (DMT, TUM)

MEN:

• Mauro Afranllie (ARG)
• Facundo Crescini (ARG)
• Ryan Sheehan (CAN)
• Keegan Soehn (CAN)
• Kyle Soehn (CAN)
• Denis Vachon (CAN)
• Cesar Rafael Prieto Angel (MEX)
• Kalon Ludvigson (USA)
• Austin Nacey (USA) (DMT, TUM)

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 Inaugural Copa Juvenil de Gimnasia which sees some of the best gymnasts - both Men's Artistic and Women's Artistic - from Mexico take to the competition floor is happening right now! Check back here for semi-live scores. Poor Andrea Gonzalez of Monterrey, did not finish her floor routine due to injury - sending our best wishes her way. Well done to the winners of the competition, unfortunately full detailed results are still unavailable.

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

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 1st edition of the Copa Juvenil de Gimnasia will be held at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess Hotel on the 11th of September at 7pm. Held as a prelude event to the Abierto Mexicana de Gimnasia, the event is held with thanks to the support of 'Grupo Pegaso' to support up-and-coming Mexican Gymnastics talent. Congratulations must go to the following gymnasts who have been selected to compete in the inaugural edition. And good luck to them all!

PARTICIPANTS:

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Mauro Dodier Guzman Carrillo - Ensenada
• Fernando Pacheco Lopez - Ensenada
• Rodrigo Gomez Grosso - Ensenada
• Diego Neumaier - Puebla
• Daniel Diaz - Ensenada
• Francisco Rojo - Culiacan
• Axel Garcia - Culiacan
• Arturo Ian Juarez Alonso - Merida 

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

On the Sixth Day of Christmas, Gymnastics Brought to Me: The Pan American Games Floor Champion!

ANA ESTEFANIA LAGO SERNA (MEXICO)

Image courtesy of Getty Images and sourced on News.daylife.com. It's been a busy year for Mexican Ana Estefania Lago Serna. The sixteen-year-old who joined the Senior ranks in 2011 has made quite a splash. Lago was a member of the Mexican teams at the World Championships and the Pan American Games this year - who placed 17th and third respectively. At the Pan American Games, Ana finished 10th in the All Around, scoring 52.450, and finished first on the Floor Exercise with 13.800 - becoming the first Mexican Women to win a gold medal in Artistic Gymnastics at the Pan American Games. In Tokyo for the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in October, Ana came 47th in the All Around scoring 52.732, coming 122nd on the Uneven Bars (11.533), 43rd on the Balance Beam (13.766) and 28th on the Floor Exercise (13.733). And according to the nominative registration for next month's Olympic Test Event, Lago is expected to be competing, alongside veteran Elsa Garcia Rodriguez Blancas. Good luck Ana!! See below for the winning Pan Am Games Floor routine, with thanks to Youtube user ciciginastica! 

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.

So I couldn't sleep hence my posts at all hours of the morning. Here is the start list for today's final day of competition at the 2011 Pan American Games. My predictions: For the Men's Vault, I would love to see Luis Rivera (PUR), Diego Hypolito (BRA) and Enrique Tomas Gonzalez Sepulveda of Chile on the podium. For the Parallel Bars final, I would love to see Colombian Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez take out the title, with Mexican Daniel Corral Barron and American Paul Ruggeri III taking out the remaining medals on the event. For the Horizontal Bar, I would like to see Paul Ruggeri III triumph and win the gold, with Jossimar Orlando Calvo of Colombia and Alexander Rodriguez of Puerto Rico rounding out the medals. For the Women: On Balance Beam, I would love to see Guatemalan Ana Sofia Gomez Porras hold on for the gold medal, with Colombian Jessica Gil Ortiz and Canadian Kristina Vaculik rounding out the medals. And on the Floor Exercise, I would love to see Mexicans Ana Estefania Lago Serna and Elsa Garcia Rodriguez Blancas win a medal of some description, along with Canadian Mikaela Dawn Gerber.

MEN'S VAULT FINAL:

WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM FINAL:

WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL:

1. Kristina Vaculik (CAN)
2. Dovelis Elena Torres (CUB)
3. Jessie Rae DeZiel (USA)
4. Elsa Garcia Rodriguez Blancas (MEX)
5. Daniele Matias Hypolito (BRA)
6. Ana Estefania Lago Serna (MEX)
7. Ana Sofia Gomez Porras (GUA)
8. Mikaela Dawn Gerber (CAN)

1. Enrique Tomas Gonzalez Sepulveda (CHI)
2. Jossimar Orlando Calvo (COL)
3. Carlos Miguel Campana (CUB)
4. Paul Ruggeri III (USA)
5. Daniel Corral Barron (MEX)
6. Sho Brian Nakamori (USA)
7. Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez (COL)
8. Sergio Sasaki Junior (BRA)

1. Paul Ruggeri III (USA)
2. C.J. Maestas (USA)
3. Nicolas Cordoba (ARG)
4. Petrix Barbosa (BRA)
5. Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez (COL)
6. Alexander Rodriguez (PUR)
7. Angel Ramos (PUR)
8. Jossimar Orlando Calvo (COL)