Gymmin' Miel!

I personally am loving all the teams announced today to represent Great Britain at the upcoming 2016 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships which are being held in Bern, Switzerland. Congratulations and best wishes to all who have been selected and good luck to Amy Tinkler who is staying home to focus on her upcoming school exams. 

SENIOR WOMEN'S TEAM:

SENIOR MEN'S TEAM:

• Daniel Purvis
• Louis Smith
• Kristian Thomas
• Max Whitlock
• Nile Wilson

• Taeja James
• Alice Kinsella
• Maisie Methuen
• Megan Parker
• Lucy Stanhope

• Hamish Carter
• Joe Fraser
• Jamie Lewis
• Joshua Nathan
• Giarnni Regini-Moran

Congratulations to the gymnasts chosen to represent the United States of America at the Nanning World Championships:

The World Championships team was announced:

• Jacob Dalton (University of Oklahoma/Team Hilton HHonors)
• Danell Leyva (Universal Gymnastics/Team Hilton HHonors)
• Samuel Mikulak (University of Michigan/Team Hilton HHonors)
• Alexander Naddour (U.S.A. Youth Fitness Center/Team Hilton HHonors)
• John Orozco (U.S. Olympic Training Center/Team Hilton HHonors)
• Donnell Whittenburg (U.S. Olympic Training Center/Team Hilton HHonors)
• TRAVELLING REPLACEMENT ATHLETE: Paul Ruggeri III (U.S. Olympic Training Center/Team Hilton HHonors)

• Jonathan Horton (Cypress Academy of Gymnastics/Team Hilton HHonors)
• Marvin Kimble (Swiss Turners Gymnastics Academy)
• C.J. Maestas (University of Illinois-Champaign)
• Sean Melton (Ohio State University)
• Eddie Penev (Stanford University/Team Hilton HHonors)
• Brandon Wynn (U.S. Olympic Training Center/Team Hilton HHonors)
• TRAVELLING REPLACEMENT ATHLETE: Akash Modi (Stanford University)

At the conclusion of the 2014 Australian National Gymnastics Championships, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association has announced the Men and Women's Artistic Gymnastics teams for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Congratulations to the 10 lucky Gymnasts!

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Jayden Bull (VIC)
• Michael Mercieca (QLD)
• Mitchell Morgans (QLD)
• Naoya Tsukahara (QLD)
• Luke Wadsworth (VIC)

New Zealand has announced their Men's Artistic Gymnastics and Trampoline Gymnastics teams for the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships. The Pacific Rim Championships will be held from the 9th to the 12th of April in Richmond, Canada at the Richmond Olympic Oval. The Trampoline team was announced on the 1st of November, whilst the MAG competitors were named on the 20th of December. Congratulations to all.

MEN'S ARTISTIC:

• Senior: Kyleab Ellis 
• Junior: Reegan Edwards, Harvey Humber 

A special presentation by the Spanish Gymnastics Federation saw announcement of the representatives who will be competing at the London Olympics on the 17th of July. Congratulations go to the following:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Ana Maria Izurieta

INDIVIDUAL:

• Carolina Rodriguez

RSport Online has an article announcing the Men's and Women's Olympic Teams. The article which you can see here: http://rsport.ru/artist_gym/20120707/604034116.html announces the following:

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Emin Garibov
• David Belyavskiy
• Alexander Balandin
• Denis Ablyazin
• Igor Pakhomenko
• RESERVES: Sergey Khorokhordin; Nikita Ignatyev

The Romanian Olympic Committee (Comitetul Olimpic Si Sportiv din Romania) has named its Olympic participants with the Gymnastics teams also being included in the list of 104 athletes which will be representing their country at the 2012 London Olympics. Whilst the Romanian Gymnastics Federation is yet to officially announce their squads, these "nominative" teams seem like they could be a formidable formation but of course they are subject to change. See here for the full list of participants. 

ROMANIAN NOMINATIVE TEAMS:

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Flavius Koczi
• Ovidiu Buidoso 
• Marius Daniel Berbecar
• Cristian Ioan Bataga
• Vlad Bogdan Cotuna 

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Elizabeth Tweddle 
• Imogen Cairns
• Jennifer Pinches
• Rebecca Tunney
• Hannah Whelan

• Samuel Oldham
• Daniel Purvis
• Louis Smith
• Kristian Thomas
• Max Whitlock

• Katherine Driscoll

INDIVIDUAL:

• Francesca Jones

• Georgina Cassar
• Jade Faulkner
• Francesca Fox
• Lynne Hutchison
• Louisa Pouli
• Rachel Smith

And a huge congratulations go to the following gymnasts, their coaches and families and all the people who support them:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Fabian Hambuechen 
• Philipp Boy 
• Marcel Nguyen 
• Andreas Toba 
• Sebastian Krimmer 
• ALTERNATE: Thomas Taranu

After the final selection competition at the 2012 USA Trampoline Championships in San Jose, California, the 2012 National Champions Steven Gluckstein and Savannah Vinsant have been announced as the US representatives for the Olympic Games.

TRAMPOLINE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:

TRAMPOLINE FINAL RESULTS:

WOMEN:

MEN:

1. Steven Gluckstein (ETA Gymnastics) 56.355
2. Logan Dooley (World Elite Gymnastics) 56.150
3. Jeffrey Gluckstein (ETA Gymnastics) 55.105
4. Neil Gulati (World Elite Gymnastics) 54.915
5. Michael Devine (J and J Tumbling and Trampoline Team) 54.590
6. Hunter Brewster (Trampoline and Tumbling Express) 53.195
7. Casey Chandler (Legacy Trampoline and Tumbling) 51.680
8. Tanner Page (Action Athletics Inc.) 51.170

WOMEN:

1. Shanelle Landry (ETA); Alicia Powder (World Elite) 115.300
2. Audrey Ghanian (ETA); Deana Parris (Fairland) 106.800

1. Jeffrey Gluckstein (ETA); Michael Devine (J&J Trampoline) 137.900
2. Steven Gluckstein (ETA); Logan Dooley (World Elite) 130.900
3. Hunter Brewster (T&T Express); Neil Gulati (World Elite) 89.800

Image of Vaculik courtesy of the Kawartha Media Group. The 2012 Canadian Women's Artistic Gymnastics Squad for the Olympics has been announced. Congratulations to the following gymnasts:

Find below some wonderful images courtesy of Getty Images of from the Australian Institute of Sports where today's announcement of the Australian Women's Artistic Gymnastics took place. 

Queenslander Larrissa Miller was all calm before the announcement... 

But as the photos above and below show, she broke down into tears of joy when the announcement was made. 

But soon recovered for the individual portraits. Only gymnast missing is Miss Little.

Lauren Mitchell

Georgia Bonora

Ashleigh Brennan 

And then there is the following images from the Opening Training Session which was held prior to the announcement: 

Lauren Mitchell 

Ashleigh Brennan stretching

Mary Anne Monckton went through her paces on the Beam.

Lauren watching and focused. 

Lauren Mitchell on the Balance Beam. 

Emily Little went through her Uneven Bars routine. 

Mary Anne Monckton 

Georgia Bonora in action. 

Emily Little chalking up?

Lauren Mitchell getting some feedback on the Balance Beam.

Ashleigh Brennan - stretching and focused.

And it's time!!!!!!

Congratulations to the following gymnasts who will be wearing the green and gold:

• Georgia Bonora (VIC)
• Ashleigh Brennan (VIC)
• Emily Little (WA)
• Larrissa Miller (QLD)
• Lauren Mitchell (WA)

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Sui Lu
• Yao Jinnan
• Deng Linlin
• Huang Qiushuang 
• (TBD)
• RESERVES: TBD

The Women's Artistic and Men's Artistic participants to represent Netherlands at the London Olympics have been announced. After the court battles which both Jeffrey Wammes and Celine Van Gerner felt that the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation was too quick to announce Epke Zonderland and Wyomi Masela as participants to the Olympic Games, where the courts ruled that there needed to be an extended qualification period, the participants have been announced. Whilst commiserations go to those two who missed out on the place, and who have been named as reserves for the spots.....

Congratulations must go to Epke Zonderland and Celine Van Gerner! 

10.30am (AEST) comes and goes... they're just waiting on the Australian Olympic Committee's approval....

AND CONGRATULATIONS GOES TO:

BLAKE GAUDRY!!

AND TO THE NON-TRAVELLING RESERVE:

SHAUN SWADLING