Gymmin' Miel!

The first day of the All Around World Cup Series Final for 2012-2013 is underway in Tokyo, Japan. Women will contest the Vault and Uneven Bars with the Men competing on Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse and Still Rings. United States of America gymnast Danell Leyva will not be competing due to a pain in his left shoulder which got worse during the two days of podium training. After Day One, Peyton Ernst of the USA leads Japan's Asuka Teramoto and Canadian Elsabeth Black. And for the Men, Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev leads over Japan's Ryohei Kato and Daniel Purvis of Great Britain. 

Asuka Teramoto won the final event of the 2012-2013 All Around World Cup series. American Peyton Ernst finished in second with Canadian Elsabeth Black in third. Ernst top scored on the Floor Exercise, whilst China's SHANG Chunsong earned the high mark on the Balance Beam. Kazuhito Tanaka withdrew from the second day of competition due to an injury to his left foot that was caused on the dismount from the Still Rings on the first day of competition. The Men's top three remained unchanged from the first day. Verniaiev scored the top mark on the Vault, with Ryohei Kato earning the top score on the Parallel Bars and tying for the top mark with Spain's Fabian Gonzalez on the Horizontal Bar. 

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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):

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

Image courtesy of Aflo Sport, sourced on the official Tokyo World Cup website

Japanese star Kohei Uchimura top scored on the Floor Exercise, Vault and Parallel Bars and tied for the top score on the Still Rings (along with compatriot Shogo Nonomura), in order to outclass the field in Tokyo. Silver medalist Philipp Boy of Germany scored the highest on the Horizontal Bar, whilst Frenchman Cyril Tommasone  scored the highest on the Pommel Horse. The bronze medal in the contest, went to Great Britain's Daniel Purvis  who earned enough points to surpass Ukrainian Mykola Kuksenkov to take the All Around World Cup Champion title. Spanish gymnast Rafael Martinez, only competed three events - according to the quick hits, (which you can read in full here), he completed his piked Yamawaki to tucked Yamawaki when he suddenly stopped his routine and fell, according to the site, he was bleeding and withdrew from the remainder of the competition. 

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

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. 

WOMEN'S ALL AROUND:

The next edition of the World Cup series will be held in Tokyo, Japan, on the 26th and 27th of November. This is a Category A World Cup, All Around competition will be held at the Ryoguko Kokugikon Sports Hall, more commonly known as a famous Sumo Wrestling hall. I cannot wait! It's sad that the Women's competition has one less competitor, but both the Women's and Men's fields are still exciting! It'll be the first time that World All Around Champion Kohei Uchimura will take on his compatriot up-and-comer Shogo Nonomura in an international arena.... It's set to be an exciting showdown that's for sure. For the Women, I predict HUANG Qiushuang to medal, however I would love to see German Kim Bui or one of the Australia's on the podium.... GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!

SUNDAY, 27th NOVEMBER:

• 11.04 - 13.58: Men's AA Competition
• 14.00 - 14.16: Award Ceremony 

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

1. Rafael Martinez (ESP)
2. Mykola Kuksenkov (UKR)
3. Daniel Purvis (GBR)
4. Shogo Nonomura (JPN)
5. Kristian Thomas (GBR)
6. Philipp Boy (GER)
7. Cyril Tommasone (FRA)
8. Kohei Uchimura (JPN)