Gymmin' Miel!

The 2013 Toyota International Gymnastics Competition will be held from the 14th to the 15th of December at the Sky Hall Toyota (Toyota City Gymnasium) in Toyota, Japan. This event features Men and Women's Artistic Gymnasts compete in Apparatus Finals (CIII) competition. On the Saturday, the 14th the event gets underway at 2.00pm (local time) and will feature Women's Vault and Uneven Bars and the Men's Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse and Still Rings. The second day will commence at 2.00pm and will see Women's Balance Beam and Floor Exercise and Men's Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar. 

Gymnasts from nine nations will participate with the roster currently looking extremely exciting!! In a small Women's field, the standout names are Canadian Victoria Moors, Germany's Pia Tolle, Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan, Hiu Ying Angel Wong of Hong Kong, Korean Seon Mi Heo, and Vietnam's PHAN Thi Ha Thanh. Not to mention Japan's own Mai Murakami, Asuka Teramoto, Natsumi Sasada and Yu Minobe.

In terms of the Men's field, names to watch out for are Brazil's Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti and Pericles Fouro da Silva, Canadians Kenneth Ikeda, Robert Watson and Zachary Clay; German's Andreas Toba and Marcel Nguyen; Daniel Keatings and Kristian Thomas of Great Britain; Hong Kong's Kiu Chung Ng, Korea's KIM Hee Hoon and BAE Ga Ram; and Vietnam's PHAM Phuoc Hung, DANG Nam and HOANG Cuong. Standout routines will also be performed by Japan's own Kohei Uchimura, Ryohei Kato, Koji Yamamuro, Kohei Kameyama and Kenzo Shirai. 

PARTICIPANTS:

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA)
• Pericles Fouro da Silva (BRA)
• Steven Chaplin (CAN)
• Zachary Clay (CAN)
• Kenneth Ikeda (CAN)
• Robert Watson (CAN)
• Kristian Thomas (GBR)
• Daniel Keatings (GBR)
• Andreas Toba (GER)
• Marcel Nguyen (GER)
• Kam Wah Liu (HKG)
• Man Hin Jim (HKG)
• Kiu Chung Ng (HKG)
• KIM Hee Hoon (KOR)
• BAE Ga Ram (KOR)
• PARK Eo Jin (KOR)
• PHAM Phuoc Hung (VIE)
• DANG Nam (VIE)
• HOANG Cuong (VIE)
• Kohei Uchimura (JPN)
• Ryohei Kato (JPN)
• Kohei Kameyama (JPN)
• Koji Yamamuro (JPN)
• Kenzo Shirai (JPN)

The first day of competition at the 2012 Toyota International Gymnastics Invitational has been completed. In the Women's competition, Vietnam's PHAN Thi Ha Thanh outclassed the field on vault, with Japan's Mai Murakami and Wakiko Ryu rounding out the top three. Whilst on the Uneven Bars, Japanese starlet Rie Tanaka took the title by 0.100 from Canadian Sabrina Gill with Germany's Isabelle Marquard picking up the bronze medal. Ryohei Kato of Japan won the Men's Floor Exercise over compatriot Yusuke Tanaka and Canada's Hugh Smith. Kato also won the Pommel Horse title, with compatriot Kazuhito Tanaka earning the silver medal with Canadian Kenneth Ikeda picking up the bronze. Whilst on the Still Rings, Brazil's Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti won the title from Japan's Yusuke Tanaka and Yusuke Saito.

Korea's YANG Hak-Seon won the Men's Vault title with Hong Kong's Wai Hung Shek and Japan's Takumi Sato rounding out the top three. While on the Parallel Bars, Yusuke Tanaka won the title over his brother, Kazuhito with German Christopher Jursch picking up the bronze. Yusuke also picked up the gold medal on the Horizontal Bar, with Shek and Jursch rounding out the top three. Whilst in the Women's competition, Japan's Yu Minobe won the Balance Beam title over compatriot Yuko Shintake with Vietnam's PHAN Thi Ha Thanh picking up the bronze. On the Floor Exercise, Koko Tsurumi triumphed over Murakami and Sabrina Gill of Canada who earned the silver and bronze medals respectively.

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

1. Rie Tanaka (JPN) 12.975
2. Sabrina Gill (CAN) 12.875
3. Isabelle Marquard (GER) 12.500
4. Yu Minobe (JPN) 12.425
5. Anja Rheinbay (GER) 11.700
6. Hiu Ying Angel Wong (HKG) 10.675

1. Ryohei Kato (JPN) 15.675
2. Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 15.075
3. Hugh Smith (CAN) 14.350
4. Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA) 14.275
5. Kam Wah Liu (HKG) 12.425
6. Wai Hung Shek (HKG) 12.325
7. Zachary Clay (CAN) 11.925

1. Ryohei Kato (JPN) 15.050
2. Kazuhito Tanaka (JPN) 14.775
3. Kenneth Ikeda (CAN) 14.200
4. Zachary Clay (CAN); Wai Hung Shek (HKG) 13.400
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6. Christopher Jursch (GER) 13.000
7. Daniel Weinert (GER) 12.325

1. Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA) 15.900
2. Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 14.850
3. Yusuke Saito (JPN) 14.825
4. Igor Radivilov (UKR) 14.525
5. Kiu Chung Ng (HKG) 14.250
6. Daniel Weinert (JPN) 13.300
7. YANG Hak-Seon (KOR) 13.100
8. Hugh Smith (CAN) 12.950
9. Kam Wah Liu (HKG) 12.325

1. YANG Hak Seon (KOR) (16.325, 15.950) 16.137
2. Wai Hung Shek (HKG) (15.800, 15.825) 15.812
3. Takumi Sato (JPN) (15.900, 15.500) 15.700
4. Hugh Smith (CAN) (15.825, 14.625) 15.225
5. Igor Radivilov (UKR) (15.225, 14.600) 14.912
6. Man Hin Jim (HKG) (14.750, 13.875) 14.312

1. Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 15.275
2. Kazuhito Tanaka (JPN) 15.125
3. Christopher Jursch (GER) 13.525
4. Kiu Chung Ng (HKG) 12.875
5. Daniel Weinert (GER) 12.725
6. Man Hin Jim (HKG) 12.625
7. Kenneth Ikeda (CAN) 11.825
8. Zachary Clay (CAN) 9.750

1. Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 15.175
2. Wai Hung Shek (HKG) 15.125
3. Christopher Jursch (GER) 14.575
4. Ryohei Kato (JPN) 13.725
5. Kenneth Ikeda (CAN) 13.275
6. Man Hin Jim (HKG) 12.475
7. Hugh Smith (CAN) 12.025

The 2012 Toyota International Gymnastics Competition will be held on the 15th and 16th of December at the Sky Hall Toyota in Tokyo, Japan. The competition is split over the two days. The competition on the 15th begins at 2.00pm (local time) with the Men contesting the Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse and Still Rings, with the Women competing on the Vault and Uneven Bars. The Sunday, sees the Gymnastics get underway at 1.00pm (local time) with the Women competing on the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise with the Men participating on the Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar. 

According to the Preliminary roster below, seven nations are set to send Gymnasts to Tokyo - Canada, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Ukraine, and Vietnam. So far I am loving the roster for both the Men and Women and hope that not too many changes will be made. 

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA)
• Zachary Clay (CAN)
• Kenneth Ikeda (CAN)
• Hugh Smith (CAN)
• Christopher Jursch (GER)
• Daniel Weinert (GER)
• Kam Wah Liu (HKG)
• Man Hin Jim (HKG)
• Kiu Chung Ng (HKG)
• Wai Hung Shek (HKG)
• YANG Hak Seon (KOR)
• Igor Radivilov (UKR)
• Kazuhito Tanaka (JPN)
• Yusuke Tanaka (JPN)
• Ryohei Kato (JPN)