Gymmin' Miel!

The full release can be seen at: http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/gaudry-miller-and-prince-to-leap-fly-and-twist-in-rio. Congratulations to these three and their teams behind them.

This afternoon sees the Women take to the competition floor to contest the Women's All Around Final. Can I just say how great it is to see so many spectators filling the stands. Unfortunately the full results will not be available until shortly after the competition and I will update these as soon as possible. Vietnam's PHAN Thi Ha Thanh is wearing the green/deep aqua bodied leotard with diamante pattern with the black mesh sleeves that we so commonly see her wear. The gymnasts from Singapore Nadine Joy Nathan and Janessa Dai Min Yi are both wearing red leotards with swirls and diamante patterning. Farah Ann Abdul Hadi is wearing a leotard half blue (or is it purple?) and half with a mesh sleeve with white patterning and very shiny! Indonesia's Rifda Irfanalutfi is wearing a predominately black leotard with a silver sleeve and gold patterning whilst Tan Ing Yueh is in a purple leotard with diamantes around the collar and wrists and gorgeous patterning on the back.

Just a step out on the landing for PHAN. Gorgeous vault from Nadine Joy Nathan. Solid vault landing off to one side for Farah Ann. It took them a long time to decide Janessa Dai Min Yi's score. Rifda Irfanalutfi's vault was so close to the table! Big hop backwards for Tan Ing Yueh. Solid routine on the Bars for Ava Lorein Verdeflor who is wearing a predominately purple leotard with black sleeves. Predominately purple 3/4 sleeved leotard for Vietnam's DO Thi Van Anh with black mesh in there and pink flame pattern. It's actually quite lovely. Had to wait a long time to get started. Poor DO that long wait did not help. Has to count a fall and had a really mess start to the routine. Both Thailand gymnasts are wearing sleeveless leotards. Praewpraw is in a blue leotard with purple and pink swirls on the front. Had a bit of leg separation throughout her routine, and sat down on her dismount. Kanyanat Boontoeng was the gymnast who DO had to wait for the score to come through for. Boontoeng wears a black leotard with white sides which has red patterning to separate the black from the white - landed on her knees and head for the dismount. PHAN leads Farah Ann Abdul Hadi and Rifda Irfanalutfi after the first rotation.

Good Bars routine for Nadine Joy Nathan. Was a gorgeous routine but Farah Ann Abdul Hadi sits down her dismount. Solid routine for Irfanalutfi. Fall on release for Tan Ing Yueh and hop back on dismount. Solid routine from PHAN. Stunning black leotard with mesh sleeves and diamantes for Elizabeth LeDuc. Unfortunate fall on beam. Few bobbles in Verdeflor's routine. PHAN still leads over Abdul Hadi and Singapore's Nadine Joy Nathan at the halfway mark.

A fall from Farah Ann on the Balance Beam but finishes solidly. Beautiful Floor routine from Ava Lorein Verdeflor. Two falls from Janessa Dai Min Yi on the Beam. Irfanalutfi seems to jump off the Beam - maybe she did not feel secure on her landing, lovely routine otherwise. A couple of bobbles but a nice routine from Tan Ing Yueh. Big save but PHAN shows how it's done! Solid routine with a fall from Nadine Joy Nathan. Love Elizabeth LeDuc's floor routine!! PHAN still leads over Abdul Hadi and Nadine Joy Nathan.

Lovely routine from Janessa Dai Min Yi. Fall to her hands and knees on her second pass (Rifda Irfanalutfi) her music reminds me of Irish dancing! Lovely form from Ava Lorein Verdeflor on her vault - lands to the side though. Gorgeous routine from PHAN!! Lovely routine from Nadine Joy Nathan. Beautiful routine from Farah Ann just a little bobble on her final pass. And it's official PHAN Thi Ha Thanh takes the All Around title over Malaysia's Farah Ann Abdul Hadi and Nadine Joy Nathan of Singapore.

The Men's Triple Jump field at the NatWest Island Games featured Faroe Island gymnast Ossur Debes Eiriksfoss and Isle of Man gymnast Anand Patel. Debes Eiriksfoss jumped a total of 14.34 to finish with the silver medal, mean while Patel's jump of 12.69 resulted in him finishing in 5th place. Full results below.

RESULTS:

1. Carl Morgan (CAY) 15.37
2. Ossur Debes Eiriksfoss (FAR) 14.34
3. Carlos Morgan (CAY) 14.10
4. Chas Smith (BER) 14.06
5. Anand Patel (IOM) 12.69

Footage from the Men's SET Events can be seen from 3.35. Footage courtesy of BerNewsDotCom Youtube channel.

The Isle of Man Gymnastics squad won seven of the ten SET Individual Event titles on offer on the final day of the Gymnastics competition on Thursday at the 2013 NatWest Island Games in Bermuda. SET are compulsory routines. Isle of Man's Nicole Burns won the Vault title over Bethany Dikau of the Cayman Islands and Grace Harrison (Isle of Man). Bermuda's Sadia Wilson won the Uneven Bars honors with Harrison in second. The bronze medal was shared between Gabrielle Vincent of Bermuda and Tara Donnelly of the Isle of Man. Wilson also earned the Balance Beam title with Harrison and Charlotte May Pollard of Jersey finishing in second and third respectively. Rebecca Johnson of the Isle of Man won the Floor Exercise title whilst Harrison and Bonita Mia Shurmer of Jersey rounded out the top three. 

It was an Isle of Man sweep of the medals on the Floor Exercise, with Anand Patel, Harshul Measuria and Brandon Garrett finishing first, second and third respectively. Fellow Isle of Man gymnast Antony Duchars won the Pommel Horse title with H. Measuria and Patel rounding out the top three. Isle of Man's Mukunda Measuria topped the Still Rings with Faroe Island gymnast Ossur Debes Eiriksfoss and Garrett finishing in second and third respectively. It was a Faroe Island domination on the Vault after Ossur Debes Eiriksfoss won the title over compatriots Bogi Berg and Aron Jacobsen. Duchars and H. Measuria tied for the Parallel Bars title with Faroe Island gymnast Aron Jacobsen finishing in third. Duchars also was the top scorer on the Horizontal Bar with Joni Brandsson Christiansen (Faroe Islands) and Nicholas Harvey (Isle of Man) rounding out the top three.

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

SET VAULT:

SET UNEVEN BARS:

1. Sadia Wilson (BER) 12.800
2. Grace Harrison (IOM) 12.650
3. Gabrielle Vincent (BER); Tara Donnelly (IOM) 12.550
4. 
   
5. Charlotte May Pollard (JER) 12.400
6. Bonita Mia Shurmer (JER) 12.250
7. Rebecca Johnson (IOM) 12.150
8. Katrin Solrunardottir Wardum (FAR) 12.050
9. Bethany Dikau (CAY) 11.850
10. Samantha Soares (BER); Morgan Lloyd (CAY) 11.800
11. 
    
12. Tabytha Hofheins (BER) 11.750
13. Emily Dale-Beeton (IOM) 11.650
14. Nicole Burns (IOM) 11.600
15. Clara James (BER) 11.450
16. Danielle Wall (BER) 11.100
17. Fanny Lindfors (ALA) 11.050
18. Mollie Manelius (ALA) 10.900
19. Aoife Donnelly (IOM) 10.850
20. Hanna Pussinen (ALA) 10.750
21. Birita Poulsen (FAR) 10.550
22. Anita Sigmarsdottir Davidsen (FAR) 10.500
23. Olivia Rose Pollard (JER) 10.400
24. Lovis Henriksson (ALA) 10.350
25. Emma Pussinen (ALA); Haley Willkom (CAY) 10.200
26. 
    
27. Malin Pussinen (ALA) 9.600
28. Eydna Eivindardottir Danielsen (FAR) 8.650
29. Katie McHardy-Rowley (YNYS MON) 8.450
30. Meinir Roberts (YNYS MON) 8.300
31. Fridhild Reinert Nordgerd (FAR) 8.100
32. Sophie Twiss (YNYS MON) 7.050
33. Samantha Font (YNYS MON) 5.800

1. Sadia Wilson (BER) 12.850
2. Grace Harrison (IOM) 12.800
3. Charlotte May Pollard (JER) 12.550
4. Emily Dale-Beeton (IOM) 12.250
5. Nicole Burns (IOM) 12.200
6. Katrin Solrunardottir Wardum (FAR) 12.100
7. Gabrielle Vincent (BER) 12.050
8. Clara James (BER) 12.000
9. Aoife Donnelly (IOM) 11.900
10. Tara Donnelly (IOM) 11.850
11. Tabytha Hofheins (BER) 11.750
12. Samantha Soares (BER) 11.550
13. Bonita Mia Shurmer (JER) 11.500
14. Danielle Wall (BER) 11.300
15. Rebecca Johnson (IOM) 11.100
16. Morgan Lloyd (CAY) 11.050
17. Fanny Lindfors (ALA) 10.900
18. Emma Pussinen (ALA) 10.850
19. Bethany Dikau (CAY) 10.150
20. Fridhild Reinert Nordgerd (FAR) 10.100
21. Olivia Rose Pollard (JER) 10.000
22. Eydna Eivindardottir Danielsen (FAR) 9.800
23. Lovis Henriksson (ALA) 9.200
24. Birita Poulsen (FAR) 8.450
25. Anita Sigmarsdottir Davidsen (FAR) 8.150
26. Samantha Font (YNYS MON) 7.950
27. Meinir Roberts (YNYS MON) 7.800
28. Katie McHardy-Rowley (YNYS MON) 6.450
29. Haley Willkom (CAY) 4.000
30. Sophie Twiss (YNYS MON) 3.700

1. Rebecca Johnson (IOM) 12.300
2. Grace Harrison (IOM) 12.250
3. Bonita Mia Shurmer (JER) 12.200
4. Nicole Burns (IOM); Charlotte May Pollard (JER) 12.150
5. 
   
6. Sadia Wilson (BER) 12.100
7. Gabrielle Vincent (BER) 12.050
8. Tabytha Hofheins (BER) 12.000
9. Clara James (BER) 11.900
10. Bethany Dikau (CAY) 11.800
11. Fanny Lindfors (ALA); Samantha Soares (BER) 11.700
12. 
    
13. Katrin Solrunardottir Wardum (FAR) 11.650
14. Tara Donnelly (IOM) 11.600
15. Morgan Lloyd (CAY); Anita Sigmarsdottir Davidsen (FAR) 11.500
16. 
    
17. Fridhild Reinert Nordgerd (FAR) 11.350
18. Danielle Wall (BER); Aoife Donnelly (IOM); Olivia Rose Pollard (JER) 11.200
19. 
    
20. 
    
21. Lovis Henriksson (ALA) 11.000
22. Emma Pussinen (ALA); Emily Dale-Beeton (IOM) 10.950
23. 
    
24. Eydna Eivindardottir Danielsen (FAR) 10.900
25. Birita Poulsen (FAR) 10.800
26. Samantha Font (YNYS MON) 10.750
27. Katie McHardy-Rowley (YNYS MON) 10.600
28. Ellen Marett (JER) 10.400
29. Hanna Pussinen (ALA) 10.350
30. Meinir Roberts (YNYS MON) 10.300
31. Sophie Twiss (YNYS MON) 9.650
32. Haley Willkom (CAY) 9.050
33. Jessica Lloyd (CAY) 8.400
34. Hilary Cockhill (CAY) 6.500

SET FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Anand Patel (IOM) 9.150
2. Harshul Measuria (IOM) 8.950
3. Brandon Garrett (IOM) 8.900
4. Antony Duchars (IOM) 8.800
5. Aron Jacobsen (FAR) 8.700
6. Olivur Debes Eiriksfoss (FAR) 8.600
7. Joni Brandsson Christiansen (FAR) 8.300
8. Ossur Debes Eiriksfoss (FAR) 8.150
9. Bogi Berg (FAR) 6.800
10. Nicholas Harvey (IOM) 6.700
11. Zee Adamson (JER) 5.700
12. Ras-Melchizedek Hesse (JER) 3.850

1. Antony Duchars (IOM) 9.400
2. Harshul Measuria (IOM) 9.200
3. Anand Patel (IOM) 9.150
4. Mukunda Measuria (IOM) 8.850
5. Brandon Garrett (IOM) 8.550
6. Aron Jacobsen (FAR) 7.300
7. Nicholas Harvey (IOM) 5.600
8. Zee Adamson (JER) 3.900
9. Ras-Melchizedek Hesse (JER) 3.600

1. Mukunda Measuria (IOM) 9.700
2. Ossur Debes Eiriksfoss (FAR) 9.600
3. Brandon Garrett (IOM) 9.500
4. Bogi Berg (FAR); Antony Duchars (IOM) 9.450
5. 
   
6. Joni Brandsson Christiansen (FAR); Nicholas Harvey (IOM) 9.000
7. 
   
8. Olivur Debes Eiriksfoss (FAR) 8.850
9. Aron Jacobsen (FAR) 8.700
10. Harshul Measuria (IOM) 8.500
11. Zee Adamson (JER) 7.390

1. Ossur Debes Eiriksfoss (FAR) 9.800
2. Bogi Berg (FAR) 9.700
3. Aron Jacobsen (FAR) 9.600
4. Nicholas Harvey (IOM); Anand Patel (IOM) 9.550
5. 
   
6. Joni Brandsson Christiansen (FAR); Harshul Measuria (IOM) 9.400
7. 
   
8. Olivur Debes Eiriksfoss (FAR); Brandon Garrett (IOM); Mukunda Measuria (IOM) 9.350
9. 
   
10. 
    
11. Antony Duchars (IOM) 9.250
12. Zee Adamson (JER) 9.100
13. Ras-Melchizedek Hesse (JER) 9.050

1. Anthony Duchars (IOM); Harshul Measuria (IOM) 9.500
2. 
   
3. Aron Jacobsen (FAR) 9.400
4. Ossur Debes Eiriksfoss (FAR) 9.100
5. Joni Brandsson Christiansen (FAR) 9.050
6. Nicholas Harvey (IOM) 9.000
7. Olivur Debes Eiriksfoss (FAR); Brandon Garrett (IOM) 8.700
8. 
   
9. Mukunda Measuria (IOM) 8.000
10. Zee Adamson (JER) 7.600
11. Bogi Berg (FAR) 5.100

1. Antony Duchars (IOM) 9.500
2. Joni Brandsson Christiansen (FAR) 9.200
3. Nicholas Harvey (IOM) 9.150
4. Brandon Garrett (IOM) 9.050
5. Aron Jacobsen (FAR) 8.500
6. Mukunda Measuria (IOM) 8.300
7. Harshul Measuria (IOM) 8.000
8. Ossur Debes Eiriksfoss (FAR) 7.900
9. Bogi Berg (FAR) 5.400
10. Zee Adamson (JER) 1.200

Monday the 15th of July saw Ossur Debes Eiriksfoss of the Faroe Islands, earn the silver medal in the Men's High Jump at the 2013 NatWest Island Games. Ossur is also competing in the Gymnastics competition at the Island Games and was a member of the Gold Medal winning team on the Sunday. Ossur actually jumped the same height as Gold medal winner Jahnhai Perinchief of Bermuda but due to a count back had to settle for second place. Well done Ossur! He will also compete in the Triple Jump on Friday. 

The XV NatWest Island Games will be taking place from the 13th to the 19th of July in Bermuda. The NatWest Island Games have taken place every two years after the first edition which was held in the Isle of Man in 1985. The International Island Games Association is made up of 24 Member Islands which will take place in up to 14 selected sports at the NatWest Island Games. This year the sports contested will be Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cycling, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Sailboarding, Sailing, Shooting, Squash, Swimming, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball and Beach Volleyball. Gymnastics has featured in the Island Games competition nine times (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009) and makes its return in Bermuda. At the last edition in 2009: In terms of the FIG Results Bermuda's Kaisey Griffiths edged team mates Caitlyn Mello and Morgan Beckles for the Women's All Around title with Isle of Man's Alex Hedges taking out the Men's honor over Matthew Maletroit (Jersey) and Adam Hedges (Isle of Man). 

Excitement for the Jersey contingent will start early as gymnasts Bonita Shurmer and Zee Adamson has the honor of being the Island's Water Carriers at the Opening Ceremony. Traditionally each Island's youngest Male and Female competitors deliver water from around their home Island which is mixed together at the Opening Ceremony. Samantha Soares will be Bermuda's Water Carrier. Ynys Mon Gymnast Siwan Jones will be the Island's Flag Bearer at the Opening Ceremony. Siwan Jones is competing in her final Games and is the newly appointed Workforce Development Manager for Welsh Gymnastics.

TUESDAY 16TH JULY:

• 9.00am - 1.00pm: Men's FIG Individual All Around
• 3.30pm - 8.10pm: Women's FIG Individual All Around

• 9.00am - 1.00pm: Women's SET Apparatus Finals
• 1.00pm - 4.00pm: Men's SET Apparatus Finals

University of Michigan alumni (2006-2009) Tatjana Theuner-Rego is currently listed on the nominative roster for the 2013 La Classique Gymnix. I hope she does compete because I have always enjoyed her gymnastics. Tatjana began her career competing for Universal Gymnastics in Miami, Florida where she qualified three times to the J.O. National Championships (2003, 2004, 2005). She has been coaching at Calgary Gymnastics Center since early last year.
 

Live scoring for the Senior Women's All Around is below. After the first rotation, Elsabeth Black leads over Victoria-Kayen Woo and Mariana Colussi-Pelaez. At the halfway point, Mariana Colussi-Pelaez moves into first over Meagan Chant and Black. And it's official, Elsabeth Black of Halifax ALTA takes out the All Around title over Maegan Chant and Casey Carvalho! Top scorers on each event, were Black and Briannah Tsang (Flicka) on the Vault, Victoria-Kayen Woo on the Uneven Bars, and Black on the Beam and Floor Exercise.

According to AsiaOne online news portal, four Olympic sport disciplines are set to be dropped from the 27th South East Asian Games competition which is to take place in December this year in Myanmar. The four disciplines notably missing are: Badminton, Tennis, Table Tennis and Gymnastics. From the article by Lim Say Heng (which you can see at http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20130127-398208.html:

The four sports were among the 31 confirmed at the first SEA Games Council meeting held in the Myanmarese capital Naypyidaw last July, with the inclusion of seven sports - fencing, fin swimming, hockey, petanque, soft tennis, tarung derajat (an Indonesian martial art) and vovinam (a Vietnamese martial art) - to be discussed in a meeting next week.

The various National Olympic Committees received an updated list earlier this week in preparation for the meeting, with the four Olympic sports conspicuously absent.

Singapore National Olympic Council secretary general Chris Chan has sent the local organisers a letter on this matter, with several other countries lending their support.

Chan said: "Nothing has been finalised yet. As with many previous Games, there's always room for discussions and I brought the matter to the attention of the local organisers, which elicited responses from other countries as well.

Here is hoping that this was just an oversight and that Gymnastics is once again included in the programme. Also from the above article:

Veteran gymnast Lim Heem Wei added: "It's quite sad because these are all our core sports, especially table tennis, and we would lose out in the medal count if that happens.

"But we haven't gotten any official notification about this yet and we will just keep training.

Hopefully, we will be able to go for the Games."

Lisa Ecker and Fabian Leimlehner have been named as Austria's Gymnasts of the Year 2012. The award winners were determined by equal weighting of the votes from an Expert, VIP and Media representatives Jury and that of an online public vote. The 2012 poll saw a massive 13,000 votes cast since it opened at the beginning of December and closed on New Year's Eve (Austrian local time). Ecker takes out the Women's honors for the first time, whilst this is 2012 Olympian Leimlehner's sixth Gymnast of the Year award since 2006! 

In the Women's voting, Lisa was very popular in the online voting, earning the most votes over Rhythmic Gymnast Caroline Weber, however it was Weber who earned 32% of the Jury vote.

WOMEN'S RESULTS:

1. Lisa Ecker (WOMEN'S ARTISTIC) (3322 Online Votes; 18.7% Jury Votes) 32.9%
2. Caroline Weber (RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS) (2185 Online Votes; 32% Jury Votes) 30.2%
3. Barbara Gasser (WOMEN'S ARTISTIC) (705 Online Votes; 22.7% Jury Votes) 15.9%
4. Lubi Gazov (SPORTS AEROBICS) (943 Online Votes; 17.3% Jury Votes) 14.8%
5. Nicol Ruprecht (WOMEN'S ARTISTIC) (539 Online Votes; 9.3% Jury Votes) 8.2%

Happy New Year Gym Fans! Hope you all had a happy and safe evening seeing in 2013. Firstly, a huge thank you for reading and continuing to visit my blog and I look forward to sharing more gymnastics with you in the upcoming twelve months and of course beyond! 

The competitors in the three Gymnastics disciplines are seemingly finalized. The 6th edition of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival takes place in Sydney, New South Wales from the 16th to the 20th January, 2013. Artistic Gymnastics is set to be held on the 18th and 20th, with gymnasts from Australia, China, Great Britain and New Zealand participating. In Rhythmic Gymnastics, competition is scheduled for the 18th and 19th of January with gymnasts from Australia, China, Great Britain, Malaysia and New Zealand competing. And finally, Trampoline Gymnastics will be contested on the 19th of January and will see gymnasts from Australia, Canada, China, Great Britain and New Zealand compete. Canada's participants are yet to be determined. Please note that some countries have not confirmed their entries as yet.

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:
WOMEN'S:

• Brooke Callcott (AUS)
• Gillian Chan (AUS)
• Alexandra Eade (AUS)
• Eliza Freeman (AUS)
• Paige James (AUS)
• Rianna Mizzen (AUS)
• Darcy Norman (AUS)
• Eden Tarvit (AUS)
• Yawen Bai (CHN)
• Siyi Chen (CHN)
• Jie Mei (CHN)
• Wei Wang (CHN)
• Emily Crowe (GBR)
• Teal Grindle (GBR)
• Tyesha Mattis (GBR)
• Amy Tinkler (GBR)
• Hanna Malloch (NZL)
• Courtney McGregor (NZL)
• Charlotte Sullivan (NZL)
• Millie Williamson (NZL)

MEN'S:

• James Bacueti (AUS)
• Scott Brooks (AUS)
• Corey Morton (AUS)
• Zachary Perillo (AUS)
• Christopher Remkes (AUS)
• Clay Stephens (AUS)
• Robert Thornton (AUS)
• Trenten Wan (AUS)
• Yixin Du (CHN)
• Huanzhang Jin (CHN)
• Di Wu (CHN)
• Ruoteng Xiao (CHN)
• Dominick Cunningham (GBR)
• James Hall (GBR)
• Courtney Tulloch (GBR)
• Nile Wilson (GBR)
• Troy Arendse (NZL) 
• Reegan Edwards (NZL)
• Kyleab Ellis (NZL)
• Jorden O'Connell-Inns (NZL)