Gymmin' Miel!

LI Qi, an up and coming Chinese gymnast born in 2002 stunned the field with a beautiful Floor routine scoring 14.350 on the event and winning the All Around title at the Australia versus China International Friendly which began last night in Perth. Australians Emma Jane Nedov and Madelaine Leydin finished second and third respectively. HUA Ruixue of China did not compete. Unfortunately detailed results for the Chinese gymnasts besides LI Qi's score on the Floor are not known but find the All Around standings below. Competition continues with Event Finals this evening (Perth local time) 

RESULTS:

The next two evenings (Western Australian time) sees the Australia versus China International Friendly. Excitingly both evenings of competition at the State Gymnastics Centre are sold out! Today's competition begins at 5pm (AWST) and will see the All Around Champions crowned with tomorrow's Event Finals begin at 7pm (AWST). Competing in this Friendly are:

AUSTRALIA:

• Georgia-Rose Brown
• Alexandra Eade
• Madelaine Leydin
• Rianna Mizzen
• Mary-Anne Monckton
• Kiara Munteanu
• Emma Jane Nedov
• Aimee Warnock

The International Friendly competition between the Women's Artistic Gymnasts of the United States, Romania and Germany is set to get underway at 2.00pm local time in Chemnitz, Germany. Four teams are set to compete, including a mixed team of USA/GER gymnasts. The team competing for the United States dominated the competition, with Germany and Romania rounding out the top three. Kyla Ross (USA) took out the Senior All Around honors with compatriots Simone Biles and Peyton Ernst tying for second place. USA's Bailie Key took out the Junior title with Romania's Andreea Munteanu and Tabea Alt of Germany rounding out the top three. High scores on each event, were set by Biles on the Vault, Balance Beam and Floor Exercise and Kyla Ross on the Uneven Bars.

RESULTS:
TEAM: 

1. United States of America (61.200, 57.900, 58.450, 56.500) 234.050
2. Germany (55.350, 51.700, 51.800, 51.750) 210.600
3. Romania (52.350, 48.700, 53.700, 50.400) 205.150
4. Mixed Team (40.750, 51.950, 37.700, 38.700) 169.100

USA:

• Maggie Nichols
• Peyton Ernst
• Bailie Key
• Kyla Ross
• Lexie Priessman
• Simone Biles

• Pauline Schaeffer (GER)
• Carina Kroll (GER)
• Brenna Dowell (USA)
• Amelia Hundley (USA)

• Diana Teodoru 
• Andreea Iridon
• Andreea Munteanu
• Paula Tudorache 

The team from Switzerland triumphed against those from the Czech Republic and Austria at the International Friendly, which took place in Vienna, Austria. Switzerland's Ilaria Kaeslin achieved high scores on the Uneven Bars and Balance Beam on the way to taking out the All Around honors. Fellow Swiss gymnast Jessica Diacci and Austria's Jasmin Mader rounded out the top three in the All Around. Jessica Diacci tied with Kaeslin for the top marks on the Uneven Bars, whilst Laura Schulte, also of Switzerland had the high score on the Vault and Mader was triumphant on the Floor Exercise.

 

TEAM RESULTS:

ALL AROUND RESULTS:

Today (Saturday, the 9th March) sees an International Friendly take place between Women's Artistic Gymnasts from Austria, Slovakia, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. The competition is set to take place at 1.00pm (Vienna Local time) at the Wiener Dusika Stadion and boasts an exciting line up.