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World Gymnastics Championships results

October 16th, 2009 | Gymnastics

1. Sloan USA-57.825,
2. Bross USA–57.775,
3. Tsurumi JPN–57.175,
4. Mitchell AUS-57.150,
5, Dufournet FRA–56.65,
6. Yang CHN–56.575,
7. Porgras ROM-56.50,
8. Kaeslin SUI-55.925

top-3

Obviously a great meet for the U.S.A.

But I’m particularly glad to see a Japanese gymnast on the podium. So often in the past their girls have been under rated, under appreciated.

Porgras was the greatest surprise. She’s gained a new worldwide fan club with her wonderfully elegant routines.

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7 comments ↓

#1 coach M on 10.16.09 at 1:50 pm

I agree Porgras was really fun to watch. She’s got “IT.” I like Sloan and Bross, but they don’t have IT the way Porgras does.

#2 Kayla on 10.16.09 at 4:03 pm

Fingers crossed for Porgras in beam finals!! She would have medaled if it hadn’t been for that fall. :(

#3 kj on 10.16.09 at 4:28 pm

so happy for koko! she had a solid performance

#4 PERTO on 10.16.09 at 6:55 pm

Progras was the only gymnast approaching artistic and with pretty lines. I hope this was a good experience for her since she’s so new to the scene – at least, I hadn’t heard of her until a month or so ago?

#5 coach M on 10.16.09 at 11:08 pm

Did anyone else think Yurbatova was really good? I loved her bars and vault. She had a mistake on one of her turns on bars, but I love the composition of her routine, her lines, and her handstands just popped into position and looked perfect. I guess I’m missing something that the judges are deducting in her routines.

#6 Marcus on 10.17.09 at 12:10 am

Kurbatova was WAY late on her clear hip 1/1, and she had messy legs throughout the exercise. Her handstands were not great either.

#7 Ian on 10.17.09 at 8:54 pm

I get the feeling that Kurbatova holds back just a little bit. I think she’s capable of bigger tumbling on FX and BB. But she has a weird twisting technique: her DTY is actually a ½on-1½ off twisting Yurchenko. I don’t know if she can be a star in the future but after years of watching promising Russian gymnasts never living up to the expectations, I’m not very optimistic she can be.

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