UPDATE: USA Gymnastics names U.S. Men’s Team for 2006 World Championships
I was happy to see the All-around won by artistic, stylish Sasha Artemev. He does remind you of his father, 1984 USSR Champion Vladimir Artemov.
more photos of Artemev from Inside Gymnastics
Artemev was not the favourite. Everyone was talking about David Durante coming into the meet. Unfortunately Durante had a lot of surprising errors.
ARTEMEV EARNS FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE – Inside Gymnastics
I had not seen the US Men in a couple of years. Clearly they are much improved on Vault and Rings.
David Sender is world class on vault launching Shewfelt (Yurchenko 2 1/2) like Kyle Shewfelt.
I spoke with the judges on P Bars and they were happy with the routines they saw. The new code rewards C-parts so we are seeing, once again, beautiful swings in sequence.
The Junior competition was disappointing. The athletes have potential — but competing FIG rules is working to the disadvantage of progress. The Men’s program needs to rework their age group regulations in light of the new code.
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