Month: March 2010

Lexie Priessman wins SuperLiukin Cup

Lexie Priessman of Cincinnati, Ohio, won the all-around title at the inaugural Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass.

Kassandra Lopez of Tucson, Ariz., and Diandra Milliner of Andover, Kansas, finished second and third, respectively, in the 36-gymnast field that boasted competitors from 17 states across the country. Proceeds from the event go to the Nastia Liukin Fund, a charitable fund within the National Gymnastics Foundation. …

Priessman, who trains at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, won the all-around with a total score of 38.400. On vault, she performed a double-twisting Yurchenko to score a 9.750. She earned a 9.450 on uneven bars, landing one of the only full-twisting double-layout dismounts in the competition. …

read more on USAG

Lopez has committed to Utah and Milliner to Alabama. Priessman is only age-13.

Commentary and photos on Gymnastics Examiner.

Alabama v Oklahoma, UCLA v Georgia

What’s the best gymnastics meet this weekend?

Not the Women’s American Cup, I’m afraid. It’s inevitably a let down as half the astonishingly small field typically miss routines.

#1 Alabama v #2 Oklahoma on Friday?

or … #3 UCLA v #5 Georgia on Saturday?

More adversity for Georgia as Shayla Worley is out with ankle injury. Grace and her team will have to keep smiles on their faces facing a team that hit every routine last weekend.

NCAA Women's Gymnastics: Georgia vs Utah Jan 22

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For the first time ever an Alabama meet will be televised live, with Mr. Comanichi doing commentary. Bama fans are already going nuts this season, anticipating a good shot at winning Championships.

OK, truth is … the best competition this weekend will be the American Cup Men’s Meet, one of the best fields ever.

Canada “Going for the Gold”

Kyle Shewfelt linked to this good news story: Olympic athletes get gold in federal budget

Big increases in funding for high performance sport. They’re still adding up the numbers.

Snow Boarding

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Some had feared funding would be cut drastically as soon as public interest in the Olympics waned. But politicans bandwagoneered on huge popular support of the Games.

ScAmerican cup gymnasts

Women
Canada, Dominique Pegg
Germany, Elisabeth Seitz
Japan, Yuko Shintake
Mexico, Elsa Garcia
Switzerland, Ariella Kaeslin
Venezuela, Jessica Lopez
United States, Rebecca Bross
United States, Alexandra Raisman
Alt. United States, Kytra Hunter

Men
Colombia, Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez
Germany, Fabian Hambuechen
Great Britain, Daniel Keatings
Japan, Koji Yamamuro
Romania, Flavius Koczi
Russia, Maxim Devyatovsky
United States, Chris Brooks
United States, Jonathan Horton
Alt. United States, Danell Leyva

March 6th – competition home page

Dominique Pegg

more photos of Dominique by RICARDO BUFOLIN

Dominique is the Elite Canada Champion, a new Senior who has been impressing many.

related: International Gymnast – Pegg ‘Very Honored’ to Compete at American Cup

air time on Trampoline

A big change to F.I.G. Trampoline rules goes into effect September 1, 2010.

“Time of flight” has been added as “an additional objective criteria”. Sounds like a good idea.

It looks like electronics will be used:

read more – F.I.G. – Time of flight voted new criteria

Does this mean heavier athletes will gain some advantage?

Leave a comment if you know more.