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Jay Thornton:
I am excited to announce that we will have an event truck for the 2011-2012 season, providing equipment rental for girls AND boys meets in the Southeast. …
We just need to know the date and location of your competition and what equipment you need, and we will send you over a quote right away.
… and will also be offering online marketing services for the event host.
Brittany Johnson of Texas Woman’s University won the all-around on the first day of the USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate Championships in the Cadet West Gymnasium at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. …
All-around
1. Brittany Johnson, Texas Woman’s University, 39.075
2. Brittany Dutton, U.S. Air Force Academy, 38.925
3. Jen Larsen, U.S. Air Force Academy, 38.750In addition, two teams from each semifinal round advanced to the team finals on Saturday,
1. University of Bridgeport, 192.775
2. Seattle Pacific University, 191.0501. Texas Woman’s University, 194.125
2. U.S. Air Force Academy, 193.200April 9, and the top 10 finishers for each apparatus will compete in the individual event finals on Sunday, April, 10. …
read more including full results on USAG
Thank Leslie King for the link.
The 16-year-old Muscovite tore her ACL landing an Amanar vault during the women’s all-around final. The injury, at first thought to be a less serious torn miniscus, was confirmed as an ACL tear …
Worst case scenario is the unhappy triad:
The mechanism for this injury occurs when a lateral (outside) force to the knee is received while the foot is fixed on the ground in external rotation.
The classic O’Donoghue triad is characterized by an injury to three knee structures:
• the anterior cruciate ligament
• the medial collateral ligament (or “tibial collateral ligament”)
• the medial meniscus (however, lateral meniscus injuries are more commonly seen among athletes.) …
We’ll likely find out before the scheduled April 12th surgery in Munich.
Recovery is often cited 6-9 months. But ultra fit, young and motivated athletes often make faster progress than average.
On the other hand, gymnasts need total recovery.
… Mustafina’s injury dramatically changes the landscape for the 2011 World Championships, which may or may not be held in Tokyo in October. Without her, the Russian team is weakened but still deep, with Tatiana Nabieva, Ksenia Afanasyeva, Viktoria Komova and in a pinch Anna Dementyeva available to do the all-around. …
read more commentary on Gymnastics Examiner – Aliya Mustafina to undergo surgery for torn ACL, will be out until 2012
The target now is Olympics 2012. Aliya may need to take out some of the advanced twisting skills, replacing those value parts with more somersaulting skills. Shawn Johnson is trying to do that right now, after her own knee surgery.
Good luck, Aliya.
Andrew Thornton:
… The men’s floor champion with a 15.5…well deserved! His twisting skills are almost like illusions at times – his 2 ½ looks like a 1 ½ and his 3 ½ tends to look like a 2 ½. Incredibly difficult and original passes. …
Click PLAY or watch him on YouTube.
Andy defends Men’s Floor in 2011:
There is quite a bit of criticism out there regarding men’s floor, with some fans stating there is TOO MUCH tumbling nowadays and the routines are a bit overloaded, with little concern for artistry and presentation. Personally, I think men’s floor is one of the most revolutionized events in all of gymnastics, as the tumbling passes done today are absolutely mind-boggling compared to what was done just ten and twenty years ago. I do agree that presentation has often been lacking, but if the routines above are an indication, perhaps we are seeing some improvement in this area. …
I have to agree with regards to that particular routine. It doesn’t feel rushed. And actually has some style.
Another point:
… I MUCH prefer men’s tumbling nowadays compared to women’s. Note that they use the exact same floor in competition, but never before in gymnastics history has there been such a disparity between the level of difficulty in the tumbling between men and women.
…. Can someone please explain that one to me?
Fact is that Men have somehow handled an open-ended Code counting 10 skills. Women are struggling to do the same, counting only 8 skills.
For Andy’s complete analysis and more MAG Floor routines, click over to American Gymnast – Men’s Floor Routines From Berlin
As expected, confirmed by @wogagymnastics.
I’m expecting that the Cardinal will be my favourite team next season. They will have more artistic gymnasts than any other team.
Thanks Double Front on Facebook.
Stanford was the highest ranked University to not qualify to Championships as a team. Many are still dissecting what went wrong this season.
1. Pluzhnikov RUS
2. Balandin RUS
3. Petrounias GRE
I was hoping for a triumphant day for van Gelder after all the trouble he’s had over the past year.
Gymnastics Examiner LIVE blog.
Click PLAY or watch Pluzhnikov at Bercy on YouTube.
BARS
1. Tweddle (GBR)
2. Nabieva (RUS)
3. Bui (GER)
Gymnastics Examiner LIVE blog.
Wow. I’m impressed. Beth is coming off a concussion after the Bars collapsed on her in training.
Click PLAY or watch Nabieva’s PRELIM routine on YouTube.
In finals she clipped her feet on the Bar on her Nabieva release.
In the Men’s Artistic Apparatus Finals at European Championships …
FLOOR
1. Flavius Koczi ROM … 15.5 with no double somersaults.
2. Alexander Shatilov ISR
3. Anton Golotsutskov RUS
Gymnastics Examiner LIVE blog
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POMMEL
1. Berki HUN,
2. Tommasone FRA
3. Merdinyan ARM
Gymnastics Examiner LIVE blog.
Smith fell. Some are questioning whether or not he should be on the GRB Team for Worlds 2011. They have a lot of depth without him.
1. Izbasa
2. Chusovitina
3. Kaeslin
Click PLAY or watch Vault 1 on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Vault 2 on YouTube. Wow.
Nabieva competed Double Twisting Yurchenko, not Amanar. Second vault piked Podkopayeva. LIVE blog on Gymnastics Examiner.
Bad news. According to Russian news agency RIA Novosti, Aliya Mustafina damaged cruciate ligaments. Not just meniscus.
She’s at the arena on crutches, cheering on her teammates.
(via The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook)
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