Author: Rick Mc

I just went looking for results.

Some results of preliminary rounds have been posted for Rhythmic, Trampoline and Tumbling.

Bookmark this page if you want to follow scores as they roll out over the next few days:

official website – results page

VIOLA ROADKILL is the first blog I’ve seen post results.

Click through for links to videos.

VAULT
Yekaterina Kurbatova 14.587
Yulia Berger 14.412
Anna Kalashnyk 13.925

FLOOR
Anna Myzdrikova 14.125
Adela Sajn 14.075
Ethiene Franco 13.75

Once again the Men’s competition is far more competitive and interesting than the Women’s World Cup.

What’s FIG going to do about that problem?

Juniors Viktoria Komova and Aliya Mustafina performed exhibition routines on BB and UB respectively. Komova did her arabian (but not in combination).

Chusovitina was there as a coach (for UZB).

2009 World Stars
Moscow, Russia
May 29-30, 2009

Floor exercise
1. Diego Hypolito, Brazil, 15.650
2. Anton Golotsutskov, Russia, 15.550
3. Alex Shatilov, Israel, 15.250

Horizontal bar
1. Epke Zonderland, Netherlands, 15.550
2. Aljaz Pegan, Slovenia, 15.425
3. Aliaksandr Tsarevich, Belarus, 15.175

Raj Bhavsar competed his new skill on P Bars. Waiting on that video.

Here’s the dance troupe that beat out Susan Boyle.

Click PLAY or watch their final performance on YouTube.

Inside Gymnastics published the best article I’ve seen so far on changes to Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics:

Women’s collegiate gymnastics coaches made the first move to radically overhaul their sport at their annual college coaches’ meetings, held in conjunction with the J.O. National Championships in Washington earlier this month.

After more than three days of heated discussion, the women’s National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches voted to vastly change the NCAA competition format.

First, by adopting a six-up, six-count scoring format for all collegiate competitions and second by reducing the NCAA finals, currently known as the Super Six, to four teams and, if warranted, moving the meet from Friday night to Saturday afternoon in the hopes of gaining live TV coverage from rights-holder CBS. (Twelve teams would still qualify to NCAAs, but only the top two from each prelim session would advance to finals and compete for the title. Regional qualifying would remain the same.)

The latter measure, which reduces the number of teams in finals by two, passed almost unanimously (only one coach, in the end, voted against the radical reduction), while the six-up, six-count scoring idea received only a simple majority.

Both changes are the brainchild of Utah coach Greg Marsden, winner of nine NCAA titles and a passionate advocate for making his sport more accessible to the public. …

MAJOR CHANGES FOR WOMEN’S NCAAS?

It turns out that Florida coach Rhonda Faehn was the sole vote against the 2 main changes.

Florida hosts Championships next season.

photo from Whatever Happened to … Rhonda Faehn

We won’t know until sometime later in the Summer if and when the changes will come into effect.

Many predict they will not be ratified by the NCAA.

I could see the 6-up, 6-count being put into effect soon. The change to a Super 4 Final being made contingent on a TV contract.

They should be proud.

Gymnasts are the most amazing athletes, pound for pound.

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An IG forum thread says that the Men’s program voted (4 to 3) not to attend the next Universiade scheduled for Belgrade, Serbia this year.

The Americans have not sent a women’s team for years.

That’s a shame. It’s been an excellent meet in the past.

I’m surprised they do not see it as a good enough opportunity to attend.

official website – Universiade 2009

Leave a comment if you know more about this meet.

Prashanth Sellathurai is doing well.

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Men’s Prelim Results (PDF)

Anton Golotsutskov, Russia’s top name in the competition, plans a Rudi-in, back-out (1 1/2-twisting handspring double front) in Finals.

Wow.

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