Varna World Cup โ€“ Finals 2

Beam โ€ฆ no falls in the Final ๐Ÿ™‚
1. Marine Boyer (FRA) 6.2 8.3 14.5
2. Thi Ha Thanh Phan (VIE) 6.3 8.067 14.367
3. Ilaria Kaeslin (FRA) 5.8 8.3 14.1

Click PLAY or watch Marine Boyerโ€™s Beam on YouTube.

Floor
1. Giulia Steingruber (SUI) 6.1 8.633 14.733
2. Ilaria Kaeslin (SUI) 5.5 8.433 13.933
3. Evegeniia Shelgunova (RUS) 5.5 7.867 13.367

full results

Click PLAY or watch Giuliaโ€™s FX on YouTube.

backward handspring drill

Ideal for improving the skill.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Of course it works for Flyspring, as well, from a jump backwards. Eventually you can connect Flyspring to backward handspring in series.

U.S. Womenโ€™s L10 J.O. Championships conclude

The top three in each division are as follows.

Junior D: 1. Gabryel Wilson of MAG, 38.900; 2. Cassie Stevens of Arizona Sunrays, 38.475; 3. Nevaeh DeSouza of Dream Xtreme, 38.150.

Junior E: 1t. Payton Richards of Aerial Gymnastics, and Rachel Baumann of WOGA, 38.350; 3. Karley McClain of All American, 38.300.

Junior F: 1t. Abby Heiskell of Southeastern and Shaylah Scott of Metroplex, 38.575; 3. Jade Carey of Oasis, 38.475.

Senior D: 1. Kyla Bryant of Georgia Elite, 38.700; 2. Kyana George of Metroplex, 38.550; 3. Kennedi Edney of Precision Gymnastics, 38.375.

Senior E: 1. Taylor Houchin of GMG, 38.475; 2t. Kimberly Tessen of All American, and Paige Williams of Metroplex, 38.125.

Senior F: 1. Maddie Karr of Twin City Twisters, 39.025; 2. Cassidy Keelen of Texas Dreams, 38.575; and 3. Rachel Dickson of MEGA, 38.475.

Click PLAY or watch Gabby Wilson’s 9.8 FX on YouTube. Great amplitude.

I don’t see Gabby committed to any College team, as yet. ๐Ÿ™‚

Taylor Chan – Floor

1st AA Level 10 Western Canadian Championships.

Click PLAY or watch her FX on YouTube.

From TAG Vancouver, Taylor’s headed to San Jose State for the coming season.

Eythora Thorsdottir wins IAG

Eythora Thorsdottir got off to a rough start at yesterdayโ€™s IAG SportEvent, earning a 12.6 on beam after two big wobbles and a fall.

But the Dutch gymnast known for her beauty and expression shook herself off and went on to win the all-around title, showcasing three upgraded routines, including a creepily fabulous new (and amazingly creepy) floor for a 14.3 as well as a DTY on vault, earning a 15.033 there.

The vault upgrade is especially key, as the majority of gymnasts in the Netherlands are competing fulls, which gave the team a disadvantage in team competition. Something like this can add nearly a point to the womenโ€™s team total, meaning Thorsdottir is now all but a lock to make the team going to Rio this summer. …

Thorsdottir Upgrades, Wins IAG Title

Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.

I love it. ๐Ÿ™‚

Click PLAY or watch her DTY on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on YouTube.

Osijek WAG Final day 2

Beam
1 Ellie DOWNIE GBR 6,100 14,950
2 Maria KHARENKOVA RUS 6,300 14,925
3 Seda TUTKHALIAN RUS 6,400 14,650

Click PLAY or watch Ellie’s Beam on YouTube.

Floor
1 Ellie DOWNIE GBR 6,000 14,525
2 Natalia KAPITONOVA RUS 5,800 14,100
3 Yana HOROKHOVA UKR 5,400 13,850

full results

Click PLAY or watch Ellie’s FX on YouTube.

Ellie Downie continued to make history for Great Britain with a full sweep of the gold medals at the 2016 FIG World Challenge Cup, held this weekend in Osijek.

Downie, 16, dominated with golds on women’s vault and uneven bars and Saturday followed by the balance beam and floor exercise titles on Sunday. It was the best performance to date from Downie, whose combined total in Osijek would have resulted in a personal best 59.125 all-around score. …

Downie Dominates Osijek with Full Sweep

Cata Ponor – Floor

Though she didn’t stand up vault in Team Test Event, Catalina did an astonishingly difficult and interesting Floor routine.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Leah Griesser โ€“ Floor

My favourite choreography at the Rio Test Event.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (preliminaries)

The judges liked it too. Even with average tumbling, Leah ended up with the Bronze medal in the final. Some felt Isabela Onyshko (4th) should have had that medal instead.