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LOVE this routine.

Nice variety of skills. Extreme amplitude on Tkachev and low-to-high release. Marta’s calling her the flying squirrel.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Only major weakness is early release on dismount.

She qualified to the Final so the world will get to see it.

Dominique Moceanu interviews a number of the female gymnasts, including Team Canada.

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These International Gymnast magazine sponsored webisodes are cool … but audio has been an issue.

They are sitting 4th and 5th right now. There are at least 2 good routines yet to come from Germany. Zhang from China. …

It’s going to be close.

Click PLAY or watch Epke’s “easy routine” from prelims on YouTube.

Shouldn’t this mount (double back with 5/2 twist) be named after Steven Legendre?

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For that matter, who else ever did Hypolito straight like that?

The long lines of the Aussie gymnast caught my eye at Worlds.

Here’s her routine from a meet earlier this year.

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One of the most popular gymnasts with the bloggers here at Worlds is the beautiful Dorina Böczögo from Hungary.

Click PLAY or watch a montage on YouTube.

Nancy Armour compares her style and artistry to Mackenzie Caquatto.

Marian Dragulescu looked GREAT today. Says he’s been training all-around full time since April.

Click PLAY or watch his Floor on YouTube. (15.566)

Meet him in Finals!

He’s one of the biggest names here in Tokyo. Click PLAY or watch the post meet interview on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/ODczNTA5NTc2?related=1

Watch more video of World Gymnastics Championships Tokyo 2011 on gymnastike.org

… Lets see the video of his second vault from prelims. I’m certain both knees touched the mat. He should not qualify for that final.

Recall that a number of the vault judges from Athens were suspended after gifting him with the Bronze in that meet.

FIG Official – Qualifications, Vault. Koji Yamamuro, second best Japanese gymnast in All-Around Qualifications (89.765).

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (16.400).

Lopez = Tsuk with 3 twists … or, more correctly, Kasamatsu + 2 additional twists … or, even more correctly: 1/4-on, 2 3/4-off.

But it’s a blurred line differentiating between Handspring 2 1/2 (Yeo 2) and Kaz + 2 twists (Lopez). Both are valued 7.0.

FIG Official – Qualifications, Parallel Bars. Kohei Uchimura, All-Around world champion 2009+2010, has an appointment with History in Tokyo. No gymnast has won 3 times the World title. Uchimura started well. … presently 1st in the Qualifications (92.256).

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That’s an old school routine, with plenty of double saltos to underarm. I’m thinking Leyva can beat him, having no doubles to underarm.

A great new talent on the world stage. So new, he’s got no Wikipedia page.

Click PLAY or watch him on YouTube. (8.866 E score)

Both John and Leyva compete Liukin (Tkachev 1/1). Cool.

I only wish John had better toe point.