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World Championships Finals – Horizontal Bar

1. Zou CHN,
2. Zonderland NED,
3. Cassina ITA,
4. Leyva USA,
5. Pegan SLO,
6. Uchimura JPN,
7. Tsarevich BLR,
8. Horton USA

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Give me a break.

You cannot tell me Zou Kai is better on High Bar than Uchimura. Never has an athlete been more over rewarded than Zou Kai on this apparatus. This is embarassing for our sport.

In fact, horizontal bar is the least interesting apparatus right now, men and women.

The judging regulations are to blame. Why doesn’t the FIG devalue Rybalko?

We need to go back to rewarding connected release moves. And taking more deduction for glaring form breaks on Kolman.

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The newest code does seem to be rewarding great leaps.

Elisabetta Preziosa of Italy competes in the beam event during the Apparatus Finals on the sixth day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 at the at O2 Arena on October 18, 2009 in London, England.

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(Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Women’s Floor Final Results:

1. Tweddle GBR,
2. Mitchell AUS,
3. Aui CHN,
4. Myzdsrikova RUS,
5T. Bross USA and Porgras ROM,
7. Deng CHN,
8. Gil Ortez COL

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This is great for Beth. Great for the U.K. Great for the Olympics 2012. … And for all of the “older” female gymnasts who decide to fight on.

I hope Nastia is inspired.

Wang Guanyin edged out team mate Feng Zhe as China underlined their mastery on the parallel bars by completing a 1-2 finish at the world gymnastics championships on Sunday. …

With just two finals left, China had won five gold medals at the O2 Arena which will stage the gymnastics competition in the London 2012 Games.

Universal

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Wang Guanyin of China in action in the men’s parallel bars final, during the World Gymnastics Championships at the O2 Arena in London, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009.

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LONDON (Reuters) – Marian Dragulescu grabbed gold on the vault to claim his second title at the world gymnastics championships on Sunday. …

As soon as Dragulescu nailed his second vault — an ambitious Yurchenko half-on with 1-1/2 twist 2 1/2 twist — he punched the air in delight and held up his index fingers to the crowd as if to say, “That’s why I’m number one.”

Victory increased the 28-year-old’s haul of world titles to eight.

Reuters

ESPN

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Beam Final Results:

1. Deng CHN,
2. Mitchell AUS,
3. Hong USA,
4. Kim PRK,
5. Preziosa ITA,
6. Tsurumi JPN

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Deng Linlin of China competes in the balance beam event during the second day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 at O2 Arena on October 14, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

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UPDATE: Most are reporting no problems. Seems to be a local problem for me or the free wireless internet I’m using.

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I love Universal Sports online coverage.

It’s improved fantastically since the beginning.

But the service is still slow at times. And problematic, at times.

This link‘s been “buffering” for the last 20min. The commercial plays, but not the promised content.

Leave a comment if you had problems on your computer.

(YouTube is ugly. But at least it works.)

Gold – ZHANG Hongtao (CHN) – 16.200
Silver – BERKI Krisztian (HUN) – 16.075
Bronze – SELLATHURAI Prashanth. (AUS) – 15.400

4. TOMMASONE Cyril (FRA) – 15.225
5. MCNEILL Timothy (USA) – 15.150
6. KOCZI Flavius (ROU) – 14.975
7. SELIGMAN Robert (CRO) – 14.750
8. SMITH Louis (GBR) – 14.450

Do you need a specific body type to be great on Pommels? Tall? Slim? Long arms?

Check our 3 medalists:

FIG – China back on the podium

I’m particularly happy for Prashanth Sellathurai. That guy has fantastic, unique style.

Congratulations to everyone, especially the coaching staff, for the Gold Medal on Vault by Kayla Williams.

A World Champion in your own gym?

Who would have predicted that just a few months ago?

Gym Nest has established a Worldwide reputation for providing the highest quality gymnastics in Huntington West Virginia.

Bozhidar Russev “Bozhi”, who is a former Bulgarian National Team Member with over 40 years of experience producing many world class athletes and several Olympians. …

Gym Nest – home page