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March 6, Montreal

1. Jordyn Wieber USA 58.500
2. Sabrina Vega USA 55.125
3. Kamerin Moore USA 54.925
4. Anysia Unick CAN 53.600
5. Hallie Mossett USA 53.450
6. Madeline Gardiner CAN 53.325
7. Dominique Pegg CAN 53.200

1. USA 168.800
2. Canada 160.950
3. Russia 155.175
4. France 146.475

IG – full results and report by Amanda Turner – Wieber Wins Gymnix

JordynWieber.com – more photos

I assume Wieber was too young to be allowed to compete in the FIG Senior World Cup.

bogwoppit posted commentary on the meet on Chalk Bucket.

Results are up for Day 1 of Finals. (Thanks Rebecca.)

They are linked as PDF files from this Gymnix page.

Only 2 girls competed two Vaults. Only 4 girls competed Bars.

What’s the point?

I’m glad I didn’t buy a ticket to watch that competition.

This is the most disappointing World Cup meet I can recall, ever.

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Thankfully, the Men’s competition looks to have been excellent:

FLOOR
1 Razvan Selariu ROU 14.800
2 Nathan Gafuik CAN 14.550
3T Marius Berbecar ROU 14.525
3T Rok Klavora SLO 14.525

POMMEL
1 Krisztian Berki HUN 15.775
2 Cyril Tommasone FRA 15.625
3 Donna – Donny Truyens BEL 15.550

RINGS
1 Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues FRA 15.650
2 Robert Stanescu ROU 15.425
3 Kenya Kobayashi JPN 15.125

Razvan Selariu – much larger version – ProSport

Division III.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse gymnastics team captured its 13th straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship and seventh consecutive National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) West Regional title Friday night in Winona State’s McCown Gymnasium. The Eagles finished with a team score of 187.200 while UW-Whitewater was second at 185.100 and Winona State third with a score of 182.925. UW-L, UW-Whitewater and Winona State all advance to the NCGA Team Championships Friday, March 20 at Hamline University (Minn.).

UW-L Wins WIAC Championship/NCGA West Regional; Hooper and Howard Capture Titles

Nice shout out for coach Barbara Gibson of La Crosse:

kcgym17:

La Crosse won it again – their 13th consecutive WIAC title, and their 21st in program history. Suzanne Yoculan may get a lot of fame for her success, but Barbara Gibson of La Crosse deserves some credit too 🙂

Gym Fan:

Go Eagles! And yes…Barb has had an unbelievable career so far. 12 National Titles in 23 years…50% isn’t too bad : ) Nationals @ Hamline should be a good one…anyone who’s up in the Minneapolis are should definitely check it out one or both of the meets–see what DIII Gymnastics is all about!

College Gymnastics Board

Full results

Men’s Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) is under reported on the internet as compared with Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG).

That’s the sorry truth.

jhorfan24 (Theresa) is looking to improve the situation for the American boys drafting a new site called MAG-nificent.org.

We hope to be a resource for US Men’s gymnastics as well as continually support them!

Future sections:

History of Men’s Gymnastics in the US

Skills and Apparatuses

Check out the look and feel of the BETA site – MAG-nificent.org. (Links do not work, as yet.)

She’s looking for contributors with expertise in MAG.

email – admin @ mag-nificent.org

From Gymnastics Canada:

It’s been over six months since Nathan Gafuik competed at the Beijing Olympics where he helped the men’s team to 9th and finished 17th in the all around.

Nathan soars during floor routine in World Cup qualifying

And you can can tell just watching him in action at his first international competition since Beijing this weekend in Montreal that Nate, as he’s known to friends and teammates, is happy to be back in the swing of things at a high caliber meet.

“When I got home from the Olympics, I was super motivated and I got in the gym right away and began training,” said Nathan after qualifying for event finals on both floor and vault in the men’s qualification round on Friday at the Gymnix International World Cup.

“For the first two months, it was great. I had no problems and I was learning tons of new things and everything was fun. Then when the time came to start putting routines back together, the turns got a little longer, and moves got a little harder and I started getting sore again. I went through a bit of a rough patch there trying to get motivated again but things are going well now.” …

read more … Gymnastics Canada – Gafuik glad to get back into competition at Montreal World Cup

Nathan’s Olympic teammates all took long breaks after Beijing. Nate’s the first one back in action.

related post – results – Montreal Gymnastics World Cup Men

From Québec.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Flip Catch)

Many schools are celebrating Senior Night at their last home competition of the season.

Bitter sweet.

I’m sad to think next season we’ll no longer be able to watch Courtney Kupets, Kristina Baskett, Corey Hartung. And so many more.

Another favourite of mine is Trica Woo from Nebraska. Though there are dozens of stunning beam routines in College gymnastics, the originality, unique style and unusual connections of Tricia’s, I think, makes it my favourite.

This is Tricia Woo’s beam routine at the Nebraska vs Penn State Meet in January 2009

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Woo Woo Woo.

“I would not change the experiences I’ve had at Nebraska for anything,” she said. “Even though it may be the end of my career soon, I still feel like I’m going somewhere. I’m satisfied with what I’ve accomplished, and when it comes time for my last meet, I’ll be satisfied with my career.”

Huskers.com – Woo Continues to Seek Her Own Path

A highlight reel.

Some clips you’ve seen. Some are new.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Wend)

Want more? Check out the unusual camera angles in the Freefall trailer.

Results are starting to be posted …

2009 World Cup
Montreal, Que., Canada
March 6, 2009

The women did not have a qualification round at the World Cup, and all competitors will participate in the final round.

Men’s qualification round

Floor exercise
1. Koji Yamamuro, JPN, 15.400
2. Nathan Gafuik, CAN, 15.150
3. Razvan Selariu, ROU, 14.750
4. Rok Klavora, SLO, 14.000
5. Barend Verbeke, BEL, 13.750
6. Rafael Morales, PUR, 13.700
7. Marius Berbecar, ROU, 13.150
8. Alexander Rodriguez, PUR, 13.100

Pommel horse
1. Cyril Tommasone, FRA, 15.400
T2. Donna – Donny Truyens, BEL, 15.350
T2. Sajo Bertoncelj, SLO, 15.350
T4. Hamilton Sabot, FRA, 14.850
T4. Krisztian Berki, HUN, 14.850
6. Ryosuke Baba, JPN, 14.600
7. Ziga Britovjek, SLO, 14.350
8. Tim McNeill, USA, 14.250
9. Jackson Payne, CAN, 14.050

Still rings
1. Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues, FRA, 15.300
2. Samir Ait Said, FRA, 15.250
3. Robert Stanescu, ROU, 14.950
T4. Tommy Ramos, PUR, 13.850
T4. Kenya Kobayashi, JPN, 13.850
6. Razvan Selariu, ROU, 13.750
7. Rafael Morales, PUR, 13.400
8. Koji Yamamuro, JPN, 13.100

Vault
1. Koji Yamamuro, JPN, 15.850
2. Marius Berbecar, ROU, 15.725
3. Daniel Popescu, ROU, 15.475
4. Samir Ait Said, FRA, 15.450
5. Marek Lyszczarz, POL, 15.275
6. Nathan Gafuik, CAN, 15.100
7. Rok Klavora, SLO, 14.800
8. Alen Dimic, SLO, 12.925

Parallel bars
1. Yosuke Hoshi, JPN, 15.600
2. Kenya Kobayashi, JPN, 15.200
3. Tim McNeill, USA, 15.150
4. Adam Kierzkowski, POL, 15.050
5. Cyril Tommasone, FRA, 15.000
6. Hamilton Sabot, FRA, 14.800
7. Marius Berbecar, ROU, 14.550
8. Robert Stanescu, ROU, 14.200

Horizontal bar
1. Yosuke Hoshi, JPN, 15.200
2. Aljaz Pegan, SLO, 14.950
3. Danell Leyva, USA, 14.850
4. Ryosuke Baba, JPN, 14.800
5. Hamilton Sabot, FRA, 14.700
6. Jackson Payne, CAN, 14.350
7. Marijo Moznik, CRO, 14.200
8. Roman Kulesza, POL, 13.900

CRSport

Top 8 on each apparatus advance to finals.

Some results are posted. (PDF)

Elizabeth Price (USA) was the clear winner with 53.450.

Her Parkette teammate Madeline Hanley was second. Bronze went to Canada’s Anna Gamelo.

This is not the FIG World Cup event.