top 25 AA D-scores

… shown by the women in qualifications. Italics mean they didn’t qualify to the AA, whether it be because of two-per-country or ranking too low.

WOMEN’S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS BY THE NUMBERS

D-scores

Nastia in Miss Incredible

Nastia Liukin and “Dancing with the Stars” pro Mark Ballas have known each other for years. And despite the running rumor that she is always set to join the cast of the hit dance show — “never say never,” said Liukin — they have yet to work together professionally before. That is until “Mark called me a few weeks before the shoot and asked if there was any chance I would be interested in being in his video,” she recalled.

The video was for “Miss Incredible,” the second song off Ballas’ EP, “Kicking Clouds,” and was created to feature an array of women — from a trumpet-playing beauty queen to a young woman battling cancer. Ballas wanted to honor impressive women in their element as a tribute to the incredible woman who raised him. …

Team USA

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Nastia was in Nanning doing research with NBC. They’ve flown back to New York to prep for the TV broadcast of Worlds. She was worried about how she could keep up with homework while on the road. 🙂

Nanning Sports School

Our friends from the Netherlands captured some pics yesterday. How have we gone this long in China without seeing the little kids training?

more photos

Hambüchen is awesome

Fabian had a fantastic competition hitting 6/6.

I don’t believe I’ve seen a guy this happy to come 8th. He was hugging everyone in sight. This was an extraordinary Individual World Finals.

Japan proud tonight

GOLD – Kohei Uchimura (JPN) – 91.965
SILVER – Max Whitlock (GBR) – 90.473
BRONZE – Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) – 90.449

Last year Uchimura was first, Kato second.

Mama Uchimura was so excited.

mama Uchimura

what’s so GREAT about Kohei?

#FIGWorlds2014ART MAG AA

Is he really as good as all the hype.

Click PLAY or watch his Floor on YouTube.

I’d call that a HIT and a STICK.

via GymCastic

top 8 at Worlds

The top 8 are invited to compete the World Cup circuit. What an incredible lineup this year.

Max Whitlock 2nd at Worlds

Great job in the Final.

GOLD – Kohei Uchimura (JPN) – 91.965
SILVER – Max Whitlock (GBR) – 90.473
BRONZE – Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) – 90.449

full results including D-scores

At the post-meet Press Conference Max thanked Nile Wilson and wished him well in the H Bar final. In typical charming British understated words.

A deserving silver medalist.