2014 European Championships

May 14-25th.

The 30th European Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 31st European Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships will be hosted in Sophia, Bulgaria.

A WAG promo preview. 🙂

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It’s amazing how sloppy twisting is in 2014. 😦

Tickets.

Michigan, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Stanford, Penn State, Illinois

@umichgym:

6 teams moving on to tomorrow’s finals:

Michigan, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Stanford, Penn State, and Illinois

Full results.

Michigan Man Sam Mikulak Wins Nissen Emery Award.

Sam

USA wins MAG Pac Rims


1. USA 338.550
2. Japan, 333.550
3. Canada 326.400


1. Orozco 87.200
2. Ikejiri-JAP 85.050
3. Murakami-JAP 84.900

Watch John’s H Bar.

Jr
1. Tanigawa-JAP 82.700
2. Strech & Yoder, 80.400

via @USAGym @PacificRimChamp #pacgym

Vault judges at Pac Rims?

The Gymternet is outraged.

Again.

Bailie Key’s vault was fantastic. No complaints regarding her 9.5 execution score.

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Now … what would you score this vault?

Click PLAY or watch Kyla Ross on YouTube.

A panel of expert international judges awarded that 9.50, as well.

😦

It’s almost as if they were judging her by reputation, rather than by the vault as performed at the time.

Elisa Chirino injured

😦

Elisa Chirino, on Tuesday (25.03. 2014) suffered a serious training accident. Elisa was injured during training on uneven bars and suffered a fracture of the cervical vertebrae.

She was operated on the same evening in the Friedrichshain Hospital and moved on Friday in the Emergency Hospital Berlin. Elisa Chirino is a member of the Berlin Bundesliga team …

DTB

via GymFever

Men’s NCAA Championships begins

Men’s NCAA is on PODIUM this year. 🙂

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Starts TODAY.

Michigan will attempt to repeat as national champions this weekend and is in prime position to do so as hosts. The three-day event kicks off with preliminary round competition Thursday at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Crisler Center. The team championship portion will take place Friday at 7 p.m. with individual event finals Saturday at 7 p.m. …

Michigan men’s gymnastics team aims to defend national championship at home

This guy is excited.

Julia Sharpe – why MAG?

Julia competed all 6 men’s apparatus (VIDEO) at the 2014 Nationals for the National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs.

She qualified for all-around finals and placed 10th on high bar. 🙂

Julia

Julia, who trains at MIT Gymnastics Club, sends some clarification:

Thanks for all the support everyone! To answer a few of the questions that have not been answered:

– I’ve been training MAG for 2 years now, but I did WAG for over 20 years before that.

– I started MAG for several reasons:

~ The MIT men’s program was down to two athletes, and I wanted to try to contribute and help build the program back up before it disappeared. It’s really upsetting watching the death spiral of men’s NCAA gymnastics and feeling like there’s nothing I can do.

~ The women’s scoring system doesn’t reward you for doing harder tricks. Why learn a handspring layout on vault when you score better with a handspring tuck that also starts at a 10 (in NAIGC/level 9 rules). It was hard for me to be motivated to train new tricks just to perform worse (read: I like to win). In MAG, I get rewarded for doing harder gymnastics.

~ I wanted to learn new things! I could maybe learn one new skill per event each year at the level I was at in WAG. In MAG, I learn new skills all the time!

~ As a female engineer, I spend all day trying to prove that I’m just as good at my job as my male counterparts. I don’t want other women to feel like there’s anything they can’t do just because of their gender. I think a lot of women are held back just because they don’t believe they are capable. Here’s me trying to prove that they are capable of anything!

related – Julia Sharpe – Men’s Gymnastics on Facebook

Ebee Price – Floor

Pacific Rim 2014

Elizabeth Price won the senior all-around competition with a big 59.9, … She also had the top score on vault with a 15.7, bars with a 15.0, and floor with a 15.1. She qualified to event finals on every event.

Watch the post meet interview with Gymnastike.

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