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Despite being laid low by Flu, Aliya Mustafina won the FISU all-around with a fall on Beam.

RRG – Mustafina collects her second major all around of 2013 in Kazan

IF she could competed pike Tkachev, here’s one possible future routine.

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Here’s the clean 6.3 routine she competed yesterday.

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(via Couch Gymnast)

July 21-25, 2013

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Amusing translation from Russian to English.

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(via TAA)

Vladimir Zaglada feels Afan might be ranked with the best Soviet / Russian Floor workers ever. High praise.

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I don’t think I’d call her the second coming of Omelienchik, however. 🙂

Tumbling is VERY good, but not best in the world.

Choreography subtle and classy, but not out of the ordinary. Leap is clean.

The highlight for me are her turns.

That was linked from a nice wrap-up post by Bea Gheorghisor – Summer Universiade: Women’s All Around Report:

… The competition for the bronze medal was decided between Germany’s Kim Bui and Canada’s Elisabeth Black. Both very interesting but also very different gymnasts: Bui had to rely mostly on her execution scores rather than the difficulty of her routines while Elisabeth had the big tricks and was thus more prone to error. …

… the strategy of execution versus difficulty did win Bui the bronze medal: on floor, she was rewarded with a total of 13.50 while Elisabeth Black fell on her second pass, on a double tuck, and only received a 12.450 for her difficult routine (which includes a 2 1/2 to double full as first pass). …

Gymnastics Canada posted an interview with Ellie on Facebook.

Gutsy move. Kudos to the International Gymnastics Federation for not letting possible exam fixing slide.

FIG via email:

The Disciplinary Commission has now taken the decision to revoke all brevets that were approved on 31 December 2012, at the end of the three courses, with their cancellation coming into effect as of 31 July 2013.

It has further decided to suspend the members of the former Technical Committee from their official duties until 31 December 2014. The individuals in question are: Natalyia Kuzmina (RUS), Mariya Guigova (BUL), Daniela Delle Chiaie (ITA), Shihoko Sekita (JPN), Noha Abou Shabana (EGY) and Caroline Hunt (USA). They will be allowed to continue to train judges, however they will not be permitted to examine them, to award brevets or decide on the allocation of judging levels, nor will they be allowed to oversee the judges at any competition. The Disciplinary Commission further confirmed that they will not be allowed to serve as members of a Superior Jury.

Moreover, the former President of the TC, Maria Szyszkowska (POL), has been stripped of her FIG membership, and excluded from any form of participation in all FIG events and activities, and has likewise been denied the right of accreditation by a FIG member during any FIG events. Her Level 1 Judge’s Brevet has been revoked, as has her status as a FIG Honorary Member (Gold Class). Finally, an official warning has been issued to Pancrasia Sirvent Mut (ESP), the expert who was found guilty in the case.

As a result, the examinations in question will be repeated at the earliest possible juncture in Frankfurt (GER), under the supervision of three experts to be chosen by the Presidential Commission (PC). Following these examinations, the PC will appoint the Superior Jury and the judges who will officiate during the next World Championships, which are due to take place in Kiev (UKR) from August 28 to September 1, 2013. A monitoring commission, presided over by FIG vice-president Slava Corn (CAN), will be constituted in order to ensure the smooth running of the competition. New international courses will be held following the World Championships, with new procedures put in place to ensure that they are conducted in due and proper fashion.

In accordance with the current stipulations, the individuals implicated in these decisions will have the right to submit an appeal to the FIG Appeals Tribunal within 21 days.

I’m assuming some will appeal. I cannot believe every single responsible Expert was complicit IF exams were compromised.

Here’s the best example so far of an athlete twisting both ways on a somersault.

My man Bobby Robinson who went on to Cirque du Soleil.

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Thanks Don.

Greg Roe posted another somersaulting skill where the trampolinist must tilt one way, untilt, then tilt the opposite direction.

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I needed to click the GEAR on the bottom of the YouTube page … and change the SPEED setting to 0.25 in order to be sure.

Here’s another. Starts right twist, kicks open to untilt, then tilts left twist.

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1 KUKSENKOV Nikolai RUS 89,950
2 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER 89,850
3T BELYAVSKIY David RUS 89,600
3T VERNIAIEV Oleg UKR 89,600
5 KATO Ryohei JPN 89,300
6 STEPKO Oleg UKR 88,650

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Ukrainian Olympian Nikolai Kuksenkov defended his all-around title from Shenzhen in his first international competition for Russia.

Kuksenkov was near perfect in his efforts in a thrilling final, with scores ranging from 14.700 on vault to 15.350 on high bar. No longer wearing a wrap on his knee, Kuksenkov ended his day on floor exercise where he appeared much springier. He nearly went out of bounds on his triple twist dismount but just stayed in, which was enough to give him the title by just .1.

Kuksenkov now lives and trains in Vladimir under Igor Kalabushkin, coach of the late Yuri Ryazanov. Kuksenkov is the first gymnast since Vladimir native Yuri Korolyov (1981 and 1983) to repeat as University Games champion.

Three-time German Olympian Fabian Hambüchen picked up the silver. He made it through his pommel horse routine — his nemesis — and blew away the field on high bar with a spectacular 15.700.

European champion David Belyavsky (Russia) and Ukrainian talent Oleg Vernyayev tied for the bronze. …

read more on IG – Mustafina, Kuksenkov Win University Games

Examiner LIVE blog

RRG – Kuksenkov defends Universiade title … for Russia, this time!

Recall that Kuksenkov decided to apply to compete for Russia after a number of frustrating challenges in Ukraine.

Here’s Kuksenkov winning the AA for Ukraine at the LAST FISU Games.

1 MUSTAFINA Aliya RUS 57,900
2 AFANASEVA Kseniia RUS 56,850
3 BUI Kim GER 55,200
4 BLACK Elsabeth CAN 55,000
5 HILL Lisa Katharina GER 54,150
6 WHELAN Hannah GBR 53,650

AA results

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