Our European Champion. Cheng ~ BAD. Amanar ~ pretty GOOD.
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Europeans Apparatus Finals – day 1
Montpellier (FRA)
UEG – Competition report: event finals day 1
Vault
1. PASEKA Maria (RUS) 15.250 (Amanar)
2. STEINGRUBER Giulia (SUI) 15.149
3. AFANASEVA Kseniia (RUS) 14.866 (Amanar)
results
Bars
1. Spiridonova (RUS) 15.466
2. R.Downie (GBR) 15.233
3. S.Wevers (NED) 14.200
results
Floor
1. THOMAS Kristian (GBR) 15.166
2. BELYAVSKIY David (RUS) 15.066
3. BRAEGGER Pablo (SUI) 14.941
results
Pommels
1. SMITH Louis (GBR) 15.800
2. MERDINYAN Harutyum (ARM) 15.333
3. BUSNARI Alberto (ITA) 15.200
results
Congratulations Louis.
Rings
1. Petrounias (GRE) 15.866
2. Ait Said (FRA) 15.566
2. Abliazin (RUS) 15.566
results
Nina McGee – Floor
LSU’s Lloimincia Hall went O.B. on her last tumbling pass. Out of the Floor Final yet again. One of the most talked about Floor routines over the past 4 years never qualified to an NCAA Final 😦
Happily Nina McGee from Denver is in. I’d love to see her win. College Floor is all about audience appeal. Nina’s routine, like Mincie’s, is impossible not to watch. And Nina’s double layout is even better.
Click PLAY or watch Nina’s prelims routine on YouTube.
YouTube doesn’t reveal how well Nina relates to the crowd. NCAA Floor you must see in person to appreciate.
… finished with an all-around score of 39.375 … 11th overall, earning her Second-Team All-American honors. Her final tally is the highest ever for a Denver gymnast at the NCAA National Championships …
“We can’t be any more proud of Nina,” said head coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart. “She hit four for four in her very first NCAA appearance, and we’re so pleased that she’s an all-around All-American.
(via College Gymnastics Board – more videos)
Georgia Dabritz 10.0 Bars
Again. This time during prelims at NCAA Championships. This was the only 10 of the day.
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Utah is happy to be back in the Super 6. 🙂
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NCAA Champs Kytra Hunter & Sam Peszek
Congratulations
1T Kytra Hunter Florida 39.600
1T Samantha Peszek UCLA 39.600
3T Caitlin Atkinson Auburn 39.550
3T Rheagan Courville LSU 39.550
5 Jessie Jordan LSU 39.525
6T Bridget Sloan Florida 39.425
6T Nicole Artz Michigan 39.425
6T Jessie DeZiel Nebraska 39.425
6T Giana O’Connor Illinois 39.425
no hands Beam routine
Recall that Nadia has a serious wrist infection at the 1979 World Championships in Fort Worth. But still competed Beam, taking out her Handstand mount and backward handspring series.
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In 2012 Sam Peszek did a routine without touching tumbling with her hands on the Beam at all. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Bianca Mann – Shaposh Jaeger?
🙂
See it on instagram.
Ukraine has a European Champion
🙂
1. VERNIAIEV Oleg UKR 89.582
2. BELYAVSKIY David RUS 88.131
3. PURVIS Daniel GBR 87.423
4. DAVTYAN Artur ARM 86.364
5. STEPKO Oleg AZE 86.224
6. OLDHAM Sam GBR 86.188
results
UEG – Competition report: men’s all-around final
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Thanks Nico.
who made the Super 6?
chart via Road to Nationals
Utah 197.475
Florida 197.475
Stanford 197.175
Michigan 197.025
Georgia 196.600
UCLA 196.400
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Oklahoma 197.400
Alabama 197.100
Auburn 197.075
Nebraska 196.675
LSU 196.55
Oregon St. 195.875
Click PLAY or watch a recap on NCAA.com.
//www.ncaa.com/embedded/video/gymnastics-women/2015-04-17/nc-womens-gymnastics-semifinal-recap
• 2015 Championship: Semifinal One – Full Replay
• 2015 Championship: Semifinal Two – Full Replay
From the afternoon session only Stanford will be completely happy with the performance. Don’t be surprised to see the #11 seed reach the top 6. Stanford’s done this before. 🙂
I felt rotten for Michigan. They were great. Truly deserving of a place in the Super 6. But Stanford was magic. I’m not sure I can recall a better Bar rotation at Nationals. 49.575 with 5/6 dismounts stuck, I believe. Oklahoma went 49.500 on Bars. But I’d still call the Cardinal performance significantly better today.
The evening competition was more exciting. And more heart breaking.
LSU had 3 falls on Beam. That’s game over. 😦 What a shame.
Oklahoma – the team that never falls – had 2 falls on Beam. A shocker. But had enough of a lead to get through. I don’t believe the Sooners will fall in the Final. They are certainly the team to beat. Their only weakness is tumbling. Both Alabama and LSU are much better. Brenna Dowell helps for sure. Her double front was the best single tumbling line I saw today.
I love Nebraska. But tonight Auburn was not going to be denied. I enjoyed seeing Nebraska Head Coach Dan Kendig congratulating Jeff Graba, the Auburn coach, on qualifying. Two classy guys doing a great job with their teams.
This was only their 4th appearance at championships.
• press conference quotes from Jeff Graba, Dana Duckworth and K.J. Kindler
• press conference quotes from Rhonda Faehn, Megan Marsden and Kristen Smyth
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