European Champions 2014. #EChSofia2014
1. Ablyazin RUS 15.800
1. Balandin RUS 15.800
3. Aït Saïd FRA 15.766
4. Tovmasyan ARM 15.700
5. Vahagn ARM 15.600
5. Petrounias GRE 15.600
7. Radivilov UKR 15.033
8. Van Gelder NED 14.208
PH: Whitlock, Berki, Bertoncelj
European Champions 2014. #EChSofia2014
1. Whitlock GBR 16.166
2. Berki HUN 15.633
3. Bertoncelj SLO 15.466
4. Kuksenkov RUS 15.333
5. Vernyayev UKR 14.133
6. Likhovitsky BLR 14.000
7. Ude CRO 13.766
8. Mikhalitsyn BLR 13.266
Whitlock has confirmed himself the #1 Pommel man in the world. He’s been hitting his 7.3 start consistently while Berki starts with only 6.9.
Proud coach @hannzed with European pommel horse champion @maxwhitlock1 #dreamteam ???????? pic.twitter.com/drDjQi98oY
— British Gymnastics (@BGMediaTeam) May 25, 2014
FX: Ablyazin, Kosmidis, Purvis and Shatilov
European Champions 2014. #EChSofia2014
1. Ablyazin RUS 15.700
2. Kosmidis GRE 15.533
3. Purvis GBR 15.400
3. Shatilov ISR 15.400
5. Whitlock GBR 15.333
6. Barkalov BLR 15.241
7. Capelli SUI 14.900
8. Belyavsky RUS 14.866
Check the size difference.
????? ??? ???? ??? ?????? ???????????! ????????????? ? @LKosmidis #EChSofia2014 pic.twitter.com/Amzih2tJ3T
— Kater!na (@Katerinaki65) May 25, 2014
NCAA team scoring
Balance Beam Situation:
For the last few seasons, I’ve been particularly interested in the trend of rising scores in NCAA, which is a relevant issue considering that the average team score for the top 36 teams in the country increased four tenths from 2012 to 2013 …
Beam layout layout series
It’s been great to see the return of the layout series this cycle.
Eileen Imbus – handstand layout layout
Click PLAY or watch her Beam series on YouTube.
Or … standing like Morgan Hurd. 🙂
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(via Swing Big and GymFever)
bearded gymnasts
Thunder Thighs to Hall of Fame
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
new D Beam dismount – aerial fwd 2/1 twist
Note this Beam coaches. The 1 1/2 twist is not difficult from 1-foot.
Here’s Ralitsa Mileva competing the 1 1/2 in 2012. (VIDEO)
For many kids the 2/1 twist will now be the easiest D Dismount.
TAA – new FIG Difficulty elements
Former Rhythmic gymnast Elizabeth Vasileva from Bulgaria does some amazing stuff. But should FIG really have 6 new elements named after her?
Rebeca Andrade – Amanar
Competition in Brazil this weekend.
D: 6.3
E: 9.500
Nota: 15.800
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
via GymFever
Europeans: RUS, GBR, UKR
@2014SofiaECH:
Although the highest score of this tournament (16,2) Max Whitlock couldn’t get GBR in front of RUS…
It was a big gap, actually. Not even the great Louis Smith could have made up the difference. 🙂
1.RUS 267,959
2.GBR 265,953
3.UKR 262,087
4.GER 260,711
5.FRA 258,892
6.NED 256,979
7.ROU 252,779
8.BLR 252,672
Congratulations to Team Russia coming through when needed. And congratulations to Ukraine. Talk about overcoming hardships! Recall that UKR would not have been at European Championships if FIG had not on short notice come up with a loan.
Karen Psiaki has some commentary on the competition – Russia Steals Gold After Great Britain Falters.
#EChSofia2014
