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Vault
1. STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI 14.750
2. van KLAVEREN Noel NED 14.466
2. IORDACHE Larisa Andreea ROU 14.466
… full results (PDF)

Bars
1. MUSTAFINA Aliya RUS 15.300
2. ADLERTEG Jonna SWE 14.633
3. PASEKA Maria RUS 14.400
… full results (PDF)

RRG – Mustafina, Paseka take medals on bars

Mustafina: “I cannot imagine life without gymnastics”

Nice to see SWEDEN on the Bars podium. 🙂

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1. Bridget Sloan 39.600
2. Rheagan Courville 39.575
3. Marissa King 39.525
3. Katie Zurales 39.525
3. Joanna Sampson 39.525
3. Emily Wong 39.525

On June 29, 2012, as Bridget Sloan tearfully explained that an elbow injury had ended her elite gymnastics career just minutes before she was set to compete in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, there was one thing keeping her going.

“I’ll make it,” the 2008 Olympian and 2009 world all-around champion said, fighting through emotions. “I’ll head down to Florida, and I’ll have a great time, and I will win NCAAs … I’m really excited about it.”

Nearly 10 months later, everything has pretty much gone according to plan. …

Team USA

Nice to see the hosts in the Super 6. But I’m feeling terrible for Michigan. They had an amazing season.

Alabama 197.350
Oklahoma 197.200
UCLA 197.200

Michigan 196.850
Utah 196.200
Arkansas 196.15

Super 6 Team Finals: Florida, Georgia, LSU, UCLA, Oklahoma and Alabama.

1. PSU 436.900
2. Stanford 435.850
3. Iowa 426.550 … after appeal
4. Cal 426.450
5. OSU 421.950
6. Temple 407.800

Initially Iowa and Cal were tied for 3rd.

The top 3 advance to Super 6 Saturday.

How about Iowa?

Head coach JD Reive is taking GymHawk program to new heights

Session 1 prelims. Men’s NCAA Championships.

1. Michigan 443.85
2. Oklahoma 433.85
3. Illinois 426.90
4. Minnesota 424.70
5. Air Force 417.90
6. Nebraska 417.55

… The second-ranked Sooners finished behind No. 3 Michigan, who scored a 443.850. No. 7 Illinois finished third with a 426.900 to secure the third spot in tomorrow’s team finals. …

Sooner Sports

U-M Goes 70-Plus on All Six Events to Win NCAA Qualifier

De los Angeles went 89.650.

Europeans AA Finals.

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(via The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook)

People have been comparing that stick to the great Dragalescu himself.

Marian’s 1st vault from the 2004 Olympic Finals is still the best ever.

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Update. digo likes Zhang Zhongbo‘s leg form even better.

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GREAT EDIT Gymnastike. 🙂

Gives a good feel for what it’s like to be at Championships.

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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/OTUxNzA2MzE3?related=1

Watch more video of 2013 NCAA Women’s Championships on gymnastike.org

Cirque’s Marceline Goldstein remarked at how much the fitness of competitors has improved over the 10 years or so Cirque’s been attending.

Too bad we don’t keep stats on sticks. There were more sticks in Session 1 than I can recall at a Championships prelim session. And very few falls.

Florida, LSU and Georgia get through to the Super 6.

Florida 197.775
LSU 197.325
Georgia 197.150
Minnesota 196.375
Illinois 195.700
Stanford 194.700

Don’t let the scores fool you. It was a strong competition. I hope the judges don’t escalate in the session with UCLA.

Only Stanford left much disappointed with performance under pressure.

… It really was a bad day for the Cardinal. 😦

NCAA Session 1
AA: 1. Bridget Sloan, UF 39.6 2. Rheagan Courville, LSU 39.575, 3(t) Emily Wong, NU and Marissa King, UF, 39.525

GymCastic – Uncle Tim – Quick Hits: 2013 NCAA Championships Prelims

My last night in the country I squeezed in a visit to Visions on invitation of F.I.G. expert Derick Scholtz (Head Coach & co-owner).

Great gym competing both WAG and MAG at the highest levels.

In recent years they’ve also competed U.S. Independent Gymnastics Clubs competitions. With good success.

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