Cottbus day 1

In her 15th appearance in the competition, six-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina topped the women’s vault as qualification began Thursday at the 37th Tournament of Masters in Cottbus, Germany.

The FIG World Challenge Tournament features two days of qualification, followed by two days of finals.

Chusovitina, who turns 38 this June, averaged 14.850 for her handspring layout front full and Tsukahara 1 1/2. She is once again representing Uzbekistan, but still lives and trains in Cologne with coach Shanna Polyavkova. …

The organizers chose not to use the new FIG vault scoring formula, which more heavily emphasizes execution deduction. Ironically, this cost German gymnast Pauline Schäfer a spot in the finals.

read more on IG – Qualification Begins at 37th Tournament of Masters

OC

Vault
Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 14.850
Noel van Klaveren (NED)14.425
Maegan Chant (CAN) 14.375

Bars
Anastasia Grishina (RUS) 14.900
Sophie Scheder (GER) 14.300
Ida Gustafsson (SWE) 14.200

Floor
Jake Dalton (USA) 15.300
Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE) 15.225
Matthias Fahrig (GER) 15.075

Pommel Horse
Filip Ude (CRO) 15.100
Robert Seligman (CRO) 14.950
Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 14.850

Rings
Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 16.150
Yuri Van Gelder (NED) 15.675
Liu Yang (CHN) 15.625

see all the top finishers on Full Twist

Brigid McCarthy is there. Couch Gymnast – Cottbus WAG Qualifications Report and Results: UB and VT

official website (GER and ENG)

related – TCG Ten Questions: Maegan Chant

USA Jesolo / Chemnitz selection

… The top three juniors were Hundley, Key, and Laurie Hernandez of Old Bridge, N.J./MG Elite.

The top three seniors were 2012 Olympic team gold-medalist Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif./Gym-Max, AT&T American Cup runner-up Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/Bannon’s Gymnastix, followed by Lexie Priessman of Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics, the reigning U.S. junior champion, who making her debut onto the senior elite ranks this season.

Kyla

U.S. Women’s National Team Coordinator Martha Karolyi announced the selected team for the European exchange trip: Ross, Biles, Priessman, Hundley, Key, Peyton Ernst of Coppell, Texas/Texas Dreams, Maggie Nichols of Little Canada, Minn./Twin City Twisters, and Brenna Dowell of Odessa, Mo./GAGE Gymnastics. …

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love Florida

Things are going GREAT in Gainsville.

… This workout was filmed right after the Gators scored the nation’s highest team total of 198.425 during their last home meet. …

Click PLAY or watch training in their new gym on Gymnastike.

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

Watch more video of Workout Wednesday, Season 5 on gymnastike.org

Rhonda sounds almost spooked that there are no major injuries or issues to work around.

I’d love to predict the Gators to win Championships as I’ve done so often the past 3 years.

But it’s a very tough call this year. The winning team will need a near perfect meet.

new look BGtv

The British Gymnastics video page has a clean new look.

Two of their latest edits promote the upcoming British Championships.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Mackenzie Brannon – 10.0 Bars

From Alamo.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MTE2NjkwMTAw?related=1

Watch more video of 2013 Alamo Classic on gymnastike.org

She’s goin’ to Alabama.

Splash -The Stars Will Fall

Splash made a huge, uh, splash Tuesday.

ABC’s diving competition series premiered to 8.8 million viewers and a 2.6 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, making it the network’s biggest unscripted series debut in more than two years and the highest-rated reality premiere since The X Factor in 2011.

Yahoo

With Steve Foley, David Boudia and Greg Louganis.

Click PLAY or watch a promo clip on YouTube.

Thanks Tom.

MAG – Intl Jr Team Cup – Berlin

One of the most important Men’s Age Group competitions in the world. Many of these names you’ll see competing Senior at Worlds, one day.

Russia took the team title Saturday at the 18th International Junior Team Cup, a boys competition held in Berlin.

… This year’s edition included more than 80 gymnasts from 14 nations competing in three age groups. …

AA

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