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RACHEL BRADY on the Globe and Mail:

… I have been stunned by the number of open seats at many of the events I have covered. I couldn’t believe there was a single open seat at the artistic gymnastics qualifiers for men or women, let alone big pockets of seats. And suddenly, I have noticed large groups of soldiers sitting in the seats, which seems to jive with reports that they have been assigned to go fill them. …

Getting to chat with Canada’s five teenaged artistic gymnasts has been one of the highlights of my week so far. I’m not sure there is a group of athletes who are more excited and appreciative to be in London than these girls. …

… Dominique Pegg joked with me that she wished Justin Beiber would show up at the Games. Fast-forward to Sunday, and after a terrific result for the team, Pegg got a Tweet of congratulations from the Canadian pop star. …

Canadian gymnasts’ ebullience overshadows scores of empty seats at North Greenwich arena

This is the first team final for Canada at a non-boycotted Olympics.

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More history made for Canada’s gymnasts: Brittany Rogers and Ellie Black both in vault finals!

Dominique Pegg made the AA Final. Kristina Vaculik, surprisingly, had falls.

TEAM:
1. USA-181.863
2. RUS-180.429
3. CHI-176.637
4. ROM-176.264
5. GBR-170.656
6. JPN-170.196
7. ITA-168.397
8. CAN-167.696 … 1st Team Final ever

ALL AROUND:
1. Viktoria Komova (RUS)- 60.632
2. Aly Raisman (USA)- 60.391
3. Gabby Douglas (USA)- 60.265
… Jordyn Wieber
4. Aliya Mustafina (RUS)- 59.966
5. Deng Linlin (CHN)- 57.998
6. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)- 57.932
7. Asuka Teramoto (JPN)- 57.865
8. Larisa Iordache (ROM)- 57.800
9. Huang Qiushuang (CHN)- 57.707
10. Sandra Izbasa (ROM)- 57.532

VAULT:
1. McKayla Maroney (USA)- 15.8
2. Sandra Izbasa (ROM)- 15.316
3. Maria Paseka (RUS)- 15.049

4. Oksana Chusovitina (GER)- 14.808
5. Yamilet Peña (DOM)- 14.699

BARS:
1. Beth Tweddle (GBR)- 16.133
2. He Kexin (CHN)- 15.966
3. Viktoria Komova (RUS)- 15.833

BEAM:
1. Sui Lu (CHN)- 15.4
2. Viktoria Komova (RUS)- 15.266
3. Gabby Douglas (USA)- 15.266

FLOOR:
1. Aly Raisman (USA)- 15.325
2. Sandra Izbasa (ROM)- 15.066
3. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)- 14.9

See the list of all qualifiers on Gymnastike.

Romania still to compete. Iordache scheduled to do the AA, despite foot pain.

1. USA–181.863
2. Russia–180.429
3. China–176.637

GymExaminer:
… guaranteed to advance to team finals: USA, RUS, CHN, GBR, ITA, CAN.

AAinsworthNBC:

1. Komova 2. Raisman 3. Douglas 4.*Wieber* 5. Mustafina – yet Wieber will not be in all-around finals…

Jordyn is 3rd American. Will not go through. 😦

THIS will ignite those who hate the maximum 2 / nation rule.

USA 1st: 180.271, GBR 2nd: 170.656, ITALY 3rd: 168.397, CANADA 4th: 166.996 … so far

Happy for the hosts, Beth Tweddle leads Bars. By a mile. Louis Smith looking good for a Pommel medal, too.

#london2012

Artistic gymnast Luiza Galiulina has been suspended from the Olympic Games after failing a drugs test.

Galiulina, of Uzbekistan, tested positive for the banned diuretic furosemide on Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee said. …

details on BBC

She’s been provisionally suspended.

Danny Sierra on Gymnastike:

10. Russian Resurgence
9. “Officially” Olympians … first time gymnasts
8. Hambuchen’s Return to Form
7. Horton’s High Bar Redemption
6. World Rankings Shook Up
5. Team USA’s Chemistry, Youth and Skill
4. Uchimura proves he’s human, while remaining the favorite

Kohei Uchimura qualified in ninth place, making most of us question everything we know about ourselves and the world around us. We aren’t accustomed to seeing Kohei stumble, yet he did so multiple times in prelims, dropping off high bar and pommel horse.

Still, it’s hard to think of his performance as anything more than a fluke – a momentary lapse in perfection. The medal rounds are where Kohei’s readiness will truly be measured.

2. Philipp Boy’s fighting Olympic spirit
2. Jordan Jovtchev makes the Rings Final at Age 39
1. Great Britain Rises to the Occasion

Actually … – Top Eleven from Men’s Qualifications

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Women’s prelims are in progress.

Looking forward to Romania on Floor.

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IORDAN IOVTCHEV from Bulgaria is participating in his 6th Olympic Games!
He is Gymnastics!

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We’ll see him in the Rings Final.

This was his last Olympics. But not his last competition.

I get off a plane to find Uchimura 9th … China 6th, Japan 5th …

What the what!

Men’s Gymnastics is so unpredictable. 🙂

TEAM:
1. USA- 275.342
2. Russia- 272.595
3. Great Britain- 272.420
4. Germany- 270.888
5. Japan- 270.503
6. China- 269.985
7. Ukraine 269.810
8. France 265.759

ALL AROUND:
1. Danell Leyva (USA)- 91.265
2. David Belyavskiy (RUS)- 90.832
3. Fabian Hambuchen (GER)- 90.765
4. John Orozco (USA)- 90.597
5. Kristian Thomas (GBR)- 90.256
6. Mykola Kuksenkov (UKR)- 89.931
7. Marcel Nguyen (GER)- 89.833
8. Emin Garibov (RUS)- 89.798
9. Kohei Uchimura (JPN)- 89.764
10. Daniel Purvis (GBR)- 89.199

FLOOR EXERCISE:
1. Zou Kai (CHN)- 15.833
2. Kohei Uchimura (JPN)- 15.766
3. Flavius Koczi (ROM)- 15.666

POMMEL HORSE:
1. Louis Smith (GBR)- 15.8
2. Cyril Tommasone (FRA)- 15.333
3. Vid Hidvegi (HUN)- 15.1

STILL RINGS:
1. Chen Yibing (CHN)- 15.858
2. Matteo Morandi (ITA)- 15.766
3. Aleksandr Balandin (RUS)- 15.666

VAULT:
1. Denis Ablyazin (RUS)- 16.366
2. Yang Hak Seon (KOR)- 16.333
3. Tomas Gonzalez Sepulveda (CHI)- 16.149

PARALLEL BARS:
1. Yusuke Tanaka (JPN)- 15.866
2. Kazuhito Tanaka (JPN)- 15.725
3. Feng Zhe (CHN)- 15.633

HIGH BAR:
1. Epke Zonderland (NED)- 15.966
2. Zhang Chenglong (CHN)- 15.933
3. Danell Leyva (USA)- 15.866

See the full list on Gymnastike.

CONGRATULATIONS. And GOOD LUCK in the medal fight.

I don’t like handstand walking forward. This dog has terrible “line”. 🙂

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… the dog was not trained to do this, it is his natural peeing procedure ;D

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