Osijek World Cup prelims MAG

… In the men’s competition, gymnasts from five nations led qualification. Olympic silver medalist Filip Ude (pommel horse) and Marijo Možnik (high bar) each brought a first place for the host nation.

Britain’s Daniel Purvis outscored Brazilian star Diego Hypolito on floor exercise, while Brazil’s Arthur Zanetti edged France’s Samir Ait Said on still rings. Ukraine’s Igor Radivilov was the top vaulter and Mexico’s Daniel Corral was best on parallel bars.

Competition continues Saturday in Osijek with the finals for women’s vault and uneven bars, and men’s floor exercise, pommel horse and still rings.

read more on IG – Steingruber, Lee Lead Osijek Qualification

FLOOR
1 PURVIS Daniel GBR 6,500 9,125 15,625
2 HYPOLITO Diego BRA 6,600 8,900 15,500
3 KOSMIDIS Eleftherios GRE 6,300 8,875 15,175

POMMEL
1 UDE Filip CRO 6,300 9,325 15,625
2 WHITLOCK Max GBR 6,500 9,075 15,575
3 BERTONCELJ Saso SLO 6,200 9,350 15,550

RINGS
1 NABARRETE ZANETTI Arthur BRA 6,800 8,750 15,550
2 AIT SAID Samir FRA 6,800 8,725 15,525
3 PETROUNIAS Eleftherios GRE 6,800 8,650 15,450

VAULT
1 RADIVILOV Igor UKR 16,338
UKR 7,000 9,325 16,325 1
UKR 7,000 9,350 16,350 2
2 LYSZCZARZ Marek POL 15,813
POL 6,600 9,550 16,150 1
POL 6,200 9,275 15,475 2
3 GONZALEZ SEPULVEDA Enr CHI 15,788
CHI 7,000 8,975 15,975 1
CHI 6,600 9,100 0,1000 15,600 2

P BARS
1 CORRAL BARRON Daniel MEX 6,600 8,800 15,400
2 PETKOVSEK Mitja SLO 6,200 9,150 15,350
3 BERBECAR Marius Daniel ROU 6,400 8,925 15,325

H BAR
1 MOŽNIK Marijo CRO 6,900 8,400 15,300
2 THOMAS Kristian GBR 6,800 8,300 15,100
3 BRETSCHNEIDER Andreas GER 6,300 8,625 14,925
3 CUCHERAT Yann FRA 6,400 8,525 14,925
3 BALDAUF Marco AUT 6,600 8,325 14,925

Full results (PDF)

Osijek World Cup prelims

Examiner:

Olympic hopefuls Giulia Steingruber and Christine (Peng Peng) Lee each qualified first on two events as the Osijek World Cup got underway Friday in Osijek, Croatia. …

Another Olympic hopeful from Canada, Nova Scotia’s Ellie Black, also qualified to finals on vault and floor, while Spain’s Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, who trains with Lee at Oakville Gymnastics in Ontario, reached finals on bars, beam and floor. …

Swiss, Croatian, Canadian gymnasts in front as Osijek World Cup begins

VAULT
1 STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI 13,763
2 DA SILVA SOUZA Lais BRA 13,738
3 BLACK Elisabeth CAN 13,725

BARS
1 LEE Christine CAN 5,700 8,950 14,650
2 PIHAN-KULESZA Marta POL 5,700 8,550 14,250
3 PEREYRA Valeria ARG 5,500 8,475 13,975
4 COLUSSI PELAEZ Silvia ESP 5,500 8,425 13,925

BEAM
1 LEE Christine CAN 6,300 8,000 14,300 K
2 DIACCI Jessica SUI 5,700 7,975 13,675 K
3 COLUSSI PELAEZ Silvia ESP 5,800 7,700 13,500

FLOOR
1 STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI 5,700 8,275 13,975 K
2 BLACK Elisabeth CAN 5,700 8,225 13,925 K
3 ERCEG Tina CRO 5,300 8,200 13,500 K
4 COLUSSI PELAEZ Silvia ESP 5,300 8,125 13,425

Peng also qualified in the Floor final. She’s on fire.

Full results (PDF)

Jason Burnette to Olympics

He made it, winning the final trial today.

… Burnett is a six-time Canadian champion and earned a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He holds a world record for a degree of difficulty score in a routine.

He had failed in his previous attempt at the spot earlier this month when he needed a top two finish at the season-opening Elite Canada competition, but finished tenth instead that day. …

Canada’s Jason Burnett qualifies for London Olympics in trampoline

more Tramp photos by Grace Chiu on Facebok

American Classic & OTC Qualifier

On May 5 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado, 86 of the country’s top male gymnasts will compete in the last opportunity to qualify for the 2012 Visa Championships.

… A minimum of 14 gymnasts using the Men’s Program Committee 20-point system will advance to the Visa Championships, and additional athletes may be selected as needed to complete the 42-man Visa Championships field. …

2012 Men’s Qualifier set for May 5 at USOTC

The American Classic, which serves as one of two women’s qualifiers in to the 2012 Visa Championships, will be held May 5 at the U.S. Gymnastics National Training Center at the Karolyi Ranch

Inside Gymnastics

USA Gymnastics Announces Field for 2012 American Classic

Gymnastics Alberta Congress

Finally. A Gymnastics Congress in my own backyard, Calgary, Canada.

Christophe Lambert, Alixa Sutton, Tony Retrosi, Beth Gardner, Frank Sahlein, Steve Greeley and Dave Ross.

Put the dates on your calendar, Oct. 11-14, 2012. I guarantee this will be an excellent event. Details.

Thanks Brett.

NAIGC Champs: MIT, Texas A&M

We don’t hear enough about the NAIGC (National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs)

Started 1988, it’s open to any American gymnastics club with college-aged participants. Here’s a full list of members in case you want to check if there’s one close to you.

Their annual championships just concluded.

The Texas A&M men & MIT women captured National Championship titles for the second year in a row in Salt Lake City. …

Inside Gymnastics

Michael Bynum was the Men’s all-around winner

Zara Karuman the Women’s AA champion.

full results

ladies … Epke Zonderland in bed

TV commercial.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

He wants to be Olympic Champion, like these guys. Fortunately for Epke, FIG no longer seems to require toe point. 🙂

(via GymPOWER on Facebook)

European Championships preview

International Gymnast:

… medals will be up for grabs in Brussels: senior team and individual apparatus, and junior team, all-around and apparatus.

Russia and Romania are expected to battle for the senior team supremacy, with Great Britain, Italy, France and Germany among the teams aiming for a podium finish.

Defending champion Russia is bringing its formidable trio of Aliya Mustafina, Viktoria Komova and Anastasia Grishina, plus newcomer Anastasia Sidorova. …

Competition begins May 9 with junior qualification, followed by senior qualification on May 10. Junior all-around final takes place May 11, followed by the senior team final on May 12 and apparatus finals on May 13.

250+ Gymnasts on Roster for Women’s Europeans

competition home page

Bernardo on Couch Gymnast looked at potential D-score for the Junior teams. Russia looks unbeatable:

1- Russia 89.5
2- Italy 86.2
3- Great Britain 84.3
4- Ukraine 84.0
5- Romania 83.5
6- Spain 82.9

Junior European D Score Predictions

related – THE ALL AROUND is weekly updating the top WAG scores worldwide.

Iordache, Larissa (ROU) 60,150 is the top EU Sr. all-arounder, by that ranking.

Click PLAY or watch her most recent Vault on YouTube.

Utah average attendance 13,515

Utah may have finished 5th at Championships. But in drawing a crowd to gymnastics, they’re still #1.

… here are the final rankings for average home meet attendance. As expected, Utah maintained their top ranking here with Alabama close behind.

Rank Team Average Attendance
1 Utah 13515.29
2 Alabama 12826.80
3 Georgia 8768.33
4 Florida 6200.40
5 Auburn 4519.60
6 Oregon State 4097.20
7 L.S.U. 3697.60
8 Arkansas 3080.83
9 Southern Utah 3069.75
10 Penn State 2249.75

Gymnastike – Final 2012 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Rankings

Georgia Dabritz

Via Utah Gymnastics on Facebook.