Gymnastics Coaching.com

Diana Chelaru of Romania has upgraded her difficulty compared to American Cup three weeks ago (6.0 D score) and while it doesn’t seem like she will manage to swing bars like a specialist, her progress is admirable. …

Couch Gymnast – Cottbus Day One Finals Report

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Results via Twitter. They should be posted soon on the results page.

FLOOR
1st Brandon O’Neill CAN
2nd Xu CHN
3rd Thomas Pichler AUS

POMMEL
1st Bo CHN
2nd Jackson Payne CAN
3rd Brody AUS

RINGS
1st: Joshua Jefferis AUS
2nd: Kevin Lytwyn CAN
3rd: Yang Zhang CHN

VAULT
1st Brandon O’Neill CAN
2nd Brody Jai Hennessey AUS
3rd Yang Zhang CHN

P BAR
1st Joshua Jefferis AUS
2nd Nathan Gafuik CAN
3rd Bo Wang CHN

H BAR
1st Anderson Loran CAN
2nd Xiaodong Zhu CHN
3rd Brody Jai Hennessey AUS

Calgary Herald – ‘What we’re all about is fun,’ medallist says

Celebrity judges at Big Show included former Olympians Kylie Stone and Adam Wong.

Wild and wooly. I wish I could have been there.

1. UCLA 197.425
2. Utah 197.375
3. Oregon State 197.025
4. Stanford 196.825
5. Arizona 195.9
6. ASU 194.55
7. Washington 194.125
8. Cal 193.525

Stanford could have won. But counted a 9.25 and 9.625 on Bars, their last rotation. 😦

1. Corrie Lothrop 39.625 AA
2. Zamarripa 39.575 AA

Lya Wodraska | The Salt Lake Tribune:

The Pac-12 Championship was there for the taking for the Utah Utes, then it slipped away. More accurately, the Utes slipped off the balance beam and lost it.

… both Kassandra Lopez and Mary Beth Lofgren fell off the balance beam.

Utah gymnastics: Utes’ hopes of Pac-12 title fall by the wayside

@lchops96:

Despite two falls from Peszek on bars and two falls from Courtney on beam, the Bruins count zero falls and come in for the win!

@OregonStateGym:

Leslie Mak receives Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year, becoming the first gymnast in conference history to earn the award in consecutive years.

Miss Val Coach of the Year.

Shocker in progress at the Pac-12 Championships.

Stanford is leading after 3 rotations. They’ve been saving their best stuff for the post-season, obviously.

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Their Beam:

@StanfordWGym:
Becky Wing 9.9
Nicole Pechanec 9.85
Ivana Hong 9.9
Shona Morgan 9.9
Amanda Spinner 9.9
Alyssa Brown 9.9

@SpannyTampson: “Stanford has been hustling us all.” 🙂

The second-ranked Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team won its fifth Big 12 Championship Saturday with a season-high score of 197.475 in front of the home crowd at the Lloyd Noble Center. OU finished ahead of Iowa State and Missouri who tied for second with a 196.025. …

Sooner Sports

The No. 6 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team captured the 2012 Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Championship on Saturday night in Iowa City, Iowa. The Huskers posted a 197.100 and were led by sophomore Emily Wong, who won the all-around Big Ten crown by posting a career-high 39.60, which is the third-highest all-around score in Nebraska history at a conference championship meet.

The Huskers finished ahead of second-place Ohio State (196.225) and third-place Minnesota (195.95). …

Huskers.com

They competed 5 all-arounders, yet again.

Jessie DeZiel is Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Head Coach Dan Kendig wins Big Ten Coach of the Year!

Looks like Nebraska will move ahead of Georgia in the NCAA Team rankings.

Whenever Elisabeth Seitz competes Bars, I’m keen to watch. She hit her HUGE DIFFICULT routine at home to win the apparatus Final.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. 6,5 8,325 14,825

Yes, it’s muscled. There are form breaks. But that’s one hard routine. 🙂

He Kexin had a 15.225 in qualifying. But fell in the Final on layout Jaeger. 😦

Check Full Twist – Videos & Results: Cottbus Cup Event Finals Day 1

Videos linked include Philipp Boy winning Floor. And Brittany Rogers winning Vault.

With the elimination of both the Paris and Tokyo World Cups this season, the annual Cottbus tournament has taken on added importance as athletes get ready for this summer’s Olympic Games.

Not only was the start list packed with European favorites and on-the-bubble Olympic team hopefuls, of the 10 disciplines in men’s and women’s gymnastics, the top qualifiers hail from 10 different countries.

Examiner – Notes from Cottbus

I read Balance Beam Situation – Live Blog – Conference Championships:

SEC Final Scores:
1. Florida – 197.150
2. Alabama – 196.775
3. Georgia – 196.475
4. LSU – 196.425
5. Kentucky – 194.350
6. Arkansas – 194.175
7. Auburn – 194.100

Individual winners: VT: Hunter, UB: Johnson, BB: Pisani, FX: Hall, AA: Hunter

With that, Florida clinched the #1 team rank for the season. Congratulations.

Disaster for Auburn. Georgia lucky to hold off LSU for 3rd. Shayla missed Bars, again.

via @UFCoachRhonda

Coach of the Year a tie between Auburn’s Jeff Graba and Florida’s Rhonda Faehn.

SEC Freshman Gymnast of the Year: Kytra Hunter

SEC Gymnast of the Year: Jamie Pisani

Finals at Russian Championships.

Beam – 1 Afanasyeva; 2 Grishina; 3 Goryunova
Floor – 1 Grishina; 2 Afanasyeva; 3 Belokobylskaya

Mustafina did not compete Floor. And had a fall on Beam.

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Read Blythe’s opinion of the new routine.

I like it. But her round-off looks weak. … And, do we really need to see top international gymnasts competing both double tuck and double pike? It’s repetitive.

Thanks Alan.

2012 NCGA Div. III Women’s Gymnastics Championships; March 23; Brockport, N.Y.

tie 1) Brockport – 188.05
tie 1) Wisconsin-Whitewater – 188.05
3) Wisconsin-La Crosse – 187.20
4) Cortland – 185.55
5) Wisconsin-Eau Claire – 183.70
6) Ithaca – 182.65

results

Elizabeth Levy from host Brockport took the AA (37.650)
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Apparatus Finals coming up next. 🙂