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… so far. Half way through the Men’s competition.

China and Russia still coming up.

The top 2 / nation from this list should have a good chance to qualify for the top 24 all-around finals.

full AA results (PDF)

The top 8 teams go to team finals. The top 24 teams will qualify for World Championships / Olympic Trials 2011.

1. Japan 361.400
2. United States 357.092
3. Great Britain 357.033
…4. Korea 352.042
5. France 350.284
6. Romania 350.134
7. Spain 349.610
8. Canada 346.726
9. Switzerland 344.892
10. Belarus 344.667
11. Netherlands 343.777
12. Australia 343.751
13. Colombia 337.260
14. Kazakhstan 336.357
15. Portugal 334.273

full Team results (PDF)

Most difficult to project are the apparatus finals (PDF). Those from the USAG website.

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World Championships Rotterdam.

Highlights:

• Uchimura in the all-around.
• Sellathurai on Pommel
• GBR in the Team competition
• the # of strong gymnasts from all over the world

I can’t name a mind blowing routine. … Perhaps some of the vaults. Uchimura, for one.

Low points:

• not many STUCK landings
• “form” has never been worse, I don’t think … especially on Horizontal Bar.

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Nobody is trying to win by being the most artistic Artistic gymnast in the world. It’s all about start value.

Tomorrow CHINA and RUSSIA. Perhaps we’ll have some mind blowing routines then.

Good night.

Interesting routine. One of the few guys who tries to have “clean” execution. … Judges did not reward him, unfortunately.

… The son of two former Bulgarian team members, Penev trains at Rochester Gymnastics Academy in Rochester, N.Y. His father, Marian Penev, was a double bronze medalist at the 1984 Alternate Games in Olomouc, while his mother, Yulia Hristova, was sixth at the 1984 Junior European Championships. …

IG – Penev Poised for More International Success (2009)

He’s now at Stanford.

By Ollie Williams
BBC Sport in Rotterdam

Britain’s men completed 30 routines without a single major error as they set an impressive qualifying score of 357.033 points at the World Gymnastics.

The result should see GB into the men’s team final on Thursday in Rotterdam, though a day of qualifying remains.

Louis Smith scored highly on the pommel horse, while Dan Purvis could reach the floor and all-around finals.

“The boys did absolutely fantastically today, we couldn’t have wished for better routines,” Smith told BBC Sport. …

BBC

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IG noted on Facebook that Louis Smith “refuses to fall off Pommels”. Not his best routine today, but the start score is monster.

This team is dangerous as they have excellent Pommels. And that’s without injured Daniel Keatings.

We chatted with coach Paul Hall after the meet. He was pleased in the understated British tradition.

Local hero from the Netherlands.

Overscored, I thought. He was much better in podium training, connecting the releases.

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More on the official FIG channel.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

More on the official FIG channel.

(via Full Twist)

Awesome.

Sellathurai moves into first place on pommel horse with 15.5667.

Love the guy. Love the routine.

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He missed on Rings, though.

Killed it. They will be the strongest team on this apparatus, by far.

Horton was great. Scored 15.266. And won’t make Finals !!

Leyva 15.633. Brooks 15.50.

… Scores have been high for other gymnasts on this event, too.

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Not pretty. But the Americans do interesting routines with high start values. Leyva’s Liukin (layout Tkachev 1/1 is cool).

The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook – All Around Qualifiers, so far:

1. Uchimura (JPN) 92.231
2. Purvis (GBR) 89.498
3. Yoo Won Chul (KOR) 89.423
4. Koczi (ROU) 89.398
…5. Hunter (GBR) 89.090
6. Uematsu (JPN) 88.698
10. Tommasone (FRA) 87.415
11. Munoz (ESP) 87.099
12. Kim Soo Myun (KOR) 86.790
14. Valeiev, I. (KAZ) 86.431
15. Giraldo (COL) 86.331

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But USA is just starting. They have 3 strong all-arounders.

Update.

French media has confirmed the injury was a ruptured Achilles tendon. Recovery from this injury is normally 100%. But at age-30, he’ll be rushed coming back to finish his career at the London Olympics.

Good luck.

Original post – Olympic Bronze medal gymnast INJURED

What a shame.

Benoit Caranobe of France leaves the arena after injuring himself during his floor routine during the men’s qualifying round of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam October 18, 2010.

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