Beth Tweddle wins Floor!

Women’s Floor Final Results:

1. Tweddle GBR,
2. Mitchell AUS,
3. Aui CHN,
4. Myzdsrikova RUS,
5T. Bross USA and Porgras ROM,
7. Deng CHN,
8. Gil Ortez COL

full results (PDF)

This is great for Beth. Great for the U.K. Great for the Olympics 2012. … And for all of the “older” female gymnasts who decide to fight on.

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I hope Nastia is inspired.

China 1-2 Parallel Bars

Wang Guanyin edged out team mate Feng Zhe as China underlined their mastery on the parallel bars by completing a 1-2 finish at the world gymnastics championships on Sunday. …

With just two finals left, China had won five gold medals at the O2 Arena which will stage the gymnastics competition in the London 2012 Games.

Universal

full results (PDF)

Wang Guanyin of China in action in the men’s parallel bars final, during the World Gymnastics Championships at the O2 Arena in London, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009.

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Dragulescu wins Vault, Floor

LONDON (Reuters) – Marian Dragulescu grabbed gold on the vault to claim his second title at the world gymnastics championships on Sunday. …

As soon as Dragulescu nailed his second vault — an ambitious Yurchenko half-on with 1-1/2 twist 2 1/2 twist — he punched the air in delight and held up his index fingers to the crowd as if to say, “That’s why I’m number one.”

Victory increased the 28-year-old’s haul of world titles to eight.

Reuters

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full results (PDF)

Beam Final results

Beam Final Results:

1. Deng CHN,
2. Mitchell AUS,
3. Hong USA,
4. Kim PRK,
5. Preziosa ITA,
6. Tsurumi JPN

full results (PDF)

Deng Linlin of China competes in the balance beam event during the second day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 at O2 Arena on October 14, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

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Universal Sports – still buffering …

UPDATE: Most are reporting no problems. Seems to be a local problem for me or the free wireless internet I’m using.

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I love Universal Sports online coverage.

It’s improved fantastically since the beginning.

But the service is still slow at times. And problematic, at times.

This link‘s been “buffering” for the last 20min. The commercial plays, but not the promised content.

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Leave a comment if you had problems on your computer.

(YouTube is ugly. But at least it works.)

World Pommel Champions

Gold – ZHANG Hongtao (CHN) – 16.200
Silver – BERKI Krisztian (HUN) – 16.075
Bronze – SELLATHURAI Prashanth. (AUS) – 15.400

4. TOMMASONE Cyril (FRA) – 15.225
5. MCNEILL Timothy (USA) – 15.150
6. KOCZI Flavius (ROU) – 14.975
7. SELIGMAN Robert (CRO) – 14.750
8. SMITH Louis (GBR) – 14.450

Do you need a specific body type to be great on Pommels? Tall? Slim? Long arms?

Check our 3 medalists:

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FIG – China back on the podium

I’m particularly happy for Prashanth Sellathurai. That guy has fantastic, unique style.

CONGRATS Gym Nest, West Virginia

Congratulations to everyone, especially the coaching staff, for the Gold Medal on Vault by Kayla Williams.

A World Champion in your own gym?

Who would have predicted that just a few months ago?

Gym Nest has established a Worldwide reputation for providing the highest quality gymnastics in Huntington West Virginia.

Bozhidar Russev “Bozhi”, who is a former Bulgarian National Team Member with over 40 years of experience producing many world class athletes and several Olympians. …

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Gym Nest – home page

He Kexin Gold Bars World Championships

Wow.

Only Nastia and other Chinese gymnasts can hope to challenge the Olympic champion. She’s so solid and consistent now.

Click PLAY or watch her winning routine on YouTube.

finals results (PDF)

… Her difficulty score of 7.1 is, simply, monstrous, with most routines ranging from 5.9 to 6.2. So when she got through her routine without any major issues, the gold was essentially hers. …

AP – China makes it 3 wins in a row with gold on rings

in case you missed it …

The 2009 Gymnastics World Championships – Women’s All Around Final is posted on YouTube.

For now.

Leave a comment if you’ve seen if posted online elsewhere.

You can watch highlights on Universal Sports from most nations.