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… Jeffrey Wammes gave the Dutch their second gold of the tournament with his victory on men’s vault Sunday, a day after compatriot Yuri van Gelder won the still rings title. …

Slovenia’s Mitja Petkovsek won gold on parallel bars over French veteran Yann Cucherat, who won the high bar title.

read more – Dutch Most Successful at Cottbus World Cup

ESPN

… Superstar Fabian Hambüchen’s ambitious routine ended disastrously when he peeled off and landed off the mat.

UPDATE: Hambüchen Healing Fine After Cottbus Fall – IG

Results are up from Women’s day 2 Finals of the Gymnastics World Cup in Cottbus.

From International Gymnast:

Polish Olympian Marta Pihan, now married to teammate Roman Kulesza, won gold on balance beam. China’s Sui Lu took first on floor exercise. …

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Marta Pihan-Kulesza – ESPN

Yuri Van Gelder (NED), Cottbus 2009, Rings: 1st

Check the Maltese to back lever bounce to Planche!

Awesome.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

more WAG and MAG videos on the 2008agwc playlist

Thanks vrba.

University of Minnesota gymnastics photography site Picture Perfect Gymnastics by Hopes and Dreams creatively alters those pics.

Included with a March 14, 2009 Minnesota vs Iowa photo gallery is this creation:

… is there a gymnastics monopoly? Not like Georgia, like the Monopoly game… Gymnopoly!

larger version

Interesting concept. It’s based on the NCAA Gymnastics program. Players travel “to different schools on the board, earning scores, classes, and ultimately a diploma!”

see more – Picture Perfect Gymnastics by Hopes and Dreams – gymnopoly

ONE DROP will mobilize online communities across the Web to give the Global Water Crisis maximum exposure on World Water Day, March 22nd.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube

One Drop – Ripple

This is the charity supported by Cirque du Soleil’s Guy Laliberté.

Unofficial results:

live scoring

Stanford’s Carly Janiga won the all-around. But Stanford had 2 falls on Floor.

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Canadian Olympian Elyse Hopfer-Hibbs of UCLA was named PAC-10 Freshman of the year.

Click PLAY or watch the gold medal bar routine on YouTube.

I like that uprise to Stalder.

More WAG from the World Cup event in Germany on ThePenguin888 YouTube channel.

The No. 15-ranked University of Michigan women’s gymnastics team earned its third straight Big Ten Championships team title, using a season-best 197.075 to edge No. 16 Illinois (196.750) and No. 13 Penn State (196.525) in the last rotation Saturday (March 21) at Huff Hall. …

Wilson, Botterman Lead U-M to Third Straight Big Ten Title

Bragging rights for Bama. Roll Tide!

Two low scores on Beam dropped favourites Georgia to second place.

Alabama – 197.300 1st
Georgia – 196.925 2nd
Florida – 196.750 3rd
LSU – 196.550 4th
Auburn – 196.350 5th
Arkansas – 195.650 6th
Kentucky – 195.000 7th

Live Scoring

This heats up the legendary rivalry for NCAA Championships – Georgia Head Coach Suzanne Yoculan’s vs Alabama Head Coach Sarah Patterson.

Courtney Kupets won the all-around, as usual.

SEC Athlete of the Year – Courtney Kupets
SEC Freshman of the Year – Whitney Rose of Kentucky
SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year – Grace Taylor of Georgia
SEC Coach of the Year – Suzanne Yoculan

Twitter users, … if you follow Michigan_WGym RIGHT NOW you can get live updates on the Women’s Gymnastics Championships.

(via Michigan_WGym on Twitter)