A quick round-up of the weekend

Plenty was happening over the weekend whilst I enjoyed a few days away from work and also the internet.

Full Twist has a great roundup of the Glasgow Gymnastics Grand Prix. 

In the Women'e event Ekaterina Kurbatova (Russia) won Vault, Wu Liufang (China) Bars and Lauren Mitchell (Australia) Beam and Floor. The British girls Hannah Whelan, Imogen Cairns and Jennifer Pinches all came away with medals. For the men Louis Smith won Pommel Horse and fellow brit Theo Seager took silver on vault. See the full Women's and Men's results here.

See Photos of the event on British Gymnastics' Facebook Page

Also over the weekend the Rostelecom Cup (Cup of Russia to most people) took place in Moscow, with some surprises in store.

Patrick Chan of Canada led the men after the short programme, but a fall on his quad in the free skate allowed Tomas Verner (Czech Republic) to come away with the gold. Miki Ando won the ladies gold after coming back from a 5th place short programme. Skate Canada silver medallist and home favourite Ksenia Makarova finished a disappointing 7th here and missed out on a trip to the Grand Prix final.

Russian pair Kavaguti & Smirnov showed they are successfully recovered from injury and won with ease, but as this is their only event they too will miss out on a final spot. By the free skate there were only 5 ice dance couples left in the competition after a number of withdrawals, Bobrova & Soloviev of Russia were the best couple still standing. View the full results here.

With that the placements for the final 6 in each discipline are almost wrapped up. A small selection of skaters including Takahito Kozuka (Japan), Alissa Czisny (USA), Pechalat & Bourzat (France) & Savchenko & Szolkowy (Germany) will be looking to wrap up tickets to the final at the final Grand Prix, Trophee Eric Bompard in Paris this week. You can view the current standings (and those still with a fighting chance) at Goldenskate.