Saturday, March 19, 2011

Gymnastics, Gymnastics and more Gymnastics!


You wait for a major gymnastics international and three come along at once! In the buildup to Europeans early next month, many gymnasts are making final tweaks to their routines and seeing how they measure up to the competition. Gymnasts are competing today in France, Italy and Germany.

World Cup, Paris
The third world cup competition is underway in Bercy. An individual event competition with only 4 gymnasts making each event final, there is no room for error.
Big names include Aliya Mustafina, Tatiana Nabieva, Lauren Mitchell and many others.
Gymnastics Examiner is live blogging from the event.


Trofeo di Jesolo, Italy
It may not be a world cup, but this is a big stakes event, being a team face-off between the USA and the Russians! While Russia have sent their big names to Paris though, USA has sent a full strength team including Jordyn Wieber and Alexandra Raisman, fresh from the American cup. Sadly the Japanese team couldn't make it to the event in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Official website (Italian)

SENIOR RESULTS - USA Dominates. New senior McKayla Maroney scored a massive 9.5 execution on her amanar vault to take the highest score of the day.



5-way competition, Chemnitz, Germany
For many teams this is the final trial to earn a ticket to Europeans.  GYMmedia

ESP - Claudia Menéndez, Beatriz Cuesta, Claudia Vila, Toya Rojas, Ainoa Carmona and Elena Zaldivar
GBR - Danusia Francis, Jessica Hogg, Jocelyn Hunt, Charlotte Lindsley, Jennifer Pinches and Rebecca Wing
GER - Oksana Chusovitina, Kim Bui, Pia Tolle, Giulia Hindermann, Nadine Jarosch, Lisa-Katharina Hill
SUI - Jessica Diacci, Julia Steingruber, Linda Staempfli, Nadia Baeriswil, Sarina Gerber and Jennifer Senn
NED - Celine Gerner, Joy Goedkoop, Yvette Moshage and Naoual Ouazanni Chahdi

RESULTS
1. Germany (211.00)
2. Spain (208.95)
3. Great Britain (205.30)
4. Switzerland (203.20)
All Around winner Celine Van Gerner (Netherlands)

Also check out Gymnastics Examiner, the Couch Gymnast and GymNiceTic.

Oh, and if that wasn't enough- in US college gymnastics the NCAA conference championships take place tonight.

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