GYMNAST OF THE WEEK: 21st April

After, a long decision, this gymnast of the week was a tricky one after there was SUI-GBR-RUS etc. but I decided to give the title this week to someone who has contributed not only to herself but also to her teams performance. She is an NCAA competitor, who competed last night. More info? She's from the University of Florida!


yes..... IT'S


                            KYTRA HUNTER!


Now, we don't usually give this award to NCAA competitors but she was the all-around winner at last nights NCAA competition. Hunter helped the Florida University team get into second place in the team standings just behind #4 Alabama (9th April 2012). 


The University of Florida are currently top of the rankings board with their National Qualifying Score (394.770) just 0.275 ahead of the UCLA team. 


Congratulations to Kytra and the University of Florida.

SUI-GBR-RUS: VIDEO VIA FACEBOOK.

The SUI-GBR-RUS meet has already been uploaded to youtube. We have put all the links for the Russian videos on our facebook/twitter page.


To view them, search @TWGgymblog  and to view on facebook search The World Gymnast News.

The Russian girls were very strong on vaulting. We have 2 videos of bars from sets by Aliya Mustafina (15.15) and Komova (15.85)


Unfortunately, Anastasia Grishina fell from the beam (13.3) but Mustafina and Sidorova saved the day with 2 good beam sets. We haven't seen any floor routines but I'm sure they are yet to come. 


Thank You:)

THE FASHIONISTA: ROMANIA

In this episode of the fashionista, we say hello to the Romanian wardrobe. Romania have a variation in their types of leotards during the past 6-10 years but their main starting point today is usually the national colours. We take Haidu, Bulimar, Izbasa, Iordache, Chelaru and Porgras on a trip down memory lane to their leotard choices.






the cutest ... Raluca Haidu.






Bulimar!




the veteran ... Sandra Izbasa.






the new sweetheart ... Larisa Iordache






Chelaru.






Porgy.




If your talking about the style of how they're wearing the leotard then Bulimar but id your talking about the leotard itself Iordache wins hands down for me.


Comment, Tweet, Facebook and E-mail your answers.


If you've forgotten;


twitter- @TWGgymblog

DOUGLAS SIGNS TO AGENT.

2011 World Uneven Bars Finalist, Gabrielle Douglas, has officially signed a representation agreement with Sahde Global inc. Shawn Johnson, Liang Chow, Bela Karolyi and Paul and Morgan Hamm. 

Other gymnasts signed to Shade include Rythmic Gymnast Julie Zetlin. Also, Chellsie Memmel, Blaine Wilson and Ohio State's Brandon Wynn.

Congratulations to Gabby and everyone on the Shade list.

FASHIONISTA: RUSSIA

you know what to do.




Yulia Inshina.





Aliya Mustafiyna.







Anastasia Grishina.




Viktoria Komova.





Yulia Belokobylskaiia





Ekateriina Kurbatova





Russia's wardrobe is very lushious. There are many other leotards and gymnasts to choose from to model in this edition. Aliya takes the title for me but we want to know what YOU think.


Comment, Twitter, Facebook and E-mail;))))))

EUROPEANS 2012: RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS

Russia's junior & senior talent have been invited to Lake Krugloye (Round Lake) in preparation for the Europeans next month in Brussels, Belgium. 

Here is a video, courtesy of queensblade2011, showing Afanasiieva, Paseka, Dementiieva and many other girls.

This is only a little piece. This video is also showing Euro/Olympic preparation. Maria Paseka is being interviewed but we don't have translations.

thanks.

FACIALLY EXPRESSIVE GYMNASTICS. PT1.

We take an insight into some of gymnastics most craftiest looking gymnasts.

Nabieva. As Mihai is behind her, she may be regretting saying something about Alicia going down in vault finals?

Yuyuan.''I've finally landed my amanar''.

         

always happy.                            always helpful.                              always laughing.

THE FASHIONISTA: USA

We played this game yesterday, ''the fashionista''. We pick 6 girls from the senior/junior teams and have a photograph with them in with a different leotard for every girl. The best photo of the girl in the leotard, that girl/leo wins. You can vote via e-mail, comment, twitter and facebook.




Alexandra Raisman




Mckayla Maroney




Jordyn Wieber




Gabrielle Douglas






Katelyn Ohashi




Sabrina Vega












I'm saying Dougie has got this one sussed but what do you think? Tweet, mail, facebook and comment;)

ARTISTY: GOOD & BAD

Gymnastics is getting very sloppy when it comes to floor worker. No artistry? Butt Shelves?
What happened to ARTISTIC  gymnastics? 


''Artistry is like Pornography, Everybody loves it but nowadays it's really gross''.


GOOD.




Anna Pavlova. This is the best you'll get from this era.


  

  

Every time bitches!, Hannah Whelan.




Ana Porgras, grace even on the floor.






Viktoria Komova, this is the ''I can't hear you'' pose!




Aliya Mustafina, elegance in it's own way.




BAAAAAD!:$




Tatiana Nabieva, the ''cover ma tittaysss'' pose.






Ariella Kaeslin, the ''embarrassing mum'' pose.




Beth Tweddle, that hand (ouch)






Rebecca Bross, the ''wtf face'' pose.






Jordyn Wieber, the ''got a problem bitch'' pose.


thanks everyone.


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OSIJEK 2012: PARTICIPANTS

I have search and found the participants list for the 'Osijek World Cup', 26-30th April. Some interesting names in the field, a lot of variety of nations. 


Argentina
Valeria Pereyra
Merlina Galera
Maria Stoffel


Australia
Nikola Chung
Larrissa Miller


Austria
Elisa Hammerle
Katherina Fa


Brazil
Ethiene Franco
Harumy Freitas


Canada
Elisabeth Black
Mikaela Gerber
Christine Lee


Croatia
Tijana Tkalcec
Ema Kajic
Stella Petran 
Tina Erceg


Czech Republic
Jana Sikulova


Greece
Vasiliki Millousi
Paschalina Mitrakou


Hungary
Luca Diveky
Dorina Boczogo
Laura Gombas


Latvia
Valerija Grishane


Lithuania
Lara Svilpaite
Nadezda Seile


Norway
Tina Larsen
Haldis Naerum
Silje Dahlby


Poland
Monika Frandofert
Marta Pihan


Slovenia
Teja Belak
Fiona Novak
Ivana Kamnikar


Switzerland
Giulia Steingruber
Nadia Muelhausser
Jessica Diacci


Slovakia
Maria Homolova
Viera Tranzikova


Sweden
Ida Rothe
Victoria Genberg
Ida Gustafsson


Syria
Ranin Abou Faraj


Venezuela
Ivet Rojas

ZIBO CITY 2012: RESULTS & VIDEO.

Zibo City Cup was a great competition to warm-up some of the London 2012 gymnasts. We even saw Olympic medalist 'Cheng Fei' returning to competition after her delayed start at the Universiade 2011. 


Vault


                                         VT 1          VT2             TOTAL

1. Cheng Fei            14.650        14.375          14.512
2. Alexa Moreno     14.975        13.850          14.412
3. Yamilet Pena       14.700       13.550          14.125
4. Thi Ha Phan        13.650       13.925           13.787

Bars

                                                 score

1. 1. Yao Jinnan               15.675
2. Huang Qiushuang        15.2
3. Larissa Miller               14.6
4. Jessica Lopez                13.1

Beam

1. Yao Jinnan               15.175
2. Huang Qiushuang    14.775
3. Lauren Mitchell       14.65
4. Yana Demyanchuck  12.95

Floor

1. Lauren Mitchell    14.4
2. Victoria Moors      14.025
3. Huang Qiushuang  13.775
4. Sasa Golob              13.475

thank you:)

THE FASHIONISTA: GREAT BRITAIN

meet 'the fashionista'. The World Gymnast's newest segment. We take 6 girls from different countries and assess each one of them in a different leotard. And that's when you get involved you choose your favorite via comment, twitter, e-mail and facebook.


here we go;




Hannah Whelan




Jennifer Pinches




Beth Tweddle




Rebecca Tunney (woah!)




Danusia Francis




Becky Downie


that's it folks. now, VOTE TIME. Tweet, e-mail, FB, comment.


VOTE NOWWWWWWWWW!

BACK FROM VACATION.

You were probably thinking I hadn't posted in a while that was because I went to Orlando, FL
for my vacation. Since I've been away, Cottbus, Doha and Jesolo have all been going on. If your a big social fan, then you'll see I posted Jesolo and Cottbus video coverages of youtube courtesy of xoxokiara and piibunina. Later tonight, we have the Regional Championships for the NCAA circuit.




pick your meet, get onto the website, stream for free (legally) & enjoy!

Raleigh Regional—4pm ET
Live Video

1. Florida
2. Ohio State
3. Penn State
4. North Carolina State
5. Kent State
6. North Carolina

Champaign Regional—4 pm CT
Live Scoring
Link to live video will be posted on day of competition 

1. Oklahoma
2. Stanford
3. Denver
4. Illinois
5. Kentucky
6. Illinois-Chicago

Fayetteville Regional— 4pm CT
Live VideoLive Scoring 

1. UCLA
2. Arkansas
3. Boise State
4. Missouri
5. New Hampshire
6. Maryland

Seattle Regional—4pm PT
Live Video 

1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Arizona
4. Washington
5. Iowa
6. Central Michigan

Salt Lake City Regional—6pm MT
Live Video
1. Nebraska
2. Utah
3. Minnesota
4. Iowa State
5. Arizona State
6. San Jose State

Auburn Regional—6pm CT
Live Video 

1. Georgia
2. Oregon State
3. Auburn
4. Michigan
5. West Virginia
6. Michigan State

PACIFIC RIM: RESULTS & VIDEO: JUNIORS

Sorry to everyone expecting coverage from pacific rim via. TWG. My computer was broken the whole weekend but has finally decided to start working again, stupid I know, but I've still been able to access results, video etc. 


As you may know, this competition was divided by senior & junior in all-around and event finals but they both competed together for team quals/finals. Some major mistakes from countries like Japan, Russia etc. Most teams chose to bring members from B-C teams in their national teams but USA, Australia and more had some of their top athletes.


In this post, we'll be focusing on the juniors.


Junior AA;


The American girls took a clean sweep, 3 girls on the rostrum but who came out on top? That would be WOGA's Katelyn Ohashi. 15.850 was her amazing beam score and she knocked all her other routines out of the park with high 14s. Upcoming star, Lexie Priessman was the silver medal. 15.3 her highest score and the rest low 14s. Hundley finished 3rd, couldn't quite get a 15.


Here's the top 12;

1. Katelyn Ohashi
2. Lexie Priessman
3. Amelia Hundley
4. Sakura Yamoto
5. Maria Kharenkova
6. Ekaterina Baturina
7. Yuki Uchiyama
8. Jazminne Casis
9. Victoria Kayen-Woo
10. Charlotte Sullivan
11. Jordyn Pedersen
12. Anastasia Belova

Event Finals;

Vault;

1. Lexie Priessman 
2. Amelia Hundley
3. Maegan Chant
4. Maria Kharenkova
5. Jordin Pedersen
6. Yuki Uchiyama
7. Alexandra Eade
8. Sakura Yamoto

Bars;

1. Katelyn Ohashi
2. Victoria Kayen-Woo
3. Sakura Yamuto
4. Lexie Priessman
5. Ekaterina Baturina
6. Nastia Belova
7. Jordyn Pedersen
8. Jie Mei

Beam;

1. Katelyn Ohashi
2. Lou Nina
3. Mariya Kharenkova
4. Sakura Yumoto
5. Yuki Uchiyama
6. Lexie Priessman
7. Jie Mei
8. Charlotte Sullivan

Floor

1. Katelyn Ohashi
2. Amelia Hundley
3. Maria Kharenkova
4. Yuko Uchiyama
5. Alexandra Eade
6. Lou Nina
7. Katerina Baturina
8. Mei Ji