NEW CONTACT!

we've recently decided to get a new e-mail address for the site because I can really gel with the google mail at all really after you need mobile verification etc. so I've decided to go for a new one. 

Of course, the google mail one will still be in existence because I have signed up the blog with it put I would check it very frequently so if you want a quick reply your better off sending it to the new one. Also, there will be a few competitions and contribution opportunities so the e-mail will be vital for that. 

here it is;

theworldgymnast@live.co.uk

yes, there it is. 

So, if you need to contact me for blog post contributions, blog ideas, fan mail and other things then please give me a shout by the e-mail. I will get a separate page for it so you can find it. 

thanks ;) 

KENNEDY BAKER WILL NOT COMPETE

Recently, news broke out that USAs Kennedy Baker will not be competing in the 2nd Abierto Gimnasia Cup in Mexico. 

In words....

"The US is no longer sending Kennedy Baker, with exciting Men's up-and-comer Donnell Whittenburg to be making the trip instead."

I'm not sure if Kennedy is injured but I still think it's unfair of USA to bump Donnell Whittenburg over her because she didn't even make the Olympic team either. 

The female representative for USA is GAGEs Brenna Dowell, who could be a strong contender. 

If you want to be reminded on the teams start list; HERE IT IS

TEAM USA
Brenna Dowell
Donell Whitennburg

TEAM BRAZIL
Sergio Sasaki Jr

TEAM BRITAIN
Daniel Purvis

TEAM AUSTRALIA
Georgia-Rose Brown

TEAM COLOMBIA
Jessica Gil Ortiz
Jorge Hugo Giraldo

TEAM CANADA
Anderson Loran

TEAM RUSSIA
Anna Dementiieva
David Belyavskiy

TEAM MEXICO
Luis Alberto Sousa
Yessenia Estrada
Ana Estefania Lago
Axel Elias

TEAM ITALY
Ciara Gandolfi
Mattia Tamiazzo

TEAM UKRAINE
Oleg Verniaev

TEAM POLAND
Marta Pihan-Kulesza


13 DAYS!!!!

ASK ME ANYTHING

I have recently created an ask.fm account which seems to be the latest trend. 
Ask fm is all about asking questions that you're curious about or you just wanted to know. It's very entertaining reading and answering questions so ask away guys ;)

 ASK ME ANYTHING HERE

THE 2ND MEXICAN OPEN & REST OF YEAR SCHEDULE

and we're back with gymnastics action with the 2nd Mexican Open. There's a big line up this year so I am really looking forward to it. 

If we recap back to last year, we saw Ksenia Afanasiieva take the title and then round it off with a horrendously forgettable dance routine in ugg boots, yes, sounds vile. 

It's taking place from 12-13th of October so hold your horses but it will definitely be a good event. 

1. Anna Dementyeva
2. Ana Lago
3. Yessenia Estrada
4. Georgia Rose Brown
5. Brenna Dowell
6. Kennedy Baker
7. Ciara Gandolfi
8. Jessica Gil Ortiz

I think this is a very strong field. 

Who is going to win? 

Well, we have 1 girl with Olympic participation experience (Gil Ortiz) so she may be a little bit drained after the huge expectation. I think the two Americans (Dowell & Baker) will be raring to go after they didn't make it through the gruelling Olympic Trials so they will want to prove something. The Mexican girls will obviously have the home support. I think that Anna Dementiyeva will be a very strong contender because she hasn't really competed a single big international competiton this year so she'll be rearing to go and get her only title of this year but I think it could be anyone's game really

Interestingly, Nadia Comaneci will be the competition's ''godmother'' 

But, what is next after this meet?

Well obviously, the 2012 season is coming to a close but we still have a few more competitions left.

3-7 Oct: ART South American Junior Gymnastics Championships (Cochabamba, Bolivia)

clashing with this tournament is the Alexander Dityatin Cup 2012 (St. Petersburg, Russia)

26-28th Oct: The Olympic Hopes Cup (Liberec, Czech Republic)

3 Nov: 2nd International Torneoi (Schilitgiem, France)

8-11 Nov: XI South American Senior Champs (Rosario, Argentina)

17 Nov: Jaoquim Blume Memorial (Barcelona, Spain)

23-24th Nov: Ostrava Grand Prix (Ostrava, Czech Rep.)

clashing with 2nd of Ostrava GP is Alpen Adria Cup (Klagenfurt, Austria)

1-2 Dec: ENBW World Cup Series (Stuttgart, Germany)

8 Dec: ART World Cup Series (Glasgow, UK)

14-15 Dec: Mikhail Voronin Cup (Moscow, Russia)

thank you. follow @theworldgymnast for news updates and more

THE WORLD GYMNAST AWARDS 2012

The World Gymnast Awards have returned for another year. The purpose of this is for everyone to get together and celebrate the talent of this year. We've seen thrills, spills and more, 

Also, if the awards are popular then, I will do a LIVE awards ceremony via. Ustream. sound good?

If you want to see a live awards ceremony, then you need to get voting

get voting here

GO NOW

MEET YOUR 'THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY' LINE UP

I have created a new section called 'the good, the bad & the ugly'. However, this is in existence but I've changed it because we have a panel of 7 bloggers all keen to get nip picky about some njew leotards, let me introduce them to you.

Arabian Punch Front
Blog 
Twitter

Deelan from LTA Gymnastics
Blog
Twitter

Annabella from The Balance Blog
Blog
Twitter
Tumblr

Anna, Emma & Sarah from BG Bloggers
Blog
Anna's Twitter
Emma's Twitter
Sarah's Twitter

Double Double Gym Blog
Blog
Twitter

Sarah Kirby
Site
Twitter

Chris Saccullo
Youtube
Twitter

So you know the score, right? We assess some of the most beautiful, ugly, shocking, alright, OMFG leotards and let you have the entertainment of reading our comments and you can have your say by commenting below. 

Simple?

SPORTING APP

Dutch gymnast Arjen Butter is currently in the process of launching a new sporting app, solely on gymnastics purposes.

 It's estimated to be released next month. Basically, it's all about routines. Creating them, what to put inside them. It's targeted at the coaching area because it can easily hold up to 24 gymnasts. Coaches & gymnasts can have discussions on what they will include in the routine and you can put it in easy. I didn't mention but this is only a mens artistic app but Arjen is planning on upgrading to womens later on. 

The features include;

- Scrolling within the code of points. (left and right scrolling is switching in the groups)(up and down scrolling is scrolling within the group)
- Click on an element to add this in your routine
- Double click on an element to let it zoom in so you can see it more clear when you think its to small
- In the routine you can swap positions of the elements
- It shows which group you miss for maximum points
- It gives an error when: to many elements of a group / twice the same element / forgot to save / twice a dismount and many more
- Each element and his value will be automatically calculated. So you will always see an up to date D and E-score
- You can delete an element by dragging it outside the borders
- Save and load your routine
- Post your routine on Facebook

You can also toggle the 'hits' and 'tries' and see the percentage of how many times you miss or hit. 

This could really be a hit so we need to support Arjen and help me & him to help get this on the road.

Thanks.

THE OLYMPIC AFTERMATH: GRUMBLES AND COMPLAINTS PT 1

The Olympics finished quite a while ago but many gymnastics bloggers, fans and everyone in the sport has many grumbles and complaints from the olympics and rules we want changed. Not complaints like Vanessa Ferrari's leos, which could definitely be cleaned up but like the 2-per country rule, dah, I hate saying that!

1. 2-PER COUNTRY RULE

Underline it, put it bold, throw it to FIG, they will not buy it! On numerous occasions, I have e-mailed & tweeted them but still no response. This rule is actually crazy town. Everyone was distraught about Jordyn but the best 2 girls obviously got through because Gabby scored 3 tenths higher than Jordyn but it would've been a better battle.

2011 Worlds (Jo)               2012 Olympics (Gabby)

VT: 15.716                              15.966

UB:  13.60                               15.733

BB: 15.266                              15.500

FX: 14.800                              15.033

----------                                  ------------
59.382                                      62.232



2. TIE BREAKER

Mention tiebreaker to me and the consequences will be HUGE! This is the part of gymnastics I hate. Take Alexandra Raisman, she scored 59.966 so did Aliya Mustafina but Aliya got the credit of bronze. UNFAIR! Other examples include Aliya Mustafina & Beth Tweddle in floor qualifications and that is super horrible considering she is from the home nation, Alexandra Raisman and Catalina Ponor for bronze on beam for .3 in execution & Musty and Ferrari. 
I'm just warning you, if the rule isn't changed for next years worlds, bitches will be cut. 

3. TIM & ELFI BE GONE

I hate tim and elfi and they're getting on a little bit so I say, GOOD RIDDANCE 

thats it for part 1 

TWITTER ACCOUNT UP FOR GRABS

my newly opened account @TwiggysBun has become very popular amongst gymnastic tweeters but i've decided to change it into someone elses hands as I am not quite sure what to tweet on it. However, I will still check and occasionally tweet on it but it's more permanent for someone else.

If your interested then e-mail us; the.world.gymnast1@gmail.com, tweet me and direct message me on @theworldgymnast

thank you. 

THE YEARLY LUL

Usually this time every year, there is a massive lul in gymnastics feed. Bloggers can scrap a mere amount of news into the blogs due to the lack in competitions so I just wanted to tell you that the reason I haven't been blogging lately is that reason. This Olympics was incredible though. So, I might be tweeting a little but more so you can follow @theworldgymnast!

on the petition, we have reached 546 supporters but FIG haven't even responded so I'm taking that as a No!

so just a brief re-cap, 

bye x

PETITION

if you don't know by now, me & another person have set up a petition to FIG about changing the 2 per nation rule. My target was 250 signatures but we have reached a staggering 420 and I haven't closed it yet. I have already sent an e-mail to the FIG but they haven't responded so I think they're a little snobbish/sceptical about it but we will have to wait and see


 https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/scrap-2-gymnasts-per-final

LIVE BLOG.

we are live blogging the rest of the Olympic Games. Click ''Olympic Live Blog'' on the pages bar and refresh for regular updates we will also have links on how to watch and chat as well. thanks

LONDON 2012: PODIUM TRAINING

Podium Training at London 2012 has already commenced but I thought I'd give you the order of the day. Subdivision 1 has already started with Brazil and 3 mixed groups. You can keep up with the action via. gymnastike examiner the all around & FIG 


now, the schedule 


SUBDIVISION 2:


Vault:

1. Ashleigh Heldsinger 
2. Salma Mahmoud
3. Nataliya Kononenko
4. Zoi Lima
5. Valeria Maksiiuta

Bars:

1. Francesca DeAgostini
2. Erika Fasana
3. Carlotta Ferlito
4. Vanessa Ferrari
5. Elisabetta Preziosa

Beam:

1. Marta Pihan
2. Tina Erceg
3. Giulia Steingruber
4. Lorena Quinones 
5. Maria Homolova

Floor:

1. Georgia Bonora
2. Ashleigh Brennan
3. Emily Little
4. Lauren Mitchell
5. Larissa Miller

SUBDIVISION 3:

Vault:

1. Gabrielle Douglas
2. Kyla Ross
3. Jordyn Wieber
4. Alexandra Raisman
5. McKayla Maroney

Bars:

1. Elsabeth Black
2. Victoria Moors
3. Dominique Pegg
4. Brittany Rogers
5. Kristina Vaculik

Beam:

1. Hannah Whelan
2. Imogen Cairns
3. Jennifer Pinches
4. Rebecca Tunney

Floor:

1. Mira Boujmajen
2. Youna Dufournet
3. Anne Kuhm
4. Auriele Malausenna
5. Sophia Serseri

SUBDIVISION 4:

Vault:

1. Barbara Gasser
2. Jessica Gil Ortiz
3. Nastassia Marachkouskaya
4. Jessica Lopez
5. Luisa Galiulina

Bars:

1. Janine Berger
2. Elisabeth Seitz
3. Kim Bui
4. Lisa Katharine Hill
5. Oksana Chusovitina

Beam:

1. Deng Linlin
2. He Kexin
3. Huang Qiushuang
4. Sui Lu
5. Yao Jinnan

Floor:

1. Ksenia Afanasyeva
2. Aliya Mustafina
3. Victoria Komova
4. Anastasia Grishina
5. Maria Paseka

SUBDIVISION 5

Vault:

1. Thi Ha Phan
2. Sasa Golob
3. Celine Van Gerner
4. Simona Castro
5. Sherine El Zeiny

Bars

1. Yu Minobe
2. Rie Tanaka
3. Yuko Shintake
4. Asuka Teramoto
5. Koko Tsurumi

Beam:

1. Lara Svilpaite
2. Heem Lin Wei
3. Maria Paula Vargas
4. Ralitsa Mileva

Floor:

1. Diana Bulimar
2. Diana Chelaru
3. Larisa Iordache
4. Sandra Izbasa
5. Catalina Ponor

so, that is your lot folks. Remember follow the guys above for details.

YES

after numerous bitchy messages, annoying people and just constant insults. I decided I'd come clean to you guys.


Yes, I am James, I'm 12 years old. When you see the word 12, most of you instantly fleet some place else but I don't want to be that person. I am very passionate for Gymnastics and I love it dearly but the biggest thing people have told me is spelling. Yeah, I am not the greatest speller but who cares? I make my opinion and if you don't like it then don't read my blog.


I'm sorry for lying to some people but you know the reasons why!


From James

LONDON 2012: MY OLYMPICS PREDICTIONS

well, the London games are coming up so I thought I'd share my App. Finals predictions with you. So, hey; (not in medal order.)


Vault Final

1. McKayla Maroney
2. Sandra Izbasa
3. Giulia Steingruber
4. Oksana Chusovitina
5. Janine Berger
6. Yamilet Pena
7. Elsa Garcia (if she's good)
8. Thi Ha Phan

Bars Final

1. Beth Tweddle
2. He Kexin
3. Gabrielle Douglas
4. Victoria Komova
5. Aliya Mustafina
6. Huang Qiushuang
7. Larisa Iordache
8. Rebecca Tunney or Elisabeth Seitz

Beam Final

1. Yao Jinnan
2. Sui Lu
3. Victoria Komova
4. Alexandra Raisman
5. Jordyn Wieber
6. Larisa Iordache
7. Catalina Ponor
8. Aliya Mustafina or Anastasia Grishina

Floor Final

1. Alexandra Raisman
2. Jordyn Wieber
3. Larisa Iordache
4. Catalina Ponor or Beth Tweddle
5. Aliya Mustafina
6. Kseniya Afanasiieva
7. Lauren Mitchell
8. Diana Chelaru or Hannah Wheilan

Team Final Prediction (In Order)

1. United States
2. Russia
3. Romania
4. China
5. Italy
6. Great Britain
7. Canada
8. France

All-Around Final Top 12 (Order)

1. Gabrielle Douglas
2. Aliya Mustafina
3. Larisa Iordache or Jordyn
4. Jordyn or Larisa
5. Victoria Komova
6. Yao Jinnan
7. Huang Qiushuang
8. Elisabeth Seitz
9. Hannah Whelan
10. Diana Bulimar
11. Youna Dufournet
12. Rie Tanaka

Vault Podium

1. McKayla Maroney
2. Sandra Izbasa
3. Janine Berger

Bars 

1. Beth Tweddle
2. Gabrielle Douglas
3. Victoria Komova

Beam

1. Jordyn Wieber
2. Sui Lu
3. Victoria Komova

Floor

1. Alexandra Raisman
2. Ksenia Afanisiieva
3. Larisa Iordache