Qualification!

All the results and final event finals lists from the two day period.


Team Final:

1. USA
2. Russia
3. China
4. Romania
5. Japan 
6. Australia
7. Germany 
8. Great Britain

The 4 other nations bringing full teams to London are: Italy, France, Canada and Spain.

All-Around finals

1. Viktoriya Komova
2. Jordyn Wieber
3. Yao Jinnan
4. Alexandra Raisman
5. Ksenia Afanasyeva
6. Huang Qiushaung
7. Elisabeth Seitz
8. Raluca Haidu
9. Koko Tsurumi
10. Lauren Mitchell
11. Vanessa Ferrari
12. Nadine Jarosch
13. Hannah Whelan
14. Celine Van Gerner
15. Rie Tanaka
16. Ana Porgras
17. Emily Little
18. Jessica Lopez
19. Ana Maria Izurieta
20. Christine Lee
21. Daniele Hypolito
22. Giulia Steingruber
23. Auriele Malausenna
24. Carlotta Ferlito

Vault Final

1. McKayla Maroney
2. Oksana Chusovitina
3. Yamilet Abreu Pena
4. Giulia Steingruber
5. Jade Fernandes Barbosa
6. Alexa Citali Medina Moreno
7. Tatiana Nabiyeva
8. Thi Ha Thanh Phan

Bars Final

1. Viktoriya Komova
2. Youna Dufournet
3. Koko Tsurumi
4. Huang Qiushuang
5. Tatiana Nabiyeva
6. Gabrielle Douglas
7. Jordyn Wieber
8. Asuka Teramoto

Beam Final

1. Viktoriya Komova
2. Sui Lu
3. Jordyn Wieber
4. Yao Jinnan
5. Catalina Ponor
6. Alexandra Raisman
7. Amelia Racea
8. Yulia Inshina

Floor Final

1. Alexandra Raisman
2. Sui Lu
3. Jordyn Wieber
4. Yao Jinnan
5. Victoria Komova
6. Vanessa Ferrari
7. Elizabeth Tweddle
8. Diana Lauren Bulimar

SUB 9 & 10

The events and gymnasts competing the last subdivisions.


Sub 9


Spain (Starting On Vault)


VT: Urbano, Menenedez, Izurieta, Cuesta, Vargas
UB: Urbano, Coloussi, Cuesta, Vargas, Izurieta
BB: Cuesta, Urbano, Vargas, Izurieta, Coloussi
FX: Coloussi, Menendez, Vargas, Urbano, Izurieta, Cuesta


Hungary (Starting on Bars)


VT: Diveky, Gombas, Boczogo, Nagy, Lee Sheppard
UB: Divey, Nagy, Sheppard, Gombas, Boczogo
BB: Lonai, Diveky, Sheppard, Boczogo, Gombas
FX: Gombas, Diveky, Lonai, Boczogo, Sheppard


Ukraine (Starting on Beam)


VT: Cherniy, Kysla, Demyanchuck, Fomenko, Kononenko
UB: Kononenko, Cherniy, Demyanchuck, Fomenko, Kysla
BB: Cherniy, Kononenko, Demyanchuck, Kysla, Fomenko
FX: Cherniy, Demyanchuck, Fomenko, Kononenko, Kysla


Italy (Starting on Floor)


VT: Armi, Preziosa, Ferlito, Ferrari, Gandolfi
UB: Armi!, Campana, Gandolfi, Ferlito, Ferrari
BB: Ferrari, Armi, Preziosa, Ferlito, Campana
FX: Ferrari, Armi, Ferlito, Preziosa, Gandolfi


Sub 10:


New Zealand (Starting on Vault)


Jordan Rae (AA)
Brianna Mitchell (AA)


Mongolia (Starting on Vault)


Baatarjav (AA)


Chile (Starting on vault)


Makarena Pinto Adasme (AA)
Simona Castro Lazo (AA)


Great Britain (Starting on Bars)


VT: Pinches, Francis, Cairns, Whelan, Downie
UB: Tweddle, Francis, Pinches, Whelan, Downie
BB: Cairns, Pinches, Francis, Whelan, Downie,
FX: Cairns, Francis, Pinches, Tweddle, Whelan


Japan (starting on beam)


VT: Shintake, Iizuka, Tanaka, Tsurumi, Minobe
UB: Tanaka, Shintake, Tsurumi, Minobe, Teramoto
BB: Tsurumi, Tanaka, Teramoto, Minobe, Shintake
FX: Tsurumi, Tanaka, Iizuka, Minobe, Shintake


France (starting on floor)


VT: Brevet, Malausenna, Serseri, Bellemare, Della Vedova
UB: Dufournet, Serseri, Della Vedova, Malausenna, Brevet

Results After No. 7!

The results after 7th sub!




Vault

1. McKayla Maroney
2. Oksana Chusovitina
3. Yamilet Pena
4. Jade Barbosa
5. Alexa Moreno
6. Thian Phan
7. Jo Hyunjoo
8. Valeriia Maksyuta
9. Jessica Gil (R)
10. Daniele Hypolito (R)

Bars

1. Huang Qiushuang
2. Gabrielle Douglas
3. Jordyn Wieber
4. Yao Jinnan
5. Elisabeth Seitz
6. Larissa Miller
7. Heo Seon Mi
8. Celine Van Gerner
9. Lisa Katharina Hill (R)
10. Jessica Lopez Arocha (R)

Beam

1. Sui Lu
2. Jordyn Wieber
3. Yao Jinnan
4. Catalina Ponor
5. Alexandra Raisman
6. Amelia Racea
7. Vasiliki Millousi
8. Celine Van Gerner
9. Mary-Anne Monckton
10. Daniele Hypolito

Floor

1. Alexandra Raisman
2. Sui Lu
3. Jordyn Wieber
4. Yao Jinnan
5. Diana Bulimar
6. Lauren Mitchell
7. Diana Chelaru
8. Nadine Jarosch
9. Elsa Garcia
10. Jessica Lopez

1.Jordyn Wieber (USA) 60.032
2.Yao Jinnan (CHN) 59.031
3.Alexandra Raisman (USA) 58.432
4.Huang Qiushuang (CHN) 56.932
5.Elisabeth Seitz (GER) 56.732
6.Raluca Haidu (ROU) 56.465
7.Lauren Mitchell (AUS) 56.324
8.Nadine Jarosch (GER) 55.500
9.Celine Van Gerner (NED) 55.465
10.Ana Porgras (ROU) 54.832
11.Emily Little (AUS) 54.732
12.Jessica Lopez (VEN) 54.731
13.Peng Peng Lee (CAN) 54.632
14.Daniele Hypolito (BRA) 54.557
15.Heo Seon Mi (KOR) 53.932
16.Jade Barbosa (BRA) 53.733
17.Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) 53.416
18.Joy Goedkoop (NED) 52.998
19.Valeria Maksyuta (ISR) 52.915
20.Kristina Vaculik (CAN) 52.831
21.Ana Lago (MEX) 52.732
22.Darya Elizarova (UZB) 52.731
23.Ana Sofía Gómez (GUA) 52.540
24.Eunhui Eum (KOR) 52.365

FIG CHANNEL VIDEO & WORLDS NEWS!

A few videos have popped up from yesterday's action in the Yoyogi Stadium.


Lozza Mitchell. 14.391. I hate this routine


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O4LTUHYwCQ

Highlights from Romania's performance. Messy triple from Cata and an incomplete from Haidu
Surprisingly clean vault from Racea but I feel for Bulimar, she's too small. Lush dismount though

Larissa Miller on Bars. 14.30. Hopefully she has qualified for finals.

Catalina Ponor. 15.00. Event finalist so far.

Porgy. Out of the finals. Damn, she mucked up on a leap! Oh well?

''We are ready!'' clip

Teaser?

Hopefully more videos will be on their way but I can't guarantee anything.


In more worlds news, 




Jordyn Wieber has thrashed the 60's mark, giving her the first place in the all-around.


As Teams go, after 7 subs, here is the top 12

1. USA
2. China
3. Romania
4. Australia
5. Germany
6. Canada
7. Netherlands
8. Brazil 
9. South Korea
10. Mexico 
11. Venezuela
12. Uzbekistan

The countries that won't be sending gymnasts to London thus far are; Uzbekistan and Slovenia. Sorry girls!

Worlds Results: Day One!

After todays action in Tokyo, here is the results of the event.


Team Final

1. Romania 
2. Australia
3. Canada
4. Netherlands
5. Mexico
6. Venezuela
7. Greece

All-Around (Top 26)

1. Raluca Oana Haidu
2. Lauren Mitchell
3. Celine Van Gerner
4. Ana Porgras
5. Emily Little
6. Jessica Lopez
7. Christine Lee
8. Vasiliki Millousi
9. Joy Goedkoop
10. Valeriia Maskyuita
11. Kristina Vaculik
12. Ana Lago
13. Daria Elizarova
14. Ana Porras Gomez
15. Kristyna Palesova
16. Luiza Galiulina
17. Dominique Pegg
18. Elsa Garcia Rodrigues
19. Jonna Adlerteg
20. Marta Pihan-Kulesza
21. Ida Gustaffson
22. Barbra Gasser
23. Tina Erceg
24. Gabriela Janik
25. Roni Rabinovitz
26. Angel Wong Ying

Bars Final (Top 8)

1. Larissa Miller
2. Celine Van Gerner
3. Jessica Lopez
4. Raluca Oana Haidu
5. Christine Lee
6. Jonna Adlerteg
7. Ida Gustaffson
8. Amelia Elena Racea

Beam Final (Top 8)

1. Catalina Ponor
2. Amelia Racea
3. Vasiliki Millousi
4. Celine Van Gerner
5. Mary-Anne Monckton
6. Ashleigh Brennan
7. Ana Lago
8. Kristina Vaculik

Floor Final

1. Diana Laura Bulimar
2. Lauren Mitchell
3. Diana Maria Chelaru
4. Elsa Garcia Rodrigues
5. Jessica Lopez
6. Mikaela Gerber
7. Ana Lago
8. Daria Elizarova

Worlds Updates!

I think, today, is the last day of podium training? It's day 4 anyway. Here is some of the over-night news.

Mariya Livchikova Hurt?

This first year senior powerhouse Mariya Livchikova is sporting a taped up ankle but was found huddle on the bench next to Anastasiia Koval, The alternate.

Hope this isn't the end of the line, as she recently injured her ankle at the Stella Zakharova Cup.

Here is a link to watch her 'beaut' routine on floor. http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/240242-World-Gymnastics-Championships-Tokyo-2011/video/509046-Ukraine-Maria-Livchikova-PT

Reserve Huang Qiushuang is now stepping in for Wu Liufang

The Chinese have decided on this switch for tactical reasons, as they really need Huang’s DTY to vie for the gold here in Tokyo.  They have decided their line-up on vault is insufficient.  This decision is not set in stone, according to the news source, but for now Huang is officially a member.

Two More Americans Down, USA's Team Medal In Smoke?

Following Anna Li's injury, Brestyan's Alicia Sacramone and Alexandra Raisman both went down in practice yesterday. 


Raisman and Sacramone are being evaluated on the ankle as that is where the injury is. Non-travelling alternate Shawn Johnson may have to step but with only 2 days til Qualifying day, Team USA will need to think fast about the decision.

Li's OUT!

Anna Li, a former collegiate gymnast, has sustained an abdominal injury forcing her to leave the podium and competition. She struggled at Monday's podium training and has missed workouts. 


Li didn't officially withdraw from the team, so could still be used for Team finals.

How To Follow From Tokyo!

As I'm not in Tokyo, you probably want more action? Right? Well here is a list of people/websites you can follow to get the full Tokyo experience.


Brigid McCarthy. (The Couch Gymnast) www.thecouchgymnast.com


Blythe Lawrence (Gymnastics Examiner) 


Annie (Gymnastike) www.gymnastike.org

Worlds Finals Coverage!

BBC are broadcasting the worlds finals from the 11th to the 16th, so I will have coverage of it. If your confused, hold on!


I will be posting all the action that's happening from the coverage on facebook.
So, You will need to have facebook to hear all the action. Secondly, all the coverage will be written on the World Gymnast News page (Ksenia Semenova), so you'll need to like it too see what's going on.


Here is the schedule;


Tuesday- It's ladies night. The Top 8 Women teams battle it out to see who will be crowned wordl team champions. Look out for high-flyers America and last years winner's Russia.
Coverage begins at 7 o'clock British time.


Wednesday- The guys show how it's done with their top 8 also fighting it out for the world team champions title. It's a 6 o'clock start


Thursday- All-around for girls. Unfortunately, I can't follow this one but it start's at 6.


Friday- I can follow this one. It's the exciting Men's AA competition. Johnathan Horton, Kohei Uchimura etc. all likely to be in this one. 7 o'clock start.


Saturday- The events. VT and UB for WAG and FX, PH and SR for MAG. Half past one is the start of this one


Sunday- The other events. 2 o'clock is the time


Enjoy!

Izbasa Out!?

Olympic Champion Sandra Izbasa is out of the world championship after suffering foot pains. The Romanian team + delegation left on Friday without Izbasa.


Romania have replaced her with Daniela Andrei but she definitely won't be able to contest like Izbasa. Octavian Belu said ''we don't want to push her, she was in pain''. 


The official start list for the Romanian team is: Chelaru, Haidu, Ponor, Porgras, Andrei and Racea leaving Bulimar as the reserve ?

Potiental Final/Medalists?

Coming to the Worlds, I have been assessing and looking at the potential and great gymnasts that could rise to victory (sort of been watching). Here are the people you need to look for;

Jordyn Wieber

This new girl has popped up into the scene. Her first major win was when she was 13 at the Tyson American cup. She's been in the national training sqaud since '06 (since she was 11). Wieber has got some big tricks in the locker, she just needs to pull them out consistently and she'll be first place.

Anna Li

Collegiate gymnast, aged 22. She's not the all-around package but the reason I've selected her is because her bars is amazing. At the VISA's, she had the highest start score, so she can bring a lot to the table for the American camp.

Elisabeth Seitz

We just want her to hit. Bars is where she excels. She's got a def and a full twisting shapo! She can work well with AA as she showed at the Europeans in Berlin. Vault is also another 'Good' event as she has two vaults but It's going to be pretty hard for her too challenge for a finals spot.

Giulia Steingruber

Switzerland's new gymnast. When Kaeslin packed her bags, Giulia was the girl who stepped. We've seen throughout previous meet's that she has more heavier work than other's but she is quite good on the legs and execution side of it. Vault is her main strength. Euro finalist. Bars is good one for her for me, I feel. The heavy work looks quite good. Floor isn't the best place but she could still make top 24.

Brazil!

This up-coming nation is definitely up-coming. They have a lot of strong and powerful team members. 3 bring a lot of experience to the table, they are, Jade Barbosa, Daiane Dos Santos and Daniele Hypolito. Adrian Gomez is another good gymnast. Watch out for Jade in the vault and Daiane in floor. If Daiane is in full strength, she will jump out the square 2 times (likely!)

JLO

Not forgetting Venezuelan Veteran Jessica Lopez. Last quad, she managed to get into the top 12 but she has set each routine to 16+ difficulty scores, giving her a more likelier pass to the top 6.

Part 2, Later:)

Hai

Saturday marks the 1st of October, leaving very little time until the Worlds (eek!), So, rapidly I'll give you the Romanian roster.


Ana Porgras
Amelia Racea
Sandra Izbasa
Diana Maria Chelaru
Raluca Oana Haidu
Diana Bulimar
Catalina Ponor.

Mexico!

The Mexican Squad for the 2011 Worlds has finally been decided. It is as followed;

Elsa Garcia Rodrigues Blancas

Marisela Mata Cantu

Yessenia Estrada

Alexa Moreno

Karla Salazar

Ana Lago

Alot O'News

Sorry everyone, I've been away for the weekend so couldn't cover the Gymnastics worlds news. In this bulletin, We've got lot's of news. GB Squad, Salamun Memorial Results  & The Yokohama Junior.

I'll start Salumun. It was a mixed field. But Israel where the overall medal winners.

Vault.

2.10 seperating 1st from last, so quite an easy one. Valeriia Maksyuta went on to be the eventual vault champion with a great 14.125. Way below in 2nd with 12.875 was Teja Belak and third went to Orsolya Nagy. Moving from the medals, Thelma Hermansdottir was 4th. Jasmin Mader was 5th then Dina Madir followed closely by Norwegian Madeline Larsen and Icelandic Agnes Suto.

Bars.

Another good round for Valeriia but It was Kristyna Palesova who won. But, Val did show us her double front full dismount !! (Much Love). That Crazy Croatian Leotard (Freak?) Tina Erceg was the bronze medalist. Looking down the execution sides, the highest was 8.250. I'm scared. 6.25 was posted by Laura Gombas though.

4th- Jasmin Mader
5th- Roni Rabionvitz
5th - Vasilike Mllousi
7th - Fiona Novak
8th - Laura Gombas

Beam

From 5th to 1st, Vasiliki managed to take 5th and take it to gold. 14.00 was a great score for beam but close second Maksyuta (13.950) just couldn't catch her. Veteran Adela Sajn showed that age is just a number proving the that the 23+'s can make their stand, look @ Chuso go!!

4th- Krystna Palesova
5th- Roni Rabinovitz
6th- Elisa Hammerle
7th- Tina Erceg
8th- Laura Gombas

Floor

Israel's medal streak was closed of well but not by Val. Nope, Roni did the job with a 13.60 and funky music, she was the title taker. Croatia with second and Sajn bronzed, they couldn't get to Israel.

4th- Fiona Novak
5th- Elisa Hammerle
6th- Kristyna Palesova
7th- Madaline Larsen
8th- Lisa Ecker

Great Britain now. Not much change from the squad of last year's quad (Yesh, another 6th place team final qual here we come), just Laura Edwards is replacing Nicole Hibbert. But, If you can't remember last year's It's as follows;

Beth Tweddle
Danusia Francis
Hannah Whelan
Imogen Cairns
Jennifer Pinches
Laura Edwards
Becky Downie

Yokohama.