WHELAN AND PINCHES!

This is quite late but! Hannah Whelan and Jennifer Pinches released a video of them going to Rathgael Gymnastics club. It's seems like they had a cracking time but I just thought you'd like to see it!

12 THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE IN 2012!

Were coming off a pretty damn good year, so 2012 has a lot of high expectations. Here are 12 things I want to see in 2012;


1. Nastia Liukin NOT making the 2012 Olympic team. 


Getting a bit greedy are we Miss A. Liukin? Well, 2008 Gold,2 silvers and whole load more medals. Face it guys, 6 months isn't long enough to prepare solid, consistent and medal worthy routines. Adela Sajn only knew 2 weeks before the Beijing olympics but what did she do?Yeah, fall off the beam. Give the spot to Ross, one of the Caquattos or Larson. Youtuber's say 

Shawn Johnson : VT - BB - FX

Jordyn Wieber : VT - UB - BB - FX

Aly Raisman : FX

Nastia Liukin : UB - BB

Rebecca Bross : UB

Alicia Sacramone : VT / McKayla Maroney : VT

Have you guys been living under a stone all year? How could you 'MAYBE' Maroney???


Face It, Nastia is not 2012!




2. Spanny Tampson keeping her fantastic reel of amazing and hilarious montages up!

If you haven't heard of Spanny Tampson, You really should've. She is such an inspiration in the montage youtube world. Some of my favorites are 'The Seat Drop' and 'We No Speak Ameriscamo'. search spannytampson and view!

3. Random commentary facts that are unecessary!

You probably don't get my drift on this one but many NBC and other gymnastics commentators mumble on about boring facts about the Gymnasts background etc. that we don't a damn on! Take Mustafiyna's 2011 Scam Floor, Elfi said 'She skyped her dad before worlds, she said I can't lose'. COCKY if anything!, we don't want to know! Unecessary guys!

4. Wieber, Komova final showdown!

Drama is all you can say about the all-around final at Worlds. But, I can assure there is more upgrading, tears and more! The Olympics are upon us and boy!, we've hit the jackpot. Personally, Viktoria has the most artistry, grace and beauty but SCREW all that muck! Jordyn wins in power, difficuilty and FLOOR MUSIC! J Wiebs is also most capable of taking pressure than Komova. Okay, Komova was coming of a very successful 2010 but Wieber was a 2010 junior aswell, I'll tell you....IT'S SO FLIPPIN' ON!

5. Kyla Ross' Senior Debut!

Go Kylie! I think Kyla has really come to far in her junior for Marta too say 'YOUR NOT ON THE OLYMPIC TEAM', but I can tell her she doesn't stand much of a chance against some of the second years. Kyla is a speedy competitor but has previously outscored many US SENIORS! I hope Ross can make an appearance as a senior in the Olympics.
Sarah Finnegan, Kennedy Baker and many others are also making their senior debut in 2012.

6. The First Years

I'm excited this year because there are many juniors coming up to the senior.
Here are some of them;

Kyla Ross                                Erika Fasana
Anastasia Grishina                 Victoria Moors
Anastasia Sidorova                Murakami Mai
Larissa Iordache                    Francesca DeAgostini
Luo Peiru                                 Janine Berger
Zeng Siqi                                  Nadia Muelhasser
Rebecca Tunney




7. Vanessa Ferrari recovered!

A rumor has it that Vanessa Ferrari will be competing in this year's Cite de Jesolo competition. If you didn't know, right before the Worlds FX EF she sprained her ankle and was forced to pull out! Ferrari has some hard tricks and could definitely factor for the Italian team.



8. Yamilet Abreu landing her DF like REAL good at the Olympics


Pena has tried, Pena has fell, Pena has nearly KILLED HERSELF.
Gymnastics is mean't to be a graceful sport, landing on your back is far from graceful!
I really hope she doesn't blow an Olympic place performing it in London.


9. Asac at London


Most of you know that Sacramone got injured at Worlds, SHAME! But, I hope she can recover in time for the Olympic games. Coming back wasn't easy for Sacy as she had a disasterous 2008 Olympic Games but she has put all that behind her. She gave it 110% to get to 2010 Worlds and she won the gold on vault. If she doesn't, give it to Ross!


10. Jessica DeZiel to keep her music!


You may or may not of heard about this rising star but Jessie De Ziel has the coolest music ever. I think DeZiel competes for Nebraska?? Anyway, I doubt she will as she had it in 2010. Oooh Well!


11. Lauren to get a new routine


Lozza Mitchell didn't WOW me with her routine in 2011. The vocals at the beginning were AWFUL and the rest didn't really work with me! Lauren is classy, she needs to enhance.


12. Jordyn Wieber to get her double double on.


J Wiebs is a great gymnast; i'm not taking that away from her. But her double double was real great! Her double lay is BLAH! To Olympic medal, she'll need to up!


you've heard it!


Bwah!

PHAN BEST ATHLETE OF VIETNAM!

World vault medalist Thi Ha Phan was awarded the honour of 'Vietnam's Athlete Of The Year' 2011. Thi got a bronze medal in the World vault final, the first World medal Vietnam had ever won! Aswell, as her achievement in Tokyo, she won 3 medals at the Southeast Asian games in Indonesia. These achievements secured the berth of her Olympic dream!

AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I'd just like to say to all the World Gymnast blog fans, HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR! 
I hope in 2012 you keep getting your Gymnastics news from TWG.


Thank You,


James

The Good,The Ugly and The Down Right Awful:Worlds Edition!

I haven't done one of these post's for ages so I thought I'd do a worlds edition for everyone! Worlds brought us color, fierce competition and an upset Komova! Let's take a look at some of them!


 

To be honest, I'm not a fan! The arm swirls are very creative and look good but the rest of the leotard is just plain red(that's the bit I'm not a fan of) Sponsors, go put your badges somewhere else, I think the symbols ruin all leotards! The leotards are like marketing or advertisement to some companies! 






Sorry, plain doesn't work with us! It's vibrant,colorful or go home! Taking that back, It's a nice shade of blue...Awww! The 'flames' don't do it for me! But, Demmy's face is priceless!






We got vibrant, we got a pattern, we got a FUGLY one! Lucky she was Vietnamese and not one of the big nations as she would have had her spot taken away! Thi should carry on with the vaulting! Fashion and Vault=You can't have everything!




You can freaking kill me but, this one's alright! I mean screw the material but the patterns are pretty nice! And the colors are a DARN cool! When I see Marta I am suddenly drawn to her crazy, 'every other week dyed' hair! It's called the World Championships not a trial to be the next John Freida model! It's super simple, go out there, compete and don't give a care in the world about your stinkin' hair, it's delicious!




Guatemala are a growing Gymnastics nation, so I expected something in this field. Something that has as much pattern as a bacon sarnie but enhances the fact that Guatemala have never competed in a World Championships before. I don't feel so scrooge any more!






Another Dreamlight feat! JLO is the GIRLO with the DREAMLIGHTO! But with her former experiences of these exceptional leos (??) She just has to have them for Venezuela. Otherwise, this leo is OMNOMNOM! The spikes say 'WATCH OUT PEOPLE, JLO IS IN FULL UPGRADE MODE!' Dreamlight obviously get's her where she is now!bwahaha!




Well, that's enough leotard excitement for one day! As Vivienne Westwood (WOOD) say 'I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish.'


There you have it you fashionista gymnasts! Be original in your leotard reel, you heard it from a FREAKIN' EPIC designer!

2012 ART Calender!

As 2011 is coming to a close, I thought I'd write all the official events happening in 2012 via FIG! We have a lot of world cups to feast into and much more. Here it is people;(IUTC means I'm Unavailable To Cover..because I'm going on holiday to Orlando.)


Name:                                            Level:                     Date:                Location:
Second Olympic Test Event       Senior (qualified) 10-18 Jan          London,UK
Academy Level 3 ART                                              14-18   Jan        Frankfurt,GER
Academy Level 1 ART                                              16-23 Feb         Cairo,EGY
AT&T American Cup                   Senior                   3rd Mar             NY,USA
L'international Gymnix               Junior & Senior   9-11 Mar           Montreal,CAN
Junior Asian Championships      Junior                   12-14 Mar         Bangkok,THA
Turnier De Minster                     Senior                   22-25 Mar         Cottbus,GER   (IUTC)
Doha Challenger Cup                   Senior                   28-30 Mar        Doha,QAT (IUTC)
Stella Zakharova Cup                  Junior & Senior   31 Mar               Kiev,UKR (IUTC)
Zibo City World Cup CIII           Senior                   7-8 Apr               Zibo City,CHN
11th African Championships      Junior & Senior   11-14 Apr           Tunis,TUN
Tokyo Cup World Cup                Senior                    14-15 Apr          Tokyo,JPN
45th Salamun Memorial             Senior                   20-22 Apr          Maribor,SLO
3 Ntns Match SUI-RUS-GBR    Senior                   20 Apr                Wil,SUI
Nordic Championships                Senior                   20-22 Apr          Greve,DEN
Osijek Challenger Cup                 Senior                   27-29 Apr          Osijek,CRO
WAG European Championships. Senior&Junior    9-13 May          Brussels,BEL
ART Challenger Cup                    Senior                   9-10 Jun           Ghent,BEL
Olympic Hopes                             Junior                   22-23 Jun         Penza,RUS
Games Of The XXX Olympiad.  Senior(qualified)  27-12 Aug        London,UK
SOKOL Grand Prix                     Junior                    9-11 Nov           Brno,CZE
Ostrava Grand Prix                    Senior                     23-24 Nov        Ostrava,CZ
ENBW Series                                Senior                     1-2 Dec             Stuttgart,GER
ART World Cup Series                Senior                     8 Dec                Glasgow,SCO
Mikhail Voronin Memorial         Junior & Senior     14-15 dec         Moscow,RUS


They are all the events on the FIG website!

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2011: THE FLOOR EXERCISES!

I've decided to look back at some of the best routines of this year! Why not start with floor? Head shaking, booty popping seems like a requirement in Gymnastics dance series but aside from that junk...Here are 10 of my favorites this year(no order!)


1. Jordyn Wieber. I just love this exercise from J Wiebs. Her music is so dramatic and it fits so well! She's got some good dancing as well which works really well with the music! Her tumbles make me feel like an absolute fail:/ Double Double, 1 1/2 into Triple! Nelly! I've got WIEBER FEVER! Watch J Wiebs here!


2. Daria Elizarova. 'Who's she?' You may be saying but no one has had an unusual career like Dasha. She was bumped out of the Olympic Team by Liudmilla Grebenkova. Then, she moved to Uzbekistan. History aside, She has beautiful tumbling, perfect straight lines, pointed toes! 2.5 into full, triple then double pike! Much love for the music aswell. Watch Dasha at worlds here (13.666..robbed)


3. JLO! Jessica Lopez is an amazing gymnast! This routine shows enhances all her power with her elegance and beauty! Prior to Worlds, she had upgraded all her routines! She shows a full in back out and whip triple! Her dance is so expressive and explosive! I really want her too compete in another Olympics next year at the London games! With her upgrades, I definitely think that an Olympic AA is on the cards. Watch JLO's Routine here.


4. Diana Chelaru. The cheerful Romanian showed off her new floor routine at Worlds which I fell in love with! It's just like her old music in places but I adore it much more...We needed a new Chelaru! We see all the same tumbling passes as she did in 2010! The thing that I love about this routine is that she doesn't take it too seriously! She goes out there and enjoys dancing with the music! Watch Didi here.


5. Catalina Ponor. Comeback Queen of 2011..! The dancing is very good, she's got expression and uses it pretty well but the thing that annoys me is that her form in the tumbles is AWFUL! She has the very hard runs, she just needs to focus on the form and she will be in the floor final at London. Watch Cata here.


6. Alexandra Raisman. As if Marta gives a damn about expressive choreo! I love her dancing numbers but I wish that she would give a tad more expression but Marta says 'NO!'. Her tumbling passes really speak for themselves..double arabian PUNCH FRONT! In my opinion, she has all the potential to make an All-around and Floor final at next years Olympics. Watch Aly here.


7. Hannah Whelan. There's not a lot stopping Hannah make a splash on the World scene. Over the past 2 years, she has done amazingly well in International event and has improved drastically in her World AA rankings! Her tumbling is definitely consistent, whip triple & 1.5 into 2.5! Training with Tweds has definitely given her the edge to compete at her best and I think an Olympic AA final will be given too her! Watch Hannah here.


8. McKayla Maroney. Kayla has burst onto the scene and she's nearly seen it all! She has quite a lot of expression in her dance! The tumbling is the highlight for me though! 3.5 is INSANE! But, SERIOUSLY! That 3rd pass isn't doing her alot of favors! It's an on and off IF-y pass which could lose her 0.3-0.5 points...NOT WORTH IT! The music is nom as well!


9.

NO FRENCH INTERNATIONAL?

The Paris World Cup or French International usually attracts the likes of China, Russia and many more big names. But, the International Gymnastics Federation announced earlier in the week that the Competition may be cancelled.


The action has been taken as the Pacific Rim Gymnastic Tournament is on the same weekend and the bigger names and countries have commited to the other competition. Aside from the Pacific Rim competitors, they would've competed but China, Russia, USA and many more teams are out on that bigger competition.

TEST EVENT GYMNASTS!

The Olympic 'London Prepares' series is lurching closer after the Christmas break. Here is a list of all the gymnasts competing to make an Olympic spot or if their team has already qualified to use it as a feel of what the atmosphere will be like next year if they get on the squad.


DNTQ = Do Not Need To Qualify

• Aagje Van Wellegham
• Gaelle Mys
• Floriane Scianguetta
• Julie Croket
• Lisa Verschueren
• Joanna Dejardin
• Terri Grand'ry
• Daiane Dos Santos
• Daniele Hypolito
• Adrian Gomez
• Jade Barbosa
• Priscila Cobello
• Bruna Leal
• Gabriela Soares
• Christina Vaculik
• Brittany Rogers
• Christine Lee
• Madeline Gardiner
• Talia Chiarelli
• Mikaela Gerber
• Victoria Moors
• Ainhoa Carmona
• Ana Maria Izurieta
• Cinita Rodriquez
• Beatriz Cuesta
• Claudia Menendez
• Silvia Colussi-Paelaez
• Maria Vargas
• Rose Elliandre Bellermare
• Auriele Malusenna
• Youna Dufournet
• Marine Brevet
• Clara Della Vedova
• Mira Boumejmajen
• Sophia Serseri
• Vanessa Ferrari
• Emily Armi
• Giorgia Campana
• Elisabetta Preziosa
• Carlotta Ferlito
• Erica Fasana
• Francesca Deagonstini
• Jo Hyunjoo
• Eum Eunhui
• Park Ji Yeon
• Heo Seon Mi
• Park Kyung Jin
• Kim Doyoung
• Sung Ji Hye
• Lieke Wevers
• Marlies Rijken
• Joy Goedkoop
• Wyomi Masela
• Ayla Wilbrink
• Tess Moonen
• Lisa Top
• Valeria Pereyra
• Emily Little          DNTQ
• Georgia Simpson    DNTQ
• Barbara Gasser
• Anastassia Marachkouskaya
• Ralitsa Mileva
• Simona Castro
• Sui Lu     DNTQ
• Yao Jinnan    DNTQ
• Jessica Gil Ortiz
• Tina Erceg
• Kristiyna Palesova
• Yamilet Pena De Abreu
• Annika Urvikko
• Rebecca Tunney    DNTQ
• Ruby Harrold          DNTQ
• Paschalina Mitrakou
• Vasiliki Millousi
• Ana Sofia Porras
• Angel Hiu Ying Wong
• Dorina Boczogo
• Laura Gombas
• Valeriia Maksyuta
• Moldir Azimbay
• Laura Svilpaite
• Elsa Garcia
• Ana Lago
• Jordan Rae
• Marta Pihan-Kulesza
• Zoi Lima
• Lorena Moreno
• Anastasia Grishina    DNTQ
• Anastasia Sidorova     DNTQ
• Ashleigh Heldsinger
• Heem Wei Lim
• Sasa Golob
• Adela Sajn
• Giulia Steingruber
• Nadia Mulhasser
• Maria Homolova
• Johnna Adlerteg
• Goksu Uctas
• Angelina Kysla
• Natalia Kononenko
• Daria Elizarova
• Luisa Galiulina
• Jessica Lopez
• Ivet Rojas
• Thi Ngan Thoung Do.

IZURIETA AA CHAMP, SPAIN TEAM WINNERS!

The results came in yesterday for the recent International friendly against Spain V Belgium. If you hadn't gathered by the title, the Spanish were victorious in the team competition and they also took a gold medal in the All-around competition with 3 time World athlete Ana Maria Izurieta.


All-around results:

1. ANA MARIA IZURIETA
2. MARIA PAULA VARGAS
3. AAGJE VAN WELLEGHAM
4. GAELLE MYS
5. CLAUDIA MENENDEZ 
6. CINITA RODRIQUES
7. BEATRIZ CUESTA
8. LISA VEURSCHUEREN
9. TERRI GRAND'RY
10. FLORIANE SCIANGUETTA
11. JOANNA DEJARDIN
12. TOYA ROJAS
13. AINHOA CARMONA URBANO
14. ANTJE VAN DE VELDE
15. CLAUDIA VILA
16. JULIE CROKET
17. ELENA ZALDIVAR.

Here are the top 3 gymnasts on each app.:

Vault

1. CLAUDIA MENENDEZ
2. JULIE CROKET
3. MARIA PAULA VARGAS

Bars

1. AAGJE VAN WELLEGHAM (If she had scored this at Prelims, she would be 1st res.)
2. ANA MARIA IZURIETA
3. MARIA PAULA VARGAS

Beam:

1. MARIA VARGAS
2. GAELLE MYS
3. ANA MARIE IZURIETA

Floor:

1. ANA MARIA IZURIETA
2. MARIA VARGAS
3. AINHOA URBANO

Unfortunately, 2011 European finalist Julie Croket scored 12.95 and came 8th :'(

BOCZOGO PRE TEST EVENT AA CHAMPION!

2008 Olympian Dorina Boczogo won the Pre-test event competition in Sangalhos, Portugal. This competition had mainly Portugese competitors but Finnish and Hungarian girls also took part!
Dorina had a pretty good run, she scored a very impressive 14.05. Bars was her weakest score (12.1)


Here is the full results of the all-around final:

1. DORINA BÖCZÖGÖ
2. ZOI LIMA
3. ROSANNA OJALA
4. LUCA DIVÉKY
5. LAURA  GOMBÁS
6. HAJNALKA  LÓNAI
7. DALIA AL-SALTY
8. ANNIKA URVIKKO
9. ALEXANDRIA CHOON

They also have event final results?? Mainly Portugese Gymnasts!

Vault: LINA MENDES

Bars: LILIANA RODRIQUEZ

Beam: JOANA CARVALHO

Floor: ZSUZSA KALMAR (FIN)

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JESOLO 2012

From one of the Italian Gym websites, it shows the nations participating in next year's Jesolo Cup. Japan unfortunately couldn't make to this year's Cup because of the Japanese earthquakes and tsunami but they are ready for next years competition.


Here are the teams:


Russian Fed.
Italy
Japan
USA


It also says on the website that Vanessa Ferrari could be here from injury and we could see Aliya Mustafiyna and Shawn Johnson.


The website says  the competition is on the 31st of March wether their is more day of competition who knows?