2013 World Results and Video

After Day 1 of qualification (with 1 more subdivision tomorrow) 

the MAG AA standings are as follows: Uchimura 91.924 Mikulak 89.532 Lin 88.898

The FIG @officialFIG have begun to upload videos from MAG qualification http://t.co/L6J49xZvog

2013 Worlds WAG Qualification

The start list for WAG

http://www.fedintgym.com/microsites/13Antwerp/results/files/general/wag/WAG_StartList_C1.pdf

All the best to the gymnasts.

2013 Worlds Antwerp

Results Sub-division 2

MAG AA Standings after Subdivision 2: Mikulak (USA) 89.532 Zhou (CHN) 88.898 Sasaki (BRA) 88.699

2013 World - MAG Subdivision 1

Standings after MAG Sub Division 1 - Sam Mikulak USA leading 89.532

https://t.co/vLJDYgKRDa

2013 Worlds Tanya Nabiyeva

Latest news: Nabiyeva may well not compete all around after a low landing (to her head) on a floor tumble. She says she is determined to compete, but does not know in what capacity. She is injured, but not seriously 

.But still to be confirmed officially.

We wish she recover soon. Best of luck to the team.Желаем удачи команде.
source: Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

Dream Winners at the Worlds

AA 

Gold - Yao Jinnan

Silver - Aliya Mustafina

Bronze - Kyla Ross

VT

Gold - Mckayla Maroney

Silver - Hong Un Jong 

Bronze - Simone Biles 


UB 

Gold - Shang Chunsong

Silver - Yao Jinnan / Huang Huidan

Bronze - Aliya Mustafina

BB 

Gold - Kyla Ross

Silver - Zeng Siqi

Bronze - Larisa Iordache

FX

Gold - Shang Chunsong / Aliya Mustafina

Silver - Simone Biles 

Bronze - Mckayla Maroney

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Zeng Siqi, Yao Jinnan & Huang Huidan having some fun in Antwerp ^_ ^Where’s Shang Chunsong?

Meet Austrian Gymnasts for the Worlds

Fabian Leimlehner and Matthias Schwab from Austria.

We wish them all the best at the competition.

LEFTERIS KOSMIDIS - I put MYSELF TO FAVOURITES '

Lefteris Kosmidis  of Greece, is 22 years old, started gymnastics at age 5. His parents were former gymnasts and coaches.

Gold medalist at the World Championships in Rotterdam 2010.Three years after his triumph in Rotterdam, Lefteris Kosmidis is targeting a new distinction at the world championship Antwerp, 2013. The Floor Exercise specialist  is ready for the competition beginning September 30 - October 6, where it is again one of the favorites.

His routines  will involve risk and new skills. The difficulty value  starts at 6.80 with the potential to rise further. “ You need such a high value”   he exclaimed.

Good Luck to you.

Team Ireland - Artistic World Championships

Team Ireland will  be at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships  together with all the international gymnasts in the world.

The six- strong Irish squad have been training  hard preparing for this competition. .

 WAG competitors are Nicole Mawhinney, Emma Lunn and India McPeak .

 MAG competitors are  Anthony O’Donnell, Chris O’Connor and Andrew Smith.( Anthony had to replace Luke Carson due to injury )

The full schedule is available here.

Head Coach MAG Barry Winch; MAG Coach Simon Gale;

Head Coach WAG Sun Jei and WAG Coach Stanislav Sevostyanov.

Good Luck to the Irish Team.

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Nicole Mawhinney

Andrew Smith

September Birthday

Today is 28/09/2013
Happy Birthday to Sidorova Anastasia S.of Russia.

Who will be the All Around Champion at the World 2013 ?

First Day of the podium training Friday 27.9.13. and everybody is  excited to know if  Uchimura of Japan can maintain his position after having ingrained in the pages of the Guinness book of World Records for  having three consecutive world championship titles.

Gymnast to watch are Nikolai Kuksenkov, Oleg Verniaiev, Fabian Hambuechen ( 2013 Kazan, All Around, Silver )  David Belyavskiy (He won bronze in all-around at the 2012 Stuttgart World Cup. ), Sam Mikulak and Max Witlock of Great Britain, his first  World Championships after London.  

Meet Italy's WAG World Gymnastic Championships 2013

This year four women have been selected to go to Antwerp for Italy.  It is a mixed group of both experienced and inexperienced gymnasts.

Vanessa Ferrari -  will compete AA at Worlds.

Carlotta Ferlito -  will compete AA.

Francesca Deagostini - will represent Italy at Worlds on beam.

Alessia Leolini - will compete on bars ,beam and floor

Buona fortuna a tutte le ginnaste.

Good Luck to all the Gymnasts.

Chusovitina ( UZB ) is a role model and an inspiration.

Gymnastics phenomenon Oksana Chusovitina began gymnastics in 19982. At 13 she won the all-around at the USSR National Championhips Junior  Division. Her career moves  fast forward. She is the only of only two female gymnasts to compete at the Olympics under three different national teams that is USSR,Uzbekistan and Germany.

Chusovitina's career in elite gymnastics has spanned more than 20 years. Oksana has competed in 10 World Championships and holds the record for the most individual world championships medals on ONE event.

Chusovitina is also one of only a handful of women, along with Cuban Leyanet Gonzalez, Soviet legend Larisa Latynina, and Dutch Olympian Suzanne Harmes, to return to high-level gymnastics and international competition after becoming a mother

 She loves tumbling and vaulting except Uneven Bars. She is training on all four events but will only compete on Vault and Beam.

Her advise “ Never give up and always aim towards your own goals”

We wish her Good Luck in the competition.

North Korea Sole WAG Hong Un Jong for 2013 World

 Another sole WAG competitor at this years World Championships is Hong Un Jong  of North Korea.

 Hong Un Jong , 24 is the Beijing 2008 Olympic Gold medalist on Vault. She competed in her first World Championships in 2006 placing 36th in AA qualification. She competed in her first and only Olympic Games to date in Beijing 2008 and denying home favorite Cheng Fei of gold.in the Vault event.

Following North Korea’s 2 year ban from international competition due to age falsification claims in October/ November 2010, she was unable to compete at the 2011 World Championships to qualify  to the London 2012 following North Korea’s 2 year ban from international competition due to age falsification claims in October/ November 2010 Games to defend her title.

At the Summer University Games 2013  Hong Un Jong  tied for gold on Vault with Russia’s Ksenia Afanseyva.

We hope to see her perform a triple twist on Vault. Good Luck.

Phan Thi Ha Thanh sole Vietnam WAG for Worlds 2013

Vietnam is sending one Female gymnast  Phan Thi Ha Thanh born 16 October 1991, at this years World Championships.

She made her first  International at the 2009 World Championships although  she did not qualify to any event finals.Only a few years later did she competed in Asian Games, Asian Championships and some World Cup Events,  winning  on events such as Vault and Balance Beam at the 2010 Porto World Cup.

She qualified to the 2011 Worlds in the Vault event. She managed with a bronze in the final behind McKayla Maroney and Oksana Chusovitina. For that, she qualified a place  at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

At the 2011 Southeast Asian Games ( SEA Games ) Thi Ha Thanh Phan winning medals on Vault (gold), Floor (gold) and Beam (bronze). Her 2011 success continued on into December when she won gold on Vault at the Toyota Cup Gymnastics competition.

For this years Worlds, we hope  to  see her in the Vault final.

Good Luck to  Phan Thi Ha Thanh

German WAG for WCh 2013

Elisabeth Seitz

She has competed in three World Championships, 2009, 2010   and 2011.

Trains at TG Mannheim under head coach Ulla Koch She excelled through the German gymnastics  2006  Seitz  won 4 gold medals in the 2010 German Championships. She was also very  successful, placing 5th in both Bar and Vault finals at the 2011 European Championships.. Competing on home turf, she took silver in the AA competition with a score of 56.700.

Sophie SchederThe youngest  at 16 is a members of this German Selection. . In 2012 she competed in the Junior European Championships in Brussels where she placed 8^th AA and won Gold in the Bar finals..Sophie competed in her first Senior European Championships earlier this year in Moscow . Most recently she competed at the Dutch Invitational.

 Pauline Schäfer Pauline Schäfer  is also 16.. The first year senior competed at the German Nationals in Mannheim in May this year. She surprised everyone with elegant skills and placed 4^th in Vault finals, 3^rd in Beam finals and 6^th in Floor finals. She also placed 4^th in the AA final with an impressive score of 51.998. 

Cagla AkoylCagla Akoy  has just turned 16 is  the youngest member of the German team She competed  in the Cottbus Cup earlier this year. She was 4^th in Floor finals.

We can expect this young German Selection of  Scheder,  Schäfer and Akoyl  in  future  Olympics.

South American Games Youth 2013

Team - Final

1st Brazil - 161,250 
2nd Argentina - 140,800 
3rd Colombia - 133,200 

All Around  Final 

1st RODRIGUES of ANDRADE, Rebeca (BRA) - 55,600

2nd LOPEZ HAIL, Flavia (BRA) - 53,450 

3rd SANTAMARIA, Agustina (ARG) - 48,300 

Event Finals

BB - Qualifying 1st of ANDRADE RODRIGUES, Rebeca (BRA) - 14,425 (5.8/5.3) 2nd of ARAUJO, Thauany Lee (USA) - 14,325 (5.3/5.0) 3rd MENDEZ REYES, Ana Karina (PER) - 13,175 (4.4/4.4) 4th PARDO GARZON, Laura Valentina (COL) - 13,050 - (5.0/4.4) 5th PALM ALVARADO, Brittany Aslhy (ECU) - 13,025 (4.4/4.2) 6 SANTAMARIA, Agustina (ARG) - 12,900 (4.2/4.0) 7th MINE CHICA , Ericka Geovanna (ECU) - 12,725 (4.6/4.2) 8th AMENDOLA BUGEIRO, Daniela (ARG) - 12,425 (4.2/4.0) 

Uneven Bars  - Qualifying 1st of ANDRADE RODRIGUES, Rebeca (BRA) - 13,400 (4.6) 2nd LOPES HAIL, Flavia (BRA) - 12,150 (4.2) 3rd MENDEZ REYES, Ana Karina (PER) - 10,850 (3.3) 4th AMENDOLA BUGEIRO, Daniela (ARG) - 10,550 (3.0) 5th PARDO GARZON, Laura Valentina (COL) - 10,100 (4.0) 6th GARZON GUAMAN, Lesly Tatiana (COL) - 10,050 (3.7) 7 SANTAMARIA, Agustina (ARG) - 9,950 (2.5) 8 PALMA ALVARADO, Brittany Aslhy (ECU) 9,900 (2.1) 

Vault  - Qualifying 1st RODRIGUES of ANDRADE, Rebeca (BRA ) - 14,250 (5.1) 2nd LOPES HAIL, Flavia (BRA) - 13,800 (5.4) 3rd SANTAMARIA, Agustina (ARG) - 12,500 (4.5) 4th MOLEDOUS, Galia (ARG) - 12,250 (4.6) 5th PARDO GARZON, Laura Valentina ( COL) - 12,200 (4.9) 6th MINE CHICA, Ericka Geovanna (ECU) - 12,200 (4.4) 7th MARTINEZ APRIL, Paula Stefany (COL) - 12,100 (5.0) 8 PALMA ALVARADO, Brittany Aslhy (ECU) - 11,600 (4.4) 

Floor Exercise l - Qualifying 1st RODRIGUES of ANDRADE, Rebeca (BRA) - 13,650 (5.2) 2nd LOPES HAIL, Flavia (BRA) - 13,500 (5.1) 3rd SANTAMARIA, Agustina (ARG) - 12,950 (4.7) 4th VAQUIE, Aldana (ARG) - 11,850 (3.9)5th PARDO GARZON, Laura Valentina (COL) - 11,800 (5.2) 6 PALM ALVARADO, Brittany Aslhy (ECU) - 11,500 (4.8) 7 VALLE SUAREZ, Paula (CHI) - 11 150 (3.9) 8 MENDEZ REYES, Ana Karina (PER) - 11,000 (3.6) 

2013 - Japan Junior Internationals - IEF

Results – Individual Event Finals 

MAG

Floor

1.     Di Wu CHN 14.725

2.     Wataru Tanigawa JPN 14.625

3.     Kazuma Kaya JPN 14.400

Pommel Horse

1.     Kazuma Kaya JPN 14.625

2.     Hibiki Arayashiki JPN 14.175

3.     Di Wu CHN 13.575

Rings

1.     Ilya Kimartas RUS 14.325

2.     Artur Dalaloyan RUS 14.300

3.     Brinn Bevan GBR &  Deluna USA 14.00

Vault

1.     Waturu Tanigawa JPN 14.950

2.     Fabian Deluna USA 14.850

3.     Angelo Assumpcao BRA 14.775

Parallel Bars

1.     Nile Wilson GBR 14.650

2.     Kazuma Kaya JPN 14.425

3.     Brinn Bevan GBR 14.375

High Bar

1.     Kazuma Kaya JPN 14.525

2.     Xuwei Hu CHN 14.450

3.     Artur Dalaloyan RUS 14.025

Pic:

Kazuka Kaya JPN

Bailie Key USA

2013 Japan Junior Internationals - IEF

Results – Individual Event Finals 

WAG

Floor

1.    Bailie Key USA 14.800

2.    Andreeea Munteanu ROU 14.375

3.    Sae Miyakawa JPN 14.350

 Beam

1.    Bailie Key USA 14.625

2.    Andreea Muntean ROU 14.450

3.    Yan Wang 14.275

 Bars

1.    Bailie Key USA 14.35

2.    Andreea Iridon ROU 14.25

3.    Maria Bondareva RUS 13.85

 Vault

1.    Bailie Key USA 15.100

2.    Yan Wang CHN 14.925

3.    Laurie Hernandez USA 14.625

Congratulations to all the gymnasts.

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Bailie Key and Laurie Hernandez 

Results - 2013 Japan Junior Internationals

The first day of 2013 Japan Junior International  all around competition which will also serve as qualification for Monday’s apparatus finals.:

AAFinals

1 Bailie Key  ( USA ) 58.400 

2 Wang Yan  ( China ) 56.900 

3 Lauren Hernandez (USA ) 56.750