30th Arthur Gander Memorial 2013 - Morges (Switzerland)

The 30th Memorial Arthur Gander Cup, 

30.10.2013, just ended. The Swiss Pablo Brägger wins gold. In women, it is the Romanian Larisa Iordache Andrea won the title before the Swiss Giulia Steingruber.

MAG

1 PABLO BRAEGGER Suisse
2 ANDREI MUNTEAN Roumania
3 OLEG VERNIAIEV Ukraine
4 ANDREAS BRETSCHNEID-Germany
5 PAOLO PRINCIPI Italiy
6 CHENGLONG ZHANG China
7 ARNAUD WILLIG France

WAG

1 LARISA IORDACHE Roumania
2 GIULIA STEINGRUBER Suisse
3 ELISABETH SEITZ - Germany
4 KIM BUI Germany
5 CHIARA GANDOLFI Italy
6 CHUNSONG SHANG China
7 MAEGAN CHANT Canada

13th Berlin Masters 2013 - Rhythmic Gymnastics

 Russia's Maragarita Mamun won All-around and two apparatus in Berlin

 . The "13th Berlin Masters 2013", after Moscow, Holon, Thiais and Brno, was the last Grand Prix event of the 2013 circuit of the post-Olympic year. Held in Max Schmeling - Hall is a traditional sport event location of the most prestigious international competition of Rhythmic Gymnastics of the year in Germany.

Next year it will be held in Stuttgart the 2014 GAZPROM World Cup, 

Margareta Mamum, the Kiev's World Champion with the ball as well as the final winner of the current 2013 World Cup series won - as espected -in  the individual all-around ...

China getting Ready for Rio 2016

Head Coach Huang Yubin browse through the results and analysis of past competitions with the team.  The MAG team still has depths; the WAG team however just isn’t the same without some of the veterans Sui Lu, Deng Linlin, Jiang Yuyuan, Huang Qiushuang and Wu Liufang…

From the pictures, WAG line up includes Yao Jinnan, Shang Chunsong, Zeng Siqi, Wang Yan, Huang Huidan, Chen Siyi, Tan Sixin, Wang Wei, Tan Jiaxin, Li Yiting and Jiang Tong…

Maybe more will join the team before the best will be ready for Rio.

(Photos via Che Li’s Weibo)

Outdoor Gymnastics - Kiev

Kiev's famous Hydropark has a full set of outdoor gymnastics and athletic equipment, which a few senior citizens put to good use!

Watch utube:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kaoY6gumdYg#t=30

Romania' Sandra Izbasa "Taking a Break"

Izbasa of Romania has endured much in the sport of Gymnastics, plus  two Olympic cycles and a devastating Achilles tendon  tear in 2009.

Izbasa will be remembered as the 2008 Olympic Floor Champion and 2012 Olympic Vault Champion. She collected  seven World and Olympic medals. 

Now we Hear that Sandra Izbasa has chosen to walk away from gymnastics. " (Pentru Sandra Izbaşa ieri a fost prima zi în care nu s-a mai gîndit la gimnastică: "Nu regret nimic!" )

Whether or not Izbasa makes a “ come back “ gymnastics, she will be in our memory  as one of the greatest Romanian gymnasts  like Nadia.. 

In her Fb, Izbasa commented -. It appears "break" is the key word. In a comment on her Fb on October 14, she wrote,

"I can't say goodbye to gymnastics, because I have realized that gymnastics is everything to me.

I'm not excluding a comeback but for now I need a break"

We will miss her how long, I wonder ………..

 

2013 East Asian Games

Gymnastics Results Day 2

WAG Team

1. China 222.900
2. Japan 215.150
3. Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea 214.650
4. Chinese Tapei 171.700
5. Republic of Korea 150.650

 Pic: Tan Sixin (CHN)

WAG All Around 

1. Tan Sixin (CHN) 55.500
2. Yelinzi Zhang (CHN) 54.600
3. Un Hyang Kim (PRK) 54.350
4. Wakana Inoue (JPN) 54.050
5. Chinami Otaki (JPN) 53.500

Austrian Aerobicerinnen "Prague open"

 Austrian Aerobicerinnen "Prague open"   held on October 5 and 6:

Elite-bronze Michelle Sieberer, 
U15 silver Vanessa Adamec and
 U18 final for Jasmin Strobl!

About  300 athletes  from ten countries were in the Czech capital for the championships.

2013 East Asian Games

MAG All-Around Final Results 

Congratulations to Liu Rongbing, Deng Shudi and Huang Yuguo.  The 2 per country rule is in effect at the East Asian Games; therefore, Nonomura from Japan wins the bronze medal. 

The Journey Begins - Glasgow 2014 XX Commonwealth Games

9th October 2013, the Queen's Baton Relay began its epic journey through the 70 nations

and territories of the Commonwealth. It wont be long before the baton returns to Scotland.

The baton holding Her Majesty The Queen's Message to the athletes will cross continents, terrain and time zones. Once it has completed it journey through the Commonwealth the baton will come home to Scotland on 14 June 2014 to spend 40 days visiting communities in all 32 Local Authority areas. On 23 July 2014 the baton will be delivered to Her Majesty at the Opening Ceremony where the 288 day relay concludes and the Games officially begin.

Daniel Corral - the proud of Mexico

 Gymnast Daniel Corral won the first silver medal for Mexico in a World Championship after finishing second place tied with Briton Max Whitlock (15.633), so shared the silver medal.

on the pommel horse final in Antwerp 2013.

He started Gymnastics at the age of seven in a gym in Ensenada led by Coach Oscar Aguirre, who took him to successfully participate in the Pan American Games and London 2012.

Corral, 23,  participated in the 2012 Olympic Games. At the Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011 had won two gold medals.We hope to see you in Rio.Good Luck.

pic.Gimnasialatina

Day 2 - Men and Women's Individual Finals - 2013 Wolrds

MAG

Vault Table

Gold Yang Hak Seon KOR

Silver Stevan  Legendre USA

Bronze Kristian Thomas GBR

Parallel Bars

GOLD: Kohei Uchimura, JPN and Lin Chopan, CHN
BRONZE: John Orozco, USA

High Bar

Gold ZONDERLAND Epke (NED)

Silver HAMBUECHEN Fabian (GER)

Bronze UCHIMURA Kohei (JPN)

WAG

Balance Beam

GoldMUSTAFINA Aliya (RUS)

Silver ROSS Kyla (USA)

Bronze BILES Simone (USA)

Floor Exercises

Gold BILES Simone (USA)

Silver FERRARI Vanessa (ITA)

Bronze IORDACHE Larisa Andreea (ROU

Congratulations to all the Gymnasts, Judges and officials.

Individual Event Finals - World Campionships 2013 -Antwerp

USA continues to dominate the World Championships. Mckayla Maroney and Simone Biles went 1-2 on vault. Congrats to them! On bars, Kyla got 2nd.

Uneven bars: GOLD: Huang. SILVER: Ross. BRONZE: Mustafina. 
Women's vault: GOLD: Maroney. SILVER: Biles. BRONZE: Hong. 

Men's floor: GOLD: Shirai. SILVER: Dalton. BRONZE: Uchimura. 

17  year Kenzo Shirai quadruple twist on floor to capture Gold at this championships.He is the gymnast to perform a quadruple twist at an international competition.

 Pommel horse: GOLD: Kameyama. SILVER: Whitlock AND Corral

Still rings: GOLD: Zanetti. SILVER: Balandin. BRONZE: Wynn. 

Individual Event Finals - Worlds 2013

Saturday October 5, 2013

Apparatus Finals Men (Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings)
Apparatus Finals Women (Vault, Uneven Bars)

MAG Floor: 14:30 – 14:55 (8:30-8:55 a.m. ET)
WAG Vault: 14:55 – 15:25 (8:55-9:25 a.m. ET)
Ceremony: 15:25 – 15:45 (9:25-9:45 a.m. ET)
MAG Pommel Horse: 15:45 – 16:10 (9:45-10:10 a.m. ET)
WAG Uneven bars: 16:10 – 16:35 (10:10-10:35 a.m. ET)
MAG Rings: 16:35 – 17:00 (10:35-11 a.m. ET)
Ceremony: 17:00 – 17:30 (11-11:30 a.m. ET)

Sunday October 6, 2013

Apparatus Finals Men (Vault, Parallel Bars, High Bar)
Apparatus Finals Women (Beam, Floor)

MAG Vault: 14:30 – 14:55 (8:30-8:55 a.m. ET)
WAG Balance Beam: 14:55 – 15:25 (8:55-9:25 a.m. ET)
Ceremony: 15:25 – 15:45 (9:25-9:45 a.m. ET)
MAG Parallel Bars: 15:45 – 16:10 (9:45-10:10 a.m. ET)
WAG Floor: 16:10 – 16:40 (10:10-10:40 a.m. ET)
MAG Horizontal Bar: 16:40 – 17:05 (10:40-11:05 a.m. ET)
Ceremony: 17:05 – 17:35 (11:05-11:35 a.m. ET)
Closing ceremony: 17:35 – 17:50 (11:35-11:50 a.m. ET)

Good Luck to all the Gymnasts

2013 World Gymnastics Championships

WORLD CHAMPION. Simone Biles and Kyla Ross go ONE-TWO for Team USA!


Gold - Simon Biles USA
Silver - Kyla ROSS USA 
Bronze - Aliya Mustaffina Russia 

This is just the third time in history that the USA has won the gold and silver all-around medals at the World Championships. Competition continues tomorrow with five U.S. gymnasts participating on the first day of individual event finals at 2:30 p.m.

How wonderful Congratulations ladies!

Uchimura dominates Men's AA - 2013 World Championships 2013

Superman Kohei Uchimura has broken his own record  and  now has become MAG World AA Champion for a fourth consecutive year, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 .There was no  World Championships  in 2012 but he became Olympic Champion, this is his 5th straight  title win. Max Whitlock (GB) and Sergio Sasaki Junior  BRA) are the gymnast to watch in future.

Results

1.     Kohei Uchimura 91.990

2.     Ryohei Kato 90.032

3.     Fabian Hambuechen 89.332

4.     Max Whitlock 89.031

5.     Sergio Sasaki Junior 88.949

6.     Sam Mikulak 88.548

7.     Dan Purvis 88.106

8.     Andrey Livhovitsky 87.423

9.     Chaopan Lin 86.864

10.   Zhou Shixiong 86.631

2013 World Gymnastics Championships LIVE

Watch LIVE here

http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/ander_nieuws/Turnen/MF_generic_WK_turnen

Enjoy yourself.

Athlete Representative for WAG on the FIG Athletes Commission

Congratulations to Beth Tweddle (GBR) on being elected the new athlete representative for Women's Artistic Gymnastics on the FIG Athletes Commission!

Prize for Elegence 2013

 Guessing Game is On!

The last time the Longines Prize for Elegance went to Kohei Uchimura and Ana Porgras. Speculation are, gymnasts leos and Ferlito and Ferrari.. but who will win it this year? I wonder. Perhaps Kohei Uchimura and Aliya Mustafina or Sandra Izbasa.!

You guess.....

Waiting for MAG - AA

Game of the day: Who is she ?

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2013 World Gymnastics Championships - WAG AA Finals

2013 WORLDS FINAL RESULTS - WOMEN"S QUALIFICATION

 Simone Biles - USA

Kyla Ross - USA

Thursday, Oct. 4: Women's All-Around Finals (The top 24 gymnasts from prelims, with only two entrants per country allowed)

Final: 8:00 pm 

The best woman wins….Good Luck to all the Gymnasts.

1. Biles USA 60.133
2. Ross USA 59.198
3. Yao CHN 57.975
4. Iordache ROM 57.865
5. Mustafina RUS 57.165
- Maroney USA 57.149
6. Shang CHN 56.998
7. Ferrari ITA 56.998
8. Steingruber SUI 56.465
9. Black CAN 55.465
10. Popa ESP 55.332
11. Lopez VEN 55.065
12. Van Klaveren NED 54.999
13. Ferlito ITA 53.948
14. Moors CAN 54.798
15. Rodionova RUS 54.599
16. Harrold GBR 54.232
17. Sasada JPN 54.166
18. Tunney GBR 54.132
19. Makra HUN 53.906
20. Mys BEL 53.665
21. Waem BEL 53.632
22. Seitz GER 53.532
23. Teramoto JPN 53.182
24. Käslin SUI 53.131
R1. Millousi GRE 53.033
R2. Martins POR 52.832
R3. Costa BRA 52.665

2013 World Gymnastic Championships - Antwerp

Competition schedule for the World Championships is: 
Oct. 3 – men’s all-around finals, 8 p.m.; 
Oct. 4 – women’s all-around finals, 8 p.m.; 
Oct. 5 – event finals, men’s floor exercise, pommel horse and still rings and women’s vault and uneven bars, 2:30 p.m.; Oct. 6 – event finals, men’s vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar, and women’s balance beam and floor exercise, 2:30 p.m. 
The times listed above are for Antwerp, Belgium.

Live scoring. The International Gymnastics Federation provides live scoring from its World Championships. For more information and access, go to antwerp2013.fig-gymnastics.com.

4th Asian Gymnaestrada

2013 World Gymnastics Championships - MAG AA Finals

Thursday, Oct. 3: Men's All-Around Finals (The top 24 gymnasts from prelims, with only two entrants per country allowed)

Final: 8:00 pm 

The best man wins….Good Luck to all the Gymnasts.

1.     K Uchimura 91.924

2.     S Mikulak 89.532

3.     R Kato 89.474

4.     C Lin 89.430

5.     S Zhou 88.898

6.     S Sasaki Junior 88.699

7.     F Hambuechen 80.064

8.     D Purvis 87.031

9.     O Hegi  86.998

10.   M Whitlock 86.941

11.   J Calvo Moreno 86.939

12.   A Likhovitskiy 86.216

13.   F Gonzalez 86.132

14.   D Belyavskiy 86.065

15.   M Park 85.531

16.   O Verniaiev 85.381

17.   B Deurloo 85.365

18.   A Oyakawa Mari 85.190

19.   C Schmidt 84.698

20.   N Abad 84.548

21.   A Willig 84.014

22.   P Braegger 83.898

23.   A Ramos Rivera 83.340

24.   G Palma Simoes 83.306

Russian unfortunate at 2013 World ?

The hopes were high for Team Russia. What was in, Emin Garibov, the 2013 European champion on high bar, was the favorite for gold on the event, and Nikolai Kuksenkov, the 2013 Universiades all-around champion, was supposed to challenge him. Well, that's not going to happen…

Emin Garibov is in 10th place  after 3 subdivisions  and Nikolai Kuksenkov is in 40th This  means that neither gymnast will be in the event finals.

Unfortunately, . Denis Ablyazin, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist on vault and the 2012 bronze medalist on floor, will not appear in any event finals as he kept tumbling out of bounds, and he face-planted his first vault: a Kasamatsu double.

Aleksandr Balandin was perhaps the most likely to get a medal at this World Championships. After 3 subdivisions, on rings he placed  second..

Balandin has the chance to improve his difficulty in the finals. His has to top his dismount as his double layout dismount is only a C.

 Another hopeful for a medal maybe  Matvei Petrov is in 4th on pommel horse after 3 subdivisions.

Will  Russia's  MAG team  leave the 2013 World  empty handed ?