USA Gymnastics - Aly Raisman comeback

Born on 25 May 1994, Aly Raisman started gymnastics at an early age. She quickly became a strong competitor, winning the gold in the vault event at the 2009 American Classic and in the all-around category at the 2011 Cover-Girl Classic. Raisman also helped the U.S. gymnastics team win the 2011 World Championships

Alexandra Raisman had talk with USA Gymnastics recently about training for the Rio Olympics. her solid gymnastics cannot be ignored, either. Raisman’s strongest event is undoubtedly floor, where she won the gold medal in London with a staggering 15.600 score. USA has two very strong floor workers who are currently competing – Simone Biles  (who won gold in Nanning)

After a long break, she has worked with her coaches Mihai and Sylvie Brestyan for her comeback. The Brestyans are no strangers to comebacks having coached Alicia Sacramone to a successful comeback after a year off where she became a world champion on vault.

In late July 2012, Raisman she was captain of the gold medal-winning US women's gymnastics team., and individually won a gold medal on the floor and a bronze medal on the balance beam and her U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics teammates—Gabrielle Douglas, Kyla Ross, McKayla Maroney and Jordyn Wieber—took home a team gold medal. Fans worldwide watched as judges announced the team's medal win—the first gold medal for the American women's gymnastics team since 1996. Raisman went on to win a bronze medal for the beam and a second gold medal, in the individual floor exercise, at the 2012 Olympics.

We’re looking forward to seeing her back in competition next year. Let us know what you think about Raisman’s return to the USA Gymnastics.

11th Austrian TGW Future Cup

Youth gymnasts from 11 countries and 3 continents have competed for the TGW-Future-Cup trophy last weekend in Linz. After the 2nd place of the Japanese team last year, they  achieved the title this year in a very impressing way.

The Austrian took 3rd place National team with Johannes Mairoser, Daniel Kopeinik, Lorenz Rüf and Tamerlan Tschutschaew. in front of a hometown audience.

The Future-Cup was dominated by Japan and Sweden. The U18 was won by Takumi Shida (JPN) followed by Kim Wandström (SWE). In the category U16, Kaito Sugimoto (JPN) got the 2nd place only beaten by Alexander Benda (AUT) and nice for the locals, Johannes Mairoser (AUT) got 3rd. In the youngest category David Rumbutis (SWE) were a class of its own, followed by Teppei Miwa(JPN) and Felix Dolci (CAN).

"One of the best youth tournaments worldwide", was the reaction of all teams and their members.
Congratulations to the organisers, Austria.

Team results Teams

Japan  = 240.350

A.S.D. Ginnastica = 234.850

Ausrtria 1 = 224.500

Finland = 224.500

Australia = 222.600

France = 221.200

Austria2 = 218.850

Corpo Libero Gymnastics = 218.500

Individual all around Age group I

1. Takumi Shida (Japan)  = 77.500

2 Kim Wandström (Sweden) =  75.350

3 Stephan Trattnig (Villacher Turnverein) =  74.700

4 Daniel Kopeinik (ATV Wattens) = 74.200

5 Ondrej Janeczko (Czech Republic) = 73.600

6 Adrian Pflüger (SV Halle) = 72.700

7 Danny Hamann (Netherlands)  = 70.800

8 Filip Lidbeck (Sweden)  = 69.700

6th ASEAN Schools Games 2014 - Phillipines

Gymnast to watch - Ava Verdaflor photo

The 6th ASEAN School Games (ASG) in Manila, Philippines, from 29 November to 7 December 2014.

Over 1,500 student-athletes from seven ASEAN nations, namely Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam will be sending student-athletes to compete in a total of 11 sports, which will be held at various locations within Marikina City, Manila. These sports are Badminton, Basketball, Golf, Gymnastics, Sepak Takraw, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball and Wushu.

The ASSC aims to promote ASEAN solidarity in youth while providing opportunities for school-athletes to benchmark their sporting talents with their ASEAN peers.

The student-athletes from the Malaysia were selected from  the National Back-up program well as other local competitions. To participate in the ASG, athletes must be 18 years of age or younger on 1st January of the year of the Games and be full-time students in the participating ASEAN countries

Gymnast to watch - Ava Verdaflor is a fairly good find by the Gymnastic Association of the Philippines (GAP) she placed 11th at the World Olympic Youth Championships. Born January 2, 1999 in Tarlac but moving to the United States.She will just be 16 when the 2015 SEA Games rolls around in Singapore next July.

World Cup 2014 Competition II ( Individual All-around ) Stuttgart (GER),

ENBW DTB World Cup 2014 Competition  II ( Individual All-around )
Stuttgart (GER), 29-30 November 2014

Artistic Gymnastics - Results Women
Individual All Around

Larisa Iordache of Romania won the all-around gold by two full points with a score of 59.766 at the FIG World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany on Saturday November 29.

Jessica Lopez of Venezuela, fresh off of winning the all-around title at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, brought home the silver medal with a 57.799 while Germany’s Kim Bui took home a surprise  bronze with a 56.665 lucky enough to her clean and consistent performances on a day where nearly everyone else made massive mistakes.

The  All-around for men will be on Sunday 30 November 2014.

Greatest Moments in Olympic Gymnastics History 1984

Mary Lou Retton Wins the Olympic All-Around Title -  1984

Mary Lou Retton born January 24, 1968, in Fairmont, West Virginia, of Italian heritage.

Inspired by watching Nadia Comăneci on television, Retton took up gymnastics in her hometown of Fairmont. She was coached by Gary Rafaloski. She then decided to move to Houston, Texas, to train under Romanians Béla and Márta Károlyi, who had coached Nadia Comăneci before their defection to the United States. Under the Károlyis, Retton soon began to make a name for herself in the U.S., winning the American Cup in 1983

At the Los Angeles Olympics, a boycott from the always-dominant Soviet team left Retton with the opportunity to become the first American woman to win the all-around title. She needed to fend off Romanian Ecaterina Szabo, however, and only a perfect 10.0 on the vault would win her the gold.

Retton stuck her vault – an ultra-difficult full-twisting layout Tsukahara – and earned a perfect mark. She became a media sensation overnight and was the first woman ever to be featured on a Wheaties box..

Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 - World Cup Competition II

Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 - World Cup C II will be held in Glasgow (GBR)

Saturday, December 6 2014 at 13.00 - 16.30

Participants:

Men
Sergio Sasaki Jnr (BRA)
5th at the 2013 World Championships (all-around) & 2012 Olympian
Oleg Verniaiev (UKR)
2014 Parallel Bars World Champion & defending Glasgow champ
John Orozco (USA)
Bronze medalist at the 2013 & 2014 World Championships (parallel bars & team)
Fabien Hambuechen (GER)
2007 World high bar champion and six time European champion
Yuya Kamoto (JPN)
2010 Youth Olympic All-around champion
Frank Baines (GBR)
2012 Junior Euro Champion & Commonwealth team silver
Yusuke Tanaka (JPN)
2014 World Championship all-around bronze & Olympic team silver

Women
Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)
2006 World Champion (all-around) and two-time Olympian
Elisabeth Black (CAN)
2012 Olympian and Commonwealth beam champion
Rebecca Tunney (GBR)
2012 Olympian & 2014 British Champion
Erika Fasana (ITA)
London 2012 Italian Olympic team member
Larisa Andreea Iordache (ROU)
2014 World all-around silver medallist & defending Glasgow World Cup champ
Ana Maria Ocolisan (ROU)
2014 World Championships team 4th
Mai Murakami (JPN)
2013 World Championships 4th on floor
Jessica Lopez (VEN)
2008 & 2012 Olympian

Good Luck to all the participants!

Sokol Grand Prix de Gymnastique - 2014

Sokol Grand Prix de Gymnastique held at Brno (CZE) from  Nov 29 2014
Sportovni hala TJ Sokol Brno I

Mixed pairs competition proceeds in 3 rounds:Men’s Artistic Gymnastics
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics

The first round Qualification

    All couples take part, every gymnast performs on 2 apparatus

The second round Semi-finals

    8 best-ranked couples pass to the second round. In case of a tie on the 8th place, all couples on the 8th place will participate in the second round.
    The starting order of couples will be according to the results of the first round: the couple on the 8th place will start at first.
    In the semi-finals the gymnasts perform on the 3rd apparatus.
    The results of the first round are not counted to the second round - it starts from zero.

The third round Finals

    4 best ranked couples in the semi-finals pass to this final round. In case of a tie on the 4th place couple with the better result in the qualification round will participate in the 3rd round. If there is also a tie, the couple with the higher number of highest scores will participate in the 3rd round.
    The starting order will be determined by drawing of lots.
    In the final the female gymnasts perform on any apparatus (they can perform on already used apparatus) while the male gymnasts should perform on the 4th apparatus, different from the previous ones.
    The results of the previous rounds are not counted to the finals.