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More Romanian Greatness…And New Stuff From Ponor

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2012 Romania vs. Germany vs. Great Britain in Ulm, Germany:   Larisa Iordache Floor   5.9, 14.55   Larisa Iordache Beam   6.8, 15.3   Larisa Iordache Bars   6.2, 14.85   Larisa Iordache Vault   5.8, 15.05   Catalina Ponor Floor   6.2, 14.9   Catalina Ponor Beam   6.4, 15.1   Diana Bulimar Floor   5.8, 14.45   Diana Bulimar Beam   6.0, 14.55   Diana Bulimar Bars   5.7, 13.95   Raluca Haidu Bars   5.5, 13.95   Diana Chelaru Floor   5.9, 14.4   Interesting that Larisa Iordache chose ...

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Diana Bulimar…The Overlooked Romanian

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Diana Bulimar Floor 2012 Romania vs. France     5.8, 14.4     Diana Bulimar Beam 2012 Romania vs. France     6.0, 14.9   Diana Bulimar Bars 2012 Romania vs. France     5.7, 13.55   With names like Catalina Ponor, Sandra Izbasa, Ana Porgras, and now Larisa Iordache to contend with, Diana Bulimar has perhaps been a bit overshadowed in the last couple of years.  But Bulimar was one ...

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Some Random Thoughts On The Women’s American Cup

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The USA women have become unstoppable on vault.  Three consecutive world champions and now Amanars coming out of the woodwork.  I’m stunned at how they have mastered this vault, and just how far ahead they are over the rest of the entire world on this event.   Diana Chelaru’s bars were atrocious.  Not even a decent free ...

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Is Winning the American Cup in the Olympic Year a Good Omen?

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American Cup Champions In Olympic Years Year Men’s Champion Women’s Champion 1976 Bart Conner (USA) Nadia Comaneci (ROM) 1980 Kurt Thomas (USA) Tracee Talavera (USA) 1984 Peter Vidmar (USA) Mary Lou Retton (USA) 1988 Marius Toba (ROM) Phoebe Mills (USA) 1992 Jarrod Hanks (USA) Kim Zmeskal (USA) 1996 John Roethlisberger (USA) Kerri Strug (USA) 2000 Eric Lopez (CUB) Elena Produnova (RUS) 2004 Jason Gatson (USA) Carly Patterson (USA) 2008 Paul Hamm (USA) Nastia Liukin (USA) 2012 ? ?   Nearly all of these gymnasts made their respective Olympic teams in ...

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USA Wins It!!!

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The team final that most expected would be a tight race between the USA, China, and Russia ended up being a landslide, with the USA easily regaining the world team title it last won in 2007.  The Americans were absolutely rock solid and delivered perhaps their best team performance ever under the pressure-filled, three-up-three-count format.   The ...

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Commentary on Women’s Euros AA Finals!

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Well first I’ll state the obvious…Mustafina’s injury is incredibly disappointing.  What a tremendous loss to the gymnastics world if this turns out to be something serious, like an ACL tear.  I don’t even know what to say other than unfortunately that is the nature of our sport.  The higher the level the skills you perform, ...

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Romanians impressive in Ghent

Three big stories surrounding the Romanian women at the World Cup in Ghent.

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Women’s Blume Memorial

Results and videos on the women’s side from this weekend’s Blume Memorial competition held in Barcelona, Spain. Izurieta impresses, and Chelaru commits a cardinal sin of gymnastics!

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