American Gymnast Update for 05/15/2012
Who would have thought that the best bars final of the quadrennium thus far would NOT include Beth Tweddle, Aliya Mustafina, a single Chinese gymnast, or a single American? Probably no one. This was definitely the best bars final we’ve seen in a long time – and I would say the best since the historic Olympic bars ...
Below is a link to an article from the Journal Sentinel online, out of Milwaukee. In it is a video of Chellsie Memmel training most of her beam routine during a workout: Article and Video of Chellsie Memmel Training Beam Could Chellsie be fooling us all again? She’s had two shoulder surgeries since we last saw her compete ...
What a thrilling finish to the competition. Romania continues to look incredible. After beating Russia two days in a row, they’ll now have to be considered a threat for at least a silver medal in London. Could gold even be possible? Not yet, but we can certainly envision how it might become possible…if Iordache adds ...
The American women’s team isn’t the only gymnastics powerhouse with five out of six returning Olympic veterans trying to make a run for London. Like the American squad that it battled with for gold in Beijing four years ago, the Chinese team also has five returning members from its historic gold medal winning squad from ...
Alicia Sacramone Vault April National Team Training Camp WOW!!! I’m not sure if I’m more shocked that USA Gymnastics is posting videos from a national team training camp or that Alicia Sacramone is vaulting her handspring layout rudi as well as she’s ever done – with still nearly two months to go before the Olympic team is ...
Women 1. Jordyn Wieber 2. Gabrielle Douglas 3. Aly Raisman 4. Kyla Ross 5. McKayla Maroney ...
It’s definitely time to put another StockWatch update out there, as a whole lot has happened since my last rank lists in March. Since that time, we’ve seen the retirement of Paul Hamm, the international return of David Sender, the completion of the Pacific Rim Championships, City of Jesolo Meet, and NCAA Championships, and the ...
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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 ...
This spring has been a gymnastics whirlwind! So exciting to see so many international competitions taking place, and all of the world’s top gymnasts gearing up for the fight to make their respective Olympic teams. Catching up on just a few recent highlight routines on the men’s side: Epke Zonderland High Bar 2012 Cottbus World Cup 7.5, 15.725 Flavius ...
