Archive for 2012 January

Born January 16, 1996 to parents Galina and Nikolai, Anastasia is the youngest of four children and the only girl. Coached by Sergei Zelikson she won three golds and a silver at the 2010 Junior Europeans Championships in Birmingham. She won the bars title at …

Bucharest, Romania: Romanian Ana Porgras, 2010 Beam World Champion, announced retirement this week.
The elegant and stylish gymnast left the National Training centre to return to her home city, and she is starting normal high school.
This retirement hurts Romanian preparations for the Olympic Games since Porgras …

Since last year’s World Championships in Tokyo, the gymnastics community has been full of discussion about the new qualifying procedures for the 2012 Olympic Games, which, for the first time since 1976, involved more than one competition. At first, conversation centered on who exactly would …

Following  the Visa International Gymnastics Competition this week in London, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique announced the artistic gymnastics qualifiers to this year’s Olympic Games.
Qualification for the 2012 Olympics saw a new two-part procedure implemented, with the top eight teams from qualifying at the 2011 Tokyo World Championships and Tokyo event …

London, United Kingdom: The last day of the Visa International Gymnastics Olympic Test Event for artistic gymnasts with vault, parallel bars, and high bar for the men, and beam and floor exercise for the women.
MAG Vault
Isaac Botella (ESP) – 1st: Handspring front 2/1 15.933 (D: …

London, United Kingdom: The pressure is already off. The second qualifier have finished and now is time to the test part of the competition; Event Finals will be spread in two days and in Olympic order.
From warm up, Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) is not doing bars, …

Elsa García
The Mexican had a bad landing during vault warm ups. She didn’t want to risk any further injury since she already had some minor problems on the leg.
Tomás González (CHI)

The Chilean had a great floor routine that he hopes to increase to a 6.8 …

London, United Kingdom: Brazil and South Korea are the last two teams to try to qualify to the Olympics. Currently, Italy and Canada are already qualified.
Rotation 1
Adlerteg (SWE) V – Yurchenko 1/1
Gasser (AUT) UB -  Jaeger, Bail, double layout off.
Heo (KOR) BB – switch leap …

London, United Kingdom: Canada has secured its participation at London Olympics since only three teams are left in competition. Italy starts in this third subdivision along with the new Russian sensation, Anastasia Grishina.
Rotation 1
Golob (SLO) V – handspring front pike (stuck).
Lago (MEX) UB – giant …

London, United Kingdom: Subdivision 2 features three teams: Spain, Belgium and France; the top score at the moment is Canada and if these three teams want to qualify, they need to get close to that high score.
 
Rotation 1
Brevet (FRA) V – Yurchenko 1/1 (good distance)
Lima …