Anastasia Grishina (RUS)

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 the London Prepares Test Event last week and finished tenth all-around. Going into her dismount on beam, her foot missed the beam, and she took a very scary fall on her double pike dismount. Until then, she was on track for a very strong effort on the piece, including a combination of Onodi to illusion turn to spin. She also showed an Onodi to illusion to scale in podium training. Lucikly, Anastasia was unharmed and stopped for a quick chat with the the All Around in the mixed zone shortly afterwards.

You scared a lot of people there. Are you ok and what happened?

Yes, I’m ok (smiles shyly). Nothing happened to me, everything’s ok. I just didn’t execute the element correctly.

This was your first official senior competition- any different from junior meets?

I felt a lot more responsibility, it was quite a serious competition. Not everything worked out, of course. But I will try in the future.

The timing of the meet is rather unusual. January is the off season in gymnastics. How did that effect your preparation?

It was very hard – right after the New Year, to get back into the swing of things, you have to stick to your diet and routine to be able to be in decent shape. It’s tough. I had just one day off during the period– that was 1 January, of course. [Note: New Year is a big holiday in Russia, followed by Orthodox Russian Orthodox Christmas on 7 January.]

You performed your old floor routine (from 2010) here, yet you already showed a new one at the Massilia Cup last November. Can you clarify?

Yes, I went back to my old routine for this competition but I’m in the process of getting a new floor routine altogether. It will be different from the one I did in France as well.

Do you have say in your floor music?

Yes, I do. Either I select the music or my choreographer. My first coach is choosing my music for my new routine together with me.

You were a little under the radar in 2011 with only a few competitions- was that due to injury?

Yes (hesitates). I had a lot of injuries. it wasn’t an easy year, a transition period.

Ana Porgras (ROU)

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 was one of the few current Romanians to be able to score high on uneven bars, a traditional weak apparatus for the team.

In an interview with Prosport Porgras said that she doesn’t want to talk about the reasons she has quit gymnastics but there was a point in her life that she couldn’t continue with the sport. Injuries were a big reason for the retirement; her last elbow injury in December might seem like the last she could cope with. After returning from their training camp in France, she decided that it was time to retire.Her family and Adrian Stoica tried to change her mind, but Porgras said “I have no regrets (about the decision), if I said there is no going back, I’m not back”

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Krisztian Berki (HUN)

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 have automatic berths to the Olympics from Tokyo and who was eligible for this past week’s Visa International Gymnastics Test Event.

With the second qualifying event now in the books and the lists of qualified gymnasts officially announced, discussion has shifted to various scenarios regarding those who have qualified. In most cases, the answer is “no, the next best-ranked NOC from the Test Event will be invited.” Below, The All Around answers and clarifies some specific questions which have been raised.

Q. What happens if a qualified team renounces its spot?

A. The spot then goes to the next best ranked team from the Test Event.

Q. Do the Brazilian men still get to send an individual gymnast, since Hypolito and Zanetti are already qualified.

A. Yes. Each of the four teams ranked 5^th – 8^th at the Test Event may send the gymnast of their choice to the Olympics. The gymnast does not have to have competed at the 2011 World Championships or at the Test Event.

Q. Since Uchimura/Maroney/etc. won an event medal in Tokyo, do their respective teams have to include them?

A. No, the automatic berths were only for Tokyo medalists whose NOCs did not otherwise qualify as a team. NOCs with full teams qualified to the Olympics are under no obligation to include event medalists in their rosters.

Q. What if Hypolito isn’t recovered in time for the Olympics. Can Brazil send another gymnast in his place?

A. No. As in other cases when a spot is renounced, the next eligible NOC based on rankings at the Test Event will be invited.

Q. Penev/ Kosmidis has a better chance of a medal than Iovtchev/Maras. Can Bulgaria/Greece send the first gymnast instead.

A. No. Penev/Kosmidis, etc. weren’t at the Test Event, so cannot be substituted for the gymnast who was.

Q. What if Pichler and Jefferis are both injured; can Australia then send Sellathurai?

A. No. The places for individually qualified athletes are nominative and determined strictly by placing at the Test Event. If a gymnast/NOC is unable to participate in the Olympics, the place goes then goes to the first reserve gymnast, not to the NOC of the original gymnast.

However, for this particular scenario, it is very possible that the first reserve would not be called into action. The spot that Pichler/Jefferis has is the only one filled by a gymnast from Oceania. In order for continental quotas to be met, it is possible the spot would go to the next highest ranked Oceania athlete in CI of the 2011 World Championships, which is Misha Koudinov of New Zealand. If New Zealand also declined, the invitations would then be issued to the next eligible NOC, regardless of continent, from the Test Event.

Q. Who will receive the continental spots for Africa?

A. The FIG Olympic Qualification System specifies that if a continent is under-represented after the first and second Olympic Qualifications, “the best ranked gymnasts from the continent which is not represented as per the Individual ranking results of CI (all-around results) of the 1st Olympic Qualification will obtain a nominative quota place.”

The top-ranked NOCs from Africa in Tokyo were Egypt (Mohamed El Saharty) and Tunisia (Wajdi Bouallegue), followed by South Africa (Ryan Patterson), and Namibia (Robert Honiball) for the men. For the women’s competition, only South Africa (Ashleigh Heldsinger) Egypt (Salma Mahmoud) participated.

As covered in the question concerning Australia, if the continental quota is not filled, the next eligible NOC from the Test Event would be invited.

Q. Who is eligible for the Tripartite Commission Invitation?

A. MAG and WAG will each have one available space for a Tripartite Commission invitation. According to the Information Papers of the Tripartite Commission, invitations are given to NOCs with “an average of six (6) or less athletes at the last two editions of the Olympic Games. Only eligible NOCs are permitted to make a request for their best athletes in the sports offering Invitation places.”

To be considered, gymnasts from eligible NOCs must have participated at the 2011 World Championships and/or the Test Event. From information found, Bangladesh (Syque Caesar) and Monaco (Kevin Crovetto) appear to be the only NOCs in Tokyo meeting the six-or-less average requirement; if the Tripartite Commission doesn’t hold tightly to this requirement and instead has opened eligibility to NOCs with traditionally small delegations at the Olympics, a few more NOCs may be in consideration: perhaps Costa Rica and Peru for MAG and WAG, and Albania, El Salvador, and Namibia for MAG.

Tomorrow is the deadline for NOCs submitting their applications for the Tripartite Commission Invitations, with the decisions being confirmed to the NOCs between 1 May and 9 July. If no invitation is issued, the spot will be returned to FIG and allocated to the next best-ranked eligible gymnast from the Test Event.

Q. How is Houry Gebeshian (ARM) a reserve for the Olympics; she wasn’t at the Test Event.

A. The women’s Olympic field had more slots available for competitors and reserves than there were gymnasts at the Test Event. In that case, the list goes back to the next highest ranked gymnast from CI in Tokyo whose NOC was not already represented.

Tomas Gonzalez (CHI)

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 final medalists whose teams did not qualifying in Tokyo or at the Test earning spots to the Olympics. The remaining four teams and individual competitors were determined at the Test Event.

Three spots are still to be determined in both the men’s and women’s field: two to ensure representation for all continents (Africa is not otherwise represented) and one for the Tripartite Commission Invitation.

Following are the artistic qualifiers to the 2012 Olympic Games.

Vasiliki Millousi (GRE)

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: 6.6; E: 9.333) // 2nd: Kaz 1 1/2 (underrotated, fall). 14.600 (D: 6.6; E: 8.100, Pen -0.100). Average: 15.266

Artur Davtyan (ARM) – 1st: kaz 1 1/2 (big step to the side). 15.200 (D: 6.6; E: 8.9; Pen -0.300). // 2nd: Handspring 1 1/2 (nice form in the air, he has room to add 1/2 a twist). 15.700 (D: 6.2; E: 9.5). Average: 15.450

Kristian Thomas (GBR) -1st: Yurchenko 2 1/2 (near stuck, tiny hop to adjust position on landing). 15.933 (D: 6.6; E: 9.433, Pen: -0.100). // 2nd: Handspring double front (Roche) with big step forward.15.766 (D: 6.6, E: 9.166). Average: 15.849

Steven Legendre (USA) -handspring double front (Roche) with jump forward. 15.800 (D: 6.6; E: 9.200) // 2nd: Kaz 1 1/2 (jump to the side). 15.900 (D: 6.6; E: 9.333). Average: 15.866

Tomás González (CHI) – 1st: Yurchenko 2 1/2 (lovely line, nice form, jump forward). 15.900 (D: 6.6; E: 9.400, Pen -0,100) // 2nd: Tsukahara double pike off (fall forward, underrotated). 15.066 (D: 7.0; E: 8.066) Average: 15.483

Matthias Fahrig (GER) -1st. handspring double front (with good position on the air, jump forward). 15.900 (D: 6.6; E: 9.300) // 2nd: Tsukahara 2 1/2. 15.500 (D: 6.6; E: 9.000; Pen: -0.100). Average: 15.700

Rulsan Panteleymonov (RUS) – 1st: Handspring dobule front 1/2 off (Dragulescu), underrotated and fall forward. 14.700 (D: 7.0; E: 8.000, Pen: -0.300). // 2nd: Kaz 1 1/2 (open legs, step to the side, oob). 15.500. Average: 15.100

Igor Radivilov (UKR) -1st: Handspring double front 1/2 off (step back, nice height and distance). 16.033 (D: 7.0; E 9.133, Pen: -0.100) // 2nd: Tsukahara double pike (step back, near stuck). Great and powerful vaulter. 16.466 (D: 7.0; E: 9.466). Average: 16.249

1. Igor Radivilov 16.249
2. Steven Legendre 15.866
3. Kristian Thomas 15.849
4. Matthias Fahrig 15.700
5. Tomás González 15.483
6. Artur Davtyan 15.450
7. Isaac Botella 15.266
8. Ruslan Panteleymonov 15.100

WAG Balance Beam

Sui Lu (CHN) -front pike (fall), korbut, front 1/2 (secure), switch ring leap (slipped foot and fall over the beam), free aerial, stop, flic – pike pike (fall), turn in L, side somi, wolf jump – split jump, stop, sheep jump, switch leap – back tuck, ro – double pike off (faceplant). Overtime. A nightmare for her. 10.366 (D: 5.9; E: 4.566, Pen -0.100)

Marine Brevet (FRA) -scissone – split jump, switch leap – back tuck, free aerial – flic – layout (slightly bent knees), switch ring leap (couple of steps out of it), turn with leg at head, free cartwheel – side somi, ro – double pike off (fall backward to sit down). 13.666 (D: 5.8; E: 7.566)

Valeria Maksyuta (ISR)  tour jeté 1/2, -ro – layout to 2 feet (tiny check), free aerial, stop, free cartwheel, split – wolf jump, side somi (big wobble, saved), switch 1/1 leap (wobble), turn, ro – double pike off (legs apart). 14.300 (D: 5.8; E: 8.500)

Francesca de Agostini (ITA) -split jump – wolf jump, free aerial – flic – layout (wobble), switch ring leap (balance check), turn, front tuck, switch leap (lovely) – back tuck, ro – double pike off (step back). 14.133 (D: 5.6; E: 8.533)

Madeline Gardiner (CAN) -double cossak turn, switch leap (stop, step), switch 1/2 jump, jump sequence, onodi (check), free aerial – flic – whip (wobble), side somi, Gardiner, ro – double pike off (step back). 14.266 (D: 5.9; E: 8.366)

Carlotta Ferlito (ITA) -switch leap – back tuck, sheep jump (a bit low), flic – whip, turn to full turn with leg at head (wobble), free aerial – flic – layout, switch ring leap, split – scissone, ro – 2 1/2 (bent knees, step). 14.500 (D: 5.8; E: 8.700).

Yao Jinnan (CHN) -back tuck, flic – flic – layout to 2 feet (fall), switch leap – split jump, free aerial, stop, sheep jump (good), front tuck, turn with leg at head, switch ring leap, ro . double pike off (a bit low, hop forward). 13.500 (D: 5.8; E: 7.700)

Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) -ro – layout mount (secure), free cartwheel, switch leap (tiny wobble) – back tuck, sheep jump, sdie somi, switch ring leap – split jump – wolf jump (a bit low), free aerial – flic – layout, turn, ro – double pike off (stuck). Nice! 14.500 (D: 5.9; E: 8.6)

1. Vasiliki Millousi 14.500
1. Carlotta Ferlito 14.500
3. Valeria Maksyuta 14.300
4. Madeline Gardiner 14.266
5. De Agostini 14.133
6. Yao Jinnan 13.500
7. Marine Brevet 13.366
8. Sui Lu 10.366

MAG Parallel Bars

Kenneth Ikeda (CAN) -Felge, Felge 1/2 (stop, get over bars and fall), giant double back to arm support, straddle cut to HS, giant, Tippelt, hop 1/2, Diamidov to double pike off (several steps back). 12.800 (D: 4.7; E: 7.100)

Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) -Felge 1/2, Felge (hands andjustments), Felge, Tippelt, Healy, hop 1/2 to the side, hop 1/2, dobule pike off (jump back). 14.600 (D: 6.1, E: 8.500)

Daniel Keatings (GBR) -Felge, giant, straddle 5/4 front salto, Healy, Diamidov, hop 1/2, Felge to L-sit to HS, double pike off (step back). 14.533 (D: 5.7; E: 8.833)

Daniel Corral (MEX) – Felge 1/2, Felge, (hand adjustment), DIamidov, giant, giant to double back to arm support, Tippelt to arm support, Tippelt, double front off. 15.300 (D: 6.3; E: 9.000)

Masahiro Yoshida (JPN) -Felge 1/2, Felge, giant, straddle 5/4 salto,hop 1/2 to the side to kip to HS, double pike off (a bit low, big step forward) 14.800 (D: 6.2, E:8.600)

Roman Kulesza (POL) -Felge, Diamidov, gaint, Carballo (Tippelt to roll), Tippelt to empty salto hand support, kip to HS, Tippelt, Healy, double pike (big jump back). Great form and line. 14.766 (D: 6.0; E: 8.766)

Shoichi Yamamoto (JPN) -Felge 1/2, Felge, giant do double back to arm support, Tippelt, Healy, hop 1/2 to the side to kip to HS, straddle 5/4 salto forward, double pike off (step back). 14.866 (D: 6.5; E: 8.366)

Epke Zonderland (NED) – Felge, Tippelt, Pegan, Makuts, straddle 5/4 front salto, double pike off (hop).

1. Daniel Corral 15.300
2. Epke Zonderland 15.016
3. Shoichi Yamamoto 14.866
4. Masahiro Yoshida 14.800
5. Roman Kulesza 14.766
6. Oleg Vernaiev 14.600
7. Daniel Keatings 14.533
8. Kenneth Ikeda 12.800

WAG Floor Exercise

Sui Lu (CHN) -whip – 3/1 (jump back), 2 1/2 (step, no punc combination), triple turn, 1 1/2 – 1/1, switch ring leap, double turn with leg at head (unbalanced), double pike (step). 13.833 (D:5.6; E: 8.233)

Daniele Hypólito (BRA) -2 1/2 punch pike front, 1 1/2 – 1/1 (low, step to the side), double back – stag jump, double turn (unbalanced), double pike off (stuck).13.733 (D: 5.3; E: 8.433)

Marine Brevet (FRA) -double layout, 1 1/2 through double back (step back), switch ring leap, tour jeté 1/2, free aerial, 2/1 (hop), double turn with leg at head (beautiful), double pike (step back, close to oob). Good routine and choreography. 14.066 (D: 5.6; E: 8.466)

Daiane dos Santos (BRA) -full twisting double layout (hop back), front pike through double arabian (well landed), double layout (controled), turn with leg in L, tour jeté, double pike (step back). Good and well controled routine by her. 14.066 (D: 5.8; E: 8.266)

Carlotta Ferlito (ITA) -switch 1/1 leap, 3/1 (crossed legs, step), double back (jump back), switch ring leap , tour jeté 1/2, whip through 2/1 (stuck), double turn with leg at head (unbalanced), double pike off (stuck). 13.966 (D: 5.6; E: 8.366)

Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) -double double (hop), Tsukahara (step forward), switch 1/1, 1 1/2 – 1/1 (jump fwd), switch ring leap – tour jeté, double pike (jump back). 14.400 (D: 5.8; E: 8.600)

Victoria Moors(CAN) -double double (step back, oob), switch 1/1, 1 1/2 through 3/1, free aerial, switch leap, tour jeté, 2 1/2 (step), double back off (stuck). Wonderful choreography. 14.200 (D: 5.9; E: 8.400, Pen: -0.100)

Ana Lago (MEX) -double layout (hop to the side), double turn in L (a bit unbalanced), double back, switch leap – tour jeté, switch 1/1, front somi through 2/1, double pike (soft knees, squat landing). 13.866 (D; 5.6; E: 8.266)

1. Vanessa Ferrari 14.400
2. Victoria Moors 14.200
3. Marine Brevet 14.066
3. Daiane dos Santos 14.066
5. Carlotta Ferlito 13.966
6. Ana Lago 13.866
7. Sui Lu 13.833
8. Daniele Hypolito 13.733

MAG High Bar

Arnaud Willig (FRA) -one arm giant, Adler 1/1 – Yamawaki, Adler 1/2, layout Tkatchev, Adler, endo, double twisting double layout (big step forward, low). 14.733 (D: 6.1; E: 8.633)

Sergio Muñoz (ESP) -Yamawaki 1/2 (called the Muñoz, fall), Yamawaki, Rybalko, endo 1/1, Healy, double twisting double layout (stuck). 12.966 (D: 5.5; E: 7.466)

Daniel Purvis (GBR) -one arm giant, Adler 1/1 – Yamawaki, stadler 1/1, Rybalko, Adler 1/2, full twisting double layout off. 14.433

Jeffrey Wammes (NED) -endo 1/1, Healy, Adler 1/1 – Yamawaki, Adler 1/2 – Tkatchev 1/2, double twisting double layout. 14.866

Yann Cucherat (FRA) -Kovacs, Rybalko, Adler 1/1 (late turn and form break, fall), endo 1/1, Adler 1/2, Rybalko, full twisting double layout (jump forward). 13.433 (D: 6.0; E: 7.433)

Jossimar Calvo (COL) -Adler 1/2 (brek fromt) – layout Tkatchev 1/2, Adler 1/1 – Yamawaki, Kovacs, form break andd extra swing, triple twisting double layout (hand down, big step). 14.000 (D: 6.8; E: 7.200)

Kristian Thomas (GBR) -Adler 1/2 – layout Tkatchev, Adler 1/1 – Yamawaki, Tkatchev 1/2, full twisting double layout. 14.933 (D: 6.5; E: 8.433)

Fabián González (ESP) – Kolman, kovacs, Adler 1/1 – Yamawaki, Adler, endo 1/1, double twisting double layout (jump back) 14.866 (D: 6.5; E: 8.366)

1. Kristian Thomas 14.933
2. Fabian González 14.866
2. Jeffrey Wammes 14.866
4. Arnaud Willig 14.733
5. Daniel Purvis 14.433
6. Jossimar Calvo 14.000
7. Yann Cucherat 13.433
8. Sergio Muñoz 12.966

Arthur Zanetti (BRA)

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, so Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL), the first reserve, gets to compete.

MAG Floor

Daniel Purvis (GBR) – arabian double pike, 1 1/2 – 2/1, 2 1/2 – 1/1 (stuck), whip – Thomas, japanese HS, layout Thomas, double arabian (jump back).15.466 (D: 6.5, E: 8.966)

Jossimar Calvo (COL) – whip – double arabian (jump forward), 3 1/2, 2 1/2 – front full tucked, Fedorchenko, front 2 1/2, front 2/1 – barani (a bit low, hop), 3/1 (hop). Fast twister.14.533 (D: 6.4; E: 8.133)

Angel Ramos (PUR) – front full – front full (it was suppoed to be a front 2/1, I guess),  layout Thomas, 1 1/2 – barani, Fedorchenko (low), japanese HS, tucked Thomas, 2/1 (stuck), 2 1/2 (jump to the side). 13.833 (D: 5.6; E: 8.233)

Gael da Silva (FRA) – front 2/1 – barani, whip – layout Thomas, 2 1/2 – front full (underrotated), Thomas in tuck position, Fedorchenko, japanese HS, Tsukahara off (low chest, big jump forward). 14.833 (D: 6.2; E: 8.633).

Kristian Thomas (GBR) – front 2/1 – 1 3/4 fron to roll, arabian double pike (stuck) -  jump, 2 1/2 – front full (stuck), Fedorchenko, japanese HS, whip – layout 1 3/4 arabian to roll, double arabian off.15.333 (D: 6.3; E: 9.033).

Kieran Behan (IRL) -front 2/1 – barani, layout Thomas, Thomas (good stop), japanese HS, once again, side somi 1/1, 1 1/2 – 1/1, 2 1/2 off.14.900 (D:5.9; E:9.000)

Tomás González (CHI) – double double (stuck), front 2/1 – front full tucked, 2 1/2 – 1 1/2 (jump back), japanese HS (a bit off), cartwheel, whip – Thomas, layout Thomas, 3/1 (hop forward). 15.466 (D: 6.5; E: 8.966).

Isaac Botella (ESP) – arabian double pike (stuck), 1 1/2 – 2/1 (hop to the side), layout Thomas, Thomas, Fedorchenko, Japanese HS, 2 1/2 – front full (stuck), double arabian in tuck position (fall). 14.266 (D: 6.5; E: 7,760)

1. Daniel Purvis 15.466
2. Tomás González 15.466
3. Kristian Thomas 15.333
4. Kieran Behan 14.900
5. Gael da Silva 14.833
6. Jossimar Calvo 14.533
7. Isaac Botella 14.266
8. Angel Ramos 13.833

WAG Vault

Wyomi Masela (NED) – 1st: Yurchenko 2/1 14.533 // 2nd: handspring front 1/2 off. Average: 14.183

Anastasia Grishina (RUS) – 1st: Yurchenko 1 1/2 (fall, sit down).12.900 (D: 5.3; E: 7,600) // 2nd: ro – 1/2 on – pike off (fall). 12.366 (D: 4,8; E: 7.566). Average: 12.633

Giulia Steingruber (SUI) – 1st: Handspring front 1 1/2 off (piked down, hands touched the matt). 13.700 (D: 6.3; E: 7.500, Pen; -0,100). // 2nd: Tsukahara 1/1.13.833 (D: 5.2; E: 8.733, Pen: -0,100). Average: 13.766

Daniele Hypólito (BRA) – 1st: Yurchenko 1 1/2 (straight legged landing, step back). 14.000 (D: 5.3; E: 8.800, Pen: -0.100) // 2nd: ro – 1/2 off – pike 1/2 off.14.133 (D: 5,2; E: 8.933). Average: 14.066

Erika Fasana (ITA) – 1st: Yurchenko 2/1 (jump back). 14.583 (D: 5.8; E: 8,783) // 2nd: handspring front layout (fall, opens legs). 12.833 (D: 5.0; E: 7.833). Average: 13.708

Valeria Maksyuta (ISR) – 1st: Yurchenko 2/1 (late twisting technique, slightly bent knees, step to the side,oob).14.600 (D: 5.8; E: 8.800) // 2nd: handspring front pike 1/1 off. 14.600 (D: 5.900; E: 8.700). Average: 14.600

Jade Barbosa (BRA) – 1st: Yurchenko 2/1 (powerful, hop forward).14.966 (D: 5.8; E: 9.166) // 2nd: ro – 1/2 on – layout 1/2 off (big step back). 14.633 (D: 5.6, E: 9.033). Average: 14.799

1. Jade Barbosa 14.799
2. Valeria Maksyuta 14.600
3. Wyomi Masela 14.183
4. Daniele Hypolito 14.066
5. Giulia Steingruber 13.766
6. Erika Fasana 13.708
7. Anastasia Grishina 12.633

MAG Pommel  Horse

Max Whitlock (GBR) – stoclki – reverse stockli, russians on one pommle, stoclki on one pommle, spindle, Magyar, Sivado, Wu Guonian to triple russian, 1/1 pirouette dismount. 15.100 (D: 6.5, E: 8.600)

Daniel Corral (MEX) – shear to HS to change direction, work on one pommel, stockli, russian on one pomme, Wu GUonian, triple russian on the end (a bit low), Magyar, Sivaod, bent arm on HS to dismount (not sure it was his planned dismount). 14.666 (D: 5.8; E: 8.866)

Cyril Tommasone (FRA) -shear to HS, shear to HS again, scissor, russian on one pommel, stocklis, work on one handle, fall, russian travel to triple russian, Magyar, Sivado, 1/1 dismount. 13.833 (D: 6.5; E: 7.333)

Shoichi Yamamaoto (JPN) -shear to HS (hesitation, hand adjustment, open legs), russian on one handle, Magyar, Wu Guonian, triple russian, Sivaod, Tong Fei, scissor to change direction, bent arm on HS to dismount. 13.300 (D: 5.6; E: 7.700)

Alberto Busnari (ITA) -scissor 1/2 to the centre, stockli to change handle, stoclki, reverse stockli, russian on one handle, 2/1 straddle travelling, Magyar, 1 1/2 dismount. 14.791(D:6.4; E: 8.391)

Vid Hidvegi (HUN) -russian travel to triple russian, work on one handdle, stoclki, scissor to change direction, spindle, Magyar, Sivado, 2 1/2 off. 14.666 (D: 6.1; E: 8.566)

Louis Smith (GBR) -shear to HS, shear to HS again, work on one handdle, stoclki, reverse toclki to stocki, russian on one handle, spindle, Wu Guonian to triple russian a the end, better form than in qualifications, Magyar, Sivado, 3/1 straddle pirouette dismount. 15.700 (D: 6.9; E: 8.800)

Andrey Likhovitsky (BLR) – shear to HS, scissors, stoclki, stockli, reverse stoclki, russian on one handle, Tong Fei, spindle, Wu GUonian (legs open), Magyar, Sivado, 1/1 HS dismount. 14.966 (D: 6.4; E: 14.966)

1. Louis Smith 15.700
2. Max Whitlock 15.100
3. Andrey Likhovitsky 14.966
4. Alberto Busnari 14.791
5. Vid Hidvegi 14.666
6. Daniel Corral 14.666
7. Cyril Tommasone 13.833
8. Shoichi Yamamoto 13.300

WAG Uneven Bars

Anastasia Grishina (RUS) -kip to HS, toe on undershoot, kip to HS, in stalder 1/2 – piked Jaeger, kip to HS, in stalder, in stadler 1/1 – piked Tkatchev – Pake, kip to HS 1/2, undershoot, kip to HS, toe on 1/1 – Tsukahara off. 15.033 (D: 6.5; E: 8.533)

Yourna Dufournet (FRA) -kip to HS, toe on – shaposhnikova, dclear hip 1/1 – stadler Tkatchev – pak, kip to HS, stadler – shapsohnikova , clear hip 1/2, stadler 1/1 – Gienger, kip to HS (muscled, near stop), double layout (hop forward), 14.800 (D: 6.5; E: 8.300)

Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL) – clear hip – shaposhnikova, Bail, toe on undershoot, clear hip, clear hip 1/2 – Jaeger, kip to HS, Healy – double front off (step) 13.966 (D: 5.7, E: 8.266)

Rebecca Tunney (GBR) -hecht mount, kip to HS, in stalder, in stalder 1/2 – Jaeger, kip to HS, toe on – piked Tkatchev to Pak, kip to HS, toe on – shapohsnikova, Bail, stadler – undershoot, kipt to HS, giant 1/1 – Tsukahara off (big step forward). 14.266 (D: 6.3; E: 7.966)

Peng Peng Lee (CAN) -jump to HS, kip to HS, toe on 1/2 – Jaeger, kip to HS, toe on 1/1 -Bardjhaw, kip to HS, toe on, toe on – shapohsnikova 1/2, kip to HS, double layout (near stuck, but step back). 14.366 (D: 5.7, E: 8.666)

Nataliya Kononenko (UKR) -jump to HB, kip to HS, toe on 1/1 (late) – stalder Tkatchev to Pak, kip to HS, toe on – shaposhnikova, regrasp bars, kip to HS, Taktchev  1/2 – Jaeger, kip to HS, toe on, giant 1/2 – double front off (step forward).

Yao Jinnan (CHN) -kip to HS, stadler – shaposhnikkova – Pak, kip to HS, stadler, stadler – shaposhnikova 1/2, kip to HS, giant 1/2 , Lin 1/2 (late, form break, extra swing), Tkatchev, Lin, Ling (open legs), double layout off (stuck, tiny step back).

Kristina Vaculik (CAN) -kip to HS on low bar, toe on – shapsohnikova 1/2, kip to HS, toe on 1/1 – Tkatchev, kip to HS, Gienger (nice!), kip to HS, stadler, Bail, undershoot, kip to HS, giant 1/2, double fornt off (stuck).
1. Anastasia Grishina 15.033
2. Youna Dufournet 14.800
3. Yao Jinnan 14.500
4. Kristina Vaculik 14.466
5. Peng Peng Lee 14.366
6. Rebecca Tunney 14.266
7. Marta Pihan-Kulesza 13.966
8. Nataliya Kononenko 13.700

MAG Rings

Tommy Ramos (PUR) – roll to maltese, roll to cross to inverted cross, double pike front to maltese lower to cross, inverted cross, swining rings during handstand, giant, double layout (stuck). 15.100 (D: 6.4; E: 8.700)

Matteo Angioletti (ITA) -roll to maltese to planche to cross, double pike front to maltese (swining rings), lower to cross, planche (a bit low), giant, front giant, full twisting double layotu (step back). 14.933 (D: 6.4; E: 8.533)

Arthur Zanetti (BRA) -maltese to lower to maltese, planche to cross, bent arms in HS, double pike front to straddle planche, lower to cross, full twisting double layout (stuck). 15.533 (D: 6.5, E: 9.033)

Sergio Muñoz (ESP) -maltese, L-cross to inverted cross, double front to inverted cross, planche, swinging rings, L-cross to maltese, giant (slightly bent arms), full twisting double layout (a bit low, jump forward). 14.733 (D: 6.3; E: 8.433)

Nikita Ignatyev (RUS) -maltese, swing to maltese to cross, cross, roll to HS, dobule pike front to double front to HS, giant, full twisting double layout (step back). 14.866 (D: 6.3; E: 8.566)

Daniel Purvis (GBR) -cross, straddle planche, giant, double layout front to double front to double pike front to HS (slightly bent arms), double dobule off (step).14.766 (D: 6.1; E: 8.666)

Danny Rodrigues (FRA) -maltese, Molinari (V-sit cross) to inverted cross, double pike front to maltese to Rodrigues (inverted maltese), L-cross, giant, double layout off (jump back). 15.033 (D: 6.5; E: 8.533)

Matteo Morandi (ITA) -uprise to planche, maltese lower to cross, inverted cross, dobule pike front to double front to maltese, cross, front giant (legs a bit off), full twisting double layout (jump back),

1. Arthur Zanetti 15.533
2. Matteo Morandi 15.433
3. Tommy Ramos 15.100
4. Danny Rodrigues 15.033
5. Matteo Angioletti 14.933
6. Nikita Ignatyev 14.866
7. Daniel Purvis 14.766
8. Sergio Muñoz 14.733

Louis Smith (GBR)

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 D score. One of the skills he plans to include for the Olympics is the Kolyvanov. Asked about his goals for the Olympics, González said that he was not sure about doing the All Around in London despite his good placing here: “All depends on the rotation order, if I finish on floor, probably I won’t do the all around; if the order is favourable, I’ll see it.” On vault, he expects to have two competitive 7.0 vaults, including his Yurchenko 3/1.

Valeria Maksyuta (ISR)

The Ukranian-born Maksyuta told the media she wanted gold at the Olympics. When talking to us, she said she was training Yurchenko double backs “if my legs survive.”

Jade Barbosa (BRA)

She is training the Amanar (Yurchenko 2 1/2) again now that they have secured the Olympic qualification. She admits that the priority is to be top 8 in teams and make team finals. Floor upgrades are also in her mind.

Louis Smith (GBR)

“I have a lot more to offer than just the pommel horse, I train on four apparatus. I’m not just a specialist but it is a bonus that with my track record I could achieve a medal. But I can do more than one piece and be a valuable asset.”