Oh My Goodness!!!!!!! What an evening of Gymnastics at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex! WE HAVE CO-NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!! The University of Florida and University of Oklahoma share the 2014 Women's NCAA Team Title!!! This is Florida's back to back win whilst this is Oklahoma's first ever National Team honors. Congratulations must also go to Louisiana State University which records their...
The streamers have cleared for the 2014 NCAA Team competition, but there are still awards the need delivering in this year's Championships. Sunday, April 20 will be the final day of the meet as the top ranked gymnasts on each will contend to prove themselves as event champions. But before the official Event Finals get underway, we would like to propose our own list of routines that because of happenstance...
After over three months of fierce competition, countless hours in the practice gym, and two eventful semifinal rounds, the road to the National Championships ends for Super Six finalists Florida, Alabama, Oklahoma, Georga, LSU, and Nebraska. The Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex came alive tonight as fans watched the nation's best collegiete gymnasts leave their final marks on the 2014 NCAA...
The 2014 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Super Six is moments away! The 2014 Super Six Qualifiers are: 1. Florida 197.65 2. Alabama 197.65 3. Oklahoma 197.50 4. Georgia 197.30 5. LSU 197.10 6. Nebraska 197.10 Follow LIVE Updates including commentary, analysis, and scores from the Birmingham arena right HERE. Watch top competition videos all weekend in Gymnastike Gold right HERE. Click here to sign up for...
Just moments ago, the first round of competition wrapped up in the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex as the top NCAA women's gymnastics programs fought to advance to the 2014 NCAA Super Six. Oklahoma secured their spot taking first place with a 197.5. Stealing second was Georgia tallying an impressive 197.3, while LSU earned the coveted last position advancing them to Saturday's Finals Competition...
With the first semifinal round in the books for the 2014 NCAA Championships, we now also know who will move on to Sunday's event finals and receive All American honors. On the vault, Brandie Jay of Georgia takes top honors with a 9.95. Jay stuck an incredible yurchenko 1 1/2. Joining Jay in the event final and also earning the title of All American First Team includes: Lindsay Mable - Minnesota (9.9)...
Round two of the Championship competition just concluded at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center. After a heated day of competition, Florida and Alabama walk away in a dead tie with a team score or 197.65! After the tie breaker, Florida comes out in the top spot. And in a stunning turn of events, Nebraska snags the third spot with a 197.1 overtaking Utah in the last rotation for both teams....
As the second semifinal closes and Florida, Alabama, and Nebraska join Oklahoma, Georgia, and LSU for the Super Six, so too do more event finalists and All Americans join the ranks. These athletes will return to the arena Sunday, April 20 to fight for bragging rights as individual event champions. For vault, Katherine Grable of Arkansas and Olivia Courtney of UCLA tie for first in qualifying for the...
The 2014 NCAA Event Finals will begin Sunday, April 20 in Birmingham. After two semifinal rounds, here are this year's competitiors. Vault 1. Brandie Jay - Georgia - 9.95 1. Katherine Grable - Arkansas - 9.95 1. Olivia Courtney - UCLA - 9.95 watch routine here 2. Bridget Sloan - Florida - 9.925 2. Georgia Dabritz - Utah - 9.925 3. Lindsay Mable - Minnesota - 9.90 3. Lindsey Cheek - Georgia - 9.90 3....
With the conclusion of the semifinals, the 2014 All Around Champions are also known. Kim Jacob of Alabama takes the all around crown with a 39.625. 2013 defending champion Bridget Sloan of Florida suffered a fall on thee balance beam during the session two semifinal, pulling her out of contention for the title. Below is the full list of All Around All Americans and top finishers from tonight's competitions....
Komova - a prodigious talent for performance I have been pondering the nature of gymnastics talent recently, while viewing some videos of 1992 competitions on YouTube - you can find links to them if you like, by visiting RRG's Facebook page. What was it that made the Soviets so outstanding? In the videos, you will see three champions, side by side, each competing close to perfect routines almost...
As per Grishina’s Twitter, or VK, or whatever social media all the cool kids are using in Moscow these days. Komova has aggravated an old ankle injury, and gone to Germany for surgery. Russians love going to Germany for surgery. There will be no scaremongering here about whether this is the end of her career […] ...
The field for the Super Six Team Final which will take place tomorrow at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex is now known. Advancing from the First Semifinal will be session winner the University of Oklahoma as well as the University of Georgia and Louisiana State University. The University of Florida and University of Alabama tied to win the Second Semifinal and advance to the Super Six....
The 2014 Ljubljana World Challenge Cup is taking place from the 18th to the 20th of April at the Sportni park Tivoli in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The first day of finals take place today from 2.00pm (Local time) with the remaining finals being held on Sunday with competition also getting underway at 2.00pm (Local Time). Slovenia's own Teja Belak dominated in the Women's Vault qualification topping Croatia's...
The 2014 Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships will be taking place from the 12th to the 18th of May at the Arena Armeec Sofia Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria. Nominative registrations have been released and you can find the names below in the Subdivisions for Qualifications. For the full event programme see http://wag.sofiagymnastics2014.com/programme/programme-wag.html . SENIOR QUALIFICATION:...
American Gymnast has announced the opening of a brand new location based in Chesapeake, VA. The new office will operate as American Gymnast North and will be managed by Rick Walker, servicing customers throughout Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. Continue reading → Rating: 0.0/ 10 (0 votes cast) ...
Veteran Ekaterina Kramarenko will replace Viktoria Komova in Sofia next month Youth Olympic Champion, World and Olympic medallist Viktoria Komova has today personally confirmed that she will miss her much anticipated return to international competition. Speaking on the Russian gymnastics site at VK.com, Komova says that she sprained her foot in training right after Russian Championships and...
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This weekend marks the fourth trip to the NCAA Gymnastics Championships for the Illinois women's gymnastics team. It also marks the first consecutive appearances for the Fighting Illini as they also qualified to Championships last year. When asked about qualifying to Nationals for the second year in a row, Head Coach Kim Landrus said, "I just think it's exciting. It's another opportunity for this...
Gymnastics fans will have the opportunity to follow the NCAA women's gymnastics Championships like never before as Gymnastike Gold takes on the NCAA Championships! Below is the content schedule for Gymnastike Gold subscribers. Get ready for an incredible weekend of gymnastics coverage as we watch the Super Six unfold! Click here to sign up and watch the NCAA Championships like never before. Event...