Who doesn’t want to see amazing gymnastics? Here are some routines that stand out for one reason or another. Catherine Lyons (GBR), 2014 Junior Europeans, Floor Exercise Sanne Wevers (NED), 2013 Osijek World Cup, Balance Beam Claire Martin (FRA), Match Avoine 2014, Floor Exercise Eythora Thorsdottir (NED), 2013 Dutch Championships, Balance Beam Claudia Fragapane (GBR), 2014 European Championships,...
This weekend the 2014 National Qualifier was held at the Karolyi Ranch in Huntsville, Texas. The competition consisted of a compulsory session on Saturday and two optional sessions on Sunday. A new elite gymnast must score a 35 in the compulsory session and a 51 for juniors and 53 for seniors in the optional session to qualify for elite. Below is the list of gymnasts who were scheduled to compete...
Larisa Iordache from Romania was voted as the most attractive gymnast in the Women's European Championships in Sofia. Challengers for the title were also Vanessa Ferrari (ITA), Guilia Steingruber (SUI), Claire Martin (FRA), Aliya Mustafina (RUS), Catherine Lyons (GBR). "I am surprised and really happy to receive such a recognition. I didn't expect it! For me the most important thing was the competition,...
Olga Bulgakova, courtesy of RGF Key points of a short interview with Olga Bulgakova, Head Coach of the national junior team http://www.allsportinfo.ru/index.php?id=83100 They had expected a little better result on floor and vault. They need to review and change their tactics, work on the mistakes. Bars and beam were the most successful pieces. The girls reached their minimum targets. They...
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15 year old Maria Kharenkova saved the day for Russia with a well deserved gold medal on the beam this afternoon in Sofia. To the visible delight of team mate and captain Aliya Mustafina, who has supported Kharenkova right through this competition, Kharenkova went through her difficulty packed routine with very little error, converting her junior gold from two years ago into her first major...
The medal winners : Maria Kharenkova, Daria Spiridonova and Aliya Mustafina with team doctor Timonkin and head coach Grebyonkin (yes, it rhymes) http://wag.sofiagymnastics2014.com/en/news/item/111-quotes-of-the-day-seniors-18-05.html Aliya Mustafina (RUS), silver medallist beam: "I am extremely happy that Maria Kharenkova took the gold on beam. The competition was not easy for me because of my leg...
Picture credit RGF Aliya speaks in Sports Express http://news.sport-express.ru/2014-05-18/699607 I am very pleased with my performance today, I don't know what the judges didn't like about my bars, but I didn't ask them ... I did my routine fairly well without serious error. On beam I didn't have the start value but I received the highest execution score. We will try to fix that before the World...
Happy smiling face of Maria Kharenkova, courtesy RGF Maria talks to Allsport I am very pleased. However, I had expected silver, because I thought that I would not beat the Romanian Larisa Iordache. But I was able to do a good routine and surpass her. Beam is my best apparatus (smiles). ... I enjoyed it. This was the first time I had performed at a major competition, so it was not very...
. Due to a tie on the floor exercise, FIVE senior champions were crowned in the final day of women's competition at the 2014 European Championship! Giulia Steingruber (SUI), who qualified first to the vault final, proved that she deserved the title as she scored a 14.666 average for her Rudy and Yurchenko full.Anna Pavlova (AZE) took silver with a 14.583 average for her DTY and Yurchenko 1/2 on- layout...
Bars gold medallist Daria Skrypnik in Tuesday's qualification competition Russia continued their dominance of Europe's junior championships today by making a 1, 2 on uneven bars (Skrypnik, Melnikova) and a first place on beam (Melnikova). Britain took the remaining two medals in the power pieces of vault and floor. Tiny Seda Tutkhalyan (1999 born) gave her all here but was unlucky enough...
The junior women's event finals of the 2014 European Championships have wrapped up in Sofia, Bulgaria, with the seniors following this afternoon. (All results below via Sofia Gymnastics.) On vault, Ellie Downie (GBR) sailed past the competition to a commanding win with an average score of 14.633 for her DTY and half on, piked half off. Laura Jurca (ROU), who kicked off the competition, earned the...
The senior women's team final of the European Championships took place this afternoon, and it was Romania that came out victorious, with a final team score of 172.754 and the gold medal. Great Britain followed with a 170.633to take the silver, and Russia claimed bronze with a 169.329. Fourth through eighth places went to Germany (166.796), Italy (161.488), Spain (160.921), Belgium (160.728), and Switzerland...
Unless you have been hiding under a rock somewhere, you can't have failed to notice that Romania are now European Team Champions, with Britain in second place and Russia in third. Congratulations to everyone! These were well deserved medals. I personally think that winning the bronze was a great achievement for this inexperienced team. Aliya Mustafina proved that, even at 50%, she...
Photo credit: RGF An Allsport interview today with Aliya Mustafina : http://www.allsportinfo.ru/index.php?id=83075 'I think that we are to be congratulated on this bronze medal, we are more satisfied than frustrated', said Aliya Mustafina. 'We were a new team, all the girls are young, and it's their first time in such a serious competition. I think today we performed to the best of their ability....
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Angelina Melnikova, courtesy RGF It was a dominant performance by a strong and graceful young gymnast. Congratulations, Angelina! Seda had a few errors but will have gained experience here. She still has a chance to win a medal on Sunday in one of her event finals. Good luck to both gymnasts as the competition progresses. The incomparable Piibunina is posting videos as I type this - ...
Junior All-Around Finals At day three of competition from the 2014 European Championships Angelina Melnikova of Russia claimed the junior all-around gold with a 57.107, followed by Romania's Laura Jurca with a 55.698 for the silver, and Great Britain's Ellie Downie with a 55.332 for the bronze. Melnikova is only 14 years old and this was her first European Championships. Melnikova won gold earlier...
Great Britain has had a phenomenal start to the 2014 European Championships winning their first ever juniors team medal and receiving the highest team score for their seniors team in qualifications. Today, Ellie Downie made history again when she claimed Great Britain's first ever women's artistic gymnastics all-around medal in a European Championships. Ellie Downie finished the meet with a 55.332,...