Earlier today British Gymnastics announced the female gymnasts selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2014 artistic gymnastics European Championships held in Sofia from the 12-25th May. The senior team features a mix of experienced Olympians and up and coming stars hoping to make their mark on the big stage. 2014 British Champion and London Olympian Rebecca Tunney from the City of Liverpool...
Vietnam, People's Republic of Korea, Switzerland, win 2014 Osijek. Find here all the results and videos! The post Osijek 2014: Results, Report, Video appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
Eight gymnasts we have never quite got over not seeing compete at an Olympic Games. The post 8 Olympic Absentees We Mourn appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
1. Oklahoma finishes vault and the meet with a huge 198.175. 2. With Florida still finishing floor, all OU can do is sit and wait. 3. Florida anchor Bridgey Caquatto nails her floor routine. 4. Gator fans go wild. Bridgey needs a 9.975 for Florida to beat OU. 5. Bridgey scores a 9.95! Emotional senior Mackenzie Caquatto hugs her little sister. 6. But wait... that means Florida and OU have the same...
We have searched high and low and through thousands of photos to find our favorite leos and now is the time to make your voice heard! With your help, we have found our finalists and below are the winners from each day of competition. Take a glance through these beautiful leos and then vote at the bottom for the single best leo from all of NCAA Nationals. Polls close Thursday, May 1st at midnight so...
The 2014 Osijek World Challenge Cup took place from the 23rd to the 27th of April at the Hall "GRADSKI VRT" in Osijek, Croatia.Vietnam's PHAN Thi Ha Thanh won the Woman's Vault title over Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland and Slovenia's Teja Belak. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's HONG Un Jong who was third in Qualifications crashed her Cheng in the Final landing on her hands and knees...
The Leotard Fashion Police examine leotards from Jesolo, the Great Britain Championships, the Russian juniors and more in this edition of LFP. The post Leotard Fashion Police: Mixed 2014 appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
Isabel Zamora celebrates the Chinese gymnastics star, born in April. The post TCG Birthday Profile: Zhang Nan appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
It's that time of year again! (Actually, it's well past that time of year. "Funny things gymnastics commentators said in" sort of pieces are best run in December, and here it is the... ...
In a pre-NCAA Championships interview, Miss Val of UCLA turned the tables and posed an interesting question to the fans of Gymnastike: Should we change the rules and move to a 5-up, 5-count or 6-up, 6-count format in women's NCAA Gymnastics? Great question, Val! This topic has been debated back and forth throughout the years. Currently, women's NCAA gymnastics uses a 6-up, 5-count scoring system,...
Some great routines, beautiful choreography, new skills and epic saves and fails in a selection of videos from the gymnastics week. The post 18 Videos from the Gymnastics Week appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
The third and final day of NCAA competition concluded with event finals and there were tons leos to choose from. It was a tough call but below are my top six leos from the final day of the final meet of the 2014 NCAA season. Don't forget to vote at the bottom of the blog! The poll will close Sunday, April 27th at midnight. The winners from each day of competition will be combined so you can vote on...
Alabama senior Kim Jacob was named the 2014 Honda Sports Award winner for gymnastics. Jacob concluded her career by winning all-around at the NCAA Championships. She is an 11-time NCAA All-American, including four first-team honors in 2014, the most in the nation. "It was a huge honor just to be considered for this prestigious award, "Jacob said. "I remember when my teammate Kayla Hoffman earned The...
Nico Jackson writes: Two-time Olympic bronze-medalist, Anna Pavlova , won Azerbaijan’s first World Cup medal in artistic gymnastics by taking gold on uneven bars at the World Challenge Cup in Ljubljana, Slovenia this past weekend. In a fairly weak women’s field, Pavlova easily won gold with low difficulty but superb execution scoring 12.825 (4.5/8.325). To the surprise of many, ...
The hunt for the loveliest leo of the 2014 NCAA Nationals continues as we will look at the leos from the Super Six. This competition displayed the best of the best in gymnastics and I was impressed by the best of the best leotards as well! Below is my ranking of the leos from night two. Don't forget to vote at the bottom of the blog! The poll will close Sunday, April 27th at midnight. The winners...
Or some other shit pun. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. http://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=14082&prog=h As per USAG, Elizabeth Price is retiring from elite gymnastics and will be attending Stanford University later in the year. Price is the only watchable Parkette since forever, and is the current champion of Scam and various other world cup irrelevances. She also, as […] ...
The nominative list is out for the 2014 European Championships on May 12-25th in Sofia, Bulgaria. World and Olympic gold medalist Aliya Mustafina, will fight to defend her all around title in Sofia but will have to defeat a tough field including Vanessa Ferrari of Italy, Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland along with Larisa Iordache and Diana Bulimar of Romania. Last year's competition was an individual...
National Team member Elizabeth Price has retired from elite and plans to attend Stanford University this fall. Price has had a great start to the 2014 season and recently won all-around and the Pacific Rim Championships as well as all-around at the AT&T American Cup. Price performs some of the most difficult skills and routines in the world including her Amanar and her floor routine that starts...
Summary of a Sports Express interview with Andrei Rodionenko, by Aleksandra Vladimirova Russia's head gymnastics coach Andrei Rodionenko tells "Sports Express" who will represent Russia at the European Championships in Bulgaria and why most of the leaders of the women's team will not be able to perform at this tournament (which will be held in Sofia from 12 to 18 May). - Andrei Fedorovich,...
Ten-time All-American and Olympic silver medalist Samantha Peszek will return to the UCLA gymnastics team in 2015 for a fifth season. Peszek sat out the 2013 season with an Achilles injury and has one year of eligibility remaining. "The opportunity to do gymnastics one more year is a privilege for me, and I want to take advantage of it," Peszek said. "I love competing, I love performing,...