All the time Gymnastics: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

First Russian Championship Video!

Here is Viktoria Komova's new bar routine from the Russian Championships! She did fall on her new piked tkatchev, but the routine is still very new and exciting!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

American Cup "Final" Roster

Here are the athletes to compete at the American Cup on March 5th.

1.	~~Kohei Uchimura~~
2.	Philipp Boy
3.	Jonathan Horton
4.	Nikolai Kuksenkov
5.	Daniel Purvis
6.	~~Lu Bo~~
7.	Sergei Khorokhordin
8.	Koji Uematsu
9.	Sam Hunter
10.	~~Alexander Shatilov~~
11.	~~Teng Haibin~~
12.	~~Kim Soo Myun~~
13.	Cyril Tommasone

1.	Aliya Mustafina
2.	~~Jiang Yuyuan~~
3.	~~Rebecca Bross~~
4.	Huang Qiushuang
5.	~~Ana Porgras~~
6.	Lauren Mitchell
7.	~~Tatiana Nabiyeva~~
8.	Ariella Käslin
9.	~~Raluca Haidu~~
10.	Jessica Lopez
11.	~~Vanessa Ferrari~~
12.	~~Elisabeth Seitz~~
13.	Alexandra Raisman
14.	~~Georgia Bonora~~
15.	~~Jade Barbosa~~
16.	Hannah Whelan
17.	~~Rie Tanaka~~
18.	~~Daniele Hypolito~~
19.	~~Celine van Gerner~~
20.	~~Marta Pihan-Kulesza~~
21.	~~Koko Tsurumi~~
22.	Nicole Hibbert

Anna Dementyeva wins Russian Championships

Anna won her first Russian Championships title in the all around on Wednesday. She had a score of 58.05, and her highest score was on floor with a 15.100. But is this with Russian bonus or no? And Anna Pavlova came in second, which puts her on the National Team! Her highest score was with her DTY for a 14.900. Alyona Polyan came in third with her highest score on floor for a 14.700. The two Yulias came in fourth and fifth, Inshina in fourth and Belokobilskaya in fifth. Yulia Belokobilskaya had the highest score on beam for a 14.550. She will be competing in Cottbus next month and will be in contention to win the beam title their as well as the beam title here in Penza. Yekaterina Kurbatova and Anna Myzdrikova gave us disappointing routines with scores in the twelves, tens, and Myzdrikova had a score of 9.500 on bars! That had always been her weakest event, but a nine, really? What the heck! Viktoria Komova competed on bars, beam, and floor. She had a 6.8 start value on bars and scored a 16.000. This is without Russian bonus, and with she scored 16.700. But she had trouble on beam and floor with scores of 13.750 and a 12.900 on floor. But Tatiana Nabieva had a very successful day scoring a 14.850 on vault and 15.050 on bars. She has also added her Nabieva, or toe- on layout tkatchev, back into her routine. The two Ksenias didn't compete, Ramilya Musina, and Anastasia Grishina didn't compete. Aliya Mustafina took part in podium training, but didn't compete so that she can rest for the American Cup on March 5th. Below is a link to the International Gymnastics Magazine Online for a article and the full results. And I will post videos as soon as they come out.

http://internationalgymnast.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2369:dementyeva-tops-pavlova-for-russian-title&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=164

1.	Anna Dementyeva	Samara/Moscow Oblast	13.950	14.650	14.350	15.100	58.050
2.	Anna Pavlova	Moscow Oblast	14.900	13.200	13.950	14.150	56.200
3.	Alyona Polyan	Ulyanovskaya	13.850	12.800	13.800	14.700	55.150
4.	Yulia Inshina	Voronezhskaya	13.550	13.850	13.000	14.700	55.100
5.	Yulia Belokobylskaya	Rostovskaya	13.700	11.950	14.550	14.500	54.700
6.	Maria Stepanova	Moscow Oblast	13.400	12.900	13.450	14.500	54.250
7.	Diana Sapronova	St. Petersburg	13.300	13.000	14.300	13.550	54.150
8.	Anastasia Novikova	Moscow	13.650	13.550	13.350	13.200	53.750
9.	Kristina Kruglikova	Voronezhskaya	14.000	13.550	12.550	13.350	53.450
10.	Maria Dunayeva	Leningradska	13.400	11.850	13.750	14.050	53.050
11.	Yekaterina Skorodumova	Ulyanovskaya	13.600	12.600	12.800	14.000	53.000
12.	Olga Bikmurzina	Mordovia	13.450	12.550	12.700	13.550	52.250
13.	Irina Sazonova	St. Petersburg	13.150	12.100	13.700	12.850	51.800
14.	Maria Smirnova	Mari-El	13.850	12.000	12.550	13.350	51.750
15.	Yekaterina Krylova	St. Petersburg	13.100	12.000	12.550	13.150	50.800
16.	Yelena Syrnikova	Moscow	12.250	11.500	13.200	13.300	50.250
17.	Maria Chibiskova	Moscow	13.300	10.750	12.100	13.650	49.800
18.	Tatiana Kirilova	Vologodskaya	12.400	11.400	12.800	12.400	49.000
19.	Olga Zemskova	St. Petersburg	12.650	12.000	11.750	12.400	48.800
20.	Maria Silyukova	Chuvashskaya	12.850	10.250	11.650	12.950	47.700
21.	Kristina Goryunova	Novgorodskaya	11.950	9.800	12.650	13.050	47.450
22.	Alla Sidorenko	Belgorodskaya	12.450	12.000	9.850	13.000	47.300
23.	Alexandra Telitsyna	Mari-El	13.650	8.550	12.500	12.550	47.250
24.	Kristina Antonova	Bashkortostan	12.850	11.200	12.100	10.950	47.100
25.	Daria Lavrushina	Ulyanovskaya	13.150	10.800	11.200	11.900	47.050
26.	Viktoria Ratnikova	Vologodskaya	12.750	10.400	11.500	12.150	46.800
27.	Veronika Terenteva	St. Petersburg	13.250	8.200	11.750	13.450	46.650
28.	Zhanna Toporova	Kaluzhskaya	12.900	10.400	11.800	11.500	46.600
28.	Alyona Cheboksarova	Vologodskaya	12.200	11.850	11.100	11.450	46.600
30.	Olesya Lebedeva	Voronezhskaya	13.000	9.400	11.950	12.000	46.350
31.	Kristina Vorotnikova	Chuvashskaya	12.250	10.250	11.400	12.000	45.900
32.	Kristina Beskromnaya	Krasnodarskky	12.200	10.850	11.400	11.200	45.650
33.	Yekaterina Tsvetkova	Komstromskaya	13.300	9.250	10.900	11.200	44.650
34.	Yana Sakha	Vladimirskaya	13.100	8.650	11.150	11.600	44.500
35.	Viktoria Komova	Voronezh/Moscow Oblast	0.000	16.700	13.750	12.900	43.350
36.	Maria Dergacheva	Rostovskaya	12.000	8.050	10.700	12.400	43.150
37.	Yulia Kondratenko	Krasnodarsky	12.800	7.500	10.500	12.150	42.950
38.	Francheska Yanaueva	Tyumenskaya	13.400	7.300	9.250	12.850	42.800
39.	Viktoria Scheglova	Chelyabinskaya	12.450	8.000	11.200	10.700	42.350
40.	Kristina Kravchenko	Chelyabinskaya	11.800	9.000	9.750	11.600	42.150
41.	Ksenia Astayeva	Chelyabinskaya	12.000	7.650	10.850	10.750	41.250
42.	Yekaterina Bryabrina	Chelyabinskaya	12.100	7.200	8.750	12.350	40.400
43.	Albina Abacharayeva	Rostovskaya	12.150	6.250	10.500	11.450	40.350
44.	Anna Myzdrikova	Moscow	13.750	9.500	0.000	13.950	37.200
45.	Daria Ignatova	Rostovskaya	0.000	10.350	11.550	12.450	34.350
46.	Tatiana Nabiyeva	St. Petersburg	14.850	15.050	0.000	0.000	29.900
47.	Yekaterina Kurbatova	Moscow	12.200	10.550	0.000	0.000	22.750
48.	Anastasia Cherepnina	Voronezhskaya	0.000	0.459	10.900	0.000	11.359

1.	Anna Dementyeva	Samara/Moscow Oblast	13.950	14.650	14.350	15.100	58.050
2.	Anna Pavlova	Moscow Oblast	14.900	13.200	13.950	14.150	56.200
3.	Alyona Polyan	Ulyanovskaya	13.850	12.800	13.800	14.700	55.150
4.	Yulia Inshina	Voronezhskaya	13.550	13.850	13.000	14.700	55.100
5.	Yulia Belokobylskaya	Rostovskaya	13.700	11.950	14.550	14.500	54.700
6.	Maria Stepanova	Moscow Oblast	13.400	12.900	13.450	14.500	54.250
7.	Diana Sapronova	St. Petersburg	13.300	13.000	14.300	13.550	54.150
8.	Anastasia Novikova	Moscow	13.650	13.550	13.350	13.200	53.750
9.	Kristina Kruglikova	Voronezhskaya	14.000	13.550	12.550	13.350	53.450
10.	Maria Dunayeva	Leningradska	13.400	11.850	13.750	14.050	53.050
11.	Yekaterina Skorodumova	Ulyanovskaya	13.600	12.600	12.800	14.000	53.000
12.	Olga Bikmurzina	Mordovia	13.450	12.550	12.700	13.550	52.250
13.	Irina Sazonova	St. Petersburg	13.150	12.100	13.700	12.850	51.800
14.	Maria Smirnova	Mari-El	13.850	12.000	12.550	13.350	51.750
15.	Yekaterina Krylova	St. Petersburg	13.100	12.000	12.550	13.150	50.800
16.	Yelena Syrnikova	Moscow	12.250	11.500	13.200	13.300	50.250
17.	Maria Chibiskova	Moscow	13.300	10.750	12.100	13.650	49.800
18.	Tatiana Kirilova	Vologodskaya	12.400	11.400	12.800	12.400	49.000
19.	Olga Zemskova	St. Petersburg	12.650	12.000	11.750	12.400	48.800
20.	Maria Silyukova	Chuvashskaya	12.850	10.250	11.650	12.950	47.700
21.	Kristina Goryunova	Novgorodskaya	11.950	9.800	12.650	13.050	47.450
22.	Alla Sidorenko	Belgorodskaya	12.450	12.000	9.850	13.000	47.300
23.	Alexandra Telitsyna	Mari-El	13.650	8.550	12.500	12.550	47.250
24.	Kristina Antonova	Bashkortostan	12.850	11.200	12.100	10.950	47.100
25.	Daria Lavrushina	Ulyanovskaya	13.150	10.800	11.200	11.900	47.050
26.	Viktoria Ratnikova	Vologodskaya	12.750	10.400	11.500	12.150	46.800
27.	Veronika Terenteva	St. Petersburg	13.250	8.200	11.750	13.450	46.650
28.	Zhanna Toporova	Kaluzhskaya	12.900	10.400	11.800	11.500	46.600
28.	Alyona Cheboksarova	Vologodskaya	12.200	11.850	11.100	11.450	46.600
30.	Olesya Lebedeva	Voronezhskaya	13.000	9.400	11.950	12.000	46.350
31.	Kristina Vorotnikova	Chuvashskaya	12.250	10.250	11.400	12.000	45.900
32.	Kristina Beskromnaya	Krasnodarskky	12.200	10.850	11.400	11.200	45.650
33.	Yekaterina Tsvetkova	Komstromskaya	13.300	9.250	10.900	11.200	44.650
34.	Yana Sakha	Vladimirskaya	13.100	8.650	11.150	11.600	44.500
35.	Viktoria Komova	Voronezh/Moscow Oblast	0.000	16.700	13.750	12.900	43.350
36.	Maria Dergacheva	Rostovskaya	12.000	8.050	10.700	12.400	43.150
37.	Yulia Kondratenko	Krasnodarsky	12.800	7.500	10.500	12.150	42.950
38.	Francheska Yanaueva	Tyumenskaya	13.400	7.300	9.250	12.850	42.800
39.	Viktoria Scheglova	Chelyabinskaya	12.450	8.000	11.200	10.700	42.350
40.	Kristina Kravchenko	Chelyabinskaya	11.800	9.000	9.750	11.600	42.150
41.	Ksenia Astayeva	Chelyabinskaya	12.000	7.650	10.850	10.750	41.250
42.	Yekaterina Bryabrina	Chelyabinskaya	12.100	7.200	8.750	12.350	40.400
43.	Albina Abacharayeva	Rostovskaya	12.150	6.250	10.500	11.450	40.350
44.	Anna Myzdrikova	Moscow	13.750	9.500	0.000	13.950	37.200
45.	Daria Ignatova	Rostovskaya	0.000	10.350	11.550	12.450	34.350
46.	Tatiana Nabiyeva	St. Petersburg	14.850	15.050	0.000	0.000	29.900
47.	Yekaterina Kurbatova	Moscow	12.200	10.550	0.000	0.000	22.750
48.	Anastasia Cherepnina	Voronezhskaya	0.000	0.459	10.900	0.000	11.359

Monday, February 21, 2011

Russian Championships and Cottbus Updates

The Russian Championships officially start on the twenty third with the qualifications and the all around. On the twenty fifth is the team final, and on the twenty seventh and twenty eighth are the event finals. Aliya Mustafina and Anastasia Grishina will not compete at the Championships, Aliya for unknown reason, and Anastasia is probably still out with a back injury. As you can see below, you can see the participant list for the Cottbus Challenger Cup. Apparently Yao Jinnan is not competing, but I am not sure why.

Ashleigh Brennan (AUS) – UB, BB, FX
Larissa Miller (AUS) – UB, BB, FX
Elisa Haemmerle (AUT) – AA
Katharina Fa (AUT) – AA
Aagje Vanwalleghem (BEL) – UB, BB
Gaelle Mys (BEL) – UB, BB, FX
Lin Versonnen (BEL) – VT, FX
Alina Sotnikava (BLR) – AA
Nastassia Marachkouskaya (BLR) – AA
Anysia Unick (CAN)
Celia Makarena Riquelme Leon (CHI) – FX
Makarena Pinto Adasme (CHI) – AA
Melany Cabrera Figueroa (CHI) – UB
Sixin Tan (CHN) – AA

Dina Madir (CRO) – AA
Ruzica Buzov (CRO) – AA
Jana Sikulova (CZE) – UB, BB, FX
Kristyna Palesova (CZE) – UB, BB, FX
Farida Ahmed Shokry (EGY) – AA
Sohyla Hisham Sobhy Hassan (EGY) – UB, BB, FX
Ainhoa Carmona Urbano (ESP) – UB, BB, FX
Cintia Rodriguez Rodriguez (ESP) – UB, BB, FX
Ida Laisi (FIN) – AA
Rosanna Ojala (FIN) – AA
Aurelie Malaussena (FRA) – AA
Mira Boumejmajen (FRA) – UB, BB
Sophia Serseri (FRA) – VT, FX
Jocelyn Hunt (GBR) – AA
Laura Edwards (GBR) – AA
Elisabeth Seitz (GER) – UB
Kim Bui (GER) – VT, UB, FX
Marie Sophie Hindermann (GER) – BB, FX
Oksana Chusovitina (GER) – VT, BB
Evgenia Zafeiraki (GRE) – VT
Stefani Bismpikou (GRE) – AA
Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) – UB, BB
Luca Diveky (HUN) – VT, UB
Renata Toth (HUN) – VT, BB, FX
Tunde Csillag (HUN) – UB, BB, FX
Roni Rabinovitz (ISR) – AA
Valeriia Maksiuta (ISR) – AA
Koko Tsurumi (JPN) – UB, BB
Kyoko Oshima (JPN) – UB, FX
Natsumi Sasada (JPN) – VT, BB, FX
Moldir Azimbay (KAZ) – UB, BB
Katja Bou Aram (LIB) – UB, BB, FX
Celine van Gerner (NED) – UB, BB, FX
Joy Rianne Goedkoop (NED) – AA
Yvette Moshage (NED) – VT
Haldis Naerum (NOR) – AA
Silje Katrine Dahlby (NOR) – AA
Gabriela Janik (POL) – UB, BB, FX
Joanna Skowronska (POL) – VT, UB
Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL) – VT, BB, FX
Alexandra Choon (POR) – UB, BB, FX
Ekaterina Kislinskaya (POR) – AA
Aljazy Al-Habshi (QAT) – AA
Shaden Wohdan (QAT) – AA
Ana Porgras (ROU) – UB, BB
Diana Chelaru (ROU) – VT, FX
Amelia Racea (ROU) – UB, BB
Sandra Izbasa (ROU) – VT, FX
Jennifer Khwela (RSA) – AA
Diana Sapronova (RUS) – BB
Ekaterina Kurbatova (RUS) – VT, UB
Irina Sazonova (RUS) – FX
Yulia Belokobylskaya (RUS) – UB, BB, FX
Adela Sajn (SLO) – BB, FX
Fiona Novak (SLO) – UB, BB
Ivana Kamnikar (SLO) – UB, FX
Tina Ribic (SLO) – VT
Giulia Steingruber (SUI) – VT, UB, FX
Jessica Diacci (SUI) – UB, BB, FX
Maria Homolova (SVK) – UB, BB, FX
Joanna Adlerteg (SWE) – AA
Veronica Wagner (SWE) – AA
Demet Mutlu (TUR) – AA
Ozlem Ozkan (TUR) – AA
Mariya Livchikova (UKR) – VT, BB, FX
Darya Elizarova (UZB) – UB, BB, FX
Diana Karimdjanova (UZB) – UB
Dilnoza Abdusalimova (UZB) – VT, BB
Yuliya Goreva (UZB) – VT, FX

It is nice to see so many countries competing, the only big top level gymnastics countries that are missing are the USA, Italy, Brazil, and of course North Korea, but for obvious reasons.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

WOGA Classic Videos

Here are some videos of the WOGA Classic. Katelyn's beam routine is absolutely HUGE!!!!!!! Madison Kocian does a stalder shaposhnikova with a half twist. Aliya Mustafina has competed this skill before, and it will be interesting to see if Aliya ever competes this at Worlds or the Olympics, because if she does, it will be named after her and not Madison. Some videos are low quality but here they are.

Katelyn Ohashi

Madison Kocian

Lizzy Leduc

And here are some links to routines on gymnastike

Irina Yashina

http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/238454-2011-WOGA-Classic/video/465015-Russia-Irina-Yashina

http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/238454-2011-WOGA-Classic/video/465071-Russia-Irina-Yashina

http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/238454-2011-WOGA-Classic/video/465051-Russia-Irina-Yashina

Anastasia Marchuk

http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/238454-2011-WOGA-Classic/video/465068-Russia-Anastasiya-Marchuk

http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/238454-2011-WOGA-Classic/video/465048-Russia-Anastasiya-Marchuk

Marine Brevet (highest beam score of all seniors)

http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/238454-2011-WOGA-Classic/video/465007-France-Marine-Brevet

http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/238454-2011-WOGA-Classic/video/465040-France-Marine-Brevet

Jordyn Wieber

http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/238454-2011-WOGA-Classic/video/465064-Gedderts-Jordyn-Wieber

Alexa Moreno

http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/238454-2011-WOGA-Classic/video/465067-Mexico-Alexa-Moreno

http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/238454-2011-WOGA-Classic/video/465084-Mexico-Alexa-Moreno

I will post more videos tommorow!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

WOGA Classic Results

WOGA had an extremely successful meet at there WOGA Classic. Katelyn Ohashi of WOGA won the junior title, while Marine Brevet of France won the senior title. Here are the results. It is not complete, but this is as much I could find. Results from the facebook page of International Gymnastics Magazine.

Team:
1. WOGA
2. France
3. GKs

Senior all around:
1. Marine Brevet FRA 55.250
2. Brandy Jay GKs 54.200
3. Briley Casanova WOGA 54.100
4. Sophia Lee WOGA
5. Anysia Unick CAN
6. Madeline Gardiner Can
7. Mira Boumejmajen FRA
8. Brenda Areli Medina Gym MEX

Senior event finals:
Vault- Brandy Jay
Bars- Jordyn Wieber
Beam- Marine Brevet
Floor- Anysia Unick

Junior all around:
1. Katelyn Ohashi WOGA 56.850
2. Madison Kocian WOGA 56.600
3. Arianna Guerra Stars 55.400
4. Mackenzie Brannan Capital
5. Victoria Moors CAN
6. Lizzy LeDuc WOGA
7. Anne Kuhn FRA

Junior event finals:
Vault- Madison Kocian
Bars- Katelyn Ohashi
Beam- Katelyn Ohashi
Floor- Madison Kocian

I will post videos when they come out.

My favorite Skills

One of my absolute favorite skills is the double front. especially on floor and beam, but they're cool on bars also. I don't know why this is one of my favorite skills, it just do! I also love them in combination, like a front whip into the double front. Here are some beam and floor routines with great double fronts! And Yelena Produnova's famous double front vault!

Yelena Produnova

Alona Kvasha

Alina Kozich

Jana Bieger

Rebecca Bross

Brenna Dowell

Friday, February 18, 2011

Who is this Girl?

When I saw this girl for the first time on floor exercise, I didn't think that she was that Powerful. But then I saw her on beam. She had a scary fall on the second day of competition, but on possibly the highest arabian that I have ever seen. And then she dismounts with the best and highest ariabian double front dismount, I'm actually convinced that she could be the first person to even perform an arabian double front in the piked position! And then I saw her bars. She needs to clean up her feet and toes, but does an amazingly beautiful Ricna into a high and floating pak salto. But she only does a 1.5Y, and I think that she could do a DTY though. This girls' name is Kennedy Baker, and she goes to Texas Dreams, obviously in Texas! Here are some videos of her routines at the 2010 Jr. Nationals.

Beam

Bars

Vault

Floor

What I think of the new World Cup Series

So as most gymnastics fans know, the FIG made some changes to the World Cup Circuit. Their are two type A World Cups, for the all around and event finals, and then type B World Cups, Challenger Cups, that are welcome to every gymnast. For the type A all around World Cups, the top eight gymnasts from the prior World Championships will come together and compete with each other, to see what progress there competitors have been making. If an athlete drops out, then the next placing gymnast will take there place. Their will be four of these competitions, they will be in Jacksonville, Florida, Glasgow, Great Britain, Stuttgart, Germany, and Tokyo, Japan. Then their are the event finals type A World Cups. It is extremely similar to the other type A World Cup. Their will be the eight finalists from the prior World Championships on that event, plus the top four highest placing gymnasts from the previous years World Cups. Obviously a gymnast cannot replace one of the top eight finalists, but if one of the four World Cup gymnasts pulls out, then the next placing gymnast will replace them, and so on. Their are two of these World Cups. They are going to be in Paris, France, and Moscow, Russia. Then their are the regular World Cups, that are now called type B World Cups, or Challenger Cups.

Here is the calender for the 2011 World Cup Series

March-
Type A American Cup Jacksonville, Florida: March 5, 2011
Type B Challenger Cup Cottbus, Germany: March 11-13, 2011
Type A World Cup Paris, France: March 19-20, 2011
Type B Challenger Cup Doha, Qatar: March 30- April 1, 2011

April-
Type A Glasgow Grand Prix, Great Britain: April 16, 2011

May-
Type A Moscow World Cup, Russia: May 13-14, 2011

September-
Type B Challenger Cup Ghent, Belgium: unsure of date
Type B Challenger Cup Maribor, Slovenia: unsure of date

November-
Type A World Cup Stuttgart, Germany: November 12-13, 2011
Type A World Cup Tokyo, Japan: November 26-27, 2011
Type B Challenger Cup Osijek, Croatia: unsure of date
Type B Challenger Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic: unsure of date

I personally think that the FIG made a good decision about changing the World Cup Series. This gives the gymnasts and the fans a chance to see how the gymnasts are comparing with each other before the World Championships come October. But it still gives you the opportunity to see the still great athletes that we wouldn't normally see at a major competitions either because of where they are from, or they are over shadowed by the extremely popular gymnasts. This is why I like the new World Cup Series.

If you click below, you can see a montage of the 2010 World Cup Circuit winners!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tzRssh_fwI

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Tan Sixin and Yao Jinnan going to Cottbus World Cup

Two extremely talented new seniors are going to the Cottbus World Cup next month. They are Tan Sixin and Yao Jinnan. Most gymnastics followers recognize the name Tan Sixin. She went to the Young Olympic Games last year and won four medals, silver in the all around and uneven bars final, plus two more gold medals in the beam and floor final. She is also the 2009 Chinese National Games champion the balance beam.She was just a junior still and defeated The world champion from that year Deng Linlin, and the very talented Sui Lu, plus her other teammate Cui Jie. But Yao Jinnan blasted on to the gymnastics scene last year at the Chinese Nationals, with a huge DTY, and a very difficult beam routine. How will they handle there first ever international meet as a senior? I hope they do extremely well, because they are both fabulous gymnasts.

Highlight Routines-
Tan Sixin Bars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIrzxSL-mc8
Tan Sixin Beam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG-ecpl0m8Q

Yao Jinnan Vault: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtziwPuTXI8
Yao Jinnan Beam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIOzyFyCV08

Welcome to my new Blog!

Hi! So I have been thinking about making my own blog for quite some time now. I always go on to everybody else's blog to look at new Gymnastics results, updates, or even there opinions. And I figured that since I'm so dedicated to this sport, I should make my own blog! I started to get serious about my gymnastics when I saw Nastia Liukin at the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships. I had of course seen the Olympics, but I had no idea their were other competitions. So I fell in love with the sport. And when I found out that you could look up gymnastics videos on YouTube, I was ecstatic! My first ever favorite gymnast was Anna Pavlova of Russia. And Russia, in my opinion, still have the best gymnasts. And then I found out about the Ukrainians and Belorussians and so on. Since then I have been in love with my Eastern European gymnastics. But I do love all gymnastics of course! I have a YouTube account, I am europegymfan123. I don't post videos, but I do go on everyday and favorite new and exciting routines. I will try to post as much as possible and I hope that you enjoy my blog!