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2012 Cancun Classic starts this weekend
GymnasticsResults.com (USA) Jan 3, 2012
Famous mexican vacation city of Cancun is the place to be this weekend. Traditional first gymnastics meet of the year - Cancun Classic will take place in Hotel Hilton.

USA Gymnastics selects Orlando as U.S. city to bid for 2015 World Gymnastics Championships
usa-gymnastics.org (USA) April 29, 2011
USA Gymnastics has selected Orlando, Fla., as its candidate city for an official bid to host the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The World Championships would be held at the Amway Center, which opened to rave reviews in October 2010 and is undoubtedly one of the most technologically advanced buildings in the United States. The 2015 World Championships will serve as a qualifying event for the 2016 Olympic Games, scheduled for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

No. 1 UCLA gymnastics falls in season opener to Utah
Daily Bruin January 11, 2011
No. 1 gymnastics team loses to Utah, places second in Pac-10 Showcase after unsteady routines

Jacobson joins USA Gymnastics as T&T program director
2010 Dec 29 ♠ News-Sports.net (USA)
USA Gymnastics announced that Susan Jacobson of Penryn, Calif., has been named the program director for trampoline and tumbling, beginning Jan. 3, 2011.

USA Gymnastics names U.S. Women's Team for 2010 World Championships
2010 October 06

The members of the World Team, which includes a mixture of veterans and new faces, are:
* Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas/WOGA
* Mackenzie Caquatto of Naperville, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics
* Chelsea Davis of Lakeway, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics
* Mattie Larson of Los Angeles, Calif./All Olympia
* Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics
* Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics
* Bridget Sloan of Pittsboro, Ind./Sharp's Gymnastics Academy

New sport on Gymnastics Horizon?

Our friend Marco van Geloven from Netherlands introduced us to a new gymnastics sport. Pole Gymnastics is a combination of acrobatics and free artistic pole dancing. It is like an exercise in gymnastics with a rhythmic gymnastics. The components consist of presentations, floor exercise and pole acrobatics. Gymnastic Pole has emerged from the artistic pole dancing and the name changed because of the erotic charge to the name pole dancing sticks. The Pole Gymnastic mentioning is clear to everyone that it is an artistic and acrobatic sports are without any form of eroticism. Gymnastic Pole, like other sports turn a good basis for movement and is also suitable for youth.

More about Pole Gymnastics

For more information and to see video from Pole Gymnastics competition visit: Pole Gymnastics Academy website

USA Gymnastics names U.S. Women’s Team for 2010 World Championships
2010 October 06

The members of the World Team, which includes a mixture of veterans and new faces, are:
* Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas/WOGA
* Mackenzie Caquatto of Naperville, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics
* Chelsea Davis of Lakeway, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics
* Mattie Larson of Los Angeles, Calif./All Olympia
* Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics
* Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics
* Bridget Sloan of Pittsboro, Ind./Sharp's Gymnastics Academy

Zak Kerkoulas broke Guinness World Record
39.23 sec holding cross on rings

Congratulations!!!

Attempt to break Guinness World Record holding cross on the rings
2010 August 27

I wanted to let GymnasticsNet.com know that today, at the Field House at Chelsea Piers in NYC at 1:45 pm this afternoon, one of our gymnastics coaches Zak Kerkoulas is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest time holding the iron cross on the rings. We're pretty excited about it over here!

Jenna Weinerman
Marketing and PR Coordinator Chelsea Piers Management
New York, NY 10011

USA Gymnastics names 2010 U.S. Men’s National Teams
2010 August 13 ♠ usa-gymnastics.org (USA)
Senior National Team
Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas/University of Oklahoma
Alex Buscaglia, Cary, Ill./Stanford University
Chris Cameron, Winter Haven, Fla./University of Michigan
Jake Dalton, Sparks, Nev./University of Oklahoma
Bryan Del Castillo, Laguna Niguel, Calif./Cal-Berkeley
Wesley Haagensen of Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Olympic Training Center
RJ Heflin, Houston, Texas/HGA GymMasters
Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas/Cypress Academy
Glen Ishino, Santa Ana, Calif./Cal-Berkeley
Steven Legendre of Flower Mound, Texas/University of Oklahoma
Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla./Universal
Tim McNeil of Falls Church, Va./USOTC
Alexander Naddour, Mesa, Ariz./University of Oklahoma
Paul Ruggeri, Manlius, N.Y./University of Illinois
Brandon Wynn, Vorhees, N.J./Ohio State

Junior National Team 16-18
Dylan Akers, Kingwood, Texas/Cypress Academy
Wyatt Aycock, Orlando, Fla./Orlando Metro
CJ Maestas, Corrales, N.M./Gold Cup
Sam Mikulak, Corona del Mar, Calif./SCATS HB
Cale Robinson, Harriman, Tenn./Premier Athletics
Jacoby Rubin, Buffalo Grove, Ill./Buffalo Grove
Jordan Valdez, Louisville, Colo./Champion Gymnastics

Junior National Team 14-15
Jonathan Deaton, Longmeadow, Mass./Daggett’s
Adrian de los Angeles, Long Beach, Calif./SCATS HB
Stacey Ervin, Taylor, Mich./Mills
Kevin Ko, El Cerrito, Calif./Golden Bear
Jake Martin, Oviedo, Fla./Orlando Metro
Sean Melton, Orlando, Fla./Orlando Metro
Timothy Wang, Riverside, Calif./South Coast

Jonathan Horton wins all-around VISA Championships
2010 August 13 ♠ GymnasticsResults.com (USA)
Jonathan Horton was crowned U.S. men's gymnastics champion for a second straight year, beating Danell Leyva by 2.3 points.
Schedule and Results

U.S. gymnasts receive their bronze medals a decade late
2010 August 12 ♠ washingtonpost.com (USA)
It wasn't until this past April - when the International Olympic Committee disqualified the third-place Chinese because of an underage competitor - that they learned they would finally receive the medals they failed to bring back a decade earlier.

USA Gymnastics awards Visa Championships to Saint Paul, St. Louis
2010 August 5 ♠ USA Gymnastics (USA)
USA Gymnastics has awarded the Visa Championships, the national governing body’s premier annual championships, to Saint Paul, Minn., and St. Louis, Mo., in 2011 and 2012, respectively.

Youth Olympic Games Singapore (SIN) 2010 Aug 14-26

Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Porto (POR) Jun 18-20

35th Memorial Joaquim Blume Barcelona ESP 2010 Jun 5

UCLA gymnastics wins sixth NCAA championship title
2010 April 23 ♠ Daily Bruin (USA)
Leading the competition from the very beginning, the UCLA scored a 197.725 to claim its sixth NCAA gymnastics championship title and UCLA's 105th NCAA championship. The Bruins won three of four events to comfortably win the title, defeating second-place finisher Oklahoma by nearly half a point.

NCAA: No. 2 Oklahoma knocks off no. 1 Alabama
2010 March 5 ♠ Examiner.com (USA)
The team made school history three times Friday night. It toppled no. 1 Alabama, the first time the SOoners have ever upset a no. 1 opponent. Secondly, a crowd of 2,529 -- the most fans ever to turn out at an OU women's gymnastics meet -- came to watch them do it. Thirdly, the team set a new school record, 197.95, bettering the old school record 197.725. Alabama kept things close the entire meet and ended with 197.275. It is the fifth time this season the Crimson Tide have posted a score higher than 197.

Olympic Medal of Underage Chinese Gymnast Revoked
2010 Feb 27 ♠ FIG
In the case of Dong Fangxiao, the Executive Committee constituted that there was a violation to the FIG Statutes and Regulations. Consequently, the results obtained by Dong Fangxiao at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games have been cancelled. The FIG Executive Committee decision was forwarded to the IOC Executive Board with the recommendation to withdraw the Bronze medal obtained by the Chinese Team including the results of Dong Fangxiao in Sydney. In addition, the FIG Executive Committee pronounced the cancellation of all results obtained by Dong Fangxiao at the 34th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 1999 in Tianjin (CHN), of all results obtained at the FIG World Cup Series 1999 - 2000 and at the Artistic Gymnastics 2000 World Cup Final in Glasgow (GBR) The costs of the disciplinary procedure are awarded to the Chinese Gymnastics Association.

Portugal reinstated
2010 Feb 23 ♠ FIG
Suspended on February 16, 2010 for having failed to fulfil its financial obligations, the Portuguese Gymnastics Federation has settled with organisers of the World Championship and Age Group competitions in St Petersburg (RUS) 2009. As a result, the FIG has lifted its suspension effective immediately.

International Tournament of Madeira in Gymnastics Cancelled
2010 Feb 22 ♠ agim-madeira.com
The Madeira Gymnastics Association regrets to inform that at the moment we do not have enough safety conditions to hold the 14th International Gymnastics Tournament in Madeira.
As you may know Madeira Island has suffered a terrible tragedy on the last 20th February which paralyzed the city of Funchal and caused many difficulties and uncertainties regarding the effective organization of the tournament.
It was our intention until the last minute providing all the efforts to organize this competition. However the regional authorities of Madeira, Particularly the Regional Government, informed us that at this moment there are not gathered all the effective means and conditions to hold it.

Suspension of the Portuguese Federation
2010 Feb 16 ♠ FIG
The FIG has decided to suspend the Portuguese Gymnastics Federation due to non payment of their financial dues. The dispute is about important debts due to the Trampoline World Championships organisers and to the organisers of World Age Groups Competitions in 2009 in St-Petersburg (RUS). The sanction was pronounced after numerous warnings and upon termination of the probative period.

OU Women's Gymnastics Jumps to No. 1
2010 Feb 08 ♠ Soonersports.com (USA)
The University of Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team ascended to No. 1 nationally in the latest Troester rankings released Monday, marking the first time in the program’s 30-year history that the Sooners have accomplished the feat. OU overtook Alabama in the latest poll, marking the first women’s sport at Oklahoma to be ranked No. 1 during the regular season.

Women's Gymnastics: Gymnasts set season highs in victory
2010 Feb 08 ♠ The Daily Collegian (USA)
A 49.150 on the floor exercise gave the Lions a 196.425, their best team score of the season. Illinois, which closed the meet with a 48.925 on the beam, also totaled a season-best score of 196.275. However, it was not enough to top Penn State, which has improved its score in each of its five meets this season.

No. 1 Ranked Gymnastics Falls to No. 12 LSU in Baton Rouge, 196.425-196.050
2010 Feb 05 ♠ Rolltide.com (USA)
"I've said all along that the competition in the Southeastern Conference is such that you can't afford to have a mistake and expect to win," Alabama head coach Sarah Patterson. "It was apparent from the moment we walked into the arena that LSU was on a mission, and the target was clearly on our back. Their coaching staff remarked that they had not had a great performance this season and tonight they were outstanding and I give credit to them and their coaching staff."

2010 Feb 04 ♠ 2010 Winter Cup Challenge in Las Vegas

Prelims			FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1	Christopher Brooks	Oklahoma	14.400	12.550	14.650	16.300	14.800	15.600	88.300
2	Jonathan Horton	Cypress Academy	13.850	13.900	14.700	15.750	13.150	15.150	86.500
3	Danell Leyva	Universal	13.550	13.900	14.250	15.200	15.400	13.800	86.100

Results

Ex-gymnasts take it to the world's aerialists
2010 Feb 01 ♠ gymnastics.org.au (AUS)
The 2010 [Australian] Olympic Aerial team has been selected and features four ex-gymnasts. The team was was announced on the 25th January. Congratulations and best wishes to:
Liz Gardner (29), Melbourne, VIC - Jets Gymnastics Club
Lydia Lassila (28), Melbourne, VIC - Niddrie & MLC Gymnastics Club
Bree Munro (28), Melbourne, VIC - Cheltenham/VIS
David Morris (25), Melbourne, VIC - Nunawading Gymnastics Club

Bruins Near Season-High Team Score In Win Over Arizona State
2010 Jan 31 ♠ UCLABruins.com (CAN)
The UCLA Gymnastics team recorded season-high marks on three events and came within .05 of its season-high team total in a 196.55-193.475 victory over Arizona State on Sunday afternoon. The Bruins had nine scores of 9.9 or better and earned season-highs of 49.475 on floor and 49.35 on vault and bars.

Olympic champ dominates rhythmic gymnastics event
2010 Jan 31 ♠ Vancouver Sun (CAN)
"I made a lot of mistakes, but it’s very early in the season, and I’m looking forward to working hard on all my routines to make them better," Kanaeva, who swept all four events in the qualifications, said in a statement.

Morgan leads Tide to big win
2010 Jan 31 ♠ Tidesports.com (USA)
The No. 1 University of Alabama gymnastics team posted its second highest score of the season, a 196.6 Saturday night to beat the No. 19 Penn State Nittany Lions (196.025) and No. 23 Minnesota Golden Gophers (192.825) in front of 2,046 fans in Rec Hall.

AU GYMNASTICS: Tigers finally get past five-time defending champion Gym Dogs
2010 Jan 30 ♠ Opelika Auburn News (USA)
Since the season began, Auburn gymnasts and Thompson have both cited the importance of focusing on "the process" of improvement instead of wins and losses, which, in gymnastics, carry little weight at this time of the season. It’s a strategy Yoculan introduced to the Thompsons and one they’ve completely absorbed

Birmingham 2010: First Figures released; Media Accreditation opened
2010 Jan 29 ♠ British Gymnastics (GBR)
  The first figures released by the UEG after the deadline for Men’s Definitive Entries expired are as follows: There will be 40 countries represented in Birmingham with 316 male gymnasts taking part (161 Seniors and 155 Juniors) and 283 female gymnasts (147 Seniors and 136 Juniors); overall number of the participating gymnasts will be 599.

Utah gymnastics: Utes take to the road
2010 Jan 28 ♠ Salt Lake Tribune (USA)
  The No. 3 Utes, who beat Georgia in front of an NCAA-record crowd 15,552, know there will be far fewer fans in the stands tonight when they compete against the No. 24 Huskies. They'll have to manufacture their own energy, which sometimes can be hard to do they say.

Crimson Tide gymnastics jumps to No. 1
2010 Jan 26 ♠ TideSports.com (USA)
  The University of Alabama gymnastics team stormed its way to No. 1 in this week’s rankings after its dominating performance against Arkansas last Friday night. The Crimson Tide scored a season-high 197.45, the highest score any team has posted this season by eight-tenths of a point, defeating the Lady Razorbacks by almost two full points.

Stanford women earn important gymnastics victory over top-ranked UCLA
2010 Jan 24 ♠ Palo Alto Online (USA)
  Six-time All-America Carly Janiga won two events, established one career high and tied another, to lift the eighth-ranked Stanford women's gymnastics team past No. 1 UCLA, 196.425-195.825, in front of a standing-room only crowd of 1,503 at Burnham Pavilion on Sunday.

NCAA: Utah takes down Georgia, Alabama posts NCAA high score
2010 Jan 23 ♠ Examiner.com (USA)
  A total of 15,552 people came to watch the oldest rivalry in college gymnastics play itself out in Salt Lake City Friday night. It was a record crowd even at Utah, where gymnastics is one of the biggest school sports. The visitor was Georgia, a team Utah has been second to way more times than it cares to count. But last night, the Utes got the better of the Gym Dogs, tallying 196.55-196.5.

Gymnastics Beats Arkansas, 197.450-195.500
2010 Jan 22 ♠ Rolltide.com (USA)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The No. 3 ranked Alabama Gymnastics team came away with its best score of the season by more than a point, downing No. 7 Arkansas, 197.450-195.500, in front of 13,506 fans. Alabama is now 3-0 overall and in Southeastern Conference competition. Arkansas falls to 1-2, 0-2 SEC.

Utah gymnastics: Close, very close
2010 Jan 22 ♠ Salt Lake Tribune (USA)
The win was Utah's first over the Gym Dogs since 2008 and gave the Utes a 6-5 advantage against their rival in regular-season meetings.

"I feel a strong motivation" Interview of the president of the UEG.
2010 Jan 20 ♠ European Gymnastics Federation
On November 7th, 2009, Georges Guelzec (FRA) was elected President of the UEG with 24 votes; the former president, Dimitrios Dimitropoulos (GRE), obtained 22 votes. On January 23rd, 2010 the official transmission of authority from the former to the new UEG authorities will be organized in Vienna (AUT). It is time to better get to know the new President of the UEG.

This Week in Pac-10 Women's Gymnastics
2010 Jan 20 ♠ Pac 10 (USA)
Friday, January 22
No. 1 UCLA/San Jose State at CALIFORNIA, 7:30 p.m. PT
No. 20 WASHINGTON at No. 5 OREGON STATE, 7 p.m. PT

Sunday, January 24
No. 24 ARIZONA at ARIZONA STATE, 2 p.m. MT
No. 1 UCLA at No. 8 STANFORD, 2 p.m. MT

M. Gymnastics: No. 1 Stanford demolishes Cal in Berkeley
2010 Jan 20 ♠ The Stanford Daily (USA)
  The No. 1 ranked Stanford men’s gymnastics team started its season with a crucial win over No. 2 Cal in the Haas Pavilion last Friday in Berkeley, Calif. The Cardinal beat the Golden Bears by over 11 points, with a combined team score of 352.75 to Cal’s 340.10 — a considerably large margin to win by in the gymnastics realm.

Oregon State gymnastics goes international
2010 Jan 19 ♠ Corvallis Gazette Times (USA)
  Five international athletes are on the team, three from Canada and two from Australia. They bring different cultures and accents, but most importantly they are elite gymnasts looking for the U.S. experience.

First 4 gymnasts selected to compete in 2010 Nastia Liukin Cup
2010 Jan 18 ♠ USA Gymnastics (USA)
  The first four gymnasts for the 2010 Nastia Liukin Cup were chosen over the weekend at the CGA Parents Club Coaches Spectacular in Covington, Ky., and the John Macready and John Roethlisberger’s Flip Fest Invitational, in Knoxville, Tenn. The four are: Amelia Hundley of Hamilton, Ohio, Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, Lexie Priessman of Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, Stephani Canizaro of Nesbit, Miss., Memphis GymStars and Pauline Hanset of Knoxville, Tenn., Premier Athletics Knoxville.

UNH gymnasts improve to 4-0
2010 Jan 18 ♠ Daily Illini (USA)
  The University of New Hampshire women's gymnastics team posted a team score of 195.0 to improve to 4-0 on the season and win its own UNH Invitational in front of 927 fans in Lundholm Gymnasium on Sunday. The Wildcats were followed in second place by Ball State (192.850), then Utah State (191.650) and Yale (186.525).

Men’s gymnastics head coach Spring after win: "We should be ranked No. 1"
2010 Jan 17 ♠ Daily Illini (USA)
  Preseason rankings are a loose guideline for the expected results of any given sport. The No. 5 Illinois men’s gymnastics team proved the rankings wrong Saturday night, head coach Justin Spring said, as it posted the nation’s highest score of the weekend at the 40th annual Windy City Invitational in Chicago.

Gymnasts Get Win at Ohio State, Pay Big Price
2010 Jan 16 ♠ Osubeavers.com (USA)
  The Oregon State gymnastics team continued its strong start to the 2010 season with another convincing win over another Big Ten team, this time at Ohio State, 196.125-193.050. The Beavers swept the individual awards and Mandi Rodriguez won the all-around competition with a score of 39.350.

Ute Gymnasts Hold Off Iowa State Before 12,605
2010 Jan 15 ♠ Utahutes.cstv.com (USA)
  The No. 11 ranked Utah gymnasts needed a big finish to hold off No. 21-ranked Iowa State team, 196.300-195.350, before a crowd of 12,605 in the Huntsman Center. Trailing with just three routines left to perform, the Utes turned it on and slipped past the surprising Cyclones.

UCLA Gymnasts Defeat Washington, 196.125-194.875
2010 Jan 15 ♠ Uclabruins.com (USA)
  Top-ranked UCLA improved to 2-0 with a 196.125-194.875 dual meet victory over 19th-ranked Washington in Seattle on Friday night. Bruin gymnasts took first place on every event, and senior Anna Li tied for first in the all-around, along with earning first-place honors on bars and beam.

Alabama Gymnastics Beats Georgia, 196.275-195.500
2010 Jan 15 ♠ Rolltide.com (USA)
  "Nobody was perfect but I told the ladies after the uneven bars that it was going to come down to who fought the most," Alabama head coach Sarah Patterson said. "I think our ladies got stronger as the meet went on. I can't say enough about Ricki Lebegern. She led us off on three events and she set the tone for our team with that balance routine and that floor exercise."

Gym Dogs, minus Yoculan, visit Tide tonight
2010 Jan 15 ♠ Montgomery Advertiser (USA)
  For the past several years, the annual gymnastics meeting between Georgia and Alabama was as much about the coaches as it was the participants. Sarah Patterson vs. Suzanne Yoculan. It had all the drama of a championship rematch in boxing or a football game involving Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden.

Florida looks to rebound in gymnastics home opener
2010 Jan 14 ♠ Gatorsports.com (USA)
  Coming off a disappointing, season-opening performance last week on the road in a loss against then-No. 9 Oklahoma, UF (0-1) has plenty of motivation to perform better. Throw in the fact that this is the SEC and home opener and comes against a team that defeated Florida for the first time ever in dual meet competition last year in Fayetteville, and it’s easy to see why coach Rhonda Faehn’s 2010 squad is pumped.

Top-ranked Cardinal men seek repeat in NCAA gymnastics
2010 Jan 14 ♠ Palo Alto Online (USA)
  The Stanford men's gymnastics team reached the top last year. The mission for this season is to work toward staying there. The top-ranked Cardinal starts its journey in Berkeley on Friday with a meet against second-ranked California at 7:30 p.m.

Utes Gymnastics team loses its opener to UCLA
2010 Jan 09 ♠ ABC 4 Los Angeles (USA)
  The 2nd ranked Utah gymnastics team opened its season on the road on Saturday, losing to 5th ranked UCLA 196.600-195.125. The Red Rocks had several falls and several shaky routines, and never threatened the Bruins.

Tide opens season with a victory over Auburn
2010 Jan 09 ♠ TideSports.com (USA)
  AUBURN | The Alabama gymnastics team, the defending Southeastern Conference champions, opened the 2010 season Friday with a win at Auburn, 195.650-195.200. It marked the Crimson Tide’s 99th consecutive win over the Tigers.

End of an era for British Gymnastics as chief executive Brian Stocks steps down
2009 Dec 28 ♠ Telegraph.co.uk (GBR)
  Brian Stocks, the chief executive of British Gymnastics, steps down from his post this week after a 40-year career that began when the national governing body had one full-time employee and ended two months after the World Championships were staged in London.

End of an era for British Gymnastics as chief executive Brian Stocks steps down
2009 Dec 28 ♠ Telegraph.co.uk (GBR)
  Brian Stocks, the chief executive of British Gymnastics, steps down from his post this week after a 40-year career that began when the national governing body had one full-time employee and ended two months after the World Championships were staged in London.

Olympic champ Shawn Johnson returns to gym
2009 Dec 23 ♠ USA Today. USA
  Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson is back in the gym as she considers returning to competition and making a run at the 2012 Olympics in London.

2009 Dec 12 ♠ Nikolai Kuksenkov (UKR) won Valeri Liukin Invitational

Elite			FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1	Nikolai Kuksenkov	UKR	14.800 1	14.800 3	15.000 7T	15.600 10T	14.500 10T	15.400 1	90.100 1
2	Jonathan Horton	CYP	14.700 2	13.000 19T	16.100 1	15.400 14	15.450 2	14.800 3T	89.450 2
3	Takuto Kakitani	JPN	14.300 11	14.900 2	14.800 10T	15.300 15T	14.800 5	14.800 4T	88.900 3

Dominique Pegg from Bluewater, ON won Elite Canada
1 DOMINIQUE PEGG Bluewater, ON 54.600
2 KRISTINA VACULIK Gemini, ON 52.950
3 CHARLOTTE MACKIE Club Aviva, BC 52.900
4 BRITTANY ROGERS Omega, BC 52.850
5 NANSY DAMIANOVA Gymnix, QC 52.800
6 BIANCA DANCOSEGIAMBATTISTO Gym-Richelieu, QC 52.550

Gymnast Ryazanov killed in crash
BBC ♠ 2009 Oct 20
Russian gymnast Yury Ryazanov has died in a car crash in the city of Vladimir, five days after winning bronze at the World Championships in London. Police said he died at the scene after his car was in a head-on collision. The 22-year-old finished third in the all-around competition behind Kohei Uchimura and Briton Daniel Keatings.

Memmel withdraws from 2009 World Championships Team selection
Usa-gymnastics.org ♠ 2009 Oct 2
2008 Olympic team silver-medalist Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., has withdrawn from the final selection process for the U.S. Team for the 2009 World Championships, Oct. 13-15, in London, England. Memmel, a former world champion, has been working her way back into competitive gymnastics after ankle surgery in late 2008

Stage set for top quality gymnastics action
Gulf Times ♠ 2009 Sep 28
Doha: Top quality action will be on view when the second Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series, an International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) event, gets underway at the Aspire Academy today.

Izbasa Severely Injured, Out of Worlds
IntlGymnast.com ♠ 2009 Sep 18
  2008 Olympic floor exercise champion Sandra Izbasa of Romania was injured in Buzau on Thursday, but witnesses say it could have been a lot worse. Izbasa, 19, was tumbling a piked full-in back-out on floor exercise when her right Achilles' tendon snapped on the takeoff.

Shawn Johnson keeps college, gymnastics options open
DesMoinesRegister.com ♠ 2009 Sep 15
  "Stanford and UCLA are definitely my top two," she said, "but I'm not sure I want to put my other favorites out there quite yet." Johnson, who is ineligible for NCAA competition because she is not an amateur, said whether she is involved in elite gymnastics while at college or settles into relatively normal student life remains undecided.

2009 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
RhythmicGymnasticsResults.com ♠ 2009 Sep 07
  29th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 will take place in Mie, Japan (7-13 Sept 2009)

Joint statement from USA Gymnastics and Nastia Liukin regarding her withdrawal from consideration for ’09 World Championships Team
USA-Gymnastics.org ♠ 2009 Aug 31
  2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, has withdrawn her name from consideration for selection to the U.S. Team for the 2009 World Championships, Oct. 13-18, in London, England. The first selection camp for the women’s team is slated to start on Sept. 8 at the Women’s National Team Training Center in Huntsville, Texas.

Rizzo, Sellathurai head Aussie worlds' gymnasts
AFP ♠ 2009 Aug 31
Australia - Sam Offord (all round), Prashanth Sellathurai (pommel horse/rings), Philippe Rizzo (parallel bars/horizontal bar), Sam Simpson (floor/pommel horse), Joshua Jefferis (rings/parallel Bars), Luke Wiwatowski (floor/horizontal bar).

Kanaeva Evgeniya from Russia won all Finals in Minsk
RhythmicGymnasticsResults.com - USA ♠ 2009 Aug 23
  Rhythmic gymnastics FIG World Cup in Minsk (BLR) finished on Sunday with Groups finals and Events finals. Group from Russia won both Hoop and Ribbon/Rope finals. Evgeniya Kanaeva from Russia won all four events finals- rope, hoop, ball and ribbon

Kanaeva the best in All-Around in Minsk
RhythmicGymnasticsResults.com - USA ♠ 2009 Aug 22

Rhythmic Gymnastics			Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total
1	Kanaeva Evgeniya	RUS	28.550	28.975	28.850	28.275	114.650
2	Kondakova Daria	RUS	27.250	28.400	27.850	28.400	111.900
3	Staniouta Melitina	BLR	27.750	27.050	26.900	27.450	109.150

Ermakova won 2009 Crystal Rose Cup in Minsk
RhythmicGymnasticsResults.com - USA ♠ 2009 Aug 21

Rhythmic Gymnastics			Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total
1	Ermakova Alexandra	RUS	28.000	27.575	27.775	27.325	110.675
2	Dmitrieva Daria	RUS	27.000	27.250	27.575	26.800	108.625
3	Zeinab Djavadli	AZE	24.875	25.625	25.200	24.500	100.200

USA Gymnastics names 2009 U.S. Women’s National Team
USA-Gymnastics.org - USA ♠ 2009 Aug 15

◊ Jana Bieger, Coconut Creek, Fla., Bieger International Gymnastics
◊ Rebecca Bross, Plano, Texas, WOGA Gymnastics
◊ Mackenzie Caquatto, Naperville, Ill., Naperville Gymnastics Club
◊ Kaitlyn Clark, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Precision Gymnastics
◊ Olivia Courtney, Orlando, Fla., Orlando Metro Gymnastics
◊ Ivana Hong, Lovejoy, Texas, WOGA Gymnastics
◊ Kytra Hunter, Frederick, Md., Hill's Gymnastics
◊ Alaina Johnson, Tyler, Texas, Texas East Gymnastics
◊ Mattie Larson, Los Angeles, All-Olympia
◊ Anastasia Liukin, Parker, Texas, WOGA Gymnastics
◊ Chellsie Memmel, West Allis, Wis., M&M Gymnastics
◊ Samantha Peszek, Indianapolis, Ind., Sharp's Gymnastics
◊ Samantha Shapiro, Los Angeles, All-Olympia
◊ Bridget Sloan, Pittsboro, Ind., Sharp's Gymnastics
◊ Cassandra Whitcomb, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Gymnastics
◊ Kayla Williams, Nitro, W.V., Gym Nest Inc.

Bridget Sloan won 2009 Visa Championships
GymnasticsResults.com - USA ♠ 2009 Aug 15

Women Senior Day 2			VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1	Bridget Sloan Sharp's	#1: #2: Total:	14.900 15.000	14.550 14.900	13.950 14.900	14.300 15.050	57.700 59.850 117.550
2	Ivana Hong WOGA	#1: #2: Total:	14.700 15.250	14.050 14.600	15.150 15.200	14.300 14.000	58.200 59.050 117.250
3	Rebecca Bross WOGA	#1: #2: Total:	14.450 15.300	15.050 13.350	14.700 14.700	14.350 14.700	58.550 58.050 116.600

Jonathan Horton won 2009 Visa Championships
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Senior Men Day 2			FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1	Jonathan Horton Cypress Academy	#1: #2: Total:	15.050 15.550	13.200 12.450	15.800 15.800	16.100 16.300	15.200 14.900	15.900 15.650	91.250 90.650 181.900
2	Tim McNeill Cal Berkeley	#1: #2: Total:	14.700 14.600	14.750 15.600	15.250 15.100	15.400 15.450	15.150 15.350	13.250 13.900	88.500 90.000 178.500
3	Wesley Haagensen U.S.O.T.C.	#1: #2: Total:	14.300 14.700	13.550 14.550	15.450 15.400	15.550 15.600	15.250 14.450	14.250 14.950	88.350 89.650 178.000

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