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
GymnasticsResults.com - USA ♠ 2009 Aug 14
| 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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