Gymnastics news

[oleada]

Komova into 2nd.

[Cloudy_Gumdrops]

Ugh I wish someone could beat Tan. I know she killed it, but her routine is just so ugly, choreo wise.

[floskate]

Komova just looks knackered :(

[floskate]

Gawd just STFU you dumbass commentators! They did not pause for breath all through Bulimar's routine. Much better than the AA from her.

[oleada]

Komova just looks knackered :(

I agree; I bet she's just exhausted. She was error free for the qualification & AA, and maybe it's just too much for her at this point.

For some reason, I thought of Shawn Johnson at 07 Worlds where she won the AA and then bombed her beam. Just tired.

[oleada]

Awww, nice birthday for Bulimar to get silver! :cheer:
I liked her FX.

[oleada]

"Uneven beam" for the second time today; STFU you assholes.

[Cloudy_Gumdrops]

Do any of these junior guys do anything impressive on HB? I don't know if I can sit through these commentators anymore.

[millyskate]

Gutted for Sam Oldham. He's having a nightmare meet... The expectations were obviously too much for him to handle.

[floskate]

Hennessy goes well with French????? Is this commentator guy completely off his tits on something? :rofl:

Sam Oldham finally nails a routine in event finals although all the skills were wrongly identified :rolleyes:

[RFOS]

I also learned today that Singapore is a real powerhouse in women's gymnastics. :lol: (From the context, they clearly meant Romania, but didn't bother to correct themselves or seem to even realize they made a mistake, as happened numerous times today alone. :lol:)

[bardtoob]

Marcia Frederick 1978 Worlds EF Bars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRdIvk_edaw)

Old news. Marcia Frederick, for the first time, placed 1st in a World Championship Event Final.

She was on the 1980 Olympic Team that did not compete.

[haribobo]

Chinese Nationals report:

http://intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1868:jiang-yuyuan-leads-chinese-championships&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=164

"World and Olympic champion He Kexin missed several handstands to score 14.650 on uneven bars, but competed all four events to place seventh. "

Perhaps its time for us to stop freaking out about the HUGE US deficit on bars. Not to say she can't improve...but I wonder if bars isn't quite the slam dunk for China that it used to be...

[millyskate]

Interesting about He Kexin! Sounds like a rare miss for her.


I realise that few on this thread seem interested in what's going on in the GB team but there's a friendly GB v Switzerland this week-end and GB are entering 2 teams, using this as a selection event for the commentwealth and world teams.

For once, there's real depth and suspense as to who will be chosen:

national squad (http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1472:imogen-cairns-and-marissa-king-beyond-expectations-&catid=51:womens-artistic&Itemid=83)

[Buzz]

Any vids from the Chinese Nationals yet? :)