Posted by: thecscore on: November 30, 2008
The two star junior gymnasts from Geddert’s Twistars in Michigan took two spots on the podium in the all-around at this weekend’s junior international elite competition in Charleroi, Belgium. Unsurprisingly, Jordyn Wieber, the current U.S. junior national champion, took first. She beat her nearest competitor by just shy of four points, finishing with an excellent [...]
Posted by: thecscore on: November 26, 2008
A new article from Pro Sport announces more bad news (and brief good news) for Russian gymnastics. Alexander Kiryashov has said that Liudmila Grebenkova-Ezhova will not compete in the World Cup Final in Madrid in December. Why? Ironically, a knee injury. Grebenkova was qualified in 13th place on beam. This leaves the Russians with few [...]
Posted by: thecscore on: November 25, 2008
Anna Pavlova underwent surgery last Thursday in Moscow, and reported to her Web site administrator that it went well. However, as hinted early on by the German media (Pavlova herself would not confirm it until she was diagnosed in Moscow), she did tear two ligaments in her knee. Tearing a cruciate ligament often requires a [...]
Posted by: thecscore on: November 25, 2008
Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) to Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), who is considering “dating” a rich agoraphobe named Gavin Volure (played hilariously by the good ole’ Steve Martin): “You’re gonna work this thing like a Chinese gymnast: wear something tight, force a smile, and lie about your age ….” If you don’t watch this show, incidentally, [...]
Posted by: thecscore on: November 24, 2008
It’s no secret, in the Nastia/Shawn rivalry, Shawn Johnson wins for me every time. International Gymnast has a nice retrospective of all of the team competitions at the Olympics here. Her toes are always pointed. Some of my favorites:
Posted by: thecscore on: November 23, 2008
While some less-experienced seniors and juniors were off at the Massilia Cup, a number of big players — notably He Kexin, Sandra Izbasa, Lia Parolari and Daniela Druncea — were in Milan for the gymnastics Grand Prix. From what I’ve heard, He won bars with a massive score (a 17.000 over Lia Parolari’s 14.700), Izbasa [...]
Posted by: thecscore on: November 23, 2008
While the rather underwhelming (Coach Rick’s characterization of my reaction to the results) PAGU Individual Event Championships took place in Argentina, with the United States present, everyone else of consequence was over in Europe at the Massilia Cup in France. The Massilia Cup’s Web site is beyond useless, but I’ve finally gotten my hands on [...]
Posted by: thecscore on: November 23, 2008
Honestly the Pan American Gymnastics Union event competitions are not that interesting from a U.S. perspective — there were really no other competitive gymnastics nations present except Brazil, but some of the Brazilians were in Europe for the Massilia Cup. Nevertheless, it’s a decent international opportunity for the rising generation of American seniors, and a [...]
