Saturday, January 7, 2012

Monday, December 26, 2011

Wish List for Test Event 2

3. Yao Jinnan and Sui Lu can have a repeat of Worlds- Yao and Sui had such such an amazing World Championships and I want that to repeat here as well. They are both such clean yet powerful gymnasts with great origionality, and I love to see that.
Yao Jinnan Vault World Championships-
Sui Lu Beam 2011 World Championships-

4. Under dogs can qualify to the Olympics- Like Belarus, Bulgaria has such a great history in gymnastics and I don't want to see a country like Bulgaria not have a gymnast, like Ralitsa Mileva, have a chance to go to the Olympics. Kazahkstan was part of the Soviet Union, but did not have as many great gymnasts the main power countries. Yet they had some great gymnasts, like Moldir Azimbay is today.
Moldir Azimbay Floor 2011 World Championships-
Ralista Mileva 2010 Challenger Cup Vault-

Will continue in next post!

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Wish List for Test Event

1. The Anastasii are back to full strength- So as we all know, Sidorova and Grishina have been hampered by injuries and have not been up to their standard. Anastasia Sidorova looks like she is getting back into shape, showing a great DTY at Voronin, as well as a great new floor routine and beam. But her bars look even worse than before I'm afraid. Grishina went to the Massilia Cup, but looked completely out of shape and had quite a bad competition. Hopefully we can see both of them have a great competition and win some medals.
Anastasia Sidorova Floor at Voronin-
Anastasia Grishina Massilia Cup Floor-

2. Valeria Maksyuta and Anastasia Marachouskaya Qualify to the Olympics- Maksyuta has to be one of my favorite gymnasts of this quadrennium. She has grown as a gymnast, has got some great new skills, and has learn consistency (at least a little, lol). And Belarus was such a dominant force back in the Soviet days. It will be such a shame to not see one of their athletes qualify to the Olympic games. Plus Anastasia is a great gymnast. They both had a great competition at Voronin and if they perform like that at the test event, they should both qualify, hopefully!
Anastasia Marachouskaya Beam Voronin-
Valeria Maksyuta Vault Voronin-

Will continue in next post!

Friday, November 4, 2011

Osijek Qualifications Floor Results

1
4 TAN Si Xin CHN 5,300 8,700 14,000

2
16 PIHAN-KULESZA Marta POL 5,400 8,300 0,1000 13,600

2
23 MAKSIUTA Valeriia ISR 5,600 8,200 0,2000 13,600

4
9 ERCEG Tina CRO 5,000 8,450 13,450

5
20 GOLOB Sasa SLO 5,100 8,250 0,5000 12,850

6
1 DANCOSE-GIAMBATTI CAN 4,600 7,950 12,550

6
2 ROGERS Brittany CAN 5,300 7,550 0,3000 12,550

8
15 JANIK Gabriela POL 5,000 7,500 0,1000 12,400

9
11 ELHAJJ Meriam Fouad EGY 4,500 7,800 12,300

10
18 NOVAK Fiona SLO 4,800 7,550 0,3000 12,050

11
5 WU Liu Fang CHN 4,800 7,200 12,000

12
6 TKALCEC Tijana CRO 4,500 7,350 11,850

13
12 LARSEN Tina MadeleineNOR 4,400 7,250 11,650

14
10 EL KHASHAB Ingi Ayma EGY 4,400 6,550 10,950

15
22 ABOU FARAJ Ranin SYR 4,400 5,850 0,1000 10,150
04.11.2011

Osijek Qualifications Beam Results


1
5 WU Liu Fang CHN 6,300 8,550 14,850

2
16 PIHAN-KULESZA Marta POL 5,600 8,350 13,950

3
4 TAN Si Xin CHN 6,000 7,900 13,900

4
10 GOLOB Sasa SLO 5,200 8,200 13,400

5
18 NOVAK Fiona SLO 5,200 8,150 13,350

5
23 MAKSIUTA Valeriia ISR 5,800 7,550 13,350

7
2 ROGERS Brittany CAN 5,600 7,600 13,200

8
21 HOMOLOVA Maria SVK 4,900 7,900 12,800

9
1 DANCOSE-GIAMBATTI CAN 5,600 7,150 12,750

10
9 ERCEG Tina CRO 5,000 7,250 12,250

11
13 DAHLBY Silje Katrine NOR 4,900 7,050 11,950

12
14 FRANDOFERT Monika POL 4,500 6,950 11,450

13
11 ELHAJJ Meriam Fouad EGY 4,900 6,050 0,3000 10,650

14
7 SALOPEK Ines CRO 4,700 5,800 10,500

15
10 EL KHASHAB Ingi Ayma EGY 4,500 5,600 0,1000 10,000

16
22 ABOU FARAJ Ranin SYR 4,600 5,350 0,1000 9,850

04.11.2011

Osijek Qualifications Uneven Bars Results

1
5 WU Liu Fang CHN 6,600 8,250 14,850

2
4 TAN Si Xin CHN 6,500 7,850 14,350

3
16 PIHAN-KULESZA Marta POL 5,700 8,100 13,800

4
2 ROGERS Brittany CAN 5,500 7,100 12,600

5
1 DANCOSE-GIAMBATTI CAN 5,500 6,900 12,400

6
14 FRANDOFERT Monika POL 5,100 6,700 11,800

7
19 KAMNIKAR Ivana SLO 4,800 6,800 11,600

8
20 GOLOB Sasa SLO 4,900 6,550 11,450

9
13 DAHLBY Silje Katrine NOR 4,100 7,300 11,400

10
21 HOMOLOVA Maria SVK 4,200 6,700 10,900

11
11 ELHAJJ Meriam Fouad EGY 3,200 6,750 9,950

12
7 SALOPEK Ines CRO 3,200 6,550 9,750

13
22 ABOU FARAJ Ranin SYR 3,800 5,650 9,450

14
10 EL KHASHAB Ingi Ayma EGY 3,300 5,500 8,800

14
8 MADIR Dina CRO 3,300 5,500 8,800

Osijek Challenger Cup Qualifications and Vault Results

China absolutely dominated The Osijek Challenger Cup, not very surprisingly. One one my favorite Chinese gymnasts right now, Wu Liufang, was very successful and consistent, placing first on bars and beam. Ex-Ukrainian and now competing for Israel Valeriya Maksyuta placed first on vault, fifth on beam, and second on floor. After a disappointing World Championships, Tan Sixin got some redemption, placing first on floor, second on bars, and third on beam. Marta Pihan-Kulesza, who also had an extremely disappointing World Championships, came back strong to qualify for bars, beam, and floor. Videos have not come in yet, but hopefully they will soon!


1
23 MAKSIUTA Valeriia ISR 14,250
ISR 5,800 8,550 0,3000
14,050 1
ISR 5,900 8,550
14,450 2


2
3 JIANG Tong CHN 13,675
CHN 5,200 8,150
13,350 2
CHN 5,300 8,700
14,000 1


3
15 JANIK Gabriela POL 13,650
POL 4,600 8,750
13,350 2
POL 5,300 8,650
13,950 1


4
6 TKALCEC Tijana CRO 13,550
CRO 5,000 8,600
13,600 1
CRO 5,000 8,500
13,500 2


5
2 ROGERS Brittany CAN 13,250
CAN 5,200 7,800
13,000 2
CAN 5,300 8,200
13,500 1


6
17 BELAK Teja SLO 13,125
SLO 4,800 8,050
12,850 2
SLO 5,000 8,400
13,400 1


7
11 ELHAJJ Meriam Fouad EGY 12,850
EGY 4,400 8,500
12,900 1
EGY 4,400 8,400
12,800 2


8
8 MADIR Dina CRO 12,525
CRO 4,200 8,100
12,300 1
CRO 4,400 8,350
12,750 2


9
22 ABOU FARAJ Ranin SYR 11,800
SYR 4,200 7,950
12,150 2
SYR 4,400 7,050
11,450 1

10 12 LARSEN Tina MadeleineNOR 11,625
NOR 4,200 8,050
12,250 2
NOR 4,400 6,600
11,000 1


11
10 EL KHASHAB Ingi Ayma EGY 6,025
EGY 4,200 7,850
12,050 1