Monthly Archives: October 2009
Yuri Ryazanov Dies in Car Accident
Shocking news to the gymnastics community. Five days after winning the World All Around Bronze Medal, 22-year-old Yuri Ryazanov died in a car accident early Tuesday. Such a tragedy! I have been disturbed since hearing this. His recent victory would … Continue reading
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2009 Worlds: Event Finals Commentary
Wow. So I must say that I have heard a lot of comments about this Worlds being boring. Um….no. This was WAY better than 2005 (comparable because there is typically a bit of a lull the year following the Olympics) … Continue reading
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2009 Worlds: Bridget Wins the All Around
Congrats to the 2009 World All Around Champion, Bridget Sloan! Sloan captured the title with 57.825 ahead of Silver Medal Winner Rebecca Bross (57.775) by a tiny margin of .050 after Bross fell on her final tumbling pass. it … Continue reading
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2009 Worlds: Uchimura Wins Men’s All-Around
Congratulations to Kohei Uchimura for winnng the Men’s All-Around. Exactly like I thought he would. After the Beijing AA Finals I predicted this guy to be in the next Olympics, and wow he is amazing! This is the first men’s … Continue reading
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2009 Worlds: WOW! Thoughts on Qualifications
PRELIMS VIDEOS ARE HERE AND HERE PLUS HERE First off, here are the standings after Qualifications: AA 1. Bross (USA) 57.400 2. Porgras (ROU) 57.300 3. Mitchell (AUS) 56.675 4. Deng (CHN) 56.350 5. Sloan (USA) 56.075 6. Kurbatova (RUS) … Continue reading
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2009 Worlds: WAG Qualifications Results – Rebecca Bross Leads With a Fall
Click here for live updates. I will update this post all day long. Turmoil for Bridget Sloan so far, fall on beam and messy floor has her behind Kayla Williams for FX! Rebecca Bross can probably take away the FX … Continue reading
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2009 Worlds: Results From MAG Qualifications
If you click here you can get live updates from MAG Prelims. ALL RESULTS ARE HERE Kohei Uchimura leads so far. Jonathan Horton is doing well, trouble on pommels, very good hugh bar routine, he ends with 5th place overall. … Continue reading
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Live From Podium Training!
I can barely wait competition to begin! Click here to receive live updates from Podium Training. Finally some news on the Chinese Team! Looks like Yang Yilin cannot be counted out! Sui Lu looking pretty good. Bridget Sloan looking good, … Continue reading
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Afanasyeva Withdrawn. Hambuchen Injured, May Not Compete.
A big long sigh….. Fabian Hambuchen rolled his ankle and was taken away during podium training. Unknown at this time whether or not he will compete. This is terrible, as I love this gymnast, he is partially responsible for my … Continue reading
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Rumors From World’s Podium Training
Here is the word on the street… -Bridget Sloan has been rocking the DTY’s couple stuck, the full twist on the DLO looks great too. -Kayla Williams doesn’t appear to have thrown the Amanar yet, Rudi is being thrown, legs … Continue reading
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