October 2009 Gymnastics Articles

Universal will be covering the event with both live webcasts as well as delayed television coverage, as follows:    Men's All-Around (1:30PM ET, Oct 15): LIVE WEBCAST, and delayed TV coverage at 8pm ET on Universal Sports Women's All-Around (1:30PM ET, Oct 16): LIVE WEBCAST Event Finals Day 1:: Men- FX, PH, SR; Women- VT, UB (8:00AM ET, Oct 17): LIVE WEBCAST, and delayed TV coverage at 11 pm ET on Universal Sports TV Event Finals Day 2:: Men- VT, PB, HB; Women- BB, FX (8:00AM ET, Oct 18): LIVE WEBCAST, and delayed TV coverage at 8pm ET on Universal Sports TV   Extra Delayed TV… more »

After a long day of qualification rounds, here are the womens Finalists for the 2009 World Gymnastics Championships in London:  ALL AROUND 1 BROSS Rebecca USA 57.400  2 PORGRAS Ana ROU 57.300  3 MITCHELL Lauren AUS 56.675  4 DENG Linlin CHN 56.350  5 SLOAN Bridget USA 56.075  6 KURBATOVA Ekaterina RUS 55.950 7 TSURUMI Koko JPN 55.925 8 YANG Yilin CHN 55.500 9 KAESLIN Ariella SUI 55.450 10 SEMENOVA Ksenia RUS 54.900 11 IZURIETA Ana Maria ESP 54.750 12 DUFOURNET Youna FRA 54.375 13 TAMIRJAN Anamaria ROU 54.250 14 GARCIA RODRIGUEZ BLANCAS Elsa MEX 54.225 15 MOREL Pauline FRA 54.200… more »

 A collection of Women's Qualification quickhits from around the web:    SUBDIVISION 5: Top 10 AA from all 5 sessions: 1. Bross USA--57.40, 2. Porgras ROM--57.30, 3.Mitchell AUS--56.675, 4. Deng CHN--56.35, 5. Sloan USA-56.075, 6. Kurbatova RUS-55.95, 7. Tsurumi JPN-55.925 8. Yang CHN--55.5, 9. Kaeslin SUI-55.45, 10. Semenova RUS--54.90 Bross USA on floor-Handspring layout double front, 1 1/2 punch front double full, 2 1/2 punch front--very powerful and well presented--5.7-8.25/13.95 placing her 8th on this event but 1st in the AA so far! Roni Rabinovitz ISR hit her beam routine and was so excited---Nice to see that!!     Jessica… more »

Here is the official list World Final Qualifiers.    Men's ALL AROUND FINALS Qulaifiers:  1 639 UCHIMURA Kohei JPN 90.925 Q 2 707 DEVYATOVSKIY Maxim RUS 89.350 Q 3 734 MCNEILL Timothy USA 88.775 Q 4 590 KEATINGS Daniel GBR 88.400 Q 5 733 HORTON Jonathan USA 88.000 Q 6 729 KUKSENKOV Mykola UKR 87.750 Q 7 630 SHATILOV Alexander ISR 87.425 Q 8 709 RYAZANOV Yury RUS 86.950 Q 9 592 THOMAS Kristian GBR 86.800 Q 10 640 TANAKA Kazuhito JPN 86.650 Q 11 670 WAMMES Jeffrey NED 86.300 Q 12 695 RIVERA Luis PUR 86.050 Q 13 635… more »

Over the past year, Gymnastike has developed a web platform with its in-house programming team. Through tedious hours of trial and error, critique from coaches and athletes, and trying to reinvent the media coverage possibilities for gymnastics, we have a platform that we are excited about. The basic components of this platform: simple video uploading and sharing, an easy to operate content management system, and straightforward video production methods. This has allowed us at Gymnastike to do more coverage with a few people and hundred dollar cameras, than many media giants can do with hundreds of people and million dollar… more »