Tweet The official list has now been released. View it below.

Tweet The final 4 teams were decided:

Italy
Canada
France
Brazil

All Around
1. Vanessa Ferrari, ITA, 56.532
2. Erika Fasana, ITA, 56.466
3. Carlotta Ferlito, ITA, 56.132
4. Marine Brevet, FRA, 56.066
5. Julie Croket, BEL, 55.733
6. Christine Lee, CAN, 55.565
7. Giulia Steingruber, SUI, 55.465
8. Daniele Hypolito, BRA, 55.365
9. Anne Kuhm, FRA, 55.257
10. Anastasia Grishina, RUS, 55.091
11. Maria Paula Vargas, ESP, 54.965
12. Francesca Deagostini, ITA, 54.958
13. Aagje Vanwalleghem, BEL, 54.865
14. Ana Sofia Gomez Porras, GUA, 54.766
15. Kristina Vaculik, CAN, 54.707
16. Ana Maria Izurieta, ESP, 54.666
17. Elsa Garcia, MEX, 54.631
18. Heo Seon Mi, KOR, 54.432
19. Rebecca Tunney, GBR, 54.399
20. Victoria Moors, …

Tweet Nine years ago as he sat in a wheelchair, doctors told Kieran Behan it was likely he might never walk again, let alone perform gymnastics – today he qualified for the Olympics, the first Irish man to do so in almost 16 years. Today Behan made history, becoming the first Irish man to qualify straight through to the Olympics. Barry McDonald was previously the first and only Irish gymnast to do so in 1996 at the Atlanta Olympics by means of a wildcard.
Behan competed at the All Around Men’s …

Tweet The official list has just been released by the FIG:
BIG news for Ireland, the first gymnast to qualify to the Games in 16 years, only the second gymnast ever to do so.

Tweet I couldn’t resist the awful pun. Check out new videos of Louis Smith (sponsored by Lucozade) and Dan Keatings (sponsored by Opus Energy):
 

Tweet Another FIG edit, a review of the MAG qualification competition with Mitch Fenner.

Tweet A lot of the Full Twist fan base comes from Ireland according to Google Analytics so as a treat, we made a special effort to follow Kieran Behan throughout last nights subdivision 3. It’s official that Kieran qualified in 6th place on Floor last night and has secured a place in Thursdays floor final. Rumors say that he has qualified through to the Olympics but this has not at all been confirmed by the FIG, yet. This rumor is through means of media and bloggers in the arena who …

Tweet The excitement last night in the North Greenwich Arena was unreal, the British men’s team of Daniel Purvis, Dan Keatings, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas, Ruslan Panteleymonov and Max Whitlock began on High Bar in top form setting the tone for the evening.  Dan Keatings was first up and there was no way a repeat of Tokyo, in fact after this performance Tokyo is long forgotten. The team nailed 5 strong high bar routines, not a foot out of place on the dismounts. They produced another 5 high quality routines …

Tweet Kieran Behan pulled out all he had for his floor routine at the O2 tonight, luckily he did so as he has earned a place at the Floor event finals later this week. The Irish gymnast who trains at Tolworth Gymnastics Club fist pumped the air as he walked off the floor, knowing he was the boy who had done good. It was an agonizing 3 rotations wait to find out if he had qualified for the floor final on Thursday, and that’s what he did. He says:
“I went …

Tweet It’s been a long wait but finally we know what teams will make it through to the London 2012 Olympics. Tonight was great Britain’s night in both the team and All Around competition.

Great Britain 358.227
France 350.659
Spain 347.292
Italy 346.334

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Tweet The excitement in the Gymnastics Ireland London 2012 Prepares Series delegation is tangible, gymnast Kieran Behan, coach Simon Gale and Performance and Technical Manager Sally Filmer sit in the stands scoping out the competition just a few hours ahead of when Kieran will take to the arena. He seems calm,cool and collected. He is taking everything around him in and looks every bit of the professional gymnast. Sally tells me how Ireland’s only gymnast in the Test Event has been doing since finding out he was eligible to compete …

Tweet It’s day one here at the O2 Arena / North Greenwich Arena, the set up is fantastic. Gymnova are supplying the equipment so the usual red and cream brand colours look excellent, against the pink VISA carpets, not so much but all the same the set up is great.
Remember, the top 4 teams of the day will qualify to the Olympic Games in the Summer. The top 24 All Around gymnasts will also qualify, if their country has not already secured a place at the Games. Only one per …

Tweet Brandon O’Neill’s floor routine from this mornings subdivision 1 competition.

Tweet Cyril Tommasone’s Pommel Horse routine, London 2012 Test Event

Tweet It’s all about to kick off in London’s North Greenwich Arena, on Tuesday the Test Event will officially begin with the MAG Qualification. Performances over four days of competition will determine who we will see competing here again in August at the 2012 Olympic Games. In the team competition the fate of 11 nations (between MAG and WAG) hangs in the balance, all wanting to grab those four remaining places to London in July.
So far podium training has been taking place, MAG was Sunday and WAG today. The Spanish …