Tweet Another brilliant video by ButterflyGymnastics.
World Uneven Bar Contenders:

He Kexin
Beth Tweddle
Jiang Yuyan
Wu Liufang
Viktoria Komova
Tan Sixin
Elisabeth Seitz
Huang Qiushuang
Youna Doufournet
Tatiana Nabieva
Jordyn Wieber
Anna Li
Natalie Konnenenko
Gabby Douglas
Yao Hinnan
Ana Porgras
Yulia Belokobylskya

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Who do you think will be Queen of the Bars? 

Tweet The All Around Gymnastics News, The Couch Gymnast and Fan Gymnastics have all reported the unfortunate news this morning that Sandra Izbasa has been forced to withdraw from the World Gymnastics Championships due to injury.

The Couch Gymnast reports;
This is very sad news for Romania who, relying on Izbasa’s big scores and consistency, were very much in the running for a team medal.  She also had excellent potential for earning a vault and floor medal while she was at it.
Dana Andrei will replace Sandra as a team member, though potentially …

Tweet Many were surprised when 2008 Olympian Chellsie Memmel was left off the 2011 USA Worlds Team and only a few days later withdrew from the Pan Am’s team. The rumours that Memmel has had some problems with her shoulders were true, USAG confirmed this as the reason for her withdrawl from Pan Am’s.
Today USAG has confirmed that Memmel underwent surgery for a torn Biceps Tendon  following an MRI  scan when she left the Karolyi Ranch. It was felt that immediate surgery would be more appropriate and  a better chance of …

Tweet A little while ago the Russian training teams had been confirmed but now the gymnasts travelling to Tokyo have been revealed.
Russia
WAG (confirmed 28/9/11)

Ksenia Afanasyeva
Yulia Belokobylskaya
Anna Dementyeva
Victoria Komova
Tatiana Nabieva
Yulia Inshina
Alena Polyan

MAG

Denis Albyazin
David Belyavski
Andrei Cherkasov
Emin Garibov
Anton Golotsutskov
Nikita Ignatyev
Sergei Khorokhordin
Konstantin Pluzhnikov

Full Twist is constantly keeping up with the newly released teams and has a dedicated post to add these newly announced teams. View “A Nation Decided” to view the confirmed teams.

Tweet The MAG GB team was announced on Friday as:

Daniel Keatings
Daniel Purvis
Kristian Thomas
Louis Smith
Max Whitlock
Ruslan Panteleymonov
Sam Oldham

This team features three former World Champions and current Olympic Pommel bronze medallist Louis Smith.  The rest of the boys, Oldham, Panteleymonov, Thomas and Whitlock are rising BG stars. They are all charged with one task: to qualify in the top eight teams from 24 Countries, and so guarantee five GB slots for next year’s Olympic Games in London.
Let’s take a closer look at this promising team.

Daniel Keatings
Having competed in previous European Championships and the …

Tweet Swiss gymnast Sara Catanzaro has sustained an Achilles Tendon injury and has had to withdraw from the World Championships. She will be replaced by 17 year old Emily Berti. The Swiss WAG team now stands as:

Nadia Baeriswyl (16), Düdingen FR Kutu Wünnewil
Emily Berti (17) Cugnasco TI, SFG Locarno
Jessica Diacci (17), Villnachern AG, Kutu Obersiggenthal
Sarina Gerber (16), Oberbottigen (BE), BTV Bern
Giulia Steingruber (17), Gossau SG, TZ Fürstenland / TV Gossau
Linda Staempfli (23), Urdorf, Kutu Urdorf
Yasmin Zimmermann (19), Seftigen BE, TV Uetendorf

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World Championships Update
Two of the big guns were announced this week for the World Championships in Tokyo.  Great Britain and the USA announced their WAG Teams who will compete in 2 …

Tweet The Italian Gymnastics Federation has announced it’s Worlds teams as:
WAG

Emily Armi
Giorgia Campana
Vaneesa Ferrari
Carlotta Ferlito
Chiara Gandolfi
Elisabetta Preziosa
Lia Parolari (Reserve)

MAG

Matteo Angioletti
Alberto Busnari
Paolo Principi
Matteo Morandi
Paolo Ottavi
Enrico Pozzo
Lorenzo Ticchi (Reserve)

Last years Italian WAG Team qualified 7th in the team competition. Vanessa Ferrari and Elisabetta Preziosa were the two highest ranking Italian women, placing 13th and 27th in the AA respectively. Ferrari went onto place 11th in the final with Preziosa in 23rd.
Matteo Morandi was the big star of last year Italian Men’s team. He won a bronze medal in the rings final. The …

Tweet Tonight Sky Sports will air a special report on Great Britain’s Olympic hopeful Louis Smith. Sky Sports spent a week following Smith around, including spending time with him at a training camp in Lilleshall as well as chatting to other top GB gymnasts including Beth Tweddle.
Sky Sports also get an exclusive look at the routine Smith hopes will win him gold in London next year.  The report will air at 7.30pm GMT tonight. Fingers crossed that someone will be kind enough to put it up on YouTube!

Read more from …

Tweet Yesterday was a great day for Irish Gymnastics when Kieran Behan qualified third on floor at the 2011 World Series, Salamunov Memorial Cup (Category B) in Slovenia. Today was an even better day for the Tolworth gymnast when he won the bronze medal in the floor final, just 0.225 behind the first place. This is the best result that Irish Gymnastics have achieved in a FIG World Cup. Also representing Ireland was Anthony McDonnell. The competition also included top names such as Vasiliki Millousi, Matthias Fahrig, Eleftherios Petrounias and Zhang Hongtao also competed. …

Tweet Luckily the BBC will be showing a lot of the World Gymnastics Championships from Tokyo. These championships are such a big deal for the British World Teams ahead of London 2012 that there is a huge amount of interest in the sport. See the schedule here or below. There’s an 8 hour difference between GMT and Tokyo, they’re 8 hours ahead so some of the times are a bit early / awkward but those of us who have been getting up for the Rugby World Cup matches should be …

Tweet The wait was nowhere near as excruciating as the USA’s Worlds Team announcement, although it was a couple of days late but we knew that it would be Friday lunchtime as the BG media team had let us know on Twitter.
The WAG team was announced as:

Beth Tweddle
Danusia Francis
Hannah Whelan
Imogen Cairns
Jennifer Pinches
Laura Edwards
Becky Downie

So, let’s take a look at one of the Worlds best gymnastics nations like we did with the USA’s Worlds Team. British Gymnastics currently has a Performance Squad of 16 senior gymnasts. The above mentioned all feature in the …

Tweet Finally Great Britain’s Worlds Teams have been revealed…
WAG

 Beth Tweddle – Liverpool
Danusia Francis – Heathrow
Hannah Whelan – Liverpool
Imogen Cairns – The Academy
Jennifer Pinches – Liverpool
Laura Edwards – Dynamo
Rebecca Downie – Notts

MAG

 Daniel Keatings – Huntingdon
Daniel Purvis – Southport YMCA
Kristian Thomas – Earls
Louis Smith – Huntingdon
Max Whitlock – South Essex
Ruslan Panteleymonov – Hinckley
Sam Oldham – Huntingdon

 
 
 
 
Thoughts and analysis on this team to follow. Find out more about these gymnasts in Full Twists “Meet The Gymnast” series.
These names have been added to Full Twists “A Nation Decided” post which is keeping track of all teams who …

Tweet All those who were at camp were included to the National Team. Anna Li’s name now features in the list.
Senior Team

Name
Club
Current Residence

Rebecca Bross
WOGA Gymnastics
Plano, TX

Mackenzie Caquatto
Legacy Elite Gymnastics LLC
Naperville, IL

Bridgette Caquatto
Legacy Elite Gymnastics LLC
Naperville, IL

Jessie DeZiel
Twin City Twisters
Rogers, MN

Gabrielle Douglas
Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute
Virginia Beach, VA

Brandie Jay
GK Gymnastics
Ft Collins, CO

Shawn Johnson
Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute
West Des Moines, IA

Anna Li
Legacy Elite Gymnastics LLC
Aurora, IL

McKayla Maroney
All Olympia AOGC
Laguna Niguel, CA

Grace McLaughlin
WOGA Gymnastics
Allen, TX

Chellsie Memmel
M and M Gymnastics
West Allis, WI

Hallie Mossett
West Coast Elite Gymnastics
Los Angeles, CA

Alexandra Raisman
Brestyan’s American Gymnastics
Needham, MA

Alicia Sacramone
Brestyan’s American …

Tweet I only had 4 hours sleep between the USA Worlds Team announcement and getting up this morning but I’ve still had time to digest the USA’s new Worlds Team. It was a tiring wait but finally after 3am GMT the team was confirmed. Obviously no particular time was set out but USAG confirmed on Twitter that an announcement would be made last night so I was eager to stay up as past my bed time for as long as I could. At 3am, I was beginning to fade but …