Tweet Just before Christmas it was announced that french star and  2010 World Vault Champion Thomas Bouhail suffered an injury whilst training for the London 2012 Test Event. Bouhail is said to have suffered a bad fracture to his tibia – fibula in training, the injury required surgery and will require a lot of physiotherapy and rehabilitation.

It has emerged this week however, via his official website, that he will not take part in the London 2012 Olympics with his team. Both the MAG and WAG French teams qualified for London …

Tweet Another illustration by the Japanese, this time of Viktoria Komova’s 2011 Worlds Bar routine

Tweet It’s been a non – stop roller coaster of media attention for Kieran Behan since securing his spot at the Olympic Games on Wednesday. Tonight he will be live on Ireland’s The Late Late Show.

The show, currently presented by Ryan Tubridy, is the world’s longest running television chat show and draws in millions of viewers each week. The show is broadcast live for over two hours in front of a studio audience at 21.35 on Friday nights between September and May. It is highly regarded as an Irish television …

Tweet Following Kieran Behan’s Olympic qualification, Europe’s largest bookmaker Paddy Power has released odds on the young gymnast. Website Betting Pro reports:

Kieran’s heart warming story has prompted Paddy Power to also bet 16/1 that he’ll bring out a best selling autobiography in the next four years. The odds on him winning a medal either this year or further down the line in 2016 are 28/1 while it’s 200/1 he’s named Sports Personality of the Year by 2016.      

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power told Bettingpro: 

“Kieran defied all the …

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 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 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 Beth Tweddle’s new book has been released:
What’s it like to be one of Britain’s greatest gymnasts? In this fascinating autobiography, Beth Tweddle takes us through the biggest moments of her life, from winning gold at the World Championships, to being honoured with an MBE at just 25 years old. Follow her story as she prepares for her most important task yet – the Olympics!

Buy “Becoming an Olympic Gymnast” on Amazon.co.uk here. Note that the book is from the new Pearl Band, the highest band in the scheme which helps children …

Tweet Another illustration from the World Gymnastics Championships 2011 official Facebook, this time of World Pommel Horse Champion Krisztian Berki.

Tweet Atlanta 1996 USA Team gold medallist Dominique Moceanu is set to release a memoir “Off Balance” on June 5th:
An unflinchingly honest memoir from Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu that reveals the often dark underbelly of Olympic gymnastics as only an insider can—and the secrets she learned about the past that nearly tore apart her family.At fourteen years old, Dominique Moceanu was the youngest member of the 1996 U.S. Women’s Olympic Gymnastic team, the first and only American women’s team to take gold at the Olympics. Her pixie-like appearance, passion …

Tweet This popped up on the Official Facebook Page that was used for the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo. Looks pretty cool.

Tweet With celebrating the joys of Christmas time, we bring you bits of news that may have just escaped your gaze through turkey and presents!
Thomas Bouhail injured
The French star, Beijing 2008 Vault silver medalist and Worlds 2010 Vault Champion is reportedly likely to miss the London 2012 Olympics since suffering injury during training this week. The French newspaper Le Figaro reports that Bouhail sustained a fracture to his tibia -  fibula in training this week, he has reportedly also already received surgery. From cases I have seen of this injury, …

Tweet Sandra Izbasa and Flavious Koczi have been named as the best Artistic Romanian gymnasts by the Romanian Gymnastics Federation. The Federation has put both Izbasa and Koczi at the top of the list for 2011.

Top 10 WAG gymnasts 2011:

Sandra Izbasa
Diana Chelaru
Amelia Racea
Catalina Ponor
Ana Porgras
Larissa Iordache
Raluca Haidu
Diana Bulimar
Daniela Andrei
Diana Trenca

Top 10 MAG gymnasts 2011:

Flavius Koczi
Marius Berbecar
Cristian Bataga
Marian Dragulescu
Vlad Cotuna
Ovidiu Buidoso
Andrei Ursache
Andrei Muntean
Daniel Radean
Andrei Groza

Do you agree with the Federations choice?  It hasn’t been Ana Porgras’ year, so she was never going to top the poll. Injuries aside, Izbasa, the 2008 Olympic …

Tweet 2012 is already shaping up to be a busy year for 2011 World All Around Champion Jordyn Wieber. Yesterday it was announced that she will compete with Worlds 2011 team mate Aly Raisman at the AT & T American Cup in March and now it is reported that she will compete at the Pacific Rim Championships, March 16th-18th. Wieber also announced in October that she has turned pro, thus giving up her NCAA eligibility and so has decided to become a professional athlete in the wake of her massive …