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 …

Tweet 2011 World all-around champion Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts’ Twistars USA, and 2011 World all-around finalists John Orzoco of the Bronx, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, and Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics, have accepted invitations to compete in the 2012 AT&T American Cup, March 3, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Via USAG

Can Wieber follow in the foot steps of the past two Olympic Champions Liukin and Patterson who won the title in the Olympic year??

Tweet Not that any of us doubted that Kohei Uchimura wouldn’t make the Japanese Olympic team but a report from The Mainichi Daily News tells us that the three time All Around World Champion has been “given the nod” by the Japanese Gymnastics Association.  Uchimura is said to have been confirmed as representing Japan outside the normal Olympic Team selection process in the spring.
I can’t wait to see this guy in action in London.

Tweet Last month we told you that Australia’s Lauren Mitchell has been selected by the credit card company VISA as one of their London 2012 Ambassadors for their “Go World” campaign.

 
It seems that the sponsorship deal will really help Lauren achieve her goal of an Olympic gold medal. In an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, Lauren who has had to rely on government funding for sometime, explains just how so:
“It takes off some of the pressure. 
I can focus on my gym and then studies and then finding some space …

Tweet Today the FIG re-confirmed the 9 new WAG elements that have been added to the Code of Points.
Gymnasts have the opportunity to present new elements at any official FIG event. In order for them to be included in the Code of Points, the submitted elements must be successfully (without fall) performed by the gymnasts during World Championships, Olympic Games or Youth Olympic Games and have at least a “C” value.

Here you can see a PDF of all of the elements named after WAG Gymnasts, a pretty great list!

Tweet The new Category B World Floor Champion, Irish gymnast Kieran Behan has earned himself a place at the London 2012 Test Event. This is a massive achievement for an Irish gymnast. Ireland’s first and only gymnast to enter the Olympic Games was Barry McDonald in 1996. 2011 has been an incredible year for Kieran, winning three FIG medals for his country. Kieran will be competing with the likes of 2010 High Bar World silver medallist Epke Zonderland, New Zealand’s Patrick Peng, Germany’s Matthis Fahrig, Russia’s Nikita Ignatyev, Ukraine’s Igor …

Tweet According to an article on the Surrey Comet, Ireland’s rising star Kieran Behan may be eligible to compete at the London 2012 test Event and should find out today if he’ll be there.

Kieran’s Coach Simon Gale explains how he has come from nowhere to be the gymnast that everyone is talking about:
“Because of his injury problems he has totally flown under the radar and literally come from nowhere to get to this stage.
We’ve been at international meetings this year and have had people coming up to us saying ‘who …

Tweet Let Full Twist introduce you to our new project – Jobs In Gymnastics. A gymnastics jobs website made for gymnastics coaches by gymnastics coaches.

The Idea
For many of us, making gymnastics a full time job is an absolute dream but actually finding that job is difficult. It can also be difficult for recruiters to find the right place to advertise their position.
The idea behind Jobs In Gymnastics is to bring together Gymnastics Coaches, Administrators, Marketers and other gymnastics employers world wide to make all jobs easily available in the one …

Tweet A story has come up on The Star Online regarding gymnastics in Kuala Lumpur. For those who do not know Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia and the second largest city. Apparently the National Gymnastics Teams are to be disbanded by the Malaysian Gymnastics Federation and the current coaching staff also let go n an effort to produce new and improved gymnasts. The report says that China’s former star coach Gao Jian and other coaches from Romania may be drawn in to raise the bar. Gao Jian is …

Tweet This has been a long running theme with India’s MAG Gymnastics Coach. Is he gone? Is he still the coach? Back in January Vladimir Cherktov was said to be in limbo, not knowing where his contract with the Sports Authority of India, before that he walked out on his teamat the Asian Games and most recently he was coaching the MAG Indian Team in the UK during a training camp. His name became known most when his gymnast Asish Kumar made history by winning 2 medals for his country …

Tweet A video with Lauren Mitchell about her VISA Ambassador role.

Tweet Yet again City of Lisburn Salto Gymnastics Club claimed the coveted title of Irish FIG National Team of the year yesterday at the WAG National Team Championships in Dublin. The competition, which was held in the new Janz Gymnastics Club full time facility, played host to seven teams and a number of individuals competing. The individual gymnasts must compete in order to qualify for the National Apparatus Finals in 2012.
This was a full FIG event, with the standard being quite high. Both judges and gymnasts who have been to …

Tweet We just got word that Kieran Behan from Ireland is currently sitting in first place on floor at the Ostrava World Cup Challenger in the Czech Republic in qualification. Kieran, sponsored by athletic clothing company Stoi Athletic Wear, has performed excellently at his two previous challenger cups, winning medals on floor at both competitions. This will be the second event that Stoi will sponsor Kieran at. At the Osijek Challenger Cup back in November the company kitted the Irish male gymnasts out with gear for the event. Sponsorship is a …

Tweet Kohei Uchimura, the Japanese gymnast, first to win three consecutive All Around titles has been nominated by the United States Sports Association as Athlete of the year for 2011. The gymnast shares the nomination on the shortlist with others such as footballer David Beckham, tennis star Novak Djokovic, 2011 World Figure Skating Champion Patrick Chan, Kim Clijsters and golfer Yani Tseng.
Meanwhile Women’s World Champion Jordyn Wieber is nominated  in the women’s category.
To cast your vote click here.
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