Tweet The British MAG team competed this morning in the first subdivision scoring 348.742. It was a tough competition with some uncharacteristic slip ups from this strong team who should make the top 8 and automatically qualify through to the 2012 Olympics.  One definite positive to come from the competition was that Louis Smith will make the Pommel final, scoring 15.600 for is routine. Currently World Champion Krisztian Berki is in first place with 15.866. Dan Purvis currently lies in 6th place in the All Around rankings.

At 1:30pm British time …

Tweet The official competition only began on Friday and already we have many injured gymnasts who have been forced the withdraw from competition.  Today was day one of the MAG qualification another few injuries were had. Let’s see who has had the misfortune of becoming injured in Tokyo so far (I really wish I didn’t have to say so far but it’s not unlikely that someone else will become injured).
Alicia Sacramone – via Larry Nassar on Facebook

Maria Livchikova

Anna Li – via The Couch Gymnast on Facebook

Bart Deurloo (did he travel …

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The Men’s Qualification competition continues today at 11:15am Tokyo time. That’s 3:15am UK/Irish time and 5:15am Romanian time. View the schedule below or download a PDF version of the schedule from our Complete Guide: World Gymnastics Championships 2011 Schedule & Coverage post, which has been updated to include some more known television coverage.

Who will Full Twist be looking out for?
Great Britain and Spain compete in subdivision 5, France in subdivision 6, Canada, Australia  and Russia in subdivision 7. And finally China and Korea compete in the final subdivision, 8. All teams …

Tweet Despite having some pretty rough training session before their qualification competition and not having the best competition possible, the British team of Beth Tweddle, Danusia Francis, Hannah Whelan, Imogen Cairns, Jennifer Pinches and Becky Downie earned their country a spot at the London 2012 Olympics. The girls qualified in 8th place, luckily making the cut.

Teams who have secured a place to London 2012

United States
Russia
China
Romania
Japan
Australia
Germany
Great Britain

The remaining teams who qualified 9th – 16th will compete at the London 202 Test event in January, find out who those teams are here. …

Tweet Via Chinese Gymnastics Blog
FX: Chen Yibing, Teng Haibin, Zhang Chenglong, Zou Kai, Feng Zhe
PH: Chen Yibing, Guowei Yang, Zhang Chenglong, Teng Haibin, Zou Kai
SR: Feng Zhe, Guo Weiyang, Teng Haibin, Chen Yibing, Zhang Chenglong
VT: Teng Haibin, Zou Kai, Chen Yibing, Zhang Chenglong, Feng Zhe
PB: Zou Kai, Guo Weiyang, Zhang Chenglong, Teng Haibin, Feng Zhe
HB: Guo Weiyang, Teng Haibin, Zhang Chenglong, Zou Kai, Feng Zhe

2008 Olympian gold Team, Floor and High Bar winner Zou Kai was originally named alternate. Where is Lu Bo? Did I miss something?
**Update** Lu Bo withdrew …

Tweet More videos will be added as they become available. Should you know of any sources for videos, please leave a comment below.
HB STANDINGS
1. Y. Tanaka JPN 15.600
2. Uchimura JPN 15.533
3. Hambuchen GER 15.500
4. Orozco USA 15.266
5. Boy GER 15.266
6. Zonderland NED 15.133
7. Horton USA 15.066
8. Wammes NED 14.833
PB STANDINGS
1. Uchimura JPN 15.391
2. Berbecar ROM 15.366
3. Leyva USA 15.366
4. K. Tanaka JPN 15.366
5. Tsolakidis GRE 15.300
6. Boy GER 15.233
7. Fokin UZB 15.166
8. Nguyen GER 15.133
VT STANDINGS
1. Okiguchi JPN 16.349
2. Dragulescu ROM 16.333
3. Shek HKG 16.237
4. Wammes NED 16.166
5. Ha …

Tweet The first day of the Men’s Qualifications kicked off today. The Irish Men Luke Carson, Kieran Behan and Rohan Sebastian competed in the 4th subdivision alongside Greece, Germany, Uzbekistan and Hungary.
Kieran finished in 53rd place with a score of 80.290 while Luke finished in 54th place with 80.165. Rohan finished in 61st place with 78.915. See all of today’s results here.
Individual Results breakdown:

Rk
Name
NOC
Total
Floor
PH
Rings
Vault
PB
HB

53
BEHAN Kieran
IRL

80.290

14.500
11.633
13.133
14.900
13.033
13.091

54
CARSON Luke
IRL

80.165

13.200
12.933
13.066
14.733
13.700
12.533

61
SEBASTIAN R.
IRL

78.915

13.033
12.766
14.000
14.300
13.316
11.500

A huge amount of live coverage was given to the guys so let’s see what was said:
International Gymnast Magazine on Facebook:
High Bar:

Sebastian IRL high …

Tweet Today was the first day of MAG Qualifications at the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships. Rick from Gymnastics Coaching called it the “Uchimura show, the only final he hasn’t qualified to so far is the vault final but tomorrow is another day of qualifications and Great Britain and France are still to compete.
Event Results (click to enlarge)

Individual Standings so far:

Rk
Name
NOC
Total
Floor
PH
Rings
Vault
PB
HB

1
UCHIMURA Kohei
JPN

92.256

15.466
15.433
15.233
15.200
15.391
15.533

2
OROZCO John
USA

90.532

14.300
15.000
15.033
15.900
15.033
15.266

3
LEYVA Danell
USA

89.848

14.800
14.633
14.483
16.100
15.366
14.466

4
YAMAMURO Koji
JPN

89.765

14.533
14.700
15.533
16.400
14.066
14.533

5
HORTON Jonathan
USA

89.689

14.900
13.308
15.366
16.083
14.966
15.066

6
BOY Philipp
GER

88.697

14.300
13.366
14.466
16.066
15.233
15.266

7
KUKSENKOV M.
UKR

88.648

14.900
14.400
14.200
15.816
14.666
14.666

8
NGUYEN Marcel
GER

88.464

14.466
13.733
15.033
15.833
15.133
14.266

9
RIVERA Luis
PUR

87.831

14.300
14.600
14.733
15.766
14.366
14.066

10
KOCZI Flavius
ROU

87.732

15.400
14.900
12.733
16.366
14.400
13.933

11
FOKIN Anton
UZB

87.698

14.766
14.400
13.900
15.866
15.166
13.600

12
HAMBUECHEN F.
GER

87.507

14.675
11.933
14.733
15.566
15.100
15.500

13
DRAGULESCU M.
ROU

87.032

15.566
12.500
13.800
16.400
14.433
14.333

14
GONZALEZ SEPUL.
CHI

86.665

15.400
13.233
14.533
15.533
14.366
13.600

15
LEGENDRE Steven
USA

86.598

15.433
13.433
14.066
15.233
14.133
14.300

16
STEPKO Oleg
UKR

86.565

14.600
13.966
14.100
15.833
14.766
13.300

17
BUCHER Pascal
SUI

86.466

13.900
14.100
13.900
15.500
14.800
14.266

18
NAKONECHNYI V.
UKR

86.331

14.333
13.733
14.066
15.600
14.566
14.033

19
SPIRIDONOV E.
GER

86.148

14.666
13.900
14.000
15.400
14.516
13.666

20
ALMEIDA CAMPOS
POR

85.832

14.300
13.833
14.200
14.966
14.200
14.333

21
CAPELLI Claudio
SUI

85.382

14.400
12.950
13.866
15.533
14.700
13.933

22
SASAKI JUNIOR
BRA

85.123

14.233
13.341
13.983
16.166
14.400
13.000

23
RAMOS RIVERA A.
PUR

84.897

14.266
13.808
12.700
15.666
14.066
14.391

24
BUIDOSO Ovidiu
ROU

84.897

14.066
14.333
13.766
15.166
13.566
14.000

25
PRINCIPI Paolo
ITA

84.714

14.366
13.966
13.691
15.558
13.433
13.700

26
MORANDI Matteo
ITA

84.580

13.866
13.333
15.366
14.566
14.016
13.433

27
POZZO Enrico
ITA

84.532

14.600
13.500
12.966
15.066
14.000
14.400

28
OTTAVI Paolo
ITA

84.498

13.933
13.533
14.466
15.033
13.500
14.033

29
AGUIAR BARBOSA
BRA

84.165

14.133
13.400
12.633
15.733
14.300
13.966

30
HIDVEGI …

Tweet He’s a really great guy. Good to hear that Marta can compromise.

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Tweet It’s the first day of the Men’s Qualification competitions kicks off today at 11:15am Tokyo time. That’s 3:15am UK/Irish time and 5:15am Romanian time. View the schedule below or download a PDF version of the schedule from our Complete Guide: World Gymnastics Championships 2011 Schedule & Coverage post.
 

Who will Full Twist be looking out for?
USA and Japan compete in subdivision 1, Ukraine, Romania and India in subdivision 2, Italy and Netherlands in subdivision 3. We’ll be paying close attention to Subdivision 4 as our Irish men Kieran Behan, Rohan Sebastian and …

Tweet Today Russia’s Viktoria Komova and USA’s Jordyn Wieber qualified first and second respectively into the AA finals but who has the edge?
1. Komova RUS 60.157
2. Wieber USA 60.032
3. Yao CHN 59.031
4. Raisman USA 58.432
(5. Douglas 57.657)
6. Afanasyeva RUS 56.941
7. Huang CHN 56.932
8. Seitz GER 56.732
(9. Vega USA 56.665)
10. Haidu ROM 56.465
11. Tsurumi 56.365
(12. Maroney USA 56.324)
13. Mitchell AUS 56.324
14. Ferrari ITA 56.198
(15. Tan CHN 56.065)
16. Jarosh GER 55.500
17. Whelan GBR 55.465
17. Van Gerner NED 55.500
19. Tanaka JPN 55.432
(20. Jiang CHN 55.074)
(21. Shintake 55.032)
22. Porgras Ana 54.832
23. Little AUS 54.732
(23. …

Tweet Congratulations ladies! You’ve had one tough week for sure with the loss of Alicia. Here’s to winning the team final!

Via Larry Nassar on Facebook
USA Event Finalists
Wieber -Floor, Bars, Beam, Wieber
Maroney – Vault
Raisman – Floor, Beam
Douglas – Bars