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 …

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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. …

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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

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Tweet Host country Japan have qualified through to the London 2012 Olympics.These pictures from the Official World Championships Facebook are priceless.

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Tweet God, I love this woman! She’s mightily entertaining!

Watch more video of World Gymnastics Championships Tokyo 2011 on gymnastike.org

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Tweet Yup that’s right Ms. Liukin is making a comeback, it’s official! … about time she confirmed. Good for her.

The father and daughter team don’t plan on compete All Around but will focus on bars and beam. Liukin told Inside Gymnastics:
“Trainings been going well, just basically taking things a day at a time,” Liukin says. “I’ve been trying to go out of my way to train here [in Tokyo]. It’s been hard. I have to be here for every single session as the FIG Athlete Representative, so it makes it …

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Tweet Apologies, when I am not so tired or hungry (just finished training!) I will update these into a nicer format. Thank you YouTube! Also check out User Piibunina who has uploaded loads of videos
Gabby Douglas Beam

Jiang Yuyuan Floor

Jiang Yuyan Beam

Huang Qiushuang Bars

Kim Bui Bars with Maroney first vault

Huang Qiushuang Floor

Huang Qiushuang Bars

Heo Seon Mi Beam

Kexin He Bars

Gabby Douglas Vault

Gabby Douglas Floor

Gabby Douglas Beam

Maroney Vault 2 & Elisabeth Seitz Bars

Elisabeth Seitz Floor

Chuso Vault 1 & 2 & Sabrina Vega Floor

And the FIG’s excellent videos
Viktoria Komova Bars

Jordyn Wieber Floor

Jordyn Wieber Beam

Huang …

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Tweet The teams that have qualified for the World Gymnastics Championships 2011 Team Finals and also to the London 2012 Olympics are listed as 1 – 8, those listed 9 – 13 will compete at the London Test Event in January for place in the Olympics.

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Tweet It’s shocking and somewhat disappointing that last years World title holders will not fight for to retain their title. See below for your event finalist for the 2011 Worlds:

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Tweet Today’s results:

All Around:

Rk
Name
NOC
Total
Vault
UB
Beam
Floor

1
KOMOVA Victoria
RUS

60.157

14.533
15.733
15.400
14.491

2
WIEBER Jordyn
USA

60.032

15.433
14.800
15.233
14.566

3
YAO Jinnan
CHN

59.031

14.866
14.566
15.066
14.533

4
RAISMAN A.
USA

58.432

14.666
14.000
14.933
14.833

5
DOUGLAS G.
USA

57.657

14.558
14.866
14.400
13.833

6
AFANASEVA K.
RUS

56.941

14.433
14.083
14.100
14.325

7
HUANG Qiushuang
CHN

56.932

14.600
14.900
14.666
12.766

8
SEITZ Elisabeth
GER

56.732

14.633
14.433
13.800
13.866

9
VEGA Sabrina
USA

56.665

14.066
14.333
14.366
13.900

10
HAIDU R.
ROU

56.465

14.366
13.833
14.533
13.733

11
TSURUMI Koko
JPN

56.365

13.500
14.933
14.266
13.666

12
MARONEY M.
USA

56.332

15.533
13.666
13.300
13.833

13
MITCHELL Lauren
AUS

56.324

14.300
13.600
14.033
14.391

14
FERRARI Vanessa
ITA

56.198

14.266
13.233
14.233
14.466

15
TAN Sixin
CHN

56.065

14.300
13.866
13.966
13.933

16
JAROSCH Nadine
GER

55.500

14.200
13.600
13.700
14.000

17
WHELAN Hannah
GBR

55.465

13.666
13.433
14.400
13.966

18
VAN GERNER C.
NED

55.465

13.466
14.166
14.300
13.533

19
TANAKA Rie
JPN

55.432

13.966
14.466
13.600
13.400

20
JIANG Yuyuan
CHN

55.074

14.000
12.866
14.575
13.633

21
SHINTAKE Yuko
JPN

55.032

13.500
14.233
13.933
13.366

22
PORGRAS Ana
ROU

54.832

13.900
12.666
14.400
13.866

23
MINOBE Yu
JPN

54.732

13.333
14.433
13.933
13.033

24
LITTLE Emily
AUS

54.732

14.533
13.566
13.533
13.100

25
LOPEZ Jessica
VEN

54.731

13.566
13.966
13.266
13.933

26
IZURIETA A.
ESP

54.698

13.733
13.833
13.866
13.266

27
LEE Christine
CAN

54.632

13.733
13.800
13.466
13.633

28
MATIAS HYPOLITO
BRA

54.557

13.833
12.800
14.133
13.791

29
STEINGRUBER G.
SUI

54.498

14.866
13.300
13.066
13.266

30
MALAUSSENA A.
FRA

54.365

13.533
13.433
13.908
13.491

31
DEMENTYEVA Anna
RUS

54.333

13.600
14.200
14.400
12.133

32
FERLITO C.
ITA

54.332

13.933
13.000
13.866
13.533

33
BREVET Marine
FRA

54.331

13.566
13.633
13.866
13.266

34
FRANCIS Danusia
GBR

53.965

13.466
13.266
14.033
13.200

35
HEO Seon Mi
KOR

53.932

13.733
14.233
13.266
12.700

36
ARMI Emily
ITA

53.866

13.500
12.933
13.900
13.533

37
PINCHES J.
GBR

53.766

13.200
13.533
13.900
13.133

38
FERNANDES BARB.
BRA

53.733

14.400
13.200
13.233
12.900

39
MILLOUSI V.
GRE

53.416

12.833
12.733
14.450
13.400

40
MARACHKOUSKAYA
BLR

52.999

14.066
13.200
13.733
12.000

41
BUI Kim
GER

52.999

13.833
12.500
13.133
13.533

42
BROWN G.
AUS

52.999

13.633
13.600
13.266
12.500

43
GOEDKOOP J.
NED

52.998

13.500
12.966
13.466
13.066

44
MAKSIUTA V.
ISR

52.915

14.166
11.566
13.600
13.583

45
VACULIK K.
CAN

52.831

13.666
12.966
13.733
12.466

46
HILL L.
GER

52.766

13.600
14.000
12.900
12.266

47
LAGO SERNA A.
MEX

52.732

13.700
11.533
13.766
13.733

48
ELIZAROVA Darya
UZB

52.731

13.166
12.866
13.033
13.666

49
VARGAS M.
ESP

52.633

13.700
13.033
13.300
12.600

50
GOMEZ PORRAS A.
GUA

52.540

14.366
12.000
13.466
12.708

51
MAKHAUTSOVA V.
BLR

52.532

13.566
13.133
12.933
12.900

52
SHEPPARD A.
HUN

52.465

14.533
12.933
12.366
12.633

53
EUM Eunhui
KOR

52.365

13.466
13.033
12.833
13.033

54
PARK Kyung Jin
KOR

52.333

13.900
12.200
13.300
12.933

55
SERSERI Sophia
FRA

52.333

13.933
13.000
12.700
12.700

56
MASELA Wyomi
NED

52.299

13.966
12.000
13.000
13.333

57
BOCZOGO Dorina
HUN

52.265

14.000
12.933
12.266
13.066

58
PALESOVA K.
CZE

52.232

13.233
13.166
13.033
12.800

59
KUROIWA YAMAMO.
BRA

52.133

13.500
12.800
12.833
13.000

60
GALIULINA Luisa
UZB

52.066

13.200
12.733
13.000
13.133

61
VANWALLEGHEM A.
BEL

52.033

13.800
12.033
13.200
13.000

62
PEGG Dominique
CAN

52.032

13.900
12.266
12.200
13.666

63
GARCIA RODRIGU.
MEX

51.998

12.933
12.666
12.433
13.966

64
ADLERTEG Jonna
SWE

51.966

13.400
13.700
12.100
12.766

65
PIHAN-KULESZA
POL

51.849

13.641
11.708
12.900
13.600

66
GUSTAFSSON Ida
SWE

51.832

13.033
13.700
12.166
12.933

67
JO Hyunjoo
KOR

51.799

14.433
10.433
13.600
13.333

68
CARMONA URBANO
ESP

51.798

13.333
12.866
12.966
12.633

69
GASSER Barbara
AUT

51.733

13.433
13.100
12.700
12.500

70
RIJKEN Marlies
NED

51.732

13.533
12.933
12.400
12.866

71
ERCEG Tina
CRO

51.656

13.366
11.866
13.291
13.133

72
JANIK Gabriela
POL

51.515

13.683
13.266
12.700
11.866

73
DIACCI Jessica
SUI

51.331

13.233
11.866
13.566
12.666

74
RABINOVITZ Roni
ISR

51.132

13.466
12.300
13.266
12.100

75
MYS Gaelle
BEL

51.098

13.333
12.466
13.566
11.733

76
CASTRO LAZO S.
CHI

51.065

13.500
12.466
12.466
12.633

77
GIL ORTIZ J.
COL

51.032

14.000
11.866
12.500
12.666

78
CHERNIY Y.
UKR

51.032

13.400
12.366
12.866
12.400

79
SANCHEZ CARDEN.
COL

50.998

13.133
13.266
12.633
11.966

80
STAEMPFLI Linda
SUI

50.632

13.066
12.566
12.400
12.600

81
KYSLA Angelina
UKR

50.599

13.600
12.266
12.333
12.400

82
FOMENKO …

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Tweet An early start this morning for Full Twist with both rugby and gymnastics going on.
Ireland V Wales, Rugby World Cup Quarter Final.

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Tweet The second day of the Qualification competitions kicks off today at 11:30am Tokyo time. That’s 3:30am UK/Irish time and 5:30am 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?
Korea and China compete in subdivision 6, USA, Germany and Brazil in subdivision 7, Russia and Switzerland in subdivision 8. Spain, Italy and Ukraine compete in subdivision 9 and finally in subdivision 10, some of the …

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