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Rick worries that if she missed the vault, it could be catastrophic. After all, this is the most difficult vault to be performed by a woman.

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Results from day 1 of the Women’s Qualification Competition
Videos from day 1 of the Women’s Qualification Competition
The Couch Gymnast – Talking Teams & The Individuals
Gymnastics Examiner – Quick Hits
The All Around – Quick Hits
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Blythe Lawrence for Universal Sports – Surprise/no surprise: 2011 World Championships, women’s prelims day one
Amy Van Deusen – Is the scoring system hurting the athletes?

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Tweet The Chinese ladies will compete tomorrow in subdivision 6, first thing in the morning. Yesterday China announced that Wu Liufang was subbed of the team for the alternate Huang Qiushuang.Below is the line up for the qualification competition:
Floor: Jiang Yuyuan, Yao Jinnan, Huang Qiushuang, Sui Lu, Tan Sixin 
Vault: Sui Lu, Huang Qiushuang, Jiang Yuyuan,Tan Sixin, Yao Jinnan 
Bars: Tan Sixin, Yao Jinnan, Jiang Yuyuan, He Kexin, Huang Qiushuang 
Beam: Jiang Yuyuan, Yao Jinnan, Sui Lu, Tan Sixin, Huang Qiushuang

Tweet Full Twist is continuing to cover and highlight Irish Gymnastics at the 2011 World Championships.  WAG girls Sophie McCoo and Charlotte McKenna competed in subdivision 3 today with Turkey, Austria, Poland, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Vietnam, Puerto Rico and the very exciting Australia. Sophie was competing on just beam whilst Charlotte competed on all four apparatus.

Whilst most social media attention online was drawn to the Australians and 2010 World Floor Champion Lauren Mitchell, some coverage was given to the Irish ladies. Blythe Lawrence of the Gymnastics Examiner (GE) …

Tweet Videos have started to become available from today’s first qualification competition.Continue to keep checking back for more links throughout the day. Check out the full scores here.

Vault

Yamilet Peña (DOM) 14.466
Alexa Moreno (MEX) 14.249
Thian Phan (VIE) 14.216
Valeria Maksyuta (ISR) 14.016
Paula Plichta (POL) 13.633
Tijana Tkalcec (CRO) 13.516
Paula Mejías (PUR) 13.499
Andrea Camino (PER) 13.133
Dewi Prahara (INA) 12.833
Mia Furu 12.466

Beam

Catalina Ponor (ROU) 15.000
Amelia Racea (ROU) 14.733
Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) 14.450
Celine Van Gerner (NED) 14.300
Mary Anne Monckton (AUS) 14.166
Ashleigh Brennan (AUS) 14.125
Ana Lago (MEX) 13.766
Kristina Vaculik (CAN) 13.733
Valeria Maksyuta (ISR) 13.600
Joy Goedkoop (NED) 13.466

 
Floor

Diana Bulimar …

Tweet Lots of action at the first day of the qualifying rounds in Tokyo. After 5 subdivisions the team standings are as follows:

The All Around standings are currently as follows:

1.Raluca Haidu (ROU) 56.465
2.Lauren Mitchell (AUS) 56.324
3.Celine Van Gerner (NED) 55.465
4.Ana Porgras (ROU) 54.832
5.Emily Little (AUS) 54.732
6.Jessica Lopez (VEN) 54.731
7.Peng Peng Lee (CAN) 54.632
8.Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) 53.416
9.Joy Goedkoop (NED) 52.998
10.Valeria Maksyuta (ISR) 52.915
11.Kristina Vaculik (CAN) 52.831
12.Ana Lago (MEX) 52.732
13.Darya Elizarova (UZB) 52.731
14.Ana Sofía Gómez (GUA) 52.540
15.Kristina Palesova (CZE) 52.232
16.Luisa Galiulina (UZB) 52.066
17.Elsa García (MEX) 51.998
18.Jonna Adlerteg (SWE) 51.966
19.Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL) 51.849
20.Ida …

Tweet The official word is out – USA’s Alicia Sacramone has torn her Achilles Tendon. Read the statement from USAG below:
TOKYO, Oct. 7, 2011 – Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics, tore her Achilles tendon yesterday during a tumbling pass at a training session. 
“I am so disappointed to not be able to compete and be a part of this team’s competitive success,” said Sacramone.  “This is an incredibly talented and wonderful group of girls and I have great confidence in their ability to go out and represent the United …

Tweet Finally a gymnastics app for the iPhone. Even better, it’s free! Available in both Japanese and English. From the iTunes description:

Description
The player who played in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, archival photo app
1. New!! Download Latest content
2. Photo Archive Player Photo
3. Schedule/Map/Result
4. Japan Creation Introduction to Japanese manufacturing
5. Japan Trip About the sights of Tokyo

Download the ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TOKYO 2011 app from the iTunes store today.

Tweet The first 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?
Romania and Venezuela compete in subdivision 2, Australia and our own ladies Sophie McCoo and Charlotte McKenna from Ireland in subdivision 3, Canada and Greece in subdivision 4 and finally in subdivision 5, the Netherlands.
 

Who is starting …

Tweet Simon Gale from Tolworth Gymnastics Club contacted Full Twist with Ireland’s first new move the “Behan” which is to be submitted to the FIG for evaluation in the Code of Points.
What would you rate it is? The FIG think it should be rated as a “B”, the same as a straight back somersault. What do you think of Kieran Behan’s move? Leave a comment below.
Thanks for sharing Simon.

Tweet Today has been a big day in training for MAG and WAG gymnasts. Of course it was FULL of drama, lets take a look at the big stories of the day:

Alicia Sacramone will not defend her World Vault title having suffered an Achilles Tendon injury.
Aly Raisman also suffered an injury in training but USAG confirmed that she is fine.
Fabian Hambuchen is set to compete AA in Tokyo.
Mariya Livchikova also suffered an injury, landing badly on Vault.
Wu Liufang has shockingly been named alternate for China.
Beth Tweddle is to read the …

Tweet Sounds like the British boys are getting on great and impressing in Podium Training. Check out videos of Podium Training so far below courtesy of Gymnastike.
Pommel
Dan Purvis

 
Dan Keatings

 
Louis Smith

 
Sam Oldham

 
Floor
Dan Purvis

 
Sam Oldham

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