Tweet Lauren Mitchell is currently in contention to win the 2011 Australian Championships title in Perth. Lauren leads with a current score of 57.375 while Georgia Rose Brown is in second place with 53.700 and Chloe Sims in third with 53.200
View full results from day one here.
Lauren debuted her new floor routine on home turf, unfortunately she had a fall on a 2 1/2 punch front pass but the routine seems to have improved, some nice choreography changes.Check out Lauren’s new floor routine below:
 

Other videos can be seen  here on …

Tweet When you visit Full Twist  on Facebook or Twitter today you might notice something new.  The new Full Twist logo has just been launched and will soon also be on the website. After reviewing designs of many logos of different shapes and sizes, I have decided to go with the one below. I hope you like it!

Tweet I love the latest “Workout Wednesday”  from Gymnastike with Mary Lee Tracey of Cinicnnati Gymnastics Academy.  Mary takes her elite gymnasts through a typical second workout of the day of their fine-tuning conditioning, primarily plyometrics, something as a coach, I’m a huge fan of. Plyo’s are exercises designed to produce fast, powerful movements.
 

Tweet 1996 Olympic Floor champion Ioannis Melissanidis, is rumoured to be considering returning to competition. AFP reports today that 34 year old Melissanidis who became a national hero upon winning gold on floor in Atlanta is considering returning to competition but rules out returning for the London 2012 Olympics.

“It is always there in my dreams to make a comeback,” Melissanidis told AFP during a brief trip to Paris.
“I am still training three hours a day and I am in good shape which is maybe a bad thing because it makes me believe …

Tweet Russia’s Anna Pavlova has a new website. Like the other Russian gymnasts, the site is run by Alan Owen. Visit her new website here.

Tweet We had reported earlier that Anastasia Sidorova was to compete in the European Youth Olympic Festival in 2 weeks time in Trazbon, Turkey. Alan Owen has unfortunately reported on Sidorova’s official website that she is still injured and will not compete at the EYOF.
Withdrawing from Youth Olympic Festival
Unfortunately, Anastasia Sidorova had to withdraw from the European Youth Olympic Festival because her wrist in still in plaster and she never had an opportunity to return to full training
We haven’t seen Sidorova compete since the Russian Junior Championships in April this year, where …

Tweet The tickets for the WAG European Gymnastics Championships 2012 will go on sale on August 1st 2011. Tickets were scheduled to go on sale on May 15th but were not released. Tickets are available through the official website.

Schedule:
Wednesday 9 May 2012: Qualification juniors
09h30 – 11h30: subdivision 1
11h40 – 13h40: subdivision 2
15h15 – 17h15: subdivision 3
17h25 – 19h25: subdivision 4
19h45 – 21h45: subdivision 5

Thursday 10 May 2012: Qualification seniors
10h00 – 12h00: subdivision 1
12h10 – 14h10: subdivision 2
15h15 – 17h15: subdivision 3
17h25 – 19h00: subdivision 4
Friday 11 May 2012
19h00 …

Tweet One of the next big gymnastics events in July will be the European Youth Olympic Festival in Trazbon, Turkey, July 24th – 29th. Turkey plays host to the 11th festival, more than 170 gymnasts from 38 European countries will have a chance to experience their first competition under the Olympic spirit in the Yomra Gymnastics Hall.
In the WAG competition those who are born in 1996 or 1997 are eligible to compete, likewise in the MAG competition those who are born in 1995 or 1995 can compete. Each country may …

Tweet The roster was released last night for the Covergirl Classic which will take place on July 23rd at the UIC Pavillion on the University Of Illinois, Chicago.
The competition features both new and old stars from USA Gymnastics. Shawn Johnson will make her highly anticipated comeback and we will see many USA gymnasts whom we have not seen since Worlds 2010. Johnson and fellow veteran Chelsie Memmel who will also compete will use the Classics as a springboard to the Visa Championships in August. Bross, Raisman, Sacramone, Wieber and Caquatto, …

Tweet Switzerlands top gymnast Ariella Kaeslin has announced her retirement from gymnastics. Summary of the announcements on the Swiss Gymnastics Federation and the Swiss Cup website:
After 10 years on the Swiss National Team, Ariella Kaeslin announced her immediate retirement from gymnastics. She has been the most successful Swiss gymnast to date, winning numerous titles and was named Swiss Sportswoman of the Year three times.  She retires with a year to go until London 2012 and 3 month ahead of the World Championships in Tokyo. Kaeslin leaves the gymnastics world with many …

Tweet The June / July edition of British Gymnastics Official Magazine “The Gymnast” has been released. I love these online magazines that are accessible to all. Among my favorites is USAG’s Technique Magazine, full of advertisements but still plenty of interesting bits to read.

The Gymnast is great. Up to date news from British Gymnastics, still plenty of ads but some good content. I love the interactive videos featured. This month has a feature on how Glasgow won their bid to host the 2015 World Championships. There is also a great …

Tweet There was a lot of news from the world of gymnastics this weekend. Here’s a quick round up:
Shawn Johnson
Will compete at the Covergirls Classics this month. According to an interview with Universal Sports Shawn will compete on Vault, Bars and Beam. Very exciting news, I don’t expect to be blown away by her first performance since coming back from her ACL injury but will be delighted to see her back in the spotlight.

What excites you about competing again?
Just being back out there on that stage. I miss the adrenaline …