[color=olive]I am so happy for China - a bars medal after 7 years.[/color]

[color=darkblue]I am so glad that Fan Ye actually won something. Who knew Razvan Selariu was still around? [/color]

how the coaches that are parents treat their own kids is a good indication of how they will be as coaches too.

[color=darkblue] http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6180195&nav=0Ra7 March 5, 2007 05:12 PM NEW PALESTINE, Ind. - Monday the Hancock County prosecutor filed formal charges against a high school gymnastics coach and she is not the only one in trouble over a teen party with alcohol. During her seven years as gymnastics coach at New Palestine High School, 30-year-old Andrea Chestnut has[ Read More... ]

[color=darkred]The touching thing could be a cultural thing - in one of my human resources classes I read about how Asian cultures are not big on physical contact but Italians are ... which of course is stereotypes but still we had to understand that people from different places are obviously going to be different and we should try to understand. That said, yeah - I would not want people[ Read More... ]

[color=darkred] Irina Krasnyankaya 15.575 (15.775) Sandra Izbasa: 15.500 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs: 15.475 Anna Pavlova: 15.275 Nan Zhang: 15.275 Vanessa Ferrari: 14.675 (fall) Steliana Nistor: 14.575 Olga Scherbatykh: 14... (fall) [/color]

[color=darkred]She fell down some stairs yesterday & they said she would not do beam today; now they say she is fine. I hope she really is ok and goes for gold![/color]

[color=darkred]Who would have ever thought that China would be the most consistant team out there???[/color]

Women's Team Qualifiers: (vault, bars, beam, floor) 1 USA - United States 59.925 (1) 62.975 (1) 59.975 (4) 60.450 (1) 243.325 Q 2 CHN - China 59.175 (2) 59.500 (3) 61.725 (1) 59.125 (3) 239.525 Q 3 UKR - Ukraine 56.725 (11) 59.300 (4) 61.450 (2) 57.550 (6) 235.025 Q 4 RUS - Russia 59.175 (2) 58.450 (5) 59.875 (5) 57.300 (7) 234.800 Q 5 ROM - Romania 58.600 (4) 56.050 (13) 60.150 (3) 57.800[ Read More... ]

All-Around qualifiers: 1 395 MEMMEL Chellsie USA 61.350 (1) 2 363 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 61.100 (2) 3 391 BIEGER Jana USA 60.625 (3) 4 294 TWEDDLE Elizabeth GBR 59.975 (4) 5 155 SOUZA Lais BRA 59.875 (5) 6 474 NISTOR Steliana ROM 59.850 (6) 7 472 IZBASA Sandra Raluca ROM 59.825 (7) 8 196 ZHOU Zhuoru CHN 59.500 (8) 9 303 CHUSOVITINA Oksana GER 59.075 (10) 10 194 PANG Panpan CHN 58.775[ Read More... ]

Individual event finalists: Vault: 1 190 CHENG Fei CHN 15.975 2 397 SACRAMONE Alicia USA 15.300 3 451 HONG Su Jong PRK 15.237 4 303 CHUSOVITINA Oksana GER 14.937 5 488 ZAMOLODCHIKOVA Elena RUS 14.925 6 155 SOUZA Lais BRA 14.787 7 486 PAVLOVA Anna RUS 14.700 8 472 IZBASA Sandra Raluca ROM 14.612 Reserves R1 495 KAESLIN Ariella SUI 14.512 R2 407 SHCHERBATYKH Olga UKR 14.462 R3 364[ Read More... ]

Britain came in 11th, but Beth Tweddle qualified for AA and bars and floor event finals: " Star Tweddle reaches three finals Beth Tweddle qualified for three finals but her solid effort could not help Great Britain's women reach the final of the World Championships team event." - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/gymnastics/6059636.stm She got 4th place in AA in qualifiers.

Another article with some details on China's / USA's teams / women's prelims: "Gymnastics: Chinese blunders keep US women on track at world championships" - http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/236056/1/.html U.S. qualifying competition: [quote]Despite their own drama with Ashley Priess and Natasha Kelley both falling off the beam and defending floor champion Alicia[ Read More... ]

"Gymnastics-Error-prone China fail to overtake U.S." - http://au.sports.yahoo.com/061017/3/xn9y.html Qualifying teams are: U.S.,China,Ukraine,Russia,Romania,Australia,Brazil,Spain Team competition on Wednesday! Top individual qualifiers: Defending champion Chellsie Memmel, Vanessa Ferrari and Jana Bieger U.S. team wins qualifiers: [quote]AARHUS, Denmark, Oct 17 (Reuters) -[ Read More... ]

Thanks for posting all the info guys, cuz I've been swamped w/stuff and barely have any free time. W/out this, I prob. wouldn't spend time looking this stuff up!

Cool, thanks! Yup, the bar routines are soooo long - getting longer! to put in all the extra points! Liukin does her giants like khorkina, tapping over the bars, did u notice? looks kinda like she slipped off the bars on her double layout (and let go too early) and so didn't clear the flips enuf and so took that extra step forward. Cool routine though! Chellsie's too - when u compare[ Read More... ]

Ya, Liukin had a step forward on her double layout...and, guess what??!!! you can watch videos from YouTube from the 2006 World Championships! Here's Liukin's bar routine: [youtube]eM6Nj5FPHnQ [/youtube] These bar routines are getting really long! Chellsie UB: [youtube]Pg65sJknBD4[/youtube] Memmel BB: [youtube]HNxgSsE_aM8[/youtube] Hollie Dykes BB:[ Read More... ]

Articles on Nastia and Chellsie: http://au.sports.yahoo.com/061016/3/xltq.html , http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/gymnastics/6057318.stm [quote]Team coordinator Marta Karolyi's decision to gamble on Liukin's fitness paid off when the 16-year-old glided over and under the bars to earn the highest mark in the women's competition -- 16.200. Liukin's verdict was: "It definitely was[ Read More... ]

"Toronto gymnast leads Canadian team at world gymnastics championship" - http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=6ff3d095-6c7b-40e9-a6bf-60c0de01132f&k=87922 Toronto's Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs will find out tomorrow after the other 11 countries compete in the prelims if she will make event finals for beam - right now she's ranked 3rd on that event. "Only three Canadian women have ever[ Read More... ]

Here's some review on the prelims so far: "Tough ruling can't stop U.S. at worlds" - http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/10/16/italy_takes_lead_in_world_gymnastics/ The U.S. protested a dance combo deduction from Sacramone's floor routine - she got a 14.875 instead of 15.375 if they won the protest....guess now they have to pay the protest fee. Sacramone, the defending champ[ Read More... ]

After 7 of 10 Subdivisions: (vault, bars, beam, floor) 1 USA - United States 59.925 (1) 62.975 (1) 59.975 (2) 60.450 (1) 243.325 Q 2 ROM - Romania 58.600 (2) 56.050 (9) 60.150 (1) 57.800 (3) 232.600 Q 3 AUS - Australia 56.225 (9) 59.975 (2) 58.600 (3) 56.900 (5) 231.700 Q 4 BRA - Brazil 57.425 (5) 56.550 (8) 57.225 (9) 59.275 (2) 230.475 Q 5 ESP - Spain 57.150 (6) 56.625 (7) 58.250 (5)[ Read More... ]

[color=darkred] After Sub II 1 ITA - Italy 229.425 57.825 (2) 57.350 (1) 57.600 (2) 56.650 (2) 2 FRA - France 227.950 57.100 (3) 55.900 (4) 58.275 (1) 56.675 (1) 3 PRK - DPR Korea 223.575 58.050 (1) 57.125 (2) 56.550 (4) 51.850 (5) 4 GER - Germany 222.125 56.975 (4) 57.025 (3) 53.150 (5) 54.975 (3) 5 GRE - Greece 216.725 53.650 (5) 52.825 (5) 57.175 (3) 53.075 (4) 6 SWE - Sweden 196.775[ Read More... ]

[color=indigo]I think that they may perform well this year bc they have some pretty stable gymnasts like Zhou Zhou Ru. This may not be one of their most exciting teams but I can see them actually hitting their routines which is a good thing. [/color]

[color=darkblue]I really want China to win - especially on the women's side. They always have what it takes but then falter in the finals. There time to shine is now w/ Bejing on the way.[/color]

Could depend on what 'grade number' the sprain is: from http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/sprainsstrains/a/anklesprain.htm Grade I Ankle Sprain: Grade I ankle sprains cause stretching of the ligament. The symptoms tend to be limited to pain and swelling. Most patients can walk without crutches, but may not be able to jog or jump. Grade II Ankle Sprain: A grade II ankle sprain is more[ Read More... ]