Classic- news, results, pics

The Junior session of the Covergirl Classic just wrapped up. The final standings at the top were

1 Jordyn Wieber 59.95 - no surprises there.
2 Katelyn Ohashi 59.1 - Woga's newest star
3 Kyla Ross 58.7
4 Sabrina Vega 57.25
5 Madison Kocian 56.2 (right- beautiful to watch)
6 Lexie Preissman 55.9
7 McKayla Maroney 55.65
8 Mackenzie Brannan 55.45
9 Gabrielle Douglas 55.25
10 Claire Boyce 55.15


Photos are appearing on the Gymblog and on Gymnastike. Seniors start in a little over an hour on Universal Sports. Full results go to USAgymnastics


Junior AA medal presentations


Last minute seniors preview- from the draw on the USAG page- Rebecca Bross, Sam Shapiro, Bridget Sloan and Sophia deJesus are just competing Bars and Beam. Alicia Sacramone is competing vault and beam.

My sensible pick for the all around would be Ali Raisman, although my sentimental fave is Mattie Larson.

Youth Olympic Games

The Organizing commitee of the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August have changed their rules on the number of coaches a country can send with its young athletes. (International Gymnastics) In gymnastics they had only previously allowed one coach for both mens and womens gymnastics - difficult if your male and female entry train on different sides of the country! This rule had led to the USA refusing to send a female gymnast.

I haven't found a lot of info on entries yet but Russia's Viktoria Komova is due to attend, having won the junior all around and a heap of other medals at the junior European championships. With the organizing commitee now allowing one coach per gymnast it will be interesting to see if USA Gymnastics go back on their word and send someone like Jordyn Wieber (junior Pacific Rim champion) to compete with Komova. She may be one of the few that can.....

Also - the Singapore organizing commitee have planned a special 'olympic lane' on the roads connecting the athlete's village and competition venues. Motorists will be required to give way to specially marked official vehicles.