Event finals - day 2 (finally!)

Unfortunately my Sunday was rather busy (as was my Monday!) So it wasn't until last night that I managed to finally watch the event finals from Sunday.

Still there were a few happy- makers to be had.

1) Ana Porgras finally some gold around her neck after beautiful performances and graceful composure all week.


2) After the floor final had begun to look like a bit of a splat-fest, brilliant performances from Ferrari, Chelaru, Raisman , Sui Lu and of course Lauren Mitchell finished the women's competition in style.


3) The Rotterdam home crowd mustering to cheer on their gymnast, the incredible Epke Zonderland. And then with no subtlety at all boo the judges when he was knocked down to silver by Zhang Chenglong of China.


4) No bronzes handed out to the women on Sunday, showing just how close the competition is!

2 Golds, 4 silvers!

So that was Worlds 2010. With only 640 days to go until London 2012 it looks like we still have plenty to look forward to.....

Gym Videos of the week.

Here is one of my videos from the British Championships - Beth Tweddle's bar routine. She won with a (for her) relatively low score of 15.000. My boyfriend swears he saw her bang her foot on the bar. I can't see it watching it over again but it would explain the deductions.



Edit: yes- he was right - I watched a more side-on version of this routine posted by RETROMADDY on youtube - she does bang her foot on the second swing past the low bar.

British Gymnastics will be posting more videos this week here.
One to watch is Lauren Mitchell's impressive beam routine- she won the junior beam and junior all-around titles.

Also you can watch videos from the team final of the Japan Cup here.
Or from the All-Around here.



Aliya Mustafina appears to have changed her floor routine music since Europeans. I like the new routine, but I think I liked the old one better!

Also This Weekend

The Japan Cup international competition is taking place in Tokyo. The event includes Mens and Womens team events and all-around.

The Participant list is here

MEN

WOMEN

FRA FRANCE RAYEPIN, Yann AITSAID, Samir VIEU, Cyril AUGIS, Axel WILLIG, Arnaud GBR GREAT BRITAIN HUNTER, Samuel THOMAS, Kristian PURVIS, Daniel SEAGER, Theo GRYSHCHENKO, Yevgen GER GERMANY BOY, Philipp FAHRIG, Matthias HAMBUECHEN, Fabian NGUYEN, Marcel SPIRIDONOV, Eugen KOR KOREA KIM, Hee Hoon HA, Chang Ju YOO, WonChul KIM, Soo Myun YANG, Hak Seon ROU ROMANIA DRAGULESCU, Marian COTUNA, Vlad MUNTEAN, Andrei URSACHE, Andrei RUS RUSSIA BODNAR, Mikhail BALANDIN, Aleksandr BELYAVSKIY, David PAKHOMENKO, Igor PETROV, Matvey USA UNITED STATES BROOKS, Christopher CAMERON, Christopher HORTON, Jonathan NADDOUR, Alexander RUGGERI, Paul JPN JAPAN UCHIMURA, Kohei YAMAMURO, Koji UEMATSU, Koji TANAKA, Kazuhito KOBAYASHI, Kenya

KOR KOREA JO, Hyun Joo PARK, Ji Yeon PARK, Eun Kyung MOON, Eun Mee SEO, Yi Seul RUS RUSSIA MUSTAFINA, Aliya NABIEVA, Tatiana DEMENTYEVA, Anna MUSINA, Ramilya AFANASYEVA, Kusenia VIE VIETNAM DO, Thi Ngan Thuong DO, Thi Thu Huyen PHAN, Thi Ha Thanh JPN JAPAN TSURUMI, Koko SHINTAKE, Yuko TANAKA, Rie YAMAGISHI, Mai OZAWA, Momoko OSHIMA, Kyoko * Yet to be selected fro

The Australian Womens Gymnastics Championships take place in Perth, Australia. Aussie Star Lauren Mitchell is sitting them out to recover from an adductor strain, but still hopes to compete at Worlds AND Commonwealths.

As mentioned- the British Championships take place in Guildford.

Today - Happy Canada Day!

Tomorrow - My first year med-school results, wish me luck!