I haven't done one of these post's for ages so I thought I'd do a worlds edition for everyone! Worlds brought us color, fierce competition and an upset Komova! Let's take a look at some of them!
To be honest, I'm not a fan! The arm swirls are very creative and look good but the rest of the leotard is just plain red(that's the bit I'm not a fan of) Sponsors, go put your badges somewhere else, I think the symbols ruin all leotards! The leotards are like marketing or advertisement to some companies!
Sorry, plain doesn't work with us! It's vibrant,colorful or go home! Taking that back, It's a nice shade of blue...Awww! The 'flames' don't do it for me! But, Demmy's face is priceless!
We got vibrant, we got a pattern, we got a FUGLY one! Lucky she was Vietnamese and not one of the big nations as she would have had her spot taken away! Thi should carry on with the vaulting! Fashion and Vault=You can't have everything!
You can freaking kill me but, this one's alright! I mean screw the material but the patterns are pretty nice! And the colors are a DARN cool! When I see Marta I am suddenly drawn to her crazy, 'every other week dyed' hair! It's called the World Championships not a trial to be the next John Freida model! It's super simple, go out there, compete and don't give a care in the world about your stinkin' hair, it's delicious!
Guatemala are a growing Gymnastics nation, so I expected something in this field. Something that has as much pattern as a bacon sarnie but enhances the fact that Guatemala have never competed in a World Championships before. I don't feel so scrooge any more!
Another Dreamlight feat! JLO is the GIRLO with the DREAMLIGHTO! But with her former experiences of these exceptional leos (??) She just has to have them for Venezuela. Otherwise, this leo is OMNOMNOM! The spikes say 'WATCH OUT PEOPLE, JLO IS IN FULL UPGRADE MODE!' Dreamlight obviously get's her where she is now!bwahaha!
Well, that's enough leotard excitement for one day! As Vivienne Westwood (WOOD) say 'I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish.'
There you have it you fashionista gymnasts! Be original in your leotard reel, you heard it from a FREAKIN' EPIC designer!
As 2011 is coming to a close, I thought I'd write all the official events happening in 2012 via FIG! We have a lot of world cups to feast into and much more. Here it is people;(IUTC means I'm Unavailable To Cover..because I'm going on holiday to Orlando.)
Name: Level: Date: Location:
Second Olympic Test Event Senior (qualified) 10-18 Jan London,UK
Academy Level 3 ART 14-18 Jan Frankfurt,GER
Academy Level 1 ART 16-23 Feb Cairo,EGY
AT&T American Cup Senior 3rd Mar NY,USA
L'international Gymnix Junior & Senior 9-11 Mar Montreal,CAN
Junior Asian Championships Junior 12-14 Mar Bangkok,THA
Turnier De Minster Senior 22-25 Mar Cottbus,GER (IUTC)
Doha Challenger Cup Senior 28-30 Mar Doha,QAT (IUTC)
Stella Zakharova Cup Junior & Senior 31 Mar Kiev,UKR (IUTC)
Zibo City World Cup CIII Senior 7-8 Apr Zibo City,CHN
11th African Championships Junior & Senior 11-14 Apr Tunis,TUN
Tokyo Cup World Cup Senior 14-15 Apr Tokyo,JPN
45th Salamun Memorial Senior 20-22 Apr Maribor,SLO
3 Ntns Match SUI-RUS-GBR Senior 20 Apr Wil,SUI
Nordic Championships Senior 20-22 Apr Greve,DEN
Osijek Challenger Cup Senior 27-29 Apr Osijek,CRO
WAG European Championships. Senior&Junior 9-13 May Brussels,BEL
ART Challenger Cup Senior 9-10 Jun Ghent,BEL
Olympic Hopes Junior 22-23 Jun Penza,RUS
Games Of The XXX Olympiad. Senior(qualified) 27-12 Aug London,UK
SOKOL Grand Prix Junior 9-11 Nov Brno,CZE
Ostrava Grand Prix Senior 23-24 Nov Ostrava,CZ
ENBW Series Senior 1-2 Dec Stuttgart,GER
ART World Cup Series Senior 8 Dec Glasgow,SCO
Mikhail Voronin Memorial Junior & Senior 14-15 dec Moscow,RUS
They are all the events on the FIG website!
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I've decided to look back at some of the best routines of this year! Why not start with floor? Head shaking, booty popping seems like a requirement in Gymnastics dance series but aside from that junk...Here are 10 of my favorites this year(no order!)
1. Jordyn Wieber. I just love this exercise from J Wiebs. Her music is so dramatic and it fits so well! She's got some good dancing as well which works really well with the music! Her tumbles make me feel like an absolute fail:/ Double Double, 1 1/2 into Triple! Nelly! I've got WIEBER FEVER! Watch J Wiebs here!
2. Daria Elizarova. 'Who's she?' You may be saying but no one has had an unusual career like Dasha. She was bumped out of the Olympic Team by Liudmilla Grebenkova. Then, she moved to Uzbekistan. History aside, She has beautiful tumbling, perfect straight lines, pointed toes! 2.5 into full, triple then double pike! Much love for the music aswell. Watch Dasha at worlds here (13.666..robbed)
3. JLO! Jessica Lopez is an amazing gymnast! This routine shows enhances all her power with her elegance and beauty! Prior to Worlds, she had upgraded all her routines! She shows a full in back out and whip triple! Her dance is so expressive and explosive! I really want her too compete in another Olympics next year at the London games! With her upgrades, I definitely think that an Olympic AA is on the cards. Watch JLO's Routine here.
4. Diana Chelaru. The cheerful Romanian showed off her new floor routine at Worlds which I fell in love with! It's just like her old music in places but I adore it much more...We needed a new Chelaru! We see all the same tumbling passes as she did in 2010! The thing that I love about this routine is that she doesn't take it too seriously! She goes out there and enjoys dancing with the music! Watch Didi here.
5. Catalina Ponor. Comeback Queen of 2011..! The dancing is very good, she's got expression and uses it pretty well but the thing that annoys me is that her form in the tumbles is AWFUL! She has the very hard runs, she just needs to focus on the form and she will be in the floor final at London. Watch Cata here.
6. Alexandra Raisman. As if Marta gives a damn about expressive choreo! I love her dancing numbers but I wish that she would give a tad more expression but Marta says 'NO!'. Her tumbling passes really speak for themselves..double arabian PUNCH FRONT! In my opinion, she has all the potential to make an All-around and Floor final at next years Olympics. Watch Aly here.
7. Hannah Whelan. There's not a lot stopping Hannah make a splash on the World scene. Over the past 2 years, she has done amazingly well in International event and has improved drastically in her World AA rankings! Her tumbling is definitely consistent, whip triple & 1.5 into 2.5! Training with Tweds has definitely given her the edge to compete at her best and I think an Olympic AA final will be given too her! Watch Hannah here.
8. McKayla Maroney. Kayla has burst onto the scene and she's nearly seen it all! She has quite a lot of expression in her dance! The tumbling is the highlight for me though! 3.5 is INSANE! But, SERIOUSLY! That 3rd pass isn't doing her alot of favors! It's an on and off IF-y pass which could lose her 0.3-0.5 points...NOT WORTH IT! The music is nom as well!
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The Paris World Cup or French International usually attracts the likes of China, Russia and many more big names. But, the International Gymnastics Federation announced earlier in the week that the Competition may be cancelled.
The action has been taken as the Pacific Rim Gymnastic Tournament is on the same weekend and the bigger names and countries have commited to the other competition. Aside from the Pacific Rim competitors, they would've competed but China, Russia, USA and many more teams are out on that bigger competition.
