MASSILIA OPEN: THE GYMNASTS

One of the big meets in the gymnastics yearly calender is the Massilia Gym Cup held in Marseille, France from November 16-18th. 

Russia, Canada, China, Sweden, France, Belgium and The Netherlands are all being represented so let's take a look (this is a junior/senior meet;)

Master Massilia 

China

Siyi Chen

Jie Mei

Liu Zhinlin

Nina Lou

Russia

Yulia Inshina

Mariya Kharenkova

Anastasia Sidorova

Evgeniya Shelgunova

Canada

Victoria Moors

Kaitlyn Hofland

Stefanie Merkle

Brianna Tsang

France

Manon Cormoreche

Anne Kuhm

Belgium

Berengere Fransolet

Laura Waem

Lisa Verschueren

Eline Vandersteen

Open Massilia 

Netherlands
Melissa Scherpenisse
Maartje Ruikes
Eythora Thorsdottir
Chantysha Netteb

Canada
Sydney Townsend 
Aleeza Yu
Victoria Kayen-Woo 
Ivy Lu
Heaven Latimer

Sweden
Lovisa Esteberg
Emma Larsson
Ida Gustaffson 
Ece Ayan 

Romania are expected to add gymnasts so are France for the Open Massilia tournament but it hasn't been confirmed 

BACK AGAIN

After a long consideration, I have decided to keep this blog as my main blog and I will be posting on this more frequently. The Chalk Bowl Chat will still be open for browsing but will also have the latest posts from this blog imported onto it so you wont miss out on either one. 

Sorry for the big annoyance, just me changing my mind.

for the other blog, click here

THE OLYMPIC HOPES CUP RESULTS

This weekend was the stage for the youth of the Gymnastics world to release their inner gymnastics talent. The gymnasts were from birth dates of 1997 (15) to 2000 (12.) There was a team competition and all-around but I will also devise the top 8 on each apparatus. 

Team:

1. Great Britain
2. Hungary
3. Czech Republic A
4. Austria
5. Czech Republic B
6. Poland

The team from Great Britain (Halford, Stedford, O'Reilly, Grindle, Mattis and Tinkler) managed a 2.700 difference  margin for their score from Hungary. 

All Around (Top 16):

1. Noemi Makra
2. Tyesha Mattis
3. Amy Tinkler
4. Barbora Mokskova
5. Jade Stedford
6. Beata Eke
7. Chantelle Halford
8. Teal Grindle
9. Jessica Stabinger
10. Zsofia Kovacs
11. Kitti Monti
12. Anna Maria Kanyai
13. Teresa Ochinskya
14. Bianca Farkas
15. Nadine Kanonova
16. Natalie Chalupova

I couldn't managed to work out the top 8 for vault. 

Bars:

1. Noemi Makra          13.600
2. Tyesha Mattis        13.300
3. Beata Eke                12.750
4. Chantelle Halford   12.550
5. Ellis O'Reilly            12.300
6. Amy Tinkler            12.300
7. Jade Stedford          12.300
8. Marja Glabonjat      11.900

Beam:

1. Noemi Makra      14.950
2. Tyesha Mattis     14.000
3. Amy Tinkler        13.300
4. Beata Eke             13.050
5. Jessica Stabinger 13.000
6. Teal Grindle          12.750
7. Jade Stedford        12.650
8. Chantelle Halford  12.300

Floor:

1. Amy Tinkler          13.850
2. Teal Grindle           13.700
3. Tyesha Mattis        13.600
4. Chantelle Halford   13.300
5. Noemi Makra          13.250
6. Jade Stedford          13.200
7. Kitti Monti                13.100
8. Natalie Chalupova   12.750

THE WORLD GYMNAST STORE

The World Gymnast Store is now open again with a funky new tumblr site, ready for you to get your hands all over our new stock. I haven't been very active with our spreadshirt but I have some tee shirts that I am planning of creating so we'll have too see. 

So here are all the links; 

U.K store

U.S store

Tumblr store

happy browsing <3

MEET THE STARS: GLASGOW WORLD CUP

A new segment on The World Gymnast is amongst us! It's called 'MEET THE STARS', it's virtually just a list of the gymnastics competing in meets that are happening very soon with a little video & bio about there career. As you know, Glasgow Grand Prix is lurking closer so let' s check it out



LARISA IORDACHE (ROU)

The upcoming Romanian star could be a real threat for the title this year. She's also booked for the Stuttgart meet too. Larisa burst onto the Senior scene this year, with successes as a Junior at the YOG etc. She had a hugely successful Europeans with a team gold, beam silver and floor gold. Her olympics could've gone better but she managed a top 12 finish. Watch Larisa on floor here

WAKANA INOUE (JPN)

Wakana is a fairly new, unknown gymnast to the Elite stage. The 17 year old competed in the Australia vs Japan meet earlier in the year. She could definitely be the answer to Japan's new gymnastics. Watch her on floor here

ELIZABETH PRICE (USA)

It's the return of Elizabeth Price. She could also be a big threat to the Women's field. She was one of the alternates for the U.S olympic teams and she is coming back stronger. She struggled her way through the VISAs this year and was a little upset but she can fight back. Watch ebee on floor here

KAITLYN HOFLAND (CAN)

Kaitlyn is a relatively new gymnast too the senior rankings, only 16 years of age. She's coached by Lawson Harmer at Futures' Gymnastics. She has already been too competitions like Massilla, Gymnix, Combs and Wild Rose but she is taking it more Internationally this time. watch Kaitlyn on bars here

REBECCA TUNNEY (GBR)

Rebecca has had an absolutely amazing first senior year. She started off quite shaky at the American Cup but completed great performances at the English Championships. She made the floor final in Brussels for the Euros and finished 6th but still took away valuable experience. She was flawless at the Liverpool Echo for the British Championships and managed too swoop into an Olympic all-around final. Watch twiggy on floor here

ELISABETH SEITZ (GER)

Elisabeth is a real taker for the World Cup events, I don't think I've seen a world cup without participating in the bars or floor. She has had a bit of bumpy but successful career. She's taken quite a few knocks and wobbles like at the 2010 Worlds but she has overall been a reliable, consistent gymnast over the years. No doubt she will be on top form for this meet. Watch Eli on floor here

My Predictions? 

1. Larisa Iordache
2. Rebecca Tunney
3. Elizabeth Price or Elisabeth Seitz
4. Elizabeth Price or Elisabeth Seitz
5. Wakana Inoue
6. Kaitlyn Hofland