2008 Pacific Rim Championships: Men's Subdivision 2

March 28, 2008 By IG Online

Welcome to IG Online's live coverage of the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships in San Jose, California!

Nations in this second of two men's subdivisions are Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Russia and USA. Juniors and seniors compete together for one team score.

IG Live Update: 6:57 PM: The athletes are marching out. IG Live Update: 7:02 PM: The athletes are warming up for the first event. China starts on floor, Australia on pommel horse, Canada on still rings, USA on vault, Japan on parallel bars and Russia on high bar.
Rotation 1
Liang Minsheng	FX	2 1//2 punch front full (incomplete). Fall on piked Arabian double front. Full-in dismount.	13.850
Danell Leyva	VT	Tsuk double full with one step	15.650
Nikita Ignatiyev	HB	layout Tkatchev. Layout double-double with a small hop. Sloppy form.	14.250
John Orozco	VT	layout Rudi	15.700
Lu Bo	FX	Layout Arabian 1 3/4. 1 1/2 front full rudi (the long pass). Front double full, layout barani. 2 1/2 twist.	14.750
Raj Bhavsar	VT	double-twisting layout front with one step	16.100
Paul Hamm	VT	Tsuk 2 1/2 with a small hop.	16.250
Igor Pachomenko	HB	layout hecht. Clean form. Layout double-double with a step.	14.300
Sasha Artemev	VT	Yurchenko 2 1/2 with a slightly low landing and a step forward.	16.100
Yuri Ryazanov	HB	hecht vault. Layout Tkatchev. Tkatchev. German giants. Stuck layout double-double.	15.000
Glenn Ishino	VT	Tsuk double full with a big step forward and off to the side.	15.150
Nathan Gafuik	SR	Fall on full-twisting double layout.	13.400
Chen Xuezhang	FX	1 1/2 front double full. Tucked double-double (hands down). 2 1/2 twist.	14.500
Maxim Devyatovsky	HB	Layout hecht. Layout Tkachev. Tkatchev. Weiler kip - break and had to recast. Jam. Russian giant. Full-twisting double layout.	14.050
Lixiang Fang	FX	1 1/2 rudi. Front full front 1 3/4. Layout Arabian 1 3/4. Double full. 2 1/2.	13.500
Sergei Khorokhordin	HB	Layout Kovacs. Layout Tkatchev. Tkatchev. Full Takemoto - big break. Half-Takemoto. Very long routine. Full-twisting double layout with a step.	13.900
Yusuke Saito	PB	Giant double back. Stutz to one bar. Stuck double pike.	14.650
David Belyavsky	HB	Voronin. Jam. Full-twisting double layout.	13.450
Rotation 2
Jackson Payne	VT	layout Tsuk full	14.750
Genko Takeshita	HB	Layout Tkatchev. Hop full. Hop 1 1/2. Full-twisting double layout.	14.500
Igor Pachomenko	FX	full-in. 1 1/2 punch rudi. 2 1/2.	14.650
Adam Wong	VT	Tsuk double-full, stuck.	15.850
Nikita Ignatiyev	FX	fall on front double full. full-in. 2 1/2 dismount.	13.400
Nathan Gafuik	VT	Yurchenko 2 1/2 with a small hop.	16.100
Raj Bhavsar	PB	Peach half to Belle. Giant, Tippelt. Stutz to one bar pirouette in. Stutz. Double pike with a big step. Sloppy form.	15.100
Brandon O'Neill	VT	Tsuk 2 1/2.	16.250
Sergei Khorokhordin	FX	2 1/2 barani. Whip Arabian double front. Skidded out of bounds on front 1 3/4. Full-in.	14.200
Sasha Artemev	PB	Healy. Peach. Giant double tuck. Giant full, Diamidov with a half. Stutz (broke foot form). Stuck double pike.	15.600
Maxim Devyatovsky	FX	1 1/2 front full Rudi. Layout half-in half-out. Front double full, barani. Full-in.	15.300
Paul Hamm	PB	Peach half. Peach. Belle. Tippelt. Morisue. Stutz to one rail. Stutz. Double pike, stuck. Foot form could be better.	15.900
Joshua Jeffries	SR	planche back roll to Maltese, bounce cross. Maltese, straight arm back roll to cross. Full-twisting double layout.	14.800
Yusuke Saito	HB	Kolman. Full-twisting double layout.	13.250
Riku Munakata	HB	Fall on Kolman. Attempted again and fell again.	11.400
IG Live Update: 8:00 PM: Scores after two rotations: 1. USA 125.700 2. CAN 118.350 3. JPN 117.200 4. RUS 115.750 5. CHN 115.350 6. AUS 110.750
Rotation 3
Raj Bhavsar	HB	Kolman. Kovacs. Stuck triple back - biggest applause of the night!	14.550
Glenn Ishino	HB	Kovacs. Stuck double-twisting double layouts.	14.600
Genki Takeshita	FX	piked Arabian double front. 2 1/2 punch layout barani. Full-in.	14.950
Sasha Artemev	HB	layout Jaeger. Kovacs. Lots of pirouetting skills. Beautiful foot form but some leg separations. Layout double-double with a hop.	15.350
Nathan Gafuik	PB	giant double tuck. Diamidov. Tippelt. High double back. Double pike with one step.	15.150
Joshua Jeffries	VT	layout Rudi.	15.800
Takuya Inatera	FX	long pass. Front double full, barani. Double full. Triple full.	14.800
Danell Leyva	HB	Tak full. Voronin. Tkatchev. Jam full pirouette. Double-twisting double layout.	15.600
Takuya Inatera	FX	whip half, punch front double full. Arabian double pike barani out. 1 1/2 front punch front full, punch rudi. 2 1/2 barani. Full-in.	14.800
Paul Hamm	HB	Hit routine with a layout double-double dismount with a step.	15.950
John Orozco	HB	Voronin. Layout Tkatchev. Tkatchev. 1 1/2 pirouette. Flexed feet throughout. Full-twisting double layout with a step.	13.950
Rotation 4
Raj Bhavsar	FX	2 1/2 tucked barani. Twisting pass. Triple full.	14.550
Liu Zhanteng	VT	Tsuk double full	15.500
Fang Lixiang	VT	layout front double full, sat down.	15.500
Sasha Artemev	FX	Whip 1 1/2 punch layout front, punch front double full (out). 2 1/2 tucked front full. Triple twist dismount with one step.	15.150
Adam Wong	HB	Voronin. Kovacs. Tkatchev. Layout double-double.	13.850
Danell Leyva	FX	Layout full-in. 2 1/2 to front headspring roll out (missed rebounding skill). Arabian double front.	14.250
Liang Mingsheng	USA	Tsuk double pike with very small hop, very well done. Layout Rudi.	16.150
Paul Hamm	FX	Whip half front double full barani. 1 1/2 layout front full front 1 3/4. Layout Arabian 1 3/4. Stuck double layout.	15.800
Brandon O'Neill	HB	Kovacs. Double-twisting double layout.	14.500
Chen Xuezhang	VT	Yurchenko double full	15.500
John Orozco	FX	Layout Thomas. 2 1/2 punch barani. Running front 1 3/4. Front double full. Really sloppy form.	14.650
Jack Rickards	PB	14 years old and the smallest gymnast in the competition. Really nice form for such a young gymnast. Healy. Double tuck with a step.	13.000
Rotation 5
Igor Pachomenko	VT	Tsuk double full.	15.500
David Belyavsky	VT	Tsuk double full.	15.500
Jack Rickards	HB	Stalders and pirouettes. Double layout. Perfect form!	12/150
Liang Mingsheng		peach, peach full, Belle. Uprise front 1 3/4. Double pike. Double pike, kikced out.	15.650
Nikita Ignatiyev	VT	Tsuk full	14.800
Sergei Khorokhordin	VT	weak block - Tsuk 2 1/2 fall off the mats.	14.800
Adam Wong		whip half, front double full, barani. 1 1/2, Rudi. Running front 1 3/4. Double full. Tucked Arabian 1 3/4. 2 1/2. He suffered a torn Achilles one year ago.	14.850
Glenn Ishino	PH	very clean routine and hit	14.650
Samuel Simpson	HB	Gaylord	13.650
Maxim Devyatovsky	VT	handspring double front, low landing and stumbled forward but stayed on his feet	15.450
Nathan Gafuik		piked Arabian double front. 1 1/2 front full front 1 3/4. Tucked Thomas. Front double full barani. Double full.	14.600
Paul Hamm	PH	fall	14.500
Brandon O'Neill	FX	whip 2 1/2 punch front full rudi. 1 1/2 front double full barani. Tucked double double. Layout Arabian 1 3/4. Stuck tucked full-in. Great routine!	15.800
Sasha Artemev	PH	hit routine! Full Kehre, spindling flairs. The audience loved it.	15.750
Philippe Rizzo	HB	Def. Layout double-double	15.300
Liu Zhanteng	PB	peach half. Peach, giant piked double. GIant. Giant double tuck. Front 1 3/4. Fall on double pike.
IG Live Update: 9:08 PM: Results after five rotations: Team: 1 USA 306.900 2 CHN 301.600 3 RUS 296.150 4 CAN 294.650 5 JPN 292.050 6 AUS 287.900 Senior All-Around: 1 Paul Hamm USA 78.500 2 Sasha Artemev USA 78.050 3 Lu Bo CHN 76.850 4 Heng Wang CHN 75.600 5 Maxim Devyatovsky RUS 75.200 6 Liang Mingsheng CHN 74.950 Junior All-Around: 1 Danell Leyva USA 74.750 2 Igor Pakhomenko RUS 73.950 3 Glen Ishino USA 73.150 4 Zhanteng Liu CHN 73.000 5 John Orozco USA 72.800 6 Chen Xuezhang CHN 72.750
Rotation 6
Takuya Inatera	VT	Tsuk 2 1/2 with a small hop	16.150
Nikita Ignatiyev	PB	missed Morisue. Repeated and made it. Double front dismount.	13.000
Sasha Artemev	SR	hands down on dismount	14.250
Riku Munakata	VT	Tsuk 2 1/2	16.150
Yusuke Saito	VT	double-twisting handspring front. Tsuk 2 1/2 with a big step back.	15.925
Paul Hamm	SR	hit routine with stuck dismount	15.950
Maxim Devyatovsky	PB	Tippelt. Peach, peach half, giant, giant double back. Healy pirouette. Stutz. Stutz to one rail. Double pike with a hop.	15.600
Raj Bhavsar	SR	layout double double dismount, sketchy form.	16.000
Ryotaka Deguchi	VT	Tsuk entry - hand slipped and did a half twist to his back.	0.000
Lu Bo	HB	Front pirouette to Voronin. Kolman. Stalder full pirouette. 1 1/2. Full-twisting double layout. He jumped up and down in celebration!	14.500
Liu Zhanteng	HB	fall on double-twisting double layout dismount.	13.550
Fang Lixiang	HB	hecht over. Half-Tak. Jam to inverts. Double-twisting double layout with one step.	14.150
IG Live Update: 9:30 PM: Final results — The U.S. beats China and Japan for the team title. Japan jumped in front of Russia with a great ending on vault. Senior All-Around 1. Paul Hamm USA 94.450 2. Sasha Artemev USA 92.300 3. Lu Bo CHN 91.350 4. Maxim Devyatovsky RUS 90.800 5. Raj Bhavsar USA 90.650 6. Takuya Inatera JPN 90.200 7. Wang Heng CHN 89.450 8. Joshua Jefferis AUS 88.600 9. Nathan Gafuik CAN 88.100 10. Liang Mingsheng CHN 87.900 11. Adam Wong CAN 87.600 12. Sergei Khorokhordin RUS 87.100 13. Yusuke Saito JPN 87.050 14. Samuel Simpson AUS 83.750 Junior All-Around 1. Danell Leyva USA 89.400 2. Igor Pakhomenko RUS 87.950 3. Genki Takeshita JPN 87.850 4. Glen Ishino USA 87.500 5. John Orozco USA 86.900 6. Liu Zhanteng CHN 86.550 7. Mathew Curtis AUS 86.300 8. Chen Xuezhang CHN 86.150 9. Riku Munakata JPN 85.450 10. Fang Lixiang CHN 85.150 11. David Belyavsky RUS 85.000 12. Jackson Payne CAN 84.600 13. Nikita Ignatiyev RUS 83.600 14. Anderson Loran CAN 83.200 15. John Hall CAN 80.700 16. Luke Wadsworth AUS 79.350 17. Jack Rickards AUS 76.450 Join us again tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. PST for live coverage of the women's competition!