International GYMNAST Magazine Online: 2008 Pacific Rim Championships: Men's Subdivision 2

2008 Pacific Rim Championships: Men's Subdivision 2
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IG Online on Friday, March 28, 2008
 
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
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