2008 Pacific Rim Championships: Women's Subdivision 1

March 29, 2008 By IG Online

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

Teams in the first of two women's subdivisions are China, Hong Kong, Mexico, Philippines and Russia. Juniors and seniors compete together for one team score.

In addition there are individuals from Colombia, Malaysia, Peru and Singapore.

IG Live Update: 12:59 PM: The athletes are still warming up on their final event. IG Live Update: 1:18 PM: The athletes have finished their warmups. Philippines starts on vault, Hong Kong on uneven bars, the mixed group on beam and China on floor. Mexico and Russia have a bye in the first rotation. IG Live Update: 1:26 PM: The athletes are marching out.
Rotation 1
Nathalia Sanchez	VT	Yurchenko full with a big hop	13.650
Cui Jie	UB	Tkatchev. Free hip, Pak. Straddle toe shoot. Giant full. Healy to Higgins to Jaeger. Healy to invert to front giant, invert front giant to double front (fall on back).	12.925
Jessica Gil Ortiz	VT	Yurchenko 1 1/2 with one step. Tucked barani.	14.450
Zhang Xin	UB	toe on, giant, Higgins, front giant, full Ono to Jaeger. Pak salto. Toe shoot to high. Tkatchev. Fall on full out.	13.350
Tian Mengsi	UB	Giant blind to big Khorkina. Front giant invert to two full pirouetes to Jaeger. Pak salto. Toe shoot to high, muscled. Double layout with one step.	14.275
Noor Hasleen	VT	tucked front with a stumble forward	12.350
Ying Vut Tsz	FX	2 1/2. Front step out to 1 1/2. Double full.	11.900
Huang Qiushuang	UB	two full-twisting front giants in el to Jaeger. Overarched and fall on Endo pirouette after on the lowbar. Double layout with a step.	13.975
Tay Jia Hui	VT	handspring tucked front full	13.500
Xi Jia Hui	VT	handspring tucked front full	12.025
Guan Wenli	UB	Pak salto. Stalder, Stalder half, Stalder hecht to high. Higgins, front giant, Endo, Endo, pirouette to Tkatchev. Giant full. Full-twisting double back with a step.	14.100
Britt Reusche-Lari	VT	piked Tsuk	12.650
Rotation 2
Violetta Malikova	BB	straddle press to planche. Front aerial, side aerial (fall). Switch leap, sheep jump. Full turn holding leg. Standing Arabian, stuck. Round off, layout to two feet (fall) Tucked front. Double tuck.	13.850
Paula Martinez	VT	Yurchenko layout.	12.850
Nailia Mustafina	BB	fall on press mount. Onodi. Front aerial. Side aerial, fall. Switch leap, split jump, very nice. FF, back tuck (fall). Handstand step down, layout stepout, layout two feet. Double pike with one step.	13.100
Marisela Cantu	VT	Yurchenko full.	13.800
Viktoria Komova	BB	Piked front, slight wobble. Ff, layout, layout. Standing Arabian. Split jump, wolf jump. Onodi, small check. Sheep jump. Missed front foot and straddled the beam on a switch ring and fell. Full turn with leg up. Front aerial. Side somi. Fall on Arabian double front dismount. This would have been a huge score.	14.650
Lyudmila Yezhova	BB	Split leap on. Round off, layout two feet. Onodi, front aerial, side somi. Switch leap, Omelianchik. Kolesnikova. Side aerial. Switch leap, wolf jump. Full turn. 2 1/2 with one step. Beautiful routine.	15.700
Britt Reusche-Lari	UB	She trains in nearby San Mateo and has a big cheering section. Free hop, toe hecht. Giant blind, front giant, pirouette. Double layout.	11.075
Alyona Zmeu	BB	side aerial to two feet, side aerial. Front tuck. Absolutely beautiful extended legs and toes. FF layout. Double turn, wobble. Front Aerial. Side somi. Front aerial to one leg (Nistor). Big break on wolf jump. Stuck double tuck.	14.550
Nathalia Sanchez		straddle hecht to high. Front giant to Jaeger. Bail to low bar, missed foot and had to kip. Toe shoot to high. Full-twisting double tuck.	13.550
Jessica Gil Ortiz	UB	toe shoot to high. Giant full, Gienger. Bail, Stalder shoot to high. Staddle back. Double pike.	11.425
Rotation 3
Alyona Zmeu	FX	Arabian double front. Triple twist (incomplete). 1 1/2 punch layout front. Double pike.	13.900
Zhang Xin	BB	step on mount. Piked front. Front aerial, ff. Switch leap, back tuck. Punch front. Korbut. Side aerial. Double pike with one step. Very clean routine.	15.100
Violetta Malikova	FX	Double turn holding her leg. Arabian double front (fall). 1 1/2 to double full. Switch ring. Split full. Rudi, piked down and short. Double pike, slightly short..	13.150
Cui Jie	BB	Piked front, Rueda. Front aerial, back tuck, Korbut. Full turn with le up. Switch ring. Side somi/aerial. Punch front, pause, sheep jump. Double tuck with one step.	15.200
Viktoria Komova	FX	1 1/2 step out to Arabian double front. Full-in. Double pike. Triple twist. Great routine! Her mother is 1986 Goodwill Games champion Vera Kolesnikova.	15.175
Tian Mengsi	BB	front tuck. Round off layout to two feet - huge. Full turn with leg up. Front aerial, wobble. Back tuck, sheep jump. Switch leap, Rulfova. Double pike with one step. China is giving Russia a clinic on how to hit beam routines!	15.200
Anna Myzdrikova	FX	triple twist, punch back tuck! Whip, double Arabian. Full-in, low landing. 2 1/2, barani. Double pike, low landing.	14.900
Huang Qiusheng		Ff, ff high layout two feet. PUnch front. Front aerial, Korbut. Onodi. Front aerial to two feet. Side aeiral. Switch leap, back tuck. Full turn with leg up. Double pike with one step forward.	16.050
Nailia Mustafina	FX	front double full. 2 1/2 punch barani. She is even tinier than Cui Jie. 1 1/2 front full. Double turn holding leg up. Double pike. Great routine and the biggest applause of the night!	14.600
Huang Ying	BB	two ff to back layout to two feet, very high, to Korbut. Front aerial. Front aerial to two feet. Onodi back tuck, sheep jump. Side aerial. Full turn with leg up. Switch ring leap - bent at the waist to stay on but made it. Double pike with one step forward.	15.750
Guan Wenli	BB	beautiful standing Arabian. Front aerial, sheep jump. Ff, back tuck. Full turn with leg up. Front aeiral to two feet. Swide aerial, also had to bend at the waist. Switch ring. Side somi. Switch leap, wolf jump. Double full.	15.350
Rotation 4
Huang Ying	FX	2 1/2. 1 1/2 punch front full. Double full. Fantastic leaps. Double turn. Double pike. Nice dance.	14.500
Cui Jie	FX	Great presentation. Arabian double front - very high and stumbled out. 1 1/2 punch front full. Double turnh with leg up. Double full. Triple turn. Rudi. Legs are glued together on all her twisting passes. 2 1/2 twist.	14.425
Britt Reusche-Lari	BB	She looks a lot like Vanessa Ferrari. Straddle press to handstand. Punch front. Ff layout. Switch leap, Popa. Full turn with leg up. Front aerial, back tuck. Wolf full. Double twist.	13.750
Tian Mengsi	FX	2 1/2 punch frnt layout full, big step. Triple twist, legs crossed in air. 1 1/2 to double full. Double pike (hands down).	13.900
Zhang Xin	FX	full-in. 1 1/2 punch front full. Triple twist. 2 1/2 twist. Double pike.	14.625
Nathalia Sanchez	BB	Onodi. Front aerial, side somi (fall). Fall on illusion. Fall on two-foot layout. Nice leg extension. Switch ring. Double tuck.	12.950
Huang Qiusheng	FX	Performing to Shakira. Gorgeous triple twist. 1 1/2 punch front pike. Double twist. 2 1/2 twist. Double pike.	14.625
Guan Wenli	FX	double pike. 1 1/2 punch front pike. Front layout. Double twist.	13.625
Noor Hasleen	BB	punch front. Ff back tuck. Tour jete. Full turn with leg up. Popa. Side aerial. Front full.	13.150
Tay Jia Hui	BB	ff layout. Rulfova. Side aerial. Split jump, wolf jump. Full turn holding leg. Side somi. Switch Yang Bo. 2 1/2. Nice routine.	14.400
Rotation 5
Nailia Mustafina	VT	handspring piked front	13.450
Britt Reusche-Lari	FX	double pike (stumbled out). Double twist. 2 1/2.	12.875
Viktoria Komova	VT	double-twisting Yurchenko	14.250
Natalia Sanchez	VT	full-in. Front layout barani. Fall on double pike. Not having a good meet.	13.050
Violetta Malikova	VT	fall on double-twisting Yurchenko.	13.750
Karla Salazar	BB	Side somi. back tuck. Ff layout. Kickover front. Punch front. Double twist.	14.050
Anna Myzdrikova	VT	double-twisting Yurchenko.	14.950
Jessica Gil Ortiz	FX	fall on double front. High full-in. 1 1/2 punch front layout full. Double pike. Yurchenko half on, tucked front.	13.675
Alyona Zmeu	VT	Podkopayeva	14.000
Noor Haseen	FX	double pike. Front full. 1 1/2 tucked front. Fall on 2 1/2.	12.300
Marisela Cantu	BB	Ff layout. Side arial. Front aerial. Side somi. Front aerial to two feet. Nistor (front aerial to one foot). Full turn with leg up. Switch leap, back tuck. Split jump, wolf jump. Kickover front to two feet. Double twist.	14.950
Tay Jia Hui	FX	fall on full-in. 1 1/2 punch layout. Double twist. 2 1/2. Very clean gymnast.	12.100
Tay Xi Hui	FX	fall on 1 1/2 punch front full. Fall on double pike. Fall on 2 1/2.	10.975
Lim Heem Wei	FX	1 1/2 punch front full. Hands down on double pike. 2 1/2 (incomplete).
IG Live Update: 4:00 PM: Standings with one rotation left: Team: 1. CHN 176.075 2. RUS 174.525 3. MEX 161.225 4. PHI 160.075 5. SIN 139.550 6. HKG 138.8255
Rotation 6
Cui Jie	VT	Yurchenko full	14.200
Nailia Mustafina	UB	free hip full, free hip Stalder hecht to high. Giant blind, insider Stalder, Tkatchev. Stalder, Pak, dragged legs on mat. Stalder-half, Toe on, Toe shoot to high. Giant blind, front giant pirouette. Full out.	13.225
Guan Wenli	VT	Yurchenko full	13.850
Viktoria Komova	UB	stalder shootto high very nice. GIant blind, front giant to piked Jaeger. Giant blind, inside Stalder, Gienger. Giant-full Tkatchev. Pak salto. Missed toe shoot to high. Repeated toe-shoot and made it. Double pike. Really nice form.	13.225
Zhang Xin	VT	Yurchenko full	13.950
Violetta Malikova	UB	Stalder, Stalder full, Tkatchev, Pak. Stalder half, toe on handstand. Toe shoot (barely caught). Higgins. Front giant to double front (fall).	13.525
Tian Mengsi	VT	Yurchenko 1 1/2 with one step	14.275
Karla Salazar	FX	Performing to "Zorba the Greek." 1 1/2 punch layout front. Double full. 2 1/2. Nice routine.	13.925
Huang Qiusheng	VT	piked front half. Yurchenko full.	14.200
Lyudmila Yezhova		Free hip to Higgins, front giant full to piked Jaeer. Giant full, front pirouette to straddled Jaeger. Hop full, half to Yezhova transition. Giant blind to double front half.	14.800
Alyona Zmeu	UB	toe on to higgins, front giant full prouette back to elgrip to piked Jaeger. Toe-on full pirouette to Tkatchev to Pak. Higgins to double front half. Beautiful form.	14.175
IG Live Update: 4:23 PM: Team results: 1. CHN 233.075 2. RUS 230.250 3. MEX 214.325 4. HKG 189.125 5. PHI 160.075 6. SIN 151.900 Join us again at 7:00 p.m. PST for more live coverage of the women's competition!