International GYMNAST Magazine Online: 2008 Pacific Rim Championships: Women's Subdivision 1 2008 Pacific Rim Championships: Women's Subdivision 1 ================================================================================ IG Online on Saturday, March 29, 2008 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!