2008 Pacific Rim Championships: Women's Subdivision 2

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 second of two women's subdivisions are Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Japan and USA. Juniors and seniors compete together for one team score.

IG Live Update: 6:24 PM: The athletes are warming up for tonight's competition. Australia starts on vault, Japan on uneven bars, Taiwan on balance beam and Canada on floor exercise. The United States has a bye in the first rotation. IG Live Update: 6:44 PM: The athletes are finishing their warmup. The U.S. looks strong and prepared to defend its title. IG Live Update: 6:56 PM: The athletes are being introduced.
Rotation 1
Britt Greeley	VT	Yurchenko full - not too clean	13.850
Brittany Rogers	FX	Triple twist. 2 1/2. Double full.1 1/2 layout barani. Stepped out of bounds before final pass of doble pike.	13.775
Shizuka Tozawa	UB	Stalder blind to Jaeger. Stalder, bail. Stalder shoot to high. Double pike with one step.	12.950
Emily Little	VT	Yurchenko 1 1/2 - bent knees	14.450
Akito Sato	UB	Jaeger and Gienger releases. Arabian double front dismount.	13.225
Charlotte Mackie	FX	piked full-in. Beautiful triple full. Very nice details in the choreography. Double full down the side. 1 1/2 punch pike. Double pike. Good landings on all her passes.	14.525
Lauren Mitchell	VT	Yurchenko full with a hop	13.800
Ashleigh Brennan	VT	Tsuk 1 1/2 with a tiny hop	14.550
Kristina Vaculik	FX	1 1/2 to 2 1/2. Double full. Double pike.	14.350
Dasha Joura	VT	Yurchenko full	13.950
Nansy Damianova	FX	Arabian double front. Double tuck. Popa. 1 1/2 punch front full. Double pike.	14.600
Peng-Peng Lee	FX	full-in (out). Arabian double front (out). 1 1/2 punch layout. Double pike (out).	14.550
Rotation 2
Samantha Shapiro	VT	Yurchenko-full - textbook form and stuck! Beautiful. 9.300 for execution is too low for this vault.	14.300
Lauren Mitchell	UB	toe-on handstand, Stalder, toe-shoot to high. Inside Stalder, inside Stalder, blind Jaeger. Toe-on full to bail. oe-on blind to double front with a hop back.	14.550
Darlene Hill	VT	Yurchenko 1 1/2, clean.	14.900
Ashleigh Brennan	UB	Inside Stalder blind, inside Stalder full to Tkatchev. Inside Stalder, bail. Inside Stalder hecht to high. Stalder full, giant, giant, Arabian double front. Lots of foot form issues.	13.975
Nastia Liukin	VT	Yurchenko 1 1/2 with a small step. Nice form.	15.000
Dasha Joura	UB	Comaneci, nice. Free hip, free hip blind change to Jaeger. Bail, Stalder shoot to high. Free hip full to Gienger. Gorgeous! Double front half, stuck. Great routine.	15.000
Jana Bieger	VT	Yurchenko 1 1/2	15.050
Rebecca Bross	VT	double-twisting Yurchenko - low and step forward.	14.800
Britt Greeley	UB	toe hecht to high. Gienger with a big form break. Pak salto. Full-twisting double back.	13.150
Rebecca Clark	VT	Yurchenko full, low and put a hand down	12.700
Emily Little	UB	free hip, Stalder, toe shoot to high. Gienger, bail to handstand, Stalder shoot to high. Giant full. Double pike.	12.925
Rotation 3
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs	VT	Yurchenko full, clean with one hop	14.050
Rebecca Clark	UB	Maloney. Toe on, Toe on blind to Markelov. Toe on full, giant to Bail. Toe shoot to high. Full-in.	13.950
Emily Little	VT	Switch leap, back tuck. Front aerial, ff layout. Standing back pike. Switch side. Double tuck.	14.550
Peng-Peng Lee	VT	Yurchenko full with a hop	14.150
Rebecca Bross	UB	Tkatchev. Stalder blind to Jaeger. Stalder full to bail, Stalder shoot to high. Toe on. Stuck full out. Very nice routine with clean form.	15.000
Britt Greeley	BB	aerial, ff layout. Side somi. Aerial roundoff. Back tuck. Double pike.	15.100
Brittany Rogers	VT	Yurchenko 1 1/2, bent knees	14.550
Jana Bieger	UB	Endo, pirouette, Stalder hecht to high, Stalder full to Tkatchev. Stalder half to Ricna. Toe on full to bail, Stalder shoot to hih. Stuck full-twisting double tuck. Bad foot form throughout.	15.025
Dasha Joura	BB	punch front. Ff, layout - wobble and saved. Tour jete not split. Switch leap, back tuck. Full turn with leg up, not held. Front aerial, side somi. Crosswise jump full turn to support. Switch ring. Double tuck.	15.150
Charlotte Mackie	VT	stuck Yurchenko 1 1/2	14.700
Nansy Damianova	VT	Yurchenko 1 1/2 with a step forward	13.975
Samantha Shapiro	USA	beautiful routine ending in a stuck full-twisting double tuck	15.225
Ashleigh Brennan	BB	gainer layout... Korbut. Front aerial, side somi. Switch ring. Side aerial. Double pike dismount	15.800
Kristina Vaculik	VT	Yurchenko full	13.600
Lauren Mitchell	BB	double turn in crouch. Front aerial to two feet. Back tuck. Standing layout stepout, back pike - foot slipped off and fell. Standing front. Switch ring. Ff, ff double pike.	15.050
Nastia Liukin	UB	Big knee bend to save her Pak salto (too close to the bar) but otherwise beautiful routine. One step on double front half dismount. 7.700 A Panel.	16.650
Rotation 4
Brittany Rogers	UB	Stalder, Stalder full, Stalder shoot to high. Giant blind to Markelov. Toe on, giant Gienger. Free hip, to bail, Stalder shoot to high. Low landing on full-twisting double tuck.	13.600
Rebecca Clark	BB	McCool mount. Onodi. Aerial roundoff. Front aerial, Sheep jump. Ff layout stepout. Full turn holding leg, nice. Side aerial. Side somi. 2 1/2 twist with one step.	15.450
Emily Little	UB	Double pike. 1 1/2 to double full. Running front full. 2 1/2.	13.750
Peng-Peng Lee	UB	Gienger. Attempted Pak full but landed heavily on her stomach on the low bar. Full-twisting double layout.	13.975
Jana Bieger	BB	straddled the beam on a barani. Double front dismount.	15.050
Britt Greeley	FX	1 1/2 front full. 2 1/2 punch front. Double pike.	13.600
Nansy Damianova	UB	Maloney to bail, shoot to high. Giant full, Tkatchev. Stalder, toe on. Toe-on blind, front giant to double front with a step forward.	14.650
Samantha Shapiro	BB	Stag handstand lower to Eremia hold. Side aerial. Switch leap back tuck., sheep jump. Works so high on her toes. Frot aerial. Exquiste form. Ff layout. Switch Yang B o. Full turn with leg up, slight check. Split jump, straddle jump. Front tuck. Double pike with a step back. Gorgeous gymnast.	15.800
Ashleigh Brennan	FX	piked full-in. 2 1/2 punch front. Rudi. Double pike.	14.700
Kristina Vaculik	UB	Stalder hecht to high. Tkatchev. GIant full to Gienger. Bail to handstand, Stalder shoot. Double front with two steps back.	14.275
Rebecca Bross	BB	full turn in crouch - nearly fell. Standing Arabian. Back tuck. Front aerial, ff layout. Split jump, wolf ump. Side somi. Front tuck. Arabian double front dismount.	15.900
Lauren Mitchell	FX	piked Arabian double front - went running out of bounds. Arabian double front. Nice double turn. 2 1/2 front layout, out of bounds. Double full. Really nice dance. Double pike - low landing.	14.550
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs	UB	fall on toe-on Tkatchev. New double front dismount.	13.500
Nastia Liukin	BB	front aerial, ff, layout. Full turn with leg up, gorgeous. Switch half. Swtch leap, sheep jump. Side somi. Onodi, wolf full. Nistor. Beautiful switch ring. Stuck 2 1/2 twist. Fantastic routine!	16.400
Dasha Joura	FX	full-in. 2 1/2 barani. Double pike.	15.100
Rotation 5
Rebecca Clark	FX	Double pike. 2 1/2, punch barani. 1 1/2 front full.	14.625
Brittany Rogers	BB	McCool mount. Back tuck. Front aerial, side somi. Ff, back pike. Omelianchik to stag handstand. Side aerial. Russian Rulfova. Full turn with leg up. Double tuck with a step back.	14.950
Shizuka Tozawa	VT	clean layout Tsuk full	14.150
Erika Lynn Danko	VT	double-twisting Yurchenko, clean.	14.750
Charlotte Mackie	BB	straddle press mount. Onodi, front aerial, ff layout. Swotch leap, wolf jump. One-arm Onodi. Russian Rulfova. Kochetkova. Ff ff double pike.	15.200
Darlene Hill	FX	Piked Arabian double front (steppped out). Handspring double front. 1 1/2 punch front layout full. Double pike. Very powerful.	15.125
Kristina Vaculik	BB	McCool mount. Switch leap , back tuck. Rulfova. Front aerial. Ff layout. Side aerial. Wolf jump, split jump. Double turn - nice. Side somi. Double pike with one step. This score will help qualify her the Canadian team to Beijing.	15.800
Jana Bieger	FX	Double layout. Arabian double front. Front full, Rudi. Barani. Double pike out of bounds. Improved choroegraphy.	14.800
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs	BB	McCool mount, bck tuck. Side aerial, fall on layout stepout. Switch leap, aerial roundoff. Illusion. Double turn. Double tuck.	14.950
Nastia Liukin	FX	front layout, double-twisting front, just barely in bounds. Handspring double front. Back 1 1/2, Rudi - stumbled out of bounds. 2 1/2.	14.800
Peng-Peng Lee	BB	Homma flair. Ff, tucked full (fall). Front aerial. Side aerial. Double turn to scale - very cool. Fall on sheep jump. Tucked front. Tucked front half. Illusion. Aerial roundoff. This routine is packed. Front double full dismount.	14.700
Rebecca Bross	FX	Full-out. Front full, front double full - out. Double turn with leg up. Switch ring, split leap full. 1 1/2, Rudi. 2 1/2, barani. Very high tumbling.	15.350
Samantha Shapiro	FX	Music malfunctioned after a few notes. Audience is clapping along. Double front. 2 1/2 punch front. Layout front full. Double pike. The biggest cheer of the night!	14.775
IG Live Update: 9:19 PM: The U.S. tops Canada and China for the team title. Nastia Liukin wins the senior title over Jana Bieger and Dasha Joura, and Rebecca Bross wins the junior title over Samantha Shapiro and Viktoria Komova. Before the awards ceremony, 2004 Olympic gold medalist Carly Patterson is singing her song "Temporary Life" for the audience. Join us again tomorrow at 12 p.m. PST for live coverage of the junior event finals and again at 6 p.m. PST for the senior finals! Team 1. USA 245.275 2. Canada 233.475 3. China 233.075 4. Australia 232.675 5. Russia 230.250 6. Japan 224.925 7. Mexico 214.325 8. Chinese Taipei 191.400 Senior All-Around 1. Nastia Liukin USA 62.850 2. Jana Bieger USA 59.925 3. Dasha Joura AUS 59.200 4. Ashleigh Brennan AUS 59.025 5. Qiushuang Huang CHN 58.850 6. Kristina Vaculik CAN 58.425 7. Mengsi Tian CHN 58.025 . Lauren Mitchell AUS 57.950 . Xin Zhang CHN 57.025 8. Alyona Zmeu Russia 56.575 9. Ericka Garcia MEX 56.000 10. Chinami Otaki JPN 55.325 11. Marisela Cantu MEX 55.175 12. Nanaho Hidaka JPN 54.475 13. Jessica Gil Ortiz COL 53.550 14. Nathalia Sanchez COL 53.200 15. Hiu Ying Angel Wong HKG 52.625 16. Jia Hui Tay SIN 51.975 17. Heem Wei Lim SIN 51.275 18. Noor Hasleen F. Hasnan MAS 49.275 . Xi Hui Tay SIN 48.650 19. Nim Yan Choi HKG 46.850 20. Chun Min Chen TPE 46.725 Junior All-Around* 1. Rebecca Bross USA 61.050 2. Samantha Shapiro USA 60.100 3. Viktoria Komova RUS 57.600 4. Charlotte Mackie CAN 57.575 5. Peng-Peng Lee CAN 57.375 6. Wenli Guan CHN 56.925 . Brittany Rogers CAN 56.875 7. Jie Cui CHN 56.750 . Rebecca Clark USA 56.725 8. Shizuka Tozawa JPN 56.225 9. Erica Lynn Danko JPN 56.050 10. Britt Greeley AUS 55.700 11. Emily Little AUS 55.675 . Akiho Sato JPN 54.875 12. Nailiya Mustafina RUS 54.375 . Violetta Malikova RUS 54.275 13. Karla Salazar MEX 53.200 14. Britt Reusche-Lari PER 50.350 15. Yu Chun Chen TPE 50.050 16. Paula Martinez MEX 49.650 17. Yu Ju Lo TPE 47.350 . Chen Hsuan Wu TPE 46.975 . Daniela Espinosa MEX 46.400 18. Wei Zhang CHN 42.825 19. Frances Audrey Munoz PHI 41.300 20. Ka Man Leung Hong Kong CHN 38.475 * Two athletes per country may qualify for all-around rankings