International GYMNAST Magazine: 2008 Pacific Rim Championships: Junior Event Finals

2008 Pacific Rim Championships: Junior Event Finals
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IG Online on March 30, 2008
 
Welcome to IG Online's live coverage of the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships in
San Jose, California!
The juniors compete first this afternoon for individual event medals.
IG Live Update: 11:49 PM: The athletes have finished their warmups and are
preparing for marchin.
IG Live Update: 11:56 PM: The athletes are being introduced.
Junior Men's Floor Exercise
Liu Zhanteng
1 1/2 Rudi. Front full, front 1 3/4. Layout Arabian 1 3/4. Double full. 2 1/2
with a big step. 5.800/9.000
14.800
Glen Ishino
2 1/2 barani, very clean. Full-in, stuck. 1 1/2 front full. Double full.
5.200/9.375
14.575
Anderson Loran
Arabian double front with a small hop. Whip, 1 1/2 tucked front full. Front
layout, Rudi. Running front 1 3/4. 2 1/2 with one step back. 5.500/9.075
14.575
Igor Pakhomoenko
Full-twisting double. 1 1/2, Rudi. Long flair sequence down to triple Russian.
Running front 1 3/4. 2 1/2 with bennt legs and one step. 5.800/9.075
14.875
John Orozco
Layout Thomas. 2 1/2 barani. 1 1/2 front full. Very powerful but lots of form
problems. Running front 1 3/4. Front double full. 5.600/9.050
14.650
Genki Takeshita
piked Arabian double front. 1 1/2 front full Rudi. 2 1/2 punch barani. Very
clean form. Double full punch front 1 1/4. Full-in with a hop forward.
6.000/9.050
15.050
Luke Wadsworth
Double tuck (out of bounds). Front full, Rudi (long pass). Front layout, front
double full. Full-in (hands down). 5.300/8.500/-0.1
13.700
Riku Munakata
Whip half, front double full, layout front. Piked half-in, half out. Long pass.
2 1/2, tucked barani. Stuck tucked full-in. Great routine. 6.300/9.275
15.575
Junior Women's Vault
Emily Little
Yurchenko 1 1/2, some knee bends. 5.5/8.90.
14.400
Erica Lynn Danko
Double-twisting Yurchenko with a step  back. Big smile from Erica Lynn, who is
half American. 5.8/9.00.
14.800
Brittany Rogers
Yurchenko 1 1/2
14.625
Viktoria Komova
Yurchenko full - opted not to do her double. 5.000/8.675
13.675
Cui Jie
Yurchenko full, stuck. 5.000/9.225
14.225
Charlotte Mackie
Yurchenko 1 1/2 with step off to the side
14.450
Rebecca Bross
Yurchenko double full with one step. 5.800/9.225
15.025
Samantha Shapiro
Yurchenko full with one step forward. 5.000/9.050
14.050
Junior Men's Pommel Horse
Jackson Payne
5.4/7.675
13.075
Glenn Ishino
scissors, scissor half turn. Loop, loop, Stockli. Fall. A little trouble on
dismount. 5.000/8.175
13.175
Danell Leyva
mounts with scissor handstand. Magyar. Fall after Stockli. 5.400/8.225
13.625
Mathew Curtis
long routine and made it through. 5.600/8.725
14.325
Igor Pakhomenko
some sloppy feet but stayed on. 5.300/9.075. 14.375
14.375
Liu Zhanteng
4.800/8.600
13.400
Genki Takeshita
5.300/9.300
14.600
Anderson Loran
Fall early in routine. 4.800/7.400
12.200
Junior Women's Uneven Bars
Samantha Shapiro
Stalder blind to Jaeger, inside stalder, Stalder full to Pak Salto. Stalder
half to handstand, nice, Stalder shoot to high. Toe on, giant, giant,
full-twisting double back. Gorgeous form. 6.4/9.05o
15.450
Brittany Rogers
Stalder, Stalder, Stalder full, Stalder shoot to high. Giant blind to Markelov.
Full-twisting double back. 6.000/8.575
14.575
Viktoria Komova
giant blind to Jaeger. Giant blind, toe-on, Gienger. Pak salto. Stalder shoot
to high. Tkatchev. Double pike. Short on some of her handstands. 5.700/8.475
14.175
Guan Wenli
Pak salto. Two elgrip Endos to pirouette to Tkatchev. Fell out of pirouette.
Full-twisting double with a stumble forward. 6.100/7.750
13.850
Violetta Malikova
broke form on Pak salto after Tkatchev and had top stop. Fall on double front
from inverts. 5.600/7.075
12.675
Rebecca Bross
fall on Tkatchev. Peeled off the high bar on a Stalder and took a scary fall
onto her head. Opted to not continue but walked off the podium.
2.900/3.950/-0.6
6.250
Akiho Sato
giant full, giant blind Jaeger. Hop half, giant, Gienger. Arabian double front
dismount. 5.500/8.200
13.700
Peng-Peng Lee
toe-on blind, Endo, pirouette, giant, Gienger. Giant full, toe-on, Pak full
(Bhardwaj). Full-twisting double layout. 6.000/8.925
14.925
Junior Men's Still Rings
Riku Munakata
5.700/8.525
14.225
Danell Leyva
hands down on layout half-in half-out dismount. 5.600/8.525
14.125
David Belyavsky
5.100/9.450
14.550
Chen Xuezhang
5.400/9.025
14.425
Glenn Ishino
stuck double layout. 5.100/9.150
14.250
Hiroyuki Imai
Lots of Yamawakis and Guczhogys... Piked double front half dismount.
5.700/8.950
14.650.
Nikita Ignatiyev
5.800/8.675
14.475
Liu Zhanteng
6.400/8.725
15.125
Junior Women's Balance Beam
Rebecca Bross
jump on. Full turn in crouch. Standing Arabian. Front aerial, ff, layout.
Switch leap, back tuck. Arabian double front dismount. No wobbles but some bent
knees. 6.800/9.225
16.025
Samantha Shapiro
Side aerial. Front aerial. Ff layout - balance break. Double pike. 6.200/8.975
15.175
Yin Huang
ff, ff, two foot layout, Korbut. Front aerial, front aerial to two feet. Onodi
(bent knees), back tuck. Double pike.
15.925
Charlotte Mackie
plancher mount. Onodi - huge wobble but saved. Front aerial, ff, layout.
One-hand Onodi, Russian Rulfova. Full turn holding leg. Kochetkova. Ff ff
double pike. Some bent knees. 6.000/8.650
14.650
Cui Jie
front pike. Rueda. Front aerial, ff layout. Switch ring. Side aerial - wobble.
Tucked front, sheep. Double tuck, stuck.   6.700/9.325
16.025
Britt Greeley
Front aerial, ff layout. Side somi. Full-turn with leg up (not held). Switch
leap, back tuck. Side aerial. Double pike, one step.
14.600
Brittany Rogers
front aerial, side somi. Ff, back pike. Omelianchik to stag handstand.
Kochetkova to Russian Rulfova.. Double tuck.
13.825
Viktoria Komova
piked front. Ff layout, layout (wobble). Standing Arabin (wobble). Switch leap,
wolf jump. Onodi. Sheep jump. Switch leap. Full turn with leg up. Front aerial,
side somi.   Arabian double with a step. 6.900/8.800
15.700
Junior Men's Vault
Chen Xuezhang
Yurchenko double-full. 6.200/9.350
15.550
Riku Munakata
Tsuk 2 1/2
15.975
Shek Wai Hung
handspring double front
16.125
Genki Takeshita
Tsuk double full
15.475
Liu Zhanteng
Tsuk double full
15.350
John Orozco
fall on layout Rudi
14.750
Igor Pakhomenko
Tsuk double full
15.425
Danell Leyva
Tsuk double full
15.425
Junior Parallel Bars
Ryotaka Deguchi
14.875
Fang Lixiang
stumbled backwards on double pike. 6.600/8.850
15.450
Shek Wai Hung
5.400/8.325
13.725
Chen Xuezhang
peach half, peach full. Giant double tuck. Giant, Tippelt. Feet not pointed.
Double pike.
15.400
John Orozco
5.100/8.100
13.200
Genki Takeshita
6.000/9.150
15.150
Danell Leyva
5.900/9.325
15.225
Mathew Curtis
5.400/9.225
14.625
Junior Women's Floor Exercise
Samantha Shapiro
Double front - hands down. 2 1/2 punch front - hands down. Running front full.
Double pike. 5.800/7.650
13.450
Charlotte Mackie
piked full-in. Triple full. 1 1/2 punch front pike. Double pike. Great movement
and connection to the music. 5.600/8.675
14.275
Viktoria Komova
1 1/2 to Arabian double front (fall). Tucked full-in. Double pike. Triple
twist. 5.900/8.100
14.000
Rebecca Bross
tucked full-out. Front full, front double full. Double turn wth leg up. Switch
ring, switch leap full. 1 1/2 Rudi. 2 1/2 punch barani. Great landings on her
tumbling! Great comeback since her bars fall.
15.500
Peng-Peng Lee
full-in, Arabian double front, 1 1/2 punch front pike, double pike.
5.700/8.975/-0.1
14.575
Nailiya Mustafina
front double full. 2 1/2 punch layout barani. Nice double turn holding leg up.
Double pike. 5.700/9.000
14.700
Huang Ying
2 1/2. 1 1/2 punch front full. Double twist. Double pike. Nice expression.
5.400/9.150
14.550
Shizuka Tozawa
2 1/2 punch front layout full. Triple full. Double pike. 5.800/8.900
14.700
Junior Men's High Bar
Danell Leyva
Tak full. Voronin. Huge Tkatchev. Inside Endo full. Inside Endo full.
Double-twisting double layout with a step forward. 5.9/8.325
14.225
Genki Takeshita
Voronin. Layout Tkatchev. Stalder full. Stalder 1 1/2. Hop full. Rybalko to
mixed grip. Double-twisting double layout with a hop forward. 5.800/8.625
14.425
Jackson Payne
Voronin. Tkatchev. Stalder. JHam to invert, invert giant, full pirouette back
to invert. Layout double-double with a step back. 5.500/8.725
14.225
Nikita Ignatiyev
Layout Tkatchev. Tkatchev. Endo full. Jam to invert. Endo pirouette. Stalder.
Layout double-double with a big step back. 5.400/8.875
14.275
Ryotaka Deguchi
Kolman - not close at all. Repeated Kolman and fell again. Front giant
pirouette to Voronin. Half Tak. Layout double-double with a hop back.
5.700/7.075
12.775
Igor Pakhomenko
Voronin. Hop full. Rybalko. Endo-full. Elgrip front giant full pirouette to
elgrip. Very clean form. Stuck layout double-double. 5.700/9.225
14.925
Glen Ishino
Voronin. Kovacs. Hop full. Rybalko. Elgrip front giant full pirouette back to
elgrip. Some form problems on the front giants. Layout double-double with a
small hop. 5.700/9.050
14.750
Mathew Curtis
stalder. Layout Tkatchev. Tkatchev - needs to work on foot form in air.
Full-twisting double layout with a hop. 5.300/9.100
14.400
IG Live Update: 3:31 PM: This concludes the junior event finals! Join us again
at 6 p.m. for the conclusion of the Pacific Rim Championships with the senior
event finals.