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2008 Pacific Rim Championships: Senior Event Finals

March 30, 2008 By IG Online
Welcome to IG Online's live coverage of the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships in San Jose, California!

The competition concludes with the senior event finals.

IG Live Update: 5:45 PM: The athletes are finishing their warmups.

IG Live Update: 5:55 PM: The athletes are marching out.

 
Senior Men's Floor Exercise
Paul Hamm whip half, double twisting front, barani. 1 1/2 front full, front 1 3/4. Flair sequence. Layout Arabian 1 3/4. Double layout - low landing and stepped forward. 6.200/9.250 15.450
Yusuke Saito Long pass with one step (out). Half in half out. Double tuck. Russians. Double full. 2 1/2 with two hops forward. 5.600/8.875/-0.1 14.375
Maxim Devyatovsky Long pass, stuck. Full-twisting double layout. Front double full to barani to rebound to prone. Russians. Full-in. Great routine. 6.000/9.375 15.375
Brandon O'Neill Whip 2 1/2, punch front full, Rudi. 1 1/2, front full, barani (stepped out). Tucked double-double. Layout Arabian 1 3/4. Full-in dismount with a step. 6.500/9.150/-0.1 15.550
Sasha Artemev whip, 1 1/2, front double full with a big step. 2 1/2 (low), punch front. Great flair sequence. Stuck triple twist. 5.700/9.075 14.775
James Brochero high double layout with two steps back. Front double full, front 1 3/4 - late landing. Long pass. 2 1/2. Full-in (low). 6.100/8.325 14.425
Takuya Inatera Long pass - out. Front double full, barani. Double full. Triple full. 5.800/9.325/-0.1 15.025
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 with a step to the side. 5.700/9.225 14.925
Senior Men's Pommel Horse
Sasha Artemev fell on flop sequence to Russian. Broke form on circles and on full kherhe. Nice pirouetting flair sequence to dismount. 14.525
Joshua Jefferis hit routine 13.600
Wang Heng broke form but stayed on. Long and difficult routine. 6.200/9.075 15.275
Takuya Inatera fall on Magyar. 5.500/8.025 13.525
Maxim Devyatovsky Magyar Sivado. Federchenko, Wu. Reverse Stockli handstand 360. 6.000/9.225 15.225
Paul Hamm hit routine - should be a good score. Flexed feet in dismount. 6.000/9.375 15.375
Sergei Khorokhordin 5.800/8.675 14.475
Lu Bo 6.100/9.250 15.350
Senior Women's Vault
Marisela Cantu Yurchenko full. 5.000/8.825 Piked front. 4.600/9.050 13.737
Kristina Vaculik Yurchenko full - 5.000/8.950. Fall on Omelianchik - 4.800/8.175  
Anna Myzdrikova double-twisting Yurchenko. Good distance but low landing - 5.800/8.850. Attempted layout Omelianchik but poor form - one step. 5.200/8.850/-0.1 14.400
Hiu Ying Angel Wong Tsuk full - 5.200/8.725. Piked front half - 5.000/8.925 13.925
Tian Mengsi Yurchenko 1 1/2 with step to the side - 5.500/8.825. Piked front half with a step to the side - 5.000/8.850 14.087
Jessica Gil Ortiz Yurchenko 1 1/2 with a step - 5.500/9.250. Tucked froont half - 4.800/8.950 14.250
Ericka Garcia Yurchenko 1 1/2 with large step to the side - 5.500/8.950. Piked front - 4.600/9.150 14.100
Nansy Damianova Yurchenko 1 1/2 with a big step forward - 5.500/9.025. Tucked front. 4.4/9.000 13.962
Senior Men's Still Rings
Paul Hamm Maltese. Azarian. Cross. Piked Yamawaki, tucked Yamawaki. Back uprise to handstand. Full-twisting double layout. 15.525
Adam Wong 6.100/9.325 15.425
Liang Mingsheng 6.200/9.025 15.225
Takuya Inatera tucked double-double dismount. 6.000/9.000 15.000
Maxim Devyatovsky strong routine with stuck full-twisting double layout. 6.300/9.375 15.675
Raj Bhavsar double-twisting double layout dismount 15.550
Yuri Ryazanov 6.400/9.325 15.725
Lu Bo 6.900/8.875 15.775
Senior Women's Uneven Bars
Nansy Damianova Maloney to bail. Giant-full Tkatchev. Overarched handstand and has to swin a blind change. Stuck double front. 6.000/8.625 14.625
Tian Mengsi giant blind Khorkina. Two front giant full pirouettes to elgrip to Jaeger. Caught transition in dead hang. Double layout. 6.100/7.600 13.700
Dasha Joura Comaneci - beautiful. Giant blind to Jaeger. Free hip, free hip full to Gienger. Double front half with a step. 6.200/8.750 14.950
Nastia Liukin missed Gienger (also fell in warmups). Pak salto again too close - had to do an extra kip. Low landing and stumble forward on double front half. Not her best routine, but 17.00 on bars is within her reach. 7.400/7.825 15.225
Jana Bieger Stalder full to Tkatchev. Stalder half to Ricna. Full-twisting double back. Very sloppy form - flexed feet, bent knees, legs apart. 6.600/8.950 15.550
Kristina Vaculik Tkatchev, Gienger. 6.400/8.825 15.225
Lyudmila Yezhova Free hip to Higgins. Front giant full pirouette to Jaeger. Hop 1 1/2 to Yezhova. Sole circle transition (.1 deduction). Double front half with a big step forward. 6.200/8.200/-0.1. Very cool routine too harshly scored. 14.300
Lauren Mitchell two inside Stalders to blind to Jaeger. Toe on full. Stuck double front dismount. 6.500/8.600 15.100
Senior Men's Vault
Chen Chih-Yu Rudi. Tsuk full. 14.875
Liang Mingsheng Tsuk double pike. Easy layout Rudi with one step. 16.012
Yusuke Saito Layout Randi. Fall on Tsuk 2 1/2. 15.525
Aldo Torres fall on handspring double front. Tsuk double full. 15.162
James Brochero Yurchenko double twist. Tsuk 1 1/2 15.162
Senior Women's Balance Beam
Kristina Vaculik McCool mount. Switch leap, back tuck. Rulfova. Front aerial. Ff layout. Side aerial. Double turn. Side somi. Double pike with a step back. Nice routine. 5.900/8.875 14.775
Zhang Xin Tuck jump mount. Front pike. Front aerial, ff. Switch leap, back tuck. front tuck. Side aerial. Wobble on full turn with leg up. Double pike with a step. 5.400/8.850 14.250
Jana Bieger Stradde press mount lower to stag handstand. Barani. Front pike. Front aerial, ff, layout - wobble. Switch leap, back pike. Split jump, wolf jump. Lots of bent knees. Tucked front. Double front with a step. 6.600/8.925 15.525
Nastia Liukin Front aerial, ff layout. Side somi. Full turn with leg up... Onodi, wolf full. Small check on oversplit switch ring. Beautiful routine with stuck 2 1/2 dismount. 6.600/9.575. 16.175
Dasha Joura Tuck jump mount. Wolf jump. Tucked front. Ff layout. Switch leap, back tuck. Full turn with leg up. Very beautiful routine. Front aerial, side somi - off but saved. Crosswise jump full turn to support. Switch ring - did not show full split. Low landing on double tuck. 6.400/8.850 15.250
Huang Qiushuang ff ff layout two feet. Side aerial with a wobble. Switch leap, back tuck. Full turn with leg up. Double pike. China hit every beam routine in San Jose. 6.600/9.075 15.675
Ashleigh Brennan switch leap, gainer layout. Korbut. Front aerial. Side somi. Piked side somi. Switch ring. Ff layout. Side aerial - fall. Stuck double pike. 6.300/8.400 14.700
Lyudmila Yezhova leap on. Round off two-foot layout. Kochetkova to Omelianchik (not held). Kolesnikova. Onodi, front aerial, side somi. Big wobble on double turn but stayed on. 2 1/2 twist. Nice oversplit on leaps. 6.500/8.900 15.400
Senior Men's Parallel Bars
Liang Mingsheng peach, giant full, Belle. Straddle front. Belle. Tippelt. Healy. Healy to straddle cut. Double pike, hope forward. 15.475
Brandon O'Neill missed piked Belle. Peach half. Peach full. Giant, Belle. Tippelt. Double pike. 6.200/8.200 14.400
Joshua Jefferis piked Belle. Belle. Giant, Tippelt. Healy. Double pike with a hop. 6.200/9.200 15.400
Maxim Devyatovsky peach, peach half. giant, Belle. Healy. Stutz. Stutz out. Double pike. 6.200/9.275 15.475
Paul Hamm piked belle. peach. Belle. Tippelt. Morisue. Bilozerchev. Double pike. 6.400/9.425 15.825
Nathan Gafuik stuck double pike. 6.000/9.300 15.300
Wang Heng 6.800/9.025 15.825
Sasha Artemev Healy. Peach, giant Belle. Giant fu8ll, giant Diamidov and fall. Stumble back on double pike. 6.000/8.100 14.100
Senior Women's Floor Exercise
Nastia Liukin layout front, front double full - low and stepped out. Handspring double front - lunge forward. 1 1/2, Rudi. 2 1/2. 6.100/8.625/-0.1 14.625
Zhang Xin Tucked full-in. 1 1/2 layout front full. Triple twist. 2 1/2, stumble forward. Double pike. 5.900/8.675 14.575
Huang Qiushuang Triple twist. 1 1/2 front pike. Double twist. 2 1/2. Full turn with leg up. Switch ring, split jump. Double pike with two steps back. 5.500/9.125 14.465
Dasha Joura Full-in. Front full, Rudi. 2 1/2 turn. 2 1/2 barani. Double full. Double pike. Very big applause. 6.100/9.200 15.300
Ashleigh Brennan piked full-in (stepped out). Front full, tucked Rudi. 2 1/2 punch front. Layout Rudi. Double pike. 6.000/8.650/-0.1 14.550
Anna Myzdrikova triple twist, back tuck. Whip, Arabian double front. Tucked full-in. 2 1/2 to cartwheel (should have been barani). Double pike. 6.300/8.750 15.050
Darlene Hill piked Arabian double front - very high. Handspring, double front. 1 1/2 front full, big step forward. Double pike. 6.100/9.325 15.425
Nansy Damianova Arabian double front. Double tuck. Double pike. 5.500/9.025/-0.1 14.425
Senior Men's High Bar
Philippe Rizzo Full-twisting one-arm giant. Half Tak - short. Half-Tak to Def. Layout double-double, stuck. 6.100/9.350 15.450
Sasha Artemev Endo full to layout Jaeger - close and had to pike. Broke form on blind change. Kovacs. Fall on Rybalko. Blind change. Front giant pirouette to elgrip. Layout double-double with a hop forward. 5.700/8.250 13.950
Nathan Gafuik Endo full to pirouette to Kolman. Amazing height! Kovacs. Stalder - Rybalko - big form break. Tkatchev. Rough form on Rybalko. Broke on German giants. Tucked full-twisting double. 5.800/8.425 14.225
Paul Hamm half-Tak. Overarched handstand - Tkatchev, layout Tkatchev. Came up short on one half pirouette. Stalder. Beautiful layout double-double with a step. 6.000/9.225 15.225
Jorge Giraldo Endo-full. Pirouette. Gaylord II. Tak half. Blind change. Jam, full turn to elgrip, elgrip giant. Elgrip Endo. Stalder. Full-twisting double layout with a big step forward. The scoring has been very slow tonight - big delay for the score and the audience is clapping in unison. 14.850
Brandon O'Neill Voronin. Kovacs. Giant full. Stalder 1 1/2. Endo full. One-arm giant pirouette. Nailed layout double-double. Another big delay for the score. 14.825
Luis Alberto Sosa Voronin - form break. Layout Kovacs. Fall on Kolman. 12.850
Yuri Ryazanov Voronin. Layout Tkatchev - close to the bar. Tkatchev. German giants. Foot form could use work. Nailed layout double-double. 6.000/9.400 15.400
IG Live Update: 10:01 PM: This concludes our live coverage of the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships in San Jose!  

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Comments (5 posted):

Steve Kyriakis on March 31, 2008
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Is it just me, or is there an overall impression of negativity portrayed towards Jana Bieger in this reporting?
Giuly Rossi on March 31, 2008
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It's true!!
gymn9610 on March 31, 2008
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The comments are fair. It's an Olympic year and she's trying to make the team in a country in which 10-15 girls stand a great chance. If she cannot do her routines with good form, she does not deserve to be on the team. Jana does have terrible form and technique, so these observations are realistic. If you think IG is being negative, wait for the judges in Beijing.
Rachel Moran on March 31, 2008
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I can't think of anything positive to say about Jana's gymnastics, can you??

There were a lot of comments about who had form breaks or who had good form. Jana has only form breaks and that is her own fault.
Katelin O'Grady on April 14, 2008
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gymnastics is all about being judged right, well i praise jana for making it so far. but the judges judge by what the gymnast brings to the table.. and there not nice bout it either. but technique wise, she'll need to work hard. it's hard to gain back that type of technique when your of that level. pointed toes and tight skills are taught when ur young and they become habit.. but who am i to judge i couldn't do what she does everyday.. so good on her.

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