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

2008 Pacific Rim Championships: Senior 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 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!