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Event Finals Day 1 Live Blog

We've had an exciting week of highs and major heart breaks and beautiful memories made at the Montreal World Championships. There's still more to come with the event finals. Refresh the page about every five minutes to get the most recent updates. Here are the start lists for today: Warm ups are going on for the guys on floor. Lots of glorious shots of six packs. Oh hi Paseka with your construction worker back brace. Another random observation: Bram Verhofstad looks a lot like Grant Gustin, aka "The Flash." I'm just going to call him Flash from now on. Because that's what he reminds me of. The intro music is Ellie Black's floor music, I think.... I know it's someone's and I cannot remember whose it is at the moment. Walk outs are starting here in a sec. Camera is panning over the crowd. That is a MASSIVE stadium. You've got to make a grand entrance from a cloud of steam. Hello Kenzo! He's getting tons of cheering from t...

Event Finals Day 1 Preview

So now that our new all-around champions, Xiao Ruoteng and Morgan Hurd, have now been crowned, it's time for the event finals. Without further adieu, let's take a look at what's in store for us during event finals. Men: Floor, Pommel Horse & Still Rings Women: Vault & Uneven Bars

January Training Camp: Laurie Hernandez

Fear not gymterneters, Laurie Hernandez is back. Thank the Gym Gods. She's featured in this camp video working on all sorts of good upgrades. Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Brenna Dowell Gets Her First Perfect 10 of her NCAA Career

Last night, Brenna Dowell scored her first ever perfect 10 of her NCAA career. Oklahoma hosted the meet against Southeastern Missouri and Texas Women's University Friday night. The Sooners won with a 197.850. Brenna contributed her first perfect ten on the uneven bars to the Sooners' win.

Giulia Steingruber Training New Bars and Beam Skills

Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland is already known for being a European champion on vault and a strong contender for medals on the floor exercise. This year, Giulia is upgrading.

The Official Return of Peng Peng

This week in NCAA, Christine "Peng Peng" Lee made her glorious return to competition at UCLA's first meet of the season at Oregon State. Peng Peng, a former elite gymnast from Canada has been out for two years as the result of an ACL tear that kept her from competing for Canada in the London Olympic Games.

Peng Peng Lee Training Full Twisting Pak on Bars

The glorious Christine aka Peng Peng Lee was seen in training today with the UCLA Bruins.

Australia's Olivia Vivian Does the Splits Between The Bars

Two things to remember about the uneven bars. 1. The distance between the bars has gotten wider as the sport has changed. 2. The current distance between the bars with the current FIG (International Gymnastics Federation; Federation Internationale Gymnastique) standard measurements is between 130 cm to 180 cm (4'3"  to 5'10"). Per Wikipedia.

Yao Jinnan on the Uneven Bars and Floor Exercise During Chinese Nationals

Yao Jinnan is back (not like she ever went anywhere) and is looking fierce. Maybe it's the black flame leotard that she's sporting.

Noemi Makra's Uneven Bar Routine at the Osijek Grand Prix

Noemi Makra of Hungary is a gymnast I could never get tired of watching. One of the reasons why she is so lovely to watch is she has such beautiful lines. It's very easy to see in this routine of hers from this week's Osijek Grand Prix in Osijek, Croatia.

Anna Pavlova on the Uneven Bars at the Ljubljana Cup

Anna Pavlova has made her 2014 international debut representing Azerbaijan at the Ljubljana World Cup in Slovenia. She won the gold medal on the uneven bars with a 12.825.

Doha World Cup: Vault and Bars Finals

Larisa Iordache is back for 2014 and as fierce as ever.

Britain's Rebecca Tunney's Church To Bhardwaj Combo

At the Welsh Open, British Gymnast Rebecca Tunney debuted a stunning new uneven bars combination.

Madison Kocian's New Bar Routine

After missing out on last year's worlds due to injuries, Madison Kocian is showing everyone she is a contender.

Maggie Nichols Training A New Bars Combo

Maggie Nichols has been upgrading her skills on the bars.

Ana Porgras' Coach (Almost) Takes One For The Team

Ana Porgras goes from beauty and grace to nearly taking out her coach in one fell swoop. The poor Romanians can't seem to catch a break when it comes to the bars.

Gymnast Doing A Weiler Kip to Comaneci Salto Combination

This is an interesting bar combination I found while perusing Tumblr, looking for things to blog about.

Sarah Finnegan Training a Zuchold On Bars

Exciting things are happening. Ruby Harrold, eat your heart out, you're not the only adorable gymnast to do the coolest vintage Zuchold Schleudern transition on the uneven bars.

Tatiana Nabieva on Uneven Bars in Stuttgart

Here is the lovely Tatiana Nabieva on the uneven bars in Stuttgart at the DTB Cup Team final.