MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

Xiao Ruoteng of China took his throne as the newest all-around champion in men's gymnastics after defeating his enemies at the Battle of Bosworth... ahem, I men the men's all-around final. The Gymnastics Wars of the Roses will continue tonight in the name of crowning the newest queen of women's gymnastics. The biggest contender for the all-around title was Larisa Iordache, Of course, this was before she tore her achillies in the touch warm up during qualifications. At that moment, there was the sound of the breaking hearts of gym-fans all over the world. Trying to put bad memories out of our heads, we must move on. The Americans, Ragan Smith and Morgan Hurd are big favorites to win the all-around. Neither of them had a perfect qualifying round. Ragan fell on her layout on beam and Morgan put her hands down on one of her floor passes. Even with this mistake, Ragan qualified in 2nd place to the all-around final with a 55.932 and still showed a strong performance eve...

It's the home stretch! It's the fifth and final subdivision in the women's qualifications for artistic gymnastics. This subdivision we will see the Canadian team, lead by Ellie Black and former Georgia gymnast,  Brittany Rogers. We are also going to see team Japan, featuring Sae Miyakawa, and Mai Murakami. We will also see France and a mixed group featuring competitors from Cuba, Mexico, Portugal and Poland. Refresh the page every ten minutes or so to get all the action.

Today, my thoughts and heart are with Paris after last night's devastating attacks. To honor the victims and to show global solidarity with the Parisian citizens, I am featuring Claire Martin's bronze medal winning beam routine from this year's European Championships in Montpellier, France.

Having the same floor music as another gymnast is almost akin to wearing the same dress as another girl at the prom. This week at the World Championships in Nanning, China, a certain pretty blond French gymnast showed up using the same music for her floor routine as a certain prominent pretty blond junior gymnast in the United States.