New elites

Okay because I can't get enough I thought we could start listing elites that have achieved their compulsory or optional elite scores this year. Thought we could combine them all in one thread since this info can be hard to find

New elites

2016 Stuttgart World Cup

March 19, 2016 - Stuttgart, Germany

WAG
Tabea Alt GER
Elisabeth Seitz GER
Ellie Downie GBR
Nia Dennis USA
Seda Tutkhalyan RUS
Celine van Gerner NED
Isabela Onyshko CAN
Xie Yufen CHN
Elisa Meneghini ITA

MAG
Marcel Nguyen GER
Fabian Hambüchen GER
Nikolai Kuksenkov RUS
Caio Souza BRA
James Hall GBR
Shin Dong Hyen KOR
Cen Yu GER
Oliver Hegi SUI

2016 Stuttgart World Cup

Questions to London2012

I don't like starting a thread for this but not sure where else it would be appropriate and don't want to take any other thread off topic. So:

1. I remember one thread where you said Komova had the most difficulty and the best lines in history. I argued Mo Huilan had even greater difficulty for her time (aka considering how far she was ahead of her competitors at the time) and even better lines. I never saw your response to this, but what was it. Biles is probably tops in difficulty even for her time now, but forget that as that is now after the fact of the discussion.

2. I remember asking you about Alicia Sacramone and if you were a big fan of her gymnastics since you seemed quite upset she didn't get a chance to redeem herself in London, and that she wasn't atleast an alternate. What do you feel about her gymnastics.

3. Do you ever follow mens gymnastics or only womens, I have never seen you comment on mens.

4. Why do you Huang Q. and Yao Jinnan never fulfilled their early potential as AAers. I ask you as you seem good at analyzing that sort of thing.

5. Who do you prefer overall as a gymnast at their best between Wieber and Gabby Douglas?

6. I recall you predicting Maroney to bump Simone Biles off the U.S Olympic team altogether. Do you still predict that.

Questions to London2012

Tim rand compulsory qualifier

All Stars NY
Discover Gymnastics
World Class - VA
5280 Gymnastics
American Twisters
Midwest-MN
Sun Country
Tumblebees - FL

Tim rand compulsory qualifier

Parkettes compulsory qualifier results

Elite qualified
Riley Mccusker
Madelynn LaCoe
Lyndsey Rudolph
Maleah Bell
Anneliese Koenig
Hope qualified
Kenzie Ford
Claire Tunnel
éMjae Frazier
Danae Fletcher
Love Birt

Parkettes compulsory qualifier results

Pacific Rim Championships- April.8-10/2016

I am looking into going to Pac Rims this April and wanted to purchase tickets, but when I went to the Pac Rim Champs website it seems only All Session tickets are on sale. It says individual sessions will be on sale early 2016. Nothing is mentioned exactly when early 2016 is.. I tried calling the ticketmaster tonight and even they didn't have info for me.. I'm coming from outside the U.S. and would need to book flights as well. I would assume it's not sold out already. I went to this competition when it was in the Seattle area in 2012 and I'm sure I was able to purchase individual session tickets in January. Anyone else able to purchase tickets yet ?

Pacific Rim Championships- April.8-10/2016

2016 Glasgow World Cup

Date: March 12
Location: 1000 London Road, Glasgow
Venue: Emirates Arena

Roster:
Women
Maegan Chant (CAN)
Claudia Fragapane (GBR)
Maria Kharenkova (RUS)
Enus Mariani (ITA)
Kelly Simm (GBR)
Mykayla Skinner (USA)
Asuka Teramoto (JPN)
Lieke Wevers (NED)
Xie Yufen (CHN)


Men
Christian Baumann (SUI)
David Bekyavskiy (RUS)
Cen Yu (CHN)
Marvin Kimble (USA)
Lee Junho (KOR)
Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano (BRA)
Daniel Purvis (GBR)
Max Whitlock (GBR)
Masayoshi Yamamoto (JPN)

2016 Glasgow World Cup

Send NastiaFan to Olympic Trials!

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Chances are, if you're a gymnastics fan, you've spent countless hours watching the hundreds of high quality videos NastiaFan has created and put on his youtube channel. We are trying to send him to the Olympic Trials in San Jose, CA., which would also be his first time attending an elite gymnastics meet.
Show your appreciation for the work he's put in by recording, digitizing, cutting commercials, and cleaning up videos of all your favorite gymnasts and favorite meets. He does all of this free of charge.
Please consider donating even the smallest amount. If you were to attend just one of the meets he's uploaded, you'd probably spend well over $50 for tickets, parking, and food at the event. No amount is too small, so please chip in, share this GoFundMe account, and let's get NastiaFan to one of the most exciting meets of the quad!
All funds raised will go towards the costs of airfare, hotel, and event ticket.

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Send NastiaFan to Olympic Trials!

teams competing at qualifiers through march numbers of competitors

1st Class 2
5280 1
Ace 3
Accel 2
Adrenaline 2
Aerial Athletics 6
AGI 3
AIM Athletics 7
All American (SD) 2
All American - UT 1
All Stars -NY 1
All Stars 1
American 1
American Twisters 7
AOGC 1
Arete 1
Atlantic Coast 1
Auburn 3
Azarian 2
Bright Stars Gymnastics 2
Buckeye 6
Capital 1
Chelsea Piers NY 2
Chelsea Piers-CT 1
Chow's 2
Cincinnati 2
City Club Gym 1
CO Aerials 1
Denton 2
Discover 2
DK 1
Emeth 2
ENA Paramus 1
EuroStars 4
Everest 3
Excalibur 1
First In Flight 3
First State 6
Flyaway Gold 1
GAR 3
Genie's 1
Georgia AllStar 1
Georgia Elite 1
Girls Co-Op 2
Gliders 1
GldMedalCenter 1
GldMedalGreenlawn 2
Gold Cup 1
Golden City 1
Golden State 2
GTC 2
GymAmerica 1
Gym East 1
GymnEtc
Gym-Max 1
GymNasti 1
Gymn Powerhouse 1
Gymsport Gems 1
Gym X-treme 1
Head Over Heels-CA 1
Hills 7
Hopes and dreams 2
IGI 1
Intensity 1
Iowa Gym-Nest 2
Jersey Shore Elite3
JustJymnastics 1
KPAC 3
Kurt Thomas 1
Legacy Elite 5
Loudon Gym 2
M&M 3
Matrix 4
Metroplex 6
MG Elite 1
Midwest 1
Mismo 2
NAAG
Naperville 1
NETX Elite 2
Oakland GTC 4
Olympia Hills 2
Olympic Dreams 2
Olympica
OSEGA 2
Paragon 4
Paramount Elite 2
Parkettes 5
Precision 2
Premier West 1
Prestige 4
rebound 1
Revolution 1
SalcianuElite 1
Salto West 1
SCEGA 1
Solid Rock 1
Stars (TX) 6
Starboard 2
Texas Dreams 4
Texas East 2
TIGAR
Top Notch Training Center 1
Twisters 2
United Elite
VEGA 1
Waller's Gym Jam 2
West Valley
Will -Moor Gymnastics 3
Winners 2
World Class 10
WOGA 6
World Champions Centre 2
Zenith Elite 2

teams competing at qualifiers through march numbers of competitors

Brestyan's Invite compulsory -MASS

Two compulsory sessions
No more info till results come through

Brestyan's Invite compulsory -MASS

2016 American Cup

USAG just announced the field of competitors:

http://ift.tt/1N55gHl

Men
Brazil: Lucas De Souza Bitencourt
China: Sun Wei
Great Britain: Nile Wilson
Germany: Fabian Hambuechen
Japan: Ryohei Kato
Korea: Junho Lee
Switzerland: Pablo Braegger
USA: Samuel Mikulak
USA: Donnell Whittenburg

Women
Brazil: Lorrane Oliveira
Canada: Elsabeth Black
Great Britain: Amy Tinkler
Germany: Tabea Alt
Italy: Carlotta Ferlito
Japan: Mai Murakami
Netherlands: Tisha Volleman
USA: Gabrielle Douglas
USA: Margaret Nichols

Super excited that Brazil is sending Oliveira!

2016 American Cup

NCAA Appreciation Thread

No one goes into the NCAA thread anymore and not all NCAA gymnasts are American, I thought these gymnasts deserved their own thread.

I can see Ebee dominating the way Courtney K did.

NCAA Appreciation Thread

teams competing at qualifier through march

Bold -new to Hopes/elite program
Italics-competed but never qualified to Hopes/Elite
Underline qualified gymnasts to hopes/elite
1st Class
5280
Ace
Accel
Adrenaline
Aerial Athletics
AGI
AIM Athletics
All American (SD)
All American - UT
All Stars -NY
All Stars
American
American Twisters
AOGC
Arete
Atlantic Coast
Auburn
Azarian
Bright Stars Gymnastics
Buckeye
Capital
Chelsea Piers NY
Chelsea Piers-CT
Chow's
Cincinnati
City Club Gym
CO Aerials
Denton
Discover
DK
Emeth
ENA Paramus
EuroStars
Everest
Excalibur
First In Flight
First State
Flyaways Gold
GAR
Genie's
Georgia AllStar
Georgia Elite
Girls Co-Op
Gliders
GldMedalCenter
GldMedalGreenlawn
Gold Cup
Golden City
Golden State
GTC
GymAmerica
Gym East
GymnEtc
Gym-Max
GymNasti
Gymn Powerhouse
Gymsport Gems
Gym X-treme
Head Over Heels-CA
Hills
Hopes and dreams
IGI
Intensity
Iowa Gym-Nest
Jersey Shore Elite
JustJymnastics
KPAC
Kurt Thomas
legacy Elite
Loudon Gym
M&M
Matrix
Metroplex
MG Elite
Midwest
Mismo
NAAG
Naperville
NETX Elite
Oakland GTC
Olympia Hills
Olympic Dreams
Olympica
OSEGA
Paragon
Paramount Elite
Parkettes
Precision
Premier West
Prestige
rebound
Revolution
SalcianuElite
Salto West
SCEGA
Solid Rock
Stars (TX)
Starbound
Texas Dreams
Texas East
TIGAR
Top Notch Training Center
Twisters
United Elite
VEGA
Waller's Gym Jam
West Valley
Will -Moor Gymnastics
Winners
World Class
WOGA
World Champions Centre
Zenith Elite

teams competing at qualifier through march

Parkettes qualifier

1st Class-2
Ace-3
Atlantic Coast-1
Bright Stars-3
Chelsea Piers NY -2
Chelsea Piers-CT - 1
ENA-1
Excalibur-1
First State -5
Girls Co-Op-1
Gym America-1
Hills-6
Jersey Shore Elite-1
MG Elite – 1
Paragon -4
Parkettes-5
Prestige-3
Rebound-3
Starbound-2
Willmoor-2

Parkettes qualifier

How to watch College Gymnastics online this weekend?

I know this belongs in the College Gym section but it's time sensitive and it seems like no one ever visits that section...

On the Gymcastic podcast last week they mentioned that the all of the college gymnastics this weekend could be watched online but I didn't hear them mention where--and I couldn't find it on their site...does anyone hear know where online you can watch the meets this weekend?

How to watch College Gymnastics online this weekend?

Top 20 U.S gymnasts of all time- men and women

The reason I am starting this thread when there was a similar one a couple years ago is.

1. Simone Biles has obviously established herself up there now, which is a big difference.

2. We are less than a year from an Olympics where Biles, Raisman, Douglas, could all cement a new position for themselves.

3. This is a big one, I have recently started going back and examining NCAA closer and I am wondering if anyone agrees Kupets deserves inclusion not for her elite career alone, but for her elite career AND being the greatest NCAA gymnast EVER. I am almost tempted to put her above someone like Patterson due to her NCAA career. Which brings another topic, should NCAA factor into gymnastics greatness at all. I would argue it can, but I suspect many wont agree with me on that but it is an interesting thing to discuss.

4. Since the previous thread had no discussion on the men.

Top 20 U.S gymnasts of all time- men and women

Weight questions

First of all hi there everbody, I have been very busy lately but missed this board heavily :)

So.

I know it is a very sensual topic and I would like to make sure that I don't want to offend anybody (gymnasts, coaches) at all!

I ordered Nastia's book and I find it quite inspirational. I was always rooting for her during her career but was glad that Shawn got a gold medal at the Olympic games as well - I think both deserved their results. So I respect Nastia and her self-discipline very much BUT... looking her recent pics on social media they literally freak out me. She looks very, very skinny. To tell the truth she looks anorexic for me. I know her mom had eating disorders too, and I remmeber her dad told in an interview that she has been a bad eater (and reading the book it must be true that food was the last thing for them)
But reading Shawn's coming out how much she suffered from her body image and she didn't dare to eat one single noodle in a soup I am scared a bit. Okay, that Nastia looks stunning on her book and she is happy preparin for her wedding but what kind of pic she is spreading about success?.... She is going in to several gyms with her Shine Tour and little girls see this: she is skinny, she is successful, she is utterly happy (?...). An on the other side there is Shawn who try to spread a healthier, balanced lifestyle with her program and tells how bad and unsuccessful she felt looking "skinny gymnasts" (i.e. Nastia) and she knew they were the favourite of the coaches.

And than the competitions... I see the lovely Chinese gymnasts who were very flexible and fragile in the past but had power, grace and charisma. Now? They are as skinny as a skeleton! Their heads is almost bigger than her bodies! They are very skinny! And although they do great gymnastics but somehow lack the power! I preferes their old coaching method. Maybe they have a new head trainer with new system but I wish I could back the old one.
But than there is the Dutch team also which became one of my favourite at the Worlds and those girls thanks God have normal weight and look healthy. I heard in an interview that the Weavers twins have a special nutritionist-body trainer and I think that is a very good idea!

I don't know what is your opinion but I found those poor, extremly tiny girls dangerous, I mean that coaching phenomena in long term which prefers their gymnasts being skinny! As we can understand from Shawn's story little gymnasts can easily think that they are good only as skinny, they don't eat and they suffer instead of enjoying this beautiful sport. And will have several problems after finishing with sport (as I am afraid Nastia has currently)
I think the healthy weight (like the Weavers or Simone have) is a way better example! Sloan, Memmel, Zmeskal etc. always had normal weight and they were very successful!
I don't know WOGA so much only as a spectator but there can be something with eating as in my opinion (which can be wrong of course) Madison Kocian is under her weigh too as well.

Somehow I really can't believe in that fairy tale that somebody is sooo happy if she or he has eating disorder! :(

I am more than happy if you share your opinions!

Weight questions

correct pronunciation of Iordache's name

I wish gymnastics commentators would come to a consensus of how to pronounce Larisa Iordache's last name. I know this topic of correct pronunciation of "foreign" (to Americans) names has been discussed before, but on the recent televising of the World Championships I heard "Your-dock-ee," "Ee-your-dach (as in "cat")-ee, and even "I-your-dock-ee" and "I-your-dack-ee." Heaven knows Nastia (and she has had enough grief with the pronunciation of her last name), Al, and the rest are paid enough for their commentating, so I should think the least they could do would be to decide how these names are pronounced. Any thoughts?

correct pronunciation of Iordache's name

Help Finding Gymnastics Book Title/Author

Hey, guys, I'm trying to locate a gymnastics book I used to read all the time at the library. It's woefully out of date, but there were some great photographs in it of past gymnasts. I know it was published before we became aware of Mary Lou Retton and I want to say it might have been done around 1978 or 1979, but I'm not positive. I know it was coffee-table book size in height and width - probably thirteen inches high and eight-ten wide if I remember correctly. It had an orange spine and back cover and there was a gymnast on beam on the front of the edition I read, possibly Vera Cerna? (This could have been library binding and a dust jacket, but mine had the picture directly printed on the book cover). It wasn't very long, I'm guessing a half cm thick if that. And I know in the back there was a section about competition and they had what I think was the competition diagram from the 1979 Worlds, showing all the judges' positions, how the equipment was laid out, where other officials sat, etc.

If anyone remembers this book and can give me the title and author I would really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

Help Finding Gymnastics Book Title/Author

Gym Recommendation in St. Louis Area?

Looking for a solid/reputable gym in St. Louis area for 3yr old girl (beginner). Can anyone recommend any?

Gym Recommendation in St. Louis Area?

The Value of Specialists

Has this been good for our sport? Some careers were longer because of its addition, so in that sense it is good. Has there ever been an EF when everyone was a specialist or the medalists were?

The Value of Specialists

List so far of teams competing at announced qualifiers

1st Class
5280
Accel
Adrenaline
Aerial Athletics
AGI
AIM Athletics
All American (SD)
All American - UT
All Stars -NY
All Stars
American
American Twisters
AOGC
Arete
Atlantic Coast
Auburn
Azarian
Bright Stars Gymnastics
Buckeye
Capital
Chow's
Cincinnati
City Club Gym
CO Aerials
Denton
Discover
DK
Emeth
ENA Paramus
EuroStars
Everest
First In Flight
First State
Flyaways Gold
GAR
Genie's
Georgia AllStar
Girls Co-Op
Gliders
GldMedalCenter
GldMedalGreenlawn
Gold Cup
Golden City
Golden State
GTC
GymAmerica
Gym East
GymnEtc
Gym-Max
GymNasti
Gymn Powerhouse
Gymsport Gems
Gym X-treme
Head Over Heels-CA
Hills
Hopes and dreams
IGI
Intensity
Iowa Gym-Nest
JustJymnastics
KPAC
Kurt Thomas
legacy Elite
Loudon Gym
M&M
Matrix
Metroplex
MG Elite
Midwest
Mismo
NAAG
Naperville
NETX Elite
Oakland GTC
Olympia Hills
Olympic Dreams
Olympica
OSEGA
Paragon
Paramount Elite
Parkettes
Precision
Premier West
Prestige
rebound
Revolution
SalcianuElite
Salto West
SCEGA
Solid Rock
Stars (TX)
Texas Dreams
Texas East
TIGAR
Top Notch Training Center
Twisters
United Elite
VEGA
Waller's Gym Jam
West Valley
Will -Moor Gymnastics
Winners
World Class
WOGA
World Champions Centre
Zenith Elite
Capebreton

List so far of teams competing at announced qualifiers

Kyla Ross

Why didn't Kyla Ross go to Stanford? Was there ever an explanation why she chose UCLA instead?

Kyla Ross