Olympic Gymnastics: The Basics of Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
Shawn Johnson Leads in Women’s Gymnastics Nationals
Johnson and Liukin are virtually sure bets to make the USA Olympic team for the Games in August. The other gymnasts will have to work much harder.
The top 12 finishers of all the gas here, on the basis of a two-day total of these nationals, which ends Saturday, earn automatic berths to the Olympic gymnastics trials held June 19-22 in Philadelphia. Several other gymnasts will also be invited to compete in the trials, "said Martha Karolyi, the Women's National team coordinator.
The gymnasts, including Alicia Sacramone or Bridget Sloan, did not compete in four events here, but could be useful to the team in individual events at the Olympics, "said Karolyi. Although they will not finish in the top 12 at nationals, they will always be invited to trial.Sacramone, a fan favorite here because it is close to Winchester, Massachusetts, competing in all events but Uneven Bars. She finished second in the vault and the floor in the exercise. The cries of hundreds of young girls echoed through the arena whenever his name was announced.
2008 Women's Olympic Gymnastics All-Around Pics
"We were not perfect today, but you're not supposed to be perfect today," Mihai Brestyan, his coach, said. "If you are perfect too early, you get bored. We know from experience that you have to be perfect at the right time, and this is the Olympics. We have two months to get better."
Jiang Yuanyuan China could be the best hope for another medal in gymnastics, but has shown nerves in the qualification when it had an unexpected drop its vault, even Yurchenko 2-1/2 Johnson performs. Yilin Yang, however, was very stable in the qualification and qualified third for around Jiang at the seventh.
Russia and Romania wishes: Steliana Nistor, Ksenia Semenova, and Anna Pavlova
Although Romania has dispatched teams of gymnastics deep in past years, putting them in an advantageous position for all around medals this year, hope lies in a gymnast - Steliana Nistor. In competition with a back injury, Nistor will have a difficult competition and May it be safe to play in the hope of a declining share of Americans.
Russian Ksenia gymnasts Semenova and Anna Pavlova qualified fourth and fifth, but again would need a major error of at least one of the Americans for a shot at a medal. Pavlova is coming off a disappointing performance in the team final stage and will need to shake this mode before Friday of the competition.
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