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Deng maintains poise to win balance beam gold

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

China's Deng Linlin outshone her rivals on the balance beam to win the gold medal at the world gymnastics championships on Sunday. Romania's Ana Porgras had been the top qualifier for the apparatus final but once the 15-year-old debutante fell off during...

Tags: China, gymnastics championships, world gymnastics, Deng Linlin

American Williams wins vault gold

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

American debutant Kayla Williams snatched the vault gold medal at the world gymnastics championships after Olympic champion Hong Un-jong botched both her attempts on Saturday. Williams, 16, performed a soaring handspring with 1-1/2 twist to edge out...

Tags: Kayla Williams, Marian Dragulescu, world gymnastics, gymnastics championship, London, world championship, Bridget Sloan, gold medal, vaults gold, vaults title

Alex Shatilov wins first medal for Israel in world gymnastics championship

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Israeli gymnast Alex Shatilov won a bronze medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in London on Saturday. Shatilov, who hailed to the final round in the men's floor title, is the first Israeli to win a medal in this prestigious competition.

Tags: Marian Dragulescu, world gymnastics, gymnastics championship, Alex Shatilov, Israeli, floor exercise

Sloan beats Bross to World gold

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Bross finished on 57.775 points to Sloan's 57.825, thanks to an error in her last move of the competition. Britain's Becky Downie disappointed, falling on the uneven bars and on the balance beam to end the final 16th. Nottingham gymnast Downie, 17, had...

Tags: Rebecca Bross, Bridget Sloan, Koko Tsurumi, U.S, world gymnastics, gymnastics championship, o2 arena, London, bross finished, sloan edged

Examiner.com: Anchorage, Alaska: Live feed: World Gymnastics Championships Event Finals

Anchorage :: AK :: USA | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Stuck double double layout to open...Front handspring, double twisting front to front full, stuck...Steven Legendre , USA -- Double front punch front half layout...Marian Dragulescu , Romania -- Full twisting double layout, nice in the air.

Tags: world gymnastics, gymnastics championship, Brittany Rogers

Uchimura dominates on way to all-around world title

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

This wasn't even Kohei Uchimura at his best. Uchimura ran away with the men's title at the World Gymnastics Championships Thursday night, adding it to his silver medal from the Beijing Olympics. He led from the second event, and his final score of 91.500...

Tags: Dunham Kohei Uchimura, Jonathan Horton, gymnastics championships, world gymnastics

Horton sits unhappily through all-around final

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Jonathan Horton came into the all-around final at the gymnastics world championships knowing if he wanted to win the title he would have to conquer his biggest enemy -- the pommel horse. Unfortunately for the American, who had been expected to go head-to-head...

Tags: Kohei Uchimura, Daniel Keatings, gymnastics championships, world gymnastics, Japan, Britain, Beijing

Bross and Porgras upstage their illustrious rivals

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Unheralded Rebecca Bross, Ana Porgras and Lauren Mitchell looked every inch like seasoned campaigners as they kept their poise to top qualifying at the gymnastics world championships on Wednesday. The competition had been expected to be a three-way battle...

Tags: Yang Yilin, Ana Porgras, Kohei Uchimura, Yang Wei, Tim McNeill, Bridget Sloan, world championships, China, Rebecca Bross, world gymnastics

Impressive Smith into final

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

I have one shot, if I get it wrong I'm out, it's a tough game. "Luckily I dealt with the pressure, kept my head screwed on, and did the job. "I'll increase the difficulty with my next routine, and I'm as confident with that as I was with this one." The...

Tags: Bridget Sloan, Tim McNeill, gymnastics championships, world gymnastics, podium training, London, Kohei Uchimura, Beijing, Daniel Keatings

Olympic gymnastics champion won't be at worlds

Dallas :: TX :: USA | 3 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Olympic champion Nastia Liukin won't be competing at the world gymnastics championships in October. Liukin took herself out of the mix for the U.S. team on Monday, saying she needs more time to get in shape. Liukin has spent much of the past year on the...

Tags: Nastia Liukin, U.S, world gymnastics, gymnastics championship, champion nastia, world championship, olympic champion, olympic gymnastics, champion won, gymnastics champion

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