Kohei Uchimura (and especially those chasing him) may have a bit more competition in Glasgow from an unexpected place - Cuba. Manrique Larduet made a huge statement this weekend at the Anadia World Cup in Portugal, winning floor, vault, and high bar and finishing second in still rings and parallel bars. And that’s not all - Larduet competed in all six events for a cumulative D score of [...more]
The final day of the 2015 JO Nationals Men's Gymnastics Championships featured the Levels 8 and 9 Junior Elite and JO competition. Nikita Bolotsky was gunning for his second straight Level 9 all-around title but fell a point short. Vitaly Guimaraes, last year's runner-up to Bolotsky, turned the tables using top 5 scores on five events to seal the win. Bolotsky, despite winning event titles on [...more]
Four Level 10 junior elite all-around champions were crowned at the 2015 JO Nationals. Yul Moldauer won his second career JO Nationals all-around title, and also captured individual titles on four events (FX,SR,VT,PB). Moldauer won his first JO title back in 2010 (Level 9). This year he did it in a rather slim field for his age group (18), but for added measure, both his optional and technical sequences scores were easily the weekend's best among all the age groups. The icing on the cake was provided when Moldauer [...more]
The second day the 2015 Men's JO Nationals featured three sessions of combined Level 8 and 9 competition. The JO Elites went at it in the evening session. Last year's Level 9 (13) champ Nikita Bolotsky (82.70) is sitting in 3rd place behind last year's runner-up Vitaly Guimaraes (84.15) and David Pochinka (82.85). Guimaraes had four top 5 event finishes, including the day's top score on VT (14.10), giving him a slim lead going into Saturday's [...more]
The first day of men's gymnastics competition at the 2015 JO Nationals set up Saturday's slate of Level 10 finals. The opening two rounds on Thursday consisted of qualifying JO competition, while the evening session featured the JO Elites, the nation's top club gymnasts. The JO qualifiers will compete another day of exciting optional routines on Saturday, while the JO Elites will finish up with a comparatively tame round of technical sequences. While the finals will be highly competitive [...more]
