Britain bringing in experienced gymnasts and also new comers to competition. Romania's Steliana Nistor added a new combination of Maloney: "shoot 1/2 to handstand, Stalder shoot to high", bars A score goes up to 7.0 if she does all the difficulty. Russian Lyudmila Yezhova has husband 2004 Olympian Georgy Grebenkov as coach. According to IG, women practiced through routines and "The men took a much more relaxed approach to the training today, warming up skills rather than working full routines". lol more relaxed just like at some gyms how the girls have to line up, no talking, go through routines, etc., and the boys are more free. 2007 Glasgow Grand Prix Participants Nov. 9-11, Glasgow Austria: Marco Baldauf, Marco Mayr Belgium: Donna-Donny Truyens, Koen van Damme Canada: Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Nansy Damianova Chile: Tomas Gonzalez Sepulveda China: Fan Ye, Zhang Nan, Zhou Zhuoru; Du Wei, Feng Zhe, Lu Bin Croatia: Tina Erceg; Tomislav Markovic, Robert Seligman, Filip Ude Cyprus: Giorgalas Iriodotos, Aristotelous Constantinos, Spanos Georgios Czech Republic: Kristina Palesova, Jana Sikulova, Nicole Pechancova Spain: Arkaitz Garcia, Christian Guillen, Javier Gomez Finland: Annika Urntho; Jani Tanskaneen, Tomi Tunha, Olli Torkkel France: Johan Mounard; Danny Rodrigues, Raphael Wignanitz Great Britain: Hannah Clowes, Kayleigh Cooke, Marissa King, Beth Tweddle; Adam Cox, Luke Folwell, Stephen Jehu, Daniel Keatings, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas Germany: Jenny Brunner, Kim Bui, Julia Hanel; Brian Gladow, Robert Weber Greece: Kosmidis Eleftherios, Barmpakis Khonstantionos Hungary: Eniko Korcsmaros; Krisztian Berki, Vid Hidvegi Israel: Valeria Maksyuta Japan: Takehito Mori, Eiichi Sekiguchi Latvia: Yevgeny Sapronenko, Dmitry Trefilovs Luxembourg: Sascha Palgen Netherlands: Verona van de Leur, Sanne Wevers; Yuri van Gelder, Jeffrey Wammes, Epke Zonderland Norway: Espen Jansen Poland: Paula Plichta; Kamil Hulbuj Romania: Steliana Nistor, Daniela Druncea; Cosmin Popescu, Daniel Popescu, Robert Stanescu Russia: Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova, Daria Yelizarova; Alexander Balandin, Dmitry Gogotov, Sergei Khorokhordin, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Anatoly Vasilyev Slovenia: Adela Sajn; Mitja Petkovsek, Aljaz Pegan, Saso Bertoncelj, Sebastijan Straus, Ziga Britovsek Slovakia: Alexander Benko, Samuel Piasecky Tunisia: Wajdi Bouallegue Ukraine: Marina Kostyuschenko, Marina Sergienko, Daria Zgoba; Vadim Kuvakin, Vitaly Nakonechny, Alexander Suprun United States: Darlene Hill, Natasha Kelly Venezuela: Regulo Carmona http://intlgymnast.com/news/2007/nov/110807_glasgow.html

Steliana Nistor making good comeback: [quote]2007 world all-around silver medallist Steliana Nistor of Romania was the most successful female gymnast, qualifying to three event finals: uneven bars (second), balance beam (third) and floor exercise (first). Performing with sublime ease, Nistor re-affirmed her status as one of the sports leading ladies, as she effortlessly negotiated her new bars sequence (Maloney, shoot 1/2 to handstand, Ray) alongside an exciting array of tricks on balance beam and floor exercise (double layout, full-twisting double and an immaculate triple spin for good measure). [/quote] Natasha Kelley (USA): She's been out of the news / spotlight for a while. [quote]Starting on bars, Kelley missed her forward clear circle before rekipping and sitting down her double front dismount to finish in 13th place. Kelley, who recently committed to the University of Oklahoma, stormed back on balance beam (nailed Arabian, standing full-twisting somersault) to qualify in sixth. [/quote] She does seem better on beam. Natasha's teammate Darlene Hill qualified in bars (6th place). Beth Tweddle qualified first for bars; she's aggressive on bars. Slovenia's Aljaz Pegan did "Pegan" release and triple back dismount on high bar! 2007 Glasgow Grand Prix Nov. 9, Glasgow Women's Vault 1. Eniko Korcsmaros HUN 13.988 2. Marissa King GBR 13.863 3. Marina Sergiyenko UKR 13.800 4. Kim Bui GER 13.738 5. Nansy Damianova CAN 13.688 6. Marina Kostyuschenko UKR 13.562 7. Paula Plichta POL 13.525 8. Valeria Maksyuta ISR 13.450 9. Jana Sikulova CZE 13.312 10. Julia Hanel GER 13.213 11. Annika Urvikko FIN 13.150 Uneven Bars 1. Beth Tweddle GBR 15.600 2. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 15.300 3. Steliana Nistor ROM 15.225 4. Krystina Palesova CZE 15.125 5. Daria Zgoba UKR 14.875 6. Darlene Hill USA 14.650 7. Jenny Brunner GER 14.600 8. Jana Sikulova CZE 14.200 9. Zhou Zhuoru CHN 13.925 10. Marissa King GBR 13.675 11. Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova RUS 13.300 12. Daniela Druncea ROM 13.250 13. Natasha Kelley USA 13.150 14. Annika Urvikko FIN 12.725 15. Kim Bui GER 12.100 16. Marina Kostyuschenko UKR 12.050 17. Sanne Wevers NED 11.100 18. Fanni Helminen FIN 10.850 Balance Beam 1. Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova RUS 15.725 2. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 15.425 3. Steliana Nistor ROM 15.400 4. Daria Zgoba UKR 15.075 5. Sanne Wevers NED 14.950 6. Natasha Kelley USA 14.925 7. Zhou Zhuoru CHN 14.875 8. Fan Ye CHN 14.825 9. Marina Sergiyenko UKR 14.625 10. Adela Sajn SLO 14.550 11. Hannah Clowes GBR 14.450 12. Paula Plichta POL 14.375 13. Kayleigh Cooke GBR 14.125 14. Eniko Korcsmaros HUN 13.725 15. Nicole Pechancova CZE 13.400 16. Tina Erceg CRO 13.300 17. Krystina Palesova CZE 13.025 18. Jenny Brunner GER 12.650 19. Nansy Damianova CAN 12.450 20. Annika Urvikko FIN 12.275 21. Valeria Maksyuta ISR 11.525 Women's Floor Exercise 1. Steliana Nistor ROM 14.400 2. Zhou Zhuoru CHN 14.100 3. Beth Tweddle GBR 14.025 4. Daniela Druncea ROM 13.950 5. Nicole Pechancova CZE 13.900 6. Kim Bui GER 13.675 7. Adela Sajn SLO 13.650 8. Nansy Damianova CAN 13.625 9. Darlene Hill USA 13.150 10. Marina Sergiyenko UKR 13.100 11. Tina Erceg CRO 13.025 12. Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova RUS 13.025 13. Kayleigh Cooke GBR 12.775 14. Annika Urvikko FIN 12.600 15. Valeria Maksyuta ISR 12.300 16. Fan Ye CHN 12.000 17. Julia Hanel GER 11.400 Men's Floor Exercise 1. Kosmidis Eleftherios GRE 15.400 2. Filip Ude CRO 15.075 3. Kristian Thomas GBR 15.050 4. Dmitry Gogotov RUS 15.050 5. Jeffrey Wammes NED 14.950 6. Tomas Sepulveda CHI 14.900 7. Vadim Kuvakin UKR 14.875 8. Samuel Piasecky SVK 14.625 9. Sascha Palgen LUX 14.500 10. Tomislav Markovic CRO 14.400 11. Constantinos Aristotelous CYP 14.325 12. Alexander Suprun UKR 14.250 13. Konstantinos Barmpakis GRE 14.100 14. Kieran Behan GBR 13.600 15. Espen Jansen NOR 13.500 16. Tomi Tuuha FIN 13.475 17. Marco Mayr AUT 13.150 18. Alexander Benko SVK 12.675 19. Javier Gomez ESP 12.450 Pommel Horse 1. Daniel Popescu ROM 15.575 2. Louis Smith GBR 15.575 3. Krisztian Berki HUN 15.350 4. Lu Bin CHN 15.275 5. Vid Hidvegi HUN 15.275 6. Cosmin Popescu ROM 15.150 7. Saso Bertoncelj SLO 15.075 8. Filip Ude CRO 14.975 9. Alexander Suprun UKR 14.950 10. Takehito Mori JPN 14.650 11. Daniel Keatings GBR 14.600 12. Robert Seligman CRO 14.075 13. Alexander Benko SVK 14.025 14. Marco Baldauf AUT 14.000 15. Jani Tanskanen FIN 13.925 16. Ziga Britovsek SLO 13.925 17. Vitaly Nakonechny UKR 13.900 18. Donna-Donny Truyens BEL 13.850 19. Koen Van Damme BEL 13.850 20. Dmitry Trefilovs LAT 13.775 21. Robert Weber GER 13.700 22. Du Wei CHN 13.675 23. Eichi Sekiguchi JPN 13.400 24. Sascha Palgen LUX 13.350 25. Charalampos Kailidis GRE 13.250 26. Brian Gladow GER 13.150 27. Samuel Piasecky SVK 13.075 28. Arkditz Garcia ESP 12.300 Still Rings 1. Yuri van Gelder NED 16.275 2. Konstantin Pluzhnikov RUS 15.625 3. Danny Rodrigues FRA 15.475 4. Alexander Balandin RUS 15.325 5. Irodotos Giorgiallis CYP 15.150 6. Lu Bin CHN 15.075 7. Georgios Spanos CYP 14.750 8. Robert Stanescu ROM 14.650 9. Koen Van Damme BEL 14.450 10. Sascha Palgen LUX 14.425 11. Kristian Thomas GBR 14.250 12. Olli Torkkel FIN 13.725 13. Robert Weber GER 13.500 14. Sebastijan Straus SLO 13.400 15. Christian Guillen ESP 13.200 16. Tomi Tuuha FIN 13.150 17. Marco Mayr AUT 12.850 18. Alexander Benko SVK 11.625 19. Espen Jansen NOR 1.975 Men's Vault 1. Du Wei CHN 16.150 2. Jeffrey Wammes NED 16.025 3. Daniel Popescu ROM 15.800 4. Raphael Wignanitz FRA 15.800 5. Yevgeny Sapronenko LAT 15.688 6. Tomi Tuuha FIN 15.600 7. Kosmidis Eleftherios GRE 15.450 8. Tomas Sepulveda CHI 15.363 9. Arkditz Garcia ESP 15.287 10. Konstantinos Barmpakis GRE 15.200 11. Takehito Mori JPN 15.050 12. Georgios Spanos CYP 14.750 13. Marco Mayr AUT 14.737 14. Kristian Thomas GBR 14.250 15. Vadim Kuvakin UKR 14.000 16. Christian Guillen ESP 13.963 Parallel Bars 1. Mitja Petkovsek SLO 16.150 2. Feng Zhe CHN 16.025 3. Takehito Mori JPN 15.675 4. Sergei Khorokhordin RUS 15.575 5. Samuel Piasecky SVK 15.300 6. Dmitry Gogotov RUS 15.250 7. Epke Zonderland NED 15.050 8. Johan Mounard FRA 14.975 9. Brian Gladow GER 14.950 10. Daniel Keatings GBR 14.925 11. Robert Stanescu ROM 14.775 12. Adam Cox GBR 14.725 13. Robert Weber GER 14.700 14. Kamil Hulbuj POL 14.625 15. Cosmin Popescu ROM 14.475 16. Vadym Kuvakin UKR 14.450 17. Danny Rodrigues FRA 14.400 18. Sebastijan Straus SLO 13.850 19. Javier Gomez ESP 13.775 20. Vid Hidvegi HUN 13.675 21. Espen Jansen NOR 13.075 22. Arkditz Garcia ESP 13.050 23. Dmitry Trefilovs LAT 12.975 High Bar 1. Eiichi Sekiguchi JPN 15.575 2. Aljaz Pegan SLO 15.350 3. Robert Weber GER 15.025 4. Takehito Mori JPN 14.850 5. Epke Zonderland NED 14.800 6. Samuel Piasecky SVK 14.750 7. Brian Gladow GER 14.600 8. Dmitry Gogotov RUS 14.475 9. Jeffrey Wammes NED 14.325 10. Marco Baldauf AUT 14.250 11. Adam Cox GBR 14.250 12. Javier Gomez ESP 14.000 13. Vitaly Nakonechny UKR 14.000 14. Sergei Khorokhordin RUS 14.000 15. Espen Jansen NOR 13.900 16. Dmitry Trefilovs LAT 13.775 17. Christian Guillen ESP 13.600 18. Jani Tanskanen FIN 13.550 19. Alexander Suprun UKR 13.325 20. Kamil Hulbuj POL 13.075 21. Charalampos Kailidis GRE 13.050 22. Raphael Wignanitz FRA 12.975 23. Lu Bin CHN 12.475 24. Johan Mounard FRA 12.175 25. Constantinos Aristotelous CYP 10.775 http://intlgymnast.com/news/2007/nov/110907_glasgow.html

Aljaz Pegan release move called Pegan is USA's Mitch Gaylord's release move (double front) with a half twist. Here is the video showing his Pegan release and also triple back dismount!! From the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, event finals, it's the WCSN coverage with Bart Conner and Blaine Wilson: [youtube]24GJDNiLiv4[/youtube]

Beth Tweddle: [quote]Earlier she had performed a near flawless A-bars routine only to fluff her final element and lose momentum. On dismount, Tweddle then fell forward, putting her hands on the floor and dropping out of medal contention. Later, she was philosophical, shrugging off the disappointment. "Up until the last skill it was one of the better routines I'd done," she said. "If I want to get gold in Beijing next year I need to have everything perfect, so I tried out that skill. It didn't quite come off and when I tried to fix it, it all went a bit wrong. It's just one of those things. You can't always be on top. I'll go home to the gym and work on it for next year. "I'm hoping, however, that people are starting to realise there is more to me that just A-bars. I am a floor worker and an all-around gymnast, too. I don't want to be known as a one-trick pony."[/quote] [quote]In the men's floor event, Tomas Gonzalez Sepulveda (Chile) emerged as a rising star with a impressive routine which saw him win his country's first ever gold medal at world level. "In Chile, not many people practise gymnastics," he said. "Football is our big sport. I am the first person in my country to win a gold medal in World Cup gymnastics. I am the pioneer. It is very good and I am excited to have won."[/quote] Football, i.e. soccer. [quote]On pommel horse Daniel Popescu (Romania) finished in first place, while Yuri Van Gelder (Netherlands) and Du Wei (China) took the top spots on rings and vault respectively. On parallel bars Mitja Petkovsek (Slovenia), a twice world champion on this apparatus, showed he is still the master to win gold. In a fiercely fought high bar competition Epke Zonderland (Netherlands) saw off Robert Weber (Germany) and Brian Gladow Germany) to claim victory. In the women's competition Steliana Nistor (Romania) took gold on A-bars, pipping the current European champion, Dariya Zgoba (Ukraine). Tweddle finished down in seventh. On beam, veteran Russian star Lyudmila Grebenkova, returning from her recent hiatus to get married, showed she's still got what it takes, performing a blistering routine to finish on top.[/quote] Congratulations! http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=10004