Hello! I want to start off by thanking you for all the support we have received in the past year! The amount we have grown has been tremendous! Therefore, I believe it is time to move on and further expand what we have already started. So, on behalf of my team and I, we are proud to have released the new and improved, Double Full Gym Blog. A new site and new sources are provided through the link. We will no longer be posting content on this source but will continue to post on our new site. So, head on over and check out what we have to share. We want to make it an enjoyable experience for all of our viewers and we feel as if this is the way to do so. Thank you again and we can't wait to see what the future holds as we pick up blogging on our new site, this week! :)
As she steps onto the floor for the first time in her senior year, a rush of adrenaline rushes through her. 4 years has gone by like 1 day, and in the blink of an eye, it will all be over. But in a way, it's just the start. The start of a new season. And on the smaller span of things, the start of a new routine. And that's the way you have to look at it, one step at a time. One breath at a time. The green flag is raised and a deep breath in is all it takes. Nicole Artz is now the captain of the Michigan Gymnastics team.
Full in, stick. Front layout front full, stick. Double pike stick. Perfect. But what's new? The floor exercise has always come easy to Nicole Artz. The floor is in a way, her home. She steps on to the blue carpeted springs, and a new chapter begins. She's not just going through the motions, she's putting on a Cirque De Soulei performance. Nicole even says that when she is on floor, she gets to relax a bit. But the work behind her floor routine has to be done before anything good can happen on the competition floor, let me take you behind the scene's and we will discover what make's Nicole Artz so good on floor.
Years and years of training and still, she uses the same choreographer she used when she was 8. Years and years of training and still, she performs to her music the same way she did 10 years ago. Years and years of training and still, she tumbles with the ease she always has. That's what makes her so good. After all these years of training and consistency, she's able to relax more now. She loves to see her team on the sidelines dancing along and it helps her perform here tumbling with ease and land cleanly. Catch Nicole Artz easing her way through her floor routine this Saturday @ 2 at Michigan State.
After a stunning performance in her final first home meet of the year, Nicole Artz proved to us that she's up to some good when she pulled off a perfect 10.0 in yesterday's meet against Illinois. The first meet this year for the big UM in the Crisler Center, and they sure proved to us what they're really worth. Take a look at our standout routine from the meet, obviously, Nicole Artz's floor:
Stunning. Nicole is now tied for the 2nd place ranking on her best event and we can't wait to see what she has in store for next week's meet against Nebraska which is once again, a home meet. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more!! :)
College gymnastics is an exiting time of the year. It can be hard, however, to know where to get your scores and live streams from. And that is why I'm here. I'll be providing you with an all you need to know access guide for this season of NCAA gymnastics.
Team Pages
It never hurt to check out a couple of the team pages. Here are a few to get you started: Oklahoma: http://www.soonersports.com
With a new year in, and the old year out, it's time to reflect on last year's experiences and look forward to the ones to come in the new year. And to celebrate the new year, we're joining you in reflecting upon last year's occurrences. So to do our part, we are sharing with you, our three favorite moments in the gymnastics world from 2016. Counting down from three, in the spirit of the new year (just like they count down from three to see the ball drop) we begin with...
3. Diversity on the Podium
Often it is teams from the big four that we see standing on the podium in the end. However, this Olympics we had a wide variety of teams on the medal stand in the end. Giulia Steingruber won Switzerland a bronze on the vault. Amy Tinkler from Great Britain won a bronze on floor. Sophie Schemer won a bronze on uneven bars. Other countries were contending in the finals, mixing it up also, Hong Un Jong of North Korea was in the vault final, as well as Dipa Karmakar of India, Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan, and Shallon Olsen of Canada.
Photo via Getty Images.
2. Brazil Impresses on Home Territory
With the Olympics being hosted in Brazil, the home team's performance was expected to be slightly better, however, not too much was expected from them. This all changed, after Diego Hypolito performed a nearly perfect floor routine enough to get him a silver medal. Moments later, Hypolito's teammate, Arthur Nory, executed a flawless routine enough to put him in the bronze medal position. Moments later they would realize that the final standings left them with Olympic medals. The moment was moving. Watch below:
Watch Diego at 3:35 Watch Arthur at 13:37 Watch their reaction at 27:54 but also throughout
Via Youtube Channel Alina Zhym
1. Aly and Simone Dominate All Around Final
Our favorite moment of this year was when Aly made a comeback for her 2012 Olympic experience and Simone finally got the medal in the all around she deserved. It was such an amazing moment for them and for us to witness.
Photo via Getty Images.
Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed a joyous and celebratory new year! Stay tuned for more as the NCAA season begins this weekend!! :)
The post Olympic competitions continue and in our next edition of results, we present to you the all around and team final results where Eythora Thorsdottir won the all around and the Stuttgart team won the overall team award. Via The Gymternet we have the results:
All-Around Results
Rank
Athlete
Club
VT
UB
BB
FX
AA
1
Eythora Thorsdottir
Stuttgart
13.800
13.100
13.950
14.100
54.950
2
Kim Bui
Stuttgart
14.050
11.500
13.650
13.800
53.000
3
Isabelle Stingl
Karlsruhe-Söllingen
12.250
12.900
13.150
12.800
51.100
4
Emelie Petz
Stuttgart
13.900
11.100
13.000
13.000
51.000
5
Lisa Schöniger
Chemnitz-Altendorf
12.600
12.450
12.950
12.750
50.750
6
Helene Schäfer
Chemnitz-Altendorf
13.100
12.400
11.700
11.200
48.400
7
Sarah Sonnenschein
Köln
12.850
11.900
11.650
11.950
48.350
8
Elisabeth Wagner
Köln
12.550
10.900
11.000
10.400
44.850
9
Jenna Büttner
Köln
13.000
8.950
8.750
11.100
41.800
10
Leah Griesser
Karlsruhe-Söllingen
——
13.750
12.950
13.600
40.300
Carina Kröll
Stuttgart
——
13.050
13.300
13.950
40.300
12
Maike Enderle
Karlsruhe-Söllingen
13.950
12.250
12.900
——
39.100
13
Emma Höfele
Karlsruhe-Söllingen
13.500
12.600
——
12.250
38.350
14
Pauline Tratz
Karlsruhe-Söllingen
14.050
——
10.300
13.500
37.850
15
Pauline Schäfer
Chemnitz-Altendorf
14.150
——
14.900
——
29.050
16
Nadja Schulze
Chemnitz-Altendorf
——
13.300
13.100
——
26.400
17
Anuschka Maltzan
Chemnitz-Altendorf
——
10.900
——
11.450
22.350
18
Aiyu Zhu
Köln
——
——
12.100
9.850
21.950
19
Jasmin Haase
Chemnitz-Altendorf
11.950
——
——
9.400
21.350
20
Johanna Deutschmann
Köln
11.650
8.400
——
——
20.050
21
Tabea Alt
Stuttgart
14.250
——
——
——
14.250
Team Final Results
Rank
Club
VT
UB
BB
FX
Total
1
Stuttgart
56.000
48.750
53.900
54.850
213.500
2
Karlsruhe-Söllingen
53.750
51.500
49.300
52.150
206.700
3
Chemnitz-Altendorf
51.800
49.050
52.650
44.800
198.300
4
Köln
50.050
40.150
43.500
43.300
177.000
I would like to apologize for yet another results article. I have been busy and will be returning to normal articles hopefully next week. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more! :)
To follow up with my article from last week, I will be bringing to you another results article. Don't worry though, next week I will be writing more variety articles again! So, I present to you the results from the 2016 Cottbus World Cup held in Germany each year:
