Visa Championships 2011

Archived Live Updates of the 2011 Visa Championships - Senior Women's Finals

Archived Live Updates of the 2011 Visa Championships - Senior Women's Finals

Archived Live Updates of the 2011 Visa Championships - Senior Women's Finals

Aug 22, 2011 by Anne Phillips
Archived Live Updates of the 2011 Visa Championships - Senior Women's Finals
I live blogged the whole competition in St Paul. To relive the Visa Championships senior women's final, start from the bottom of the page! 


Team gymnastike for the #visachamps signing off, @annegymnastike, Jason and Marina. Thanks for following! http://t.co/rSGJjzj
 
The #visachamps podium is officially torn down & all of our videos are up! Thanks to Jason & Marina for their contributions this week!!

Check out who made the 2011 women's Senior National team: http://bit.ly/p5qIUo
 
Video interview a very enthusiastic John Geddert, coach of #visachamps National Champion @jordynmarie2013 - http://t.co/MZ0vRLr
 
Wondering what's up with Chellsie Memmel's shoulder? Nothing tooo bad, she explains it here: http://t.co/wDmbA98 #visachamps
 
@MackMackoo Mackenzie Caquatto interview after her 4th place finish at the 2011 Visa Championships - http://t.co/ESmV9sF
 
Shannon Miller and Dave Durante Recap the Visa Championships: Former USA Gymnastics national champions David Dur... http://t.co/oNzbEE8
 
Video interview with @ShawneyJ after the 2011 #visachamps #gymnastics Nationals - http://t.co/M4724fJ
 
@jordynmarie2013 Jordyn Wieber is 2011 Visa National Champion - http://t.co/BE8aM6B
 
Rebecca Bross has a dislocated knee cap, same injruy as Chelsea Davis at Worlds last yr. My heart goes out to her!
 
In the meantime, here are hundreds of #visachamps #gymnastics videos with the gymnasts this week in St Paul: http://t.co/YM7sU1Y
 
That's IT for competition at the 2011 #visachamps! Stay tuned for interviews & national team announcement
 
Maroney FX: 3.5 twist wow!! perfect 2.5+front full. 1.5 step out to double tuck. nice artistry and leaps. Stands up the dbl arabian!!
 
Raisman BB: 1.5 stepout to double arabian punch front oob. piked dbl arabian. great triple. double pike. Much improvement on floor
 
Bross has been taken to the hospital for x rays
 
Craazy save from Brandie Jay on a double turn on beam. That was impressive!
 
DeZiel killed it on floor! Stuck pike full in!! Stuck double pike! Great night for the hometown girl and reigning L10 national champ
 
Jordyn Wieber is the 2011 #visachamps National Champion!!
 
Wieber BB: fa+1arm bhs lay perfect. switch+back pike. side somi. Switch 3/4. side aerial. standing full+bhs! Roundoff 2.5 twist!
 
Lee UB: piked tkatchev. free hip. toe full, blind to jaeger. missed handstand, tkatchev. overshoot+toe shoot. full in. a big routine
 
Oh how sad, the crowd is oblivious to the fact that Shawn is only standing up on floor to scratch. Some hearts are about to break
 
Jetter fell on her standing arabian on beam. Casey Jo nice, clean yurchenko full vault
 
Douglas FX: missed 1st pass but 2nd was the biggest double arabian of the night! stuck full in! Double pike+split jump
 
Memmel back up and another error drops down and salutes. No dismount. Looks like she tweaked her shoulder
 
Memmel UB: shoposh+overshoot+toe shoot. blind full and arched out and off the bar...nooo!
 
Sac FX: PERFECT triple! dbl arabian in bounds! yes. excellent leaps. new pass! front tuck step out to 2.5 twist! dbl pike. Hit set. Love!
 
Bridgey starts off rotation 4 with an excellent yurchenko double full, nearly stuck!
 
Check out the crazy @CMemmel fan club. They are hilarious http://t.co/Kv6LAGB
 
After 3: Wieber is killing it! 2 Maroney 3 Memmel 4 Raisman 5 Bross 6 M Caquatto 7 Vega 8 B Caquatto 9 Douglas 10 Jay 11 Lee 12 McLaughlin
 
Rebecca Bross was carried off in a knee brace and wheeled out of the arena. So sad. Hope she is alright, we will keep you updated
 
Raisman BB: front tuck. bhs lay 2 ft wobble. tourjete is off & puts her hand down on the BB, not good. This is a shaky set. Patterson is on
 
DeZiel BB: fa bhs lay. ah darn fall on side aerial! front toss. great roundoff 2.5 dismount
 
oh no... Bross is down. Landed low on yurchenko double full and still twisting as she landed. Looks eerily like a torn ACL.. please no
 
Crowd going CRAZY as @ShawneyJ dismounts with a hit set. Shawn is back! #visachamps
 
Johnson BB: bhs bhs lay 2 ft stick! front tuck. back tuck+bhs. switch side. side aerial wobble. switch+layout+back pike so solid! dbl pike dismount
 
Wieber UB: wieler kips, half turn. shaposh+free hip+overshoot +toe shoot. tkatchev. tucked double double to her feet & another hit set!
 
Memmel scored 13.90 for her yurchenko full (8.90 execution). Jetter 14.45 UB (6.20/8.25). Magee 12.85 FX (5.0/7.85)
 
Douglas BB: looking more confident tonight! solid front pike. ooh no, Gabby.. balked her dismount and ran off the beam. poor thing
 
Jetter UB: jaeger. ricna. pak. stalder full+maloney+overshoot+toe shoot. Double front. Excellent routine!
 
Sacramone beam score 14.90 (6.0/8.9), and that puts her 1 tenth ahead of Memmel in the beam rankings. She's 1st for now #visachamps
 
Vega FX: pike full in. 1.5step out to double tuck+stag jump. great artistry! 2.5+layout nicely done. double pike. Clean routine for Sabrina!
 
Not the best routine for Alicia but she stayed on and was aggressive. Bridgey score 14.20 on FX (5.7/8.5). McLaughlin 13.95 on VT (5.3/8.65)
 
Sac BB: front pike mount slight wobble. punch front. bhs+2ft lay. agressive switch side. punch pike wobble. bhs+bhs+double pike
 
McLaughlin almost stuck yurhcenko 1.5 on vault!
 
Bridgey FX: front double full+rudi. Pike full in. great 180 leaps. low 2.5 and muscled a scissone jump out of it. double pike.
 
Maroney BB: punch front. bhs lay. puch pike+bhs swingdown. switch full. side aerial. switch+back tuck. side somi. switch 1/2. dbl tuck. nice
 
Brandie Jay hit a cool, unique bar set with a shushunova. And almost stuck her full in dismount
 
Jessie Howe stuck vault! full twisting yurchenko
 
It's looking like @CMemmel could win the beam title. She's totaled a 30 even for 2 days. Alicia could challenge, she's on beam soon
 
After 2: 1 Wieber, 2 Raisman, 3T Maroney/Memmel, 5 Bross, 6 Macko Caquatto, 7 Vega, 8 Douglas, 9 Bridgey Caquatto, 10 Lee
 
Sophia Lee 13.25 for her floor routine with a gorgeous double layout (5.0/8.25), Magee 12.20 on BB (5.70/6.55). Off to rotation 3!
 
What a heartbreaker, really rooting for @CaseyJoMagee to hit beam tonight. It's such an amazing, unique set. We still love you!
 
Magee BB: rndoff layout mount. dbl turn. side aerial. no!!! fall on side somi. rndoff+layout. fall on triple turn. what a bummer!
 
Nastia's getting ready for a tv interview with Andrea Joyce, get ready
 
Memmel FX: arabian dbl pike huge! Double layout 2nd pass yes! 2.5+layout. illusion turn. Double pike. Chellsie is amazing!! #visachamps
 
Lots of @ShawneyJ and @CMemmel fans in the house tonight! Memmel is next on floor
 
Shawn Johnson UB: toe full+gienger. jaeger. hit hs. overshoot hs+toe shoot. full twisting double layout. Not a huge routine but cleanly done
 
Bridgey fell on her BB series, just like night 1. but finished strong. high double pike dismount
 
McLaughlin FX: so glad she finally got new music! front handspring+layout+front double full opening pass. 2.5 twist to close
 
Gabby Douglas UB: inbar slater full. taktchev+pak. inbar stalder+endo. blind full+full in. impeccable form and line on bars
 
Bross 14.65 on FX (6.10/8.55). Jay 14.125 VT (5.80/8.25). Li only a 12.80 on BB (5.30/7.50)
 
Mossett VT: yurchenko double full, much better than day 1! stood it up great
 
Howe FX: double pike. very soothing music.. front lay+rudi. pretty dance. 1.5+front lay full oob. Strong finish. This is her 1st #visachamps
 
Li BB: onodi. full twisting bhs. fa bhs lay excellent. switch full and her legs buckled under her, fall. darn. Double full dismount
 
Maroney UB: maloney. swing change. wieler kip. piked jaeger. full in dismount. great set
 
Brandie Jay VT: yurchenko double vault nicely done. She's committed to the @GymDogs
 
Bross FX: front hs+layout+double front great. 1.5+front dbl full+scissone. 180 leaps. front double full+front full layout, legs a bit sloppy
 
Macko BB: side somi. fa+bhs lay solid. agressive L turn. switch half. front toss. Switch+back tuck. Roundoff+double twist
 
Raisman UB: shaposh+overshoot. blind to jaeger. stalder+tkatchev. hop change front double tuck, hop forward. Good routine for her, hit set
 
Wieber VT: big amanar! slight leg separation in the air but lands well. small step forward
 
Macko Caquato scored 14.70 on UB (6.0/8.700). Weiber up on VT
 
Memmel scored 14.75 on BB (6.10/8.65). Shawn Johnson 14.45 on VT (5.8/8.885/-0.1). Off to the 2nd event!
 
@cmemmel The GO Chellsie Fan Club - http://t.co/hOXkD7c
 
Shawn Johnson VT: yurchenko double full landed to the side and over the line, but stood it up well
 
Memmel BB: barani+bhs! front aerial+popa. stand arabian stick. illusion. front tuck+bhs lay. switch 1/2+split+wolf. Double pike. HUGE routine!
 
Douglas VT: excellent block off the table, DTY landed right on the center of the mat
 
Sacramone VT score 15.80 (6.30/9.50!). 2nd vault was yurchenko double full full crunched on the table and landed low
 
Vega UB: struggled to get over on her stalders off the top. pike tkatchev, straddle tkatchvev. Full in. Good fight
 
Sacramone VT: huge handspring rudi. Great as always, and a hop back as usual
 
Mossett FX: massive double arabian. half in half out. short on triple turn. hands down on whip to double back. dbl pike
 
Jessie Howe BB: textbook onodi, just beautiful! roundoff 2.5 twist. hit set
 
Maroney VT 2: yurchenko half on layout half off. Well done. Score for VT 1 is 16.00!!!! (6.50/9.50!) wow!
 
Bridgey UB: stalder full+khorkina 2. jaeger, and hand slipped on a kip! Ray. pike ray. overshoot. double lay landed low
 
Maroney does it AGAIN! She is so solid on vault. excellent Amanar, nearly stuck. 1 controlled step
 
Anna Li 14.40 on UB (6.50/7.90), Bross 14.35 BB with a fall! (6.5/7.85)
 
Brandie Jay FX: pike full in good, 2.5 punch lay. cool rndoff full twisting bhs side pass. double tuck to close
 
Bross BB: arabian. fa bhs lay solid. split+wolf. switch+back tuck. sheep. switch ring. side somi. front tuck. Patterson ouch.. lock kneed & fell
 
Anna Li UB: hop+jaeger+pak! toe full.. and a half, kip turn. Khorkina 2. stalder full+full twisting tkatchev, cool! Hop full, giants, big DLO
 
Raisman VT: yurchenko double cleanly done, good landing. Again holds back on the amanar, prob a good call
 
Wieber FX: big dbl dbl! 1.5 step out to triple full small hop. Triple turn. stuck 2.5+layout. double pike. Wonderful, hit set
 
Macko UB: hop to jaeger. piked ray. pak. maloney+overshoot+toe full+toe shoot. tkatchev. Full in. Excellent
 
Here we go!! Up 1st is Jessie DeZiel on Vault, yurchenko double full nearly sticks it and crowd goes WILD!

Senior women are marching in now. Shawn Johnson still gets the loudest applause. 
 
The gymnastike tornado has blown through #visachamps press row... What a mess http://t.co/tC4pj4I
 
USA Gymnastics Names USA women's Junior National Team: USA Gymnastics named the 2011 USA Junior National team. C... http://t.co/NEl9Sum
 
Alicia just flew like 20 ft in the air on a handspring timer. Amazing
 
I cant believe this is about to be the last session of competition at #visachamps. How sad. I could do this every day haha
 
The first look at @ShawneyJ's competition leo for the #visachamps - http://t.co/3iLcc0p
 
2011 Junior National Champion Katelyn Ohashi of WOGA: Interview with 2011 US Junior National Champion, Katelyn O... http://t.co/2NcJYfN
 
Senior women have arrived to the #visachamps finals. The first ones to start their warmup run? Shawn and Gabby

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