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June 18, 2012

Visa Championships 2012 - Sacramone, Raisman and Maroney


Alicia Sacramone makes her punch front mount, the one she fell on at the 2008 Olympics.
Alicia Sacramone competes a wolf jump series in her beam routine.
Alicia Sacramone hurdles into her first vault on the second day of the Visa Championships.
Alicia Sacramone twists to the ground.
Taking a slight hop, Alicia Sacramone lands inside the lines on her vault.
Alicia Sacramone salutes the judges. Alicia Sacramone competes two vaults, making eligible for the event competition.
Alicia Sacramone and Aly Raisman chat before they vault. They are both from Brestyan's American Gymnastics in Massachusetts.
Aly Raisman competes the Amanar vault that has a start value of 16.5.
Aly Raisman steps outside the lines on her vault landing, creating more deductions.
Aly Raisman salutes the judges. She scored at 15.3 on that vault.
Aly Raisman sticks her bar dismount. She placed 11th on uneven bars.
Aly Raisman leaps across the beam and finishes first on the event.
Aly Raisman prepares to dismount the beam.
Aly Raisman and her coach, Mihai Brestyan, talk about her bar routine.
Aly Raisman talks to John Macready at the Fan Fest after the competition.
Aly Raisman poses for her floor routine. She placed first on the floor over the two day competition.
Aly Raisman talks to John Macready at the Fan Fest after the competition.
McKayla Maroney warms up her floor passes on the second day of the competition.
During on of her practice floor passes, McKayla Maroney crashes flat into the floor and is down on the floor for a few minutes.
McKayla Maroney eventaully sits up after her fall. She dropped out of the competition that day and was taken to the hospital to be checked over for concussion symptoms. She returned later to the event to take part in the awards ceremony and was named to the national team that will comete at the Olympic Trials in San Jose, California.

July 22, 2012

Yoyon

I'm going with Wieber, Ross, Bross, Raisman and Liukin 1st Alt Johnson. Since we have 06 out of 10 gymnasts up for team USA that can do Amanars no vault speliacist is needed this knocks Maroney & Sacramone out. Both girls are good on floor, but I think team USA focus is our weakness which is uneven bars. Which Russian & China dominate, this is why I stuck Liukin & Bross onto the team. Nastia Liukin is the reigning all around champion and she has the highest score even given since the new scoring system 16.9. Both Bross and Liukin hold world medals on uneven bars. Liukin has an Olympic Silver medal on uneven bars, both Liukin and Bross are great balance beam workers & both have world medals on this event too. Liukin has yet an Olympic Silver medal on this event too. Wieber and Ross will go 01 & 02 so they get the 1st and 2nd seat. Aly out of the rest of the field (new seniors) she can deliver the best under pressure. Her weakness like Wieber is uneven bars. Ross is good on uneven bars but she’s not better than Liukin & Bross.Vault: Ross, Raisman & Wieber (Amanars)Uneven bars: Ross, Bross & LiukinBalance beam: Bross, Wieber & LiukinFloor exercise: Ross, Wieber & RaismanJohnson: Was picked for the reason of being an Olympic gold medalist. She is the reigning silver medalist in the All Around, Silver medalist on floor and reigning balance beam Champion. She was 07 World All around champion and floor champion. Her and Liukin were the highest qualifiers at the 08 games & were the rocks behind team USA. No one not even Marta Kyroli can over look that about Nastia & Shawn.My reasoning behind the rest of the field not making itDouglas: “YES” she is a great uneven bar worker but she has shown she cracks under pressure. Being good at one event vs the rest doesn’t hold much ground when only 05 get to go and it’s 03 up 03 count.Vega: Great gymnast but she doesn’t have anything that stands out about herSloan: Won 2009 worlds but again she isn’t as strong on vault, there are too many that out shine her.Memmel: Shoulder injury took her out, her moment was 05 when she won AA world champion. She hasn’t won anything beyond that. Injuries keep plaguing her left & right.Maroney: Great vault, the best Amanar ever, but there is no need for a vault speliacistSacramone: Injury is what did her in; I think if it wouldn’t have happen she would have stood a better chance. Alicia & Aly are great at the same events, but Aly has that all important Amanar where Alicia doesn’t.Li: Great bar worker but a bar speliacist is not needs with only 05 members to a team


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