The 2003 World Championships As most of you probably know, Annia Hatch injured her knee badly (dislocated, torn ACL, torn medial and lateral meniscus) and is out of the World Championships. She will have to have surgery and a long recovery time. So she definitely needs some cheering up right now. I thought it would be nice to gather together a bunch of messages from her fans to send to her. If you would like to send her a message, e-mail me at ShanFan14@aol.com with ANNIA as the subject and write a message for her. Please send them by August 31 and I will send them to her soon after. Thanks! :-)
Courtney Kupets has torn her Achilles tendon, while training on floor. Like Annia, she is out of Worlds and facing surgery and a long recovery. So I'm going to do the same for her as I am with Annia and gather together messages to send to her. If you would like to send her a message, e-mail me at ShanFan14@aol.com with COURTNEY as the subject and write a message for her. If you are sending a message to both gymnasts, please do so in separate e-mails so I can keep them in order. Please send messages to Courtney by August 31.
Aug. 25--Second day event finals spoilers below!!! Worlds is now over.
***SPOILERS, do not continue if you don't want to know Worlds results yet!!!
Keep scrolling!!
Aug. 25--BEAM: Fan Ye gold, Catalina Ponor silver, Ludmilla Ezhova bronze
FLOOR: Daiane dos Santos gold (first one for Brazil!), Catalina Ponor silver, Elena Gomez bronze
MEN'S VAULT: Li Xiaopeng gold, Marian Dragulescu silver, Kyle Shewfelt bronze
PARALLEL BARS: Li Xiaopeng gold, Alexei Nemov, Huang Xu tied for silver
HIGH BAR: Takehiro Kashima gold, Igor Cassina silver, Alexei Nemov bronze
Aug. 24--Lots of ties today in event finals! The only event where there wasn't was a tie was women's vault, which was won by the oldest female gymnast competing in these Worlds, Oksana Chusovitina! I think it's GREAT that she is still competing at 28 years old, and is now World Champion on vault!!! :-) There was a tie for the silver medal, Elena Zamoldchikova & Kang Yun Mi. 2 Americans tied for the bars gold, Hollie Vise and Chellsie Memmel. British gymnast Beth Tweddle won the bronze. The men's results (tie for gold on all 3 events) are:
Men's floor: Paul Hamm & Jordan Jovtchev, 3rd Kyle Shewfelt
Pommel Horse: Teng Haibin & Takehiro Kashima, 3rd Nikolai Kryukov
Rings: Jordan Jovtchev & Dimosthenis Tampakos, 3rd Andrea Cappolino & Matteo Morandi
Congrats to all the gymnasts!!
Aug. 23--Svetlana Khorkina won her 3rd World AA gold! Carly Patterson won the silver and Zhang Nan the bronze. Congrats to the medalists!
Aug. 22--Paul Hamm won the AA at Worlds!!! He is the first American man EVER to win a World AA gold, and the first American since Kurt Thomas to even medal in the AA. CONGRATS!!! Yang Wei placed 2nd and Hiroyuki Tomita was third. So far, this has been a very successful Worlds for the USA!
Aug. 21--USA won the women's team gold medal, for the first time ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO TEAM USA!!! Even without 3 of the original team members (Hatch, Kupets, & Postell), they were still able to win by over a point, with 1 fall. I am SOOOOO happy for ALL 8 team members. :-) Romania placed 2nd, and Australia won it's first-ever World team medal, bronze. CONGRATS to all teams!!!!!
Aug. 20--China has won the men's team gold medal! USA won the silver and Japan won bronze. Congrats to all teams!
Aug. 20--With Courtney Kupets now injured, Chellsie Memmel & Carly Patterson will compete on all 4 events in team finals. Tasha Schwikert will vault, Terin Humphrey will do floor, and Hollie Vise will do both bars and beam. Vise will more than likely repalce Kupets in bars finals.
Aug. 19--After all the women's teams have competed, China is in 1st, Romania 2nd, and the US is 3rd. Here are the top 12 teams (qualified full teams to the Olympics, the top 8 compete in team finals):
China, Romania, USA, Ukraine, Russia, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Canada, North Korea
The women's AA qualifiers are:
Elena Gomez, Chellsie Memmel, Svetlana Khorkina, Irina Yarotska, Fan Ye, Anna Pavlova, Carly Patterson, Alina Kozich, Allana Slater, Andreea Munteanu, Suzanne Harmes, Kylie Stone, Oana Ban, Oksana Chusovitina, Monette Russo, Daria Bijak, Zhang Nan, Leyanet Gonzalez Calero, Camila Comin, Monica Bergamelli, Daniele Hypolito, Emilie Lepennec, Patricia Moreno, Ayaka Sahara, alternate Aagje Van Wallegham
Vault:
Monica Rosu, Elena Zamolodchikova, Anna Pavlova, Oksana Chusovitina, Kang Yun Mi, Coralie Chacon, Leyanet Gonzalez Calero, Alona Kvasha, alternates Jana Komrskova, Brenda Magana
Bars:
Lin Li, Courtney Kupets, Fan Ye, Chellsie Memmel, Irina Krasnynska, Irina Yarotska, Beth Tweddle, Kwang Sun Pyon, alternates Tatiana Zharganova, Svetlana Khorkina
Beam:
Fan Ye, Catalina Ponor, Li Ya, Irina Krasnynska, Ludmilla Ezhova, Chellsie Memmel, Monette Russo, Elena Gomez, alternates Irina Yarotska, Anna Pavlova
Floor:
Catalina Ponor, Elena Gomez, Daiane Dos Santos, Alona Kvasha, Emilie Lepennec, Andreea Munteanu, Suzanne Harmes, Anna Pavlova, alternates Alina Kozich, Svetlana Khorkina
Aug. 18--After the first 2 sessions of prelims, USA is in 1st despite a somewhat shaky performance. Chellsie Memmel is leading the AA, followed by Carly Patterson & Courtney Kupets. France is in 2nd and Canada 3rd. For the men, the Americans are in 1st after all the teams have competed!! Japan is 2nd and China 3rd. Naoya Tsukahara is leading the AA and Paul Hamm is 2nd.
Aug. 17--Well, Worlds is already off to a bad start for the US women's team. :-( First Ashley Postell gets the flu and has been replaced by Chellsie Memmel. Annia Hatch injured her knee badly in training Saturday and has been replaced by Terin Humphrey. I wish Team USA the BEST OF LUCK in prelims, and GET WELL SOON to Annia and Ashley!
Aug. 16--For up-to-date Worlds news, check out Inside Gymnastics! :-)
Aug. 8--Thanks to everyone who sent in your guess at the US team line-up! Here they are, for TEAM FINALS (6-3-3 format):
The USA team has been announced--
NAME: Mark
AGE: 18
VAULT
1. Carly Patterson
2. Tasha Schwikert
3. Annia Hatch
BARS
1. Hollie Vise
2. Courtney Kupets
3. Tasha Schwikert
BEAM
1. Carly Patterson
2. Hollie Vise
3. Ashley Postell
FLOOR
1. Ashley Postell
2. Tasha Schwikert
3. Annia HatchNAME: Shane
AGE: 16
VAULT
1. Tasha Schwikert
2. Carly Patterson
3. Annia Hatch
BARS
1. Tasha Schwikert
2. Courtney Kupets
3. Hollie Vise
BEAM
1. Ashley Postell
2. Hollie Vise
3. Carly Patterson
FLOOR
1. Carly Patterson
2. Courtney Kupets
3. Annia Hatch
NAME: Melissa
AGE: 14
VAULT
1. Annia Hatch
2. Tasha Schwikert
3. Carly Patterson
BARS
1. Courtney Kupets
2. Hollie Vise
3. Tasha Schwikert
BEAM
1. Ashley Postell
2. Hollie Vise
3. Carly Patterson
FLOOR
1. Ashley Postell
2. Courtney Kupets
3. Annia Hatch
NAME: Elise
AGE: 14
VAULT
1. Annia Hatch
2. Carly Patterson
3. Ashley Postell
BARS
1. Hollie Vise
2. Courtney Kupets
3. Tasha Schwikert
BEAM
1. Hollie Vise
2. Carly Patterson
3. Ashley Postell
FLOOR
1. Courtney Kupets
2. Tasha Schwikert
3. Annia Hatch
NAME: Sara W
AGE: 19
VAULT
1. Ashley Postell
2. Carly Patterson
3. Annia Hatch
BARS
1. Tasha Schwikert
2. Hollie Vise
3. Courtney Kupets
BEAM
1. Carly Patterson
2. Hollie Vise
3. Ashley Postell
FLOOR
1. Courtney Kupets
2. Tasha Schwikert
3. Annia Hatch
NAME: Kirby
AGE: 14
VAULT
1. Annia Hatch
2. Ashley Postell
3. Terin Humphrey
BARS
1. Courtney Kupets
2. Hollie Vise
3. Tasha Schwikert
BEAM
1. Carly Patterson
2. Hollie Vise
3. Ashley Postell
FLOOR
1. Annia Hatch
2. Courtney Kupets
3. Carly Patterson
NAME: Chantal
AGE: 18
VAULT
1. Carly Patterson
2. Tasha Schwikert
3. Annia Hatch
BARS
1. Tasha Schwikert
2. Hollie Vise
3. Courtney Kupets
BEAM
1. Courtney Kupets
2. Hollie Vise
3. Ashley Postell
FLOOR
1. Annia Hatch
2. Tasha Schwikert
3. Carly Patterson
NAME: Jennifer
AGE:20
VAULT
1.Patterson
2.Schwikert
3.Hatch
BARS
1.Vise
2.Patterson
3.Kupets
BEAM
1.Patterson
2.Vise
3.Postell
FLOOR
1.Kupets
2.Schwikert
3.Postell
NAME: Hayley
VAULT
Annia Hatch
Carly Patterson
Ashley Postell or Tasha Schwikert
BARS
Hollie Vise
Tasha Schwikert
Courtney Kupets
BEAM
Hollie Vise
Carly Patterson or Courtney Kupets
Ashley Postell
FLOOR
Annia Hatch
Hollie Vise
Tasha Schwikert
NAME: Heather (yes, ShanFan)
AGE: 21
VAULT
1. Ashley Postell
2. Tasha Schwikert
3. Annia Hatch
BARS
1. Tasha Schwikert
2. Hollie Vise
3. Courtney Kupets
BEAM
1. Hollie Vise
2. Carly Patterson
3. Ashley Postell
FLOOR
1. Courtney Kupets
2. Carly Patterson
3. Annia Hatch
Annia Hatch
Courtney Kupets
Carly Patterson
Ashley Postell
Tasha Schwikert
Hollie Vise
Alternates:
Terin Humphrey
Chellsie Memmel
Samantha Sheehan
What will be the line-up for team finals (6-3-3 format) be?? Copy and paste what is written below into an e-mail and send in your guesses! You have until August 6th to guess, and then I will post everyone's answers on here. This is not a contest (sorry, no prizes!), this is a "just-for-fun" kind of thing to see who will guess the closest to what the line-up actually is. :-)
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