“Utah beats BYU in gymnastics (ABC 4 Salt Lake City)” plus 3 more

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• Utah beats BYU in gymnastics (ABC 4 Salt Lake City)
• Gymnastics: Doerr and Krenz prep for state meet (Stillwater Gazette)
• Chinese may forfeit 2000 gymnastics bronze (MSNBC)
• Northfield ends Roseville's bid for fifth straight Class AA gymnastics title (Pioneer Press)

Utah beats BYU in gymnastics (ABC 4 Salt Lake City) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:02 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. PROVO,Ut (ABC4 Sports)-Utah beat BYU in women's college gymnastics Friday night in Provo. The Red Rocks topped the Cougars 195.925 to 194.375. Utah was not extremely sharp, and had to count some falls, but they were strong enough to power past BYU. Kyndal Robarts scored 39.375 to win the all-around, edging teammates Daria Bijak and Jamie Deetscreek. The Utes will be home next Friday when they host Nebraska, and that meet can be seen on a tape delay on ABC 4 on Sunday, March 7th. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Gymnastics: Doerr and Krenz prep for state meet (Stillwater Gazette) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:09 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. The Stillwater gymnastics team will be represented by sophomore Alicia Doerr and senior Kristina Krenz in Saturday's individual Class AA state gymnastics meet at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion. Doerr is making her first trip to state and will compete in the beam and floor exercise while Krenz is competing at state for the fifth time in her six-year varsity career while competing in the bars. "My hope is that they can have a good day, hit their routines and feel good about their performance," Ponies coach Traci Swenson said. "I'm not really sure what kind of potential there is for placing, but I think if either of them ended up in the top six it would be a nice surprise." While Krenz is a familiar face at state, Doerr wasn't sure what to expect in her first season with the Ponies. "It was a goal, but I wasn't really expecting it," Doerr said. "I didn't know how I would do. I just want to have fun and do the best I can. I'm a little nervous, but also excited. I just want to go in with a good attitude and have fun and not worry about it." Krenz finished 21st in the bars and also competed in the all-around a year ago. She also advanced to state as a seventh-grader before placing third and second in the beam as a freshman and sophomore. Regardless of what happens on Saturday, she will end her career as one of the program's top gymnasts, but that is just part of the story. "Her awards for gymnastics and the numbers of all-conference, all-section and all-state is amazing - and the years to get all-conference and all-state in the years she's been a part of this conference and section is doubly amazing," said Swenson, who spent 12 previous seasons as an assistant before taking over as head coach this winter. "She's probably one of the best leaders we've ever had and has really done an amazing job. We have a lot of younger girls on the team, two seniors and just one junior, and she's just really done an amazing job of showing those girls what it means to be a part of a team and support everybody and deal with disappointment in a really great way. We are going to miss her terribly." It hasn't been easy, as Krenz has overcome numerous injuries during her prep career, including a minor concussion and torn ligaments in her foot this season. The torn ligaments diagnosis was actually positive news for someone who competes with a screw in her foot after breaking a bone in the same foot twice in the past. A year ago she was also severely limited by a stress fracture in her back, which prevented her from any offseason training. "She's amazingly tough," Swenson said. "She's a really strong competitor and very determined." Doerr appreciates having a familiar face on the floor for her inaugural state meet. "I think it will be nice to have somebody there for support and to cheer you on," Doerr said. "I always feel better with somebody there." "They're just really excited and we're excited for them," Swenson added. "I just hope they have a really good day." The Ponies, who finished fourth with a season high score of 141.575 at the section meet, will also watch conference and section rival Roseville try to win its fifth straight state title in what is expected to be a competitive battle in Friday's team competition. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Chinese may forfeit 2000 gymnastics bronze (MSNBC) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. VANCOUVER, British Columbia - China should be stripped of its bronze medal from the 2000 Olympics because one member of the squad has been found to be underage, international gymnastics officials said Friday. Dong Fangxiao was 14 during the Sydney Games, according to an investigation by the International Gymnastics Federation. Gymnasts must be 16 during the Olympic year to compete. "Young gymnasts cannot be manipulated," FIG president Bruno Grandi said. "Athletes must be protected." A second gymnast on the 2000 squad, Yang Yun, also was suspected of being underage. But there was insufficient evidence her age had been falsified, and the FIG said it was giving her a warning. The FIG has "cancelled" all of Dong's results from Sydney and forwarded its investigation to the International Olympic Committee. Because the case involves the Olympics, it is up to the IOC to decide if China should lose any medals. The IOC has said previously it would take "necessary measures" if any gymnasts were found to be underage. "We can confirm that we have received the ruling from the FIG in the case concerning Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun, and we take due note of their decision," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said. "Clearly, we need to take time to consider the findings before the Executive Board can consider the matter. We would like to thank the FIG for their work and we would refer further inquiries to them." The United States was fourth at the Sydney Games. "I'm happy to know that justice is being served," said Dominique Dawes, a member of the 2000 squad. "There are rules in place and, if they are broken, there should be penalties." China must pay the costs of the investigations "for not having adequately controlled the birth dates of the gymnasts," the FIG said. The investigation included two days of hearings in December at the FIG's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Zhang Haifeng, the Chinese Olympic Committee's press attache at the Vancouver Games, called the decision an "old story." "That was in 2000. Now is 2010," he said. "This was 10 years ago." The U.S. Olympic Committee declined to comment. Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics, praised the FIG's investigation. "This is an extremely hard issue to try to address," Penny said. "The FIG has done a very responsible thing." Questions about Dong and Yang's eligibility arose during the FIG's investigation into the eligibility of members of China's team that won the gold medal at the Beijing Games. The 2008 gymnasts eventually were cleared after documentation was provided showing all six gymnasts were old enough to compete, but the FIG said it wasn't satisfied with "the explanations and evidence provided to date" for Dong and Yang. Dong's accreditation information for the Beijing Olympics, where she worked as a national technical official, listed her birthday as Jan. 23, 1986. That would have made her 14 in Sydney — too young to compete. Her birth date in the FIG database is listed as Jan. 20, 1983. Dong's blog also says she was born in the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac, which dated from Feb. 20, 1985, to Feb. 8, 1986. Dong has not denied that, but she declined to answer any questions about her age, telling The Associated Press, "I've left the gymnastics team." Yang, who also won a bronze medal on uneven bars in 2000, said in a June 2007 interview that aired on state broadcaster China Central Television that she was 14 in Sydney. "At the time I was only 14," she said in the interview, done in Chinese. "I thought that if I failed this time, I'll do it again next time. There's still hope." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Northfield ends Roseville's bid for fifth straight Class AA gymnastics title (Pioneer Press) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:53 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Northfield's girls gymnastics team completed warm-ups for Friday night's team competition in the Class AA state meet, then huddled together for a few minutes to have a chat. The girls felt they needed it to calm their nerves. At the other end of the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion was Roseville, a powerhouse looking for its fifth straight state championship. Apparently, Northfield's pre-meet conversation was a good idea. Northfield showed enough composure to fight off Roseville and win its first Class AA title. When Northfield's team members learned that Roseville had come up short, the composure turned into tears of joy. "A lot of us couldn't help it," Northfield sophomore Meaghan Howell said of the emotional reaction. "We were just so excited. It was such an amazing feeling to know that we had won it." Howell was one of the standouts for Northfield, which posted a score of 148.325 to end Roseville's championship streak. Roseville finished with 146.225 after making a late push with a strong effort in the vault. Roseville posted a 37.150 in the vault, the team's final event, but Northfield had too much of a cushion with quality scores in the floor exercise (36.625), balance beam (37.175), uneven parallel bars (36.600) and vault (37.925). Howell scored 9.4 or better in all four events, including a season-high 9.7 on the vault. "Meaghan catches on to things pretty quick," Northfield coach Melissa Bernhard said. "She works on new ideas right away. When she's on her game, she's very capable of hitting high scores." Howell had a 9.475 in the floor exercise, a 9.525 on the balance beam and a 9.450 on the bars. Northfield also got solid scores from sophomore Sveta Mason: 9.275 (floor), 9.550 (beam), 9.450 (bars) and 8.8 (vault). "I didn't see any intimidation in the girls at all," Bernhard said. "The state title was kind of way out there for us coming in here, but we've got a team with guts and talent. After the way we started off, we felt it was within reach." Cambridge-Isanti finished third with a score of 145.450. Lakeville North, which led heading into the seventh rotation, fell to fourth at 145.225. Lakeville North, aiming for its first Class AA title, stumbled on the bars (35.675) and beam (34.250). Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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