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The Major Competitions in 2005 |
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Results
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2005 World Secondary Trials Day 1(Women)
(+The qualification for Universiade & East Asian Games)
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by T. Fujii
(web published on May 5, 2005) |
DATE: May 4, 2005
PLACE:Yoyogi Gymnasium #1
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| Ishizaka tops the competition after day 1 |
On the women's side, it was expected that many young gymnasts would challenge
the veterans, most of whom have just become collegiate gymnasts. Notably,
there were a lot of hopefuls in Japan who made their senior debut this
year. However, the veterans proved that they were still ahead.
Today, there were a lot of mistakes from many gymnasts, especially in the early sessions. The defending national champion, Chihiro Ichikawa, had two falls on beam and a very big wobble in her handstand on the uneven bars. Erika Mizoguchi had also two falls on beam. In those sessions, the most impressive performances were from the two gymnasts of Aomori University. Ayaka Sahara and Ayako Tanaka did not make any big mistakes, except for Sahara's big step on her triple twist dismount on beam. Sahara eventually received fourth.
In the third session, the level of execution improved. The two Olympians at Athens, Manami Ishizaka and Kyoko Oshima, and the alternate, Miki Uemura, showed great performances throughout the day. Only on beam did they seemed nervous or out of shape, and Ishizaka and Oshima had a pause in their acrobatic series and were forced to change their routines. Uemura had a big wobble on beam, too. However, from floor, they were truly the top 3 Japanese women. Ishizaka showed a perfect performance in both acrobatic and dance elements. Oshima had changed her dance elements, but she controlled them well. Uemura hit her tucked full-in for t6he4 first6 time in competition. They kept their performances strong on vault and uneven bars. Ishizaka's Yurchenko with 1 1/2 and Uemura's good Stalder work giving her 10 SV were outstanding, as usual. Ishizaka, Uemura, and Oshima finished 1, 2, 3, respectively.
Satomi Yamamoto, who was the oldest gymnast this time and also graduated from Sendai University this year, was very steady and followed Ishizaka, Uemura, Oshima, and Sahara. After those veterans, the young generation came up: Mayu Kuroda, Yu Minobe, Shoko Furukawa, and Momoko Ozawa. Mayu Kuroda was the only challenger on uneven bars to the top three, scoring 9.450 with a great Ono turn to Jaeger.
Another young gymnast from whom great things are expected, Shoko Ono, had withdrawn
scoring 0 after floor, on which she apparently had an injury (she did not put
any big skills in her acrobatic series).
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