The Clam Slam Diaries:

Ouch!! Being of sound male genitalia, I have no idea how bad this could hurt!!  I dare not imagine.  Some of us here at GQL have taken HAAAARRRDDD falls, just not on the balance beam.  This tops our list.

And in conclusion, may I just add... OUCH!!

Bar babes 1

For our first entry into "Bar Babes"... May I present Daria Bijak.  I'm sure in the future we'll hear more about her time at Utah from our NCAA correspondent (dizzygym), but for now let's look at her under appreciated bar routine from the 2008 Beijing games.  I mean... the piked geinger?  It is one of the most rarely competed "D" level release moves, and yet one of the most beautiful.  This is the Milla Jovovich of flight elements.

Please don't get me started on the leo that looks like a giant red deodorant stain!!

Fierce Flo 1

Just wanted to share one of my favorite floor routines of ALL TIME.  The 2000 Olympics were plagued with so many travesties (the vault, the Khorkina meltdown, Raducangate), but there was some pretty fierce gymnastics that came out of Sydney.

Produnova's floor was one of my favorites.  Not necessarily pretty, and kinda the opposite of your typical Russian ballerina, but damn this bitch had POW-WURRRR.  Not a huge fan of the clam slam at 0:47, but I like that I feel like she could kick my ass.  This is the first entry into my Fierce FX collection.

E+A = My favorite connections

Watching the videos from the European Championships in Brussels gave me a new appreciation for Vanessa Ferrari.  I've been back and forth whether I really like her or not since her big questionable win in 2006.  I do respect that she's served in the military, she's of an older age (for female gymnasts), and that she's RELENTLESS with tweezing her brows.  But there's just always been something I didn't quite like about this little cannoli.  I take it all back now.  She's the definition of ferocity in WAG right now.  This FX just proves it.

I mean... besides her great form in her double-double mount... THAT SECOND PASS?!?!  It's an E + A which gives it a +.2 bonus, which I don't think is nearly enough.  There should be some originality bonus for this rare connection.

It reminds me of another favorite floor worker: Anna Myzdrikova.  Whee the hell is she?  She was only really around in 2009 (minus being an alternate to teams and some minor universiade success).  She fierced an E + A skill that is still one of my faves.  The second pass...

I'm learning to excuse her pepto-pink leo, cause that tumbling makes dis dude hap-pay.

Grishina too "hungry" to make the team?

So I've been studying and scouring over all the videos from the recent European championships (like every 30 year old male, right?)  and have come across a few videos that either make me laugh, or the skills shown just blow my gay lil mind.

This recap of all the champions is amazetits for many reasons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mUXyDrodsVg

What really caught my eye is Grishina's look towards Komova at 1:23.  I live.  She looks as though ready to eat Komova alive just to make the team.  I mean...

I'm sure she's a nice girl and all, but she looks a lil cray.

welcome, ladiez.

Welcome to GymQueenzLive!  This is my first post and want to welcome everyone who's stopped by.  I LIVE for gymnastics and thought I'd share some of my opinions with the gymworld.  If interested in helping with this site, shoot me an email, and we'll set something up.  If I seem snarky in some of my upcoming posts, it's all outta love and is meant in good humor.  Don't trip, boo.

-M