2015 USA Artistic Gymnastic Championships

With the start of the 2015 P&G Artistic Gymnastics Championships on Thursday, the “Countdown to Rio” begun in earnest for the USA’s top male and female gymnasts when they begun their quest for this year’s national titles and national team berths: It's officially a three-peat for Simone BILES, who on Aug. 15 secured the all-around title. After a less-than-stellar day one that saw her sitting in just third place after two rotations, the 18-year old rebounded and dominated on day two, taking her third straight title by nearly five full points. She is without doubt the one to watch as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio draw near.

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Simone BILES completed the competition with a cumulative total score of 124.100, a mark which easily topped the one posted by silver medalist Maggie Nichols (119.150). Making a strong statement with her return to competition was 2012 Olympic floor exercise champion and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Aly Raisman, whose final score of 118.550 was good enough to earn the bronze. The 21-year old Raisman, had not competed at nationals since 2012. Bailie Key narrowly missed the podium by placing fourth (118.350) while reigning Olympic all-around gold medalist Gabby Douglas finished fifth (117.950).

>> Women's All-around results

* In the individual apparatus finals, Raisman claimed the gold in floor exercise while Biles took silver and MyKayla Skinner and Key tied for third.
Biles placed first on balance beam, with Alyssa Baumann taking silver and Olympian Kyla Ross earning bronze. On the uneven bars, the national title went to Madison Kocian, with Ashton Locklear taking the silver and Key, the bronze.
Finally, on vault, Simone Biles took the top spot (6.4 difficulty + 9.9 execution = 16,300 - world's best score ever in the new point system !!). Skinner placing second.

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* MEN's All-around - Day 1
Action at the 2015 P&G Gymnastics Championships continues Aug. 16 as reigning national champion Sam Mikulak, who recently took all-around gold at the Pan Am Games in Toronto, goes for his third straight title.
Two-time defending U.S. all-around champion Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center) posted a 92.000 total for the highest all-around score for the first night of men’s gymnasticseam Hilton’s Donnell Whittenburg of Baltimore, Md./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center), and Paul Ruggeri III of Manlius, N.Y./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center), were second and third, 89.650 and 88.350, respectively. Jonathan Horton of Houston/Team Hilton (Cypress Gymnastics), finished fourth (88.300), followed by Danell Leyva of Miami/Team Hilton (Universal Gymnastics), in fifth (88.050).

** Sam Mikulak's high bar routine on day 1:

►► MEN's All-around results ( Day 1+ 2)

** Balance ...:
This was the fourth time Indianapolis has hosted the P&G Gymnastics Championships (1986, 1998, 2005, 2015).
The US Gymnastics Federation balanced after the end of the 2005 Nationals, " ...The combination of attendance, community outreach, local corporate support, fan activities, a great venue and athletic excellence made this year’s P&G Championships the most successful since USA Gymnastics introduced the current national championship format in 2005. .." >> www.usagym.org.