Artistic Gymnastics

FRIENDLY MEET: Ferrari with High speed ... , ... successful comeback of Catalina Ponor, good result of Kaeslin...

23. Juli 2007  
Civitavecchia, Magglingen  
Artistic Gymnastics

FRIENDLY MEET: Ferrari with High speed ... , ... successful comeback of Catalina Ponor, good result of Kaeslin...

Vanessa FERRARI in top form, already...!

Swiss girls ... "forgotten" at the victory ceremony...
In a tournament of six countries in the central Italian harbour town of Civitavecchia - ROMANIA won the meet in front of ITALY and FRANCE, followed bei CZECH REPUBLIC, SWITZERLAND and  EGYPT.

Allaround world champion Vanessa FERRARI won with a super score of 62,100 points. On second came NISTOR (ROU), followed by PETIT (FRA).
A big surprise was the fourth placed Swiss Ariella KAESLIN, who achieved the best result of her career...


Comeback of Catalina Ponor

The Romanian three-times Olympic champion, Catalina PONOR made a successsful comeback; the nearly 20 year old gymnast started at three apparatuses only and got top results at vault (14.40) and beam (16.300) and made a very good athletic impression some weeks before the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany ...


 Painful incident...
It was a very well organized competition in a sold out arena and on a podium -
... but at the end the organizers forgot to compute the points and results of the Swiss team, Swiss girls ... especially the fourth placed Ariella Kaeslin with her best individual result of her career... who was also on the rostrum as third placed on vault... ?!

What a pity - otherwise and altogether it was a big event in a wonderful atmosphere...!

FRIENDLY MEET: Six Nations TOURNAMENT
- ITA - CZE - EGY - FRA - ROU - SUI -
- Civitavecchia, Italien, 21. Juli 2007 -

* T E A M R E S U L T S
1. ROMANIA        238,15   (VA 58,15; UB 60,20; BB 62,00; FX 57,80)
2. ITALY            234,20        (- 56,95; - 58,75; - 59,75; - 58,75).
3. FRANCE     231,45       (- 57,10, - 56,70, - 59,25, - 58,40)

4. CZECH REP.        221,15       (- 55,15, - 57,70, - 54,55, - 53,75).
5. SWITZERLAND   220,70       (- 55,10, - 55,40, - 55,50, - 54,70)
6. EGYPT                  136,05.             ( - 3 gymnasts, only)

 

* Individual ALL-AROUND
 1. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)  62,10    (VA:14,55, UB: 15,85, BB: 15,80, FX: 15,90)
2. Steliana Nistor (ROU) 59,80         (14,50, 15,90, 15,80, 13,60)
3. Marine Petit (FRA) 58,65               (14,45, 14,35, 15,20, 14,65)
4. Ariella Kaeslin (SUI) 58,55            (14,60, 14,50, 15,45, 14,00)
5. Annamaria Tamarjan (ROU) 57,95
6. Andreea Grigore  (ROU) 57,90.

7. Silvia Zanolo  (ITA)          57,70

7. Cerasela Patrascu    (ROU)   57,70


8. Cerasela Patrascu ROM 57.700
9. Laetitia Dugain FRA 57.300
10. Cassy Vericel FRA 57.250
11. Lia Parolari ITA 57.200
12. Francesca Benolli ITA 56.500
13. Jana Komrskova CZE 56.500
14. Monica Bergamelli ITA 55.600
15. Jana Sikulova CZE 55.400
-- Sara Bradaschia ITA 55.300*
-- Gabriela Dragoi ROM 54.950*
-- Valentina Muollo ITA 54.500*
16. Nicole Pechancova CZE 54.300
17. Erica Morel FRA 53.700
-- Sandra Izbasa ROM 53.700*
18. Danielle Englert SUI 53.550
19. Mareskova Katerina CZE 53.450
20. Eva Verbova CZE 52.950
21. Margaux Voillat SUI 51.350
22. Israa Ahmed EGY 49.400
23. Sandy Effat EGY 47.650
24. Catalina Ponor ROM 45.650
25. Katheleen Lindor FRA 43.350
26. Emilie Le Pennec FRA 42.050
27. Daniela Daniela ROM 41.700
28. Yasmin Zimmermann SUI 41.400
29. Lucia Tacchelli SUI 40.850
30. Lorena Coza ITA 40.650
31. Martina Strnadova CZE 40.150
32. Farida Shoukry EGY 39.000
33. Laura Alzina SUI 38.550


*Apparatuses
* VAULT
1. C Ponor       (ROU        14,750

2. D. Druncea  (ROU)      14,700

3. A. Kaeslin    (SUI)        14,600   

3. F. Benolli       (ITA)        14,600 


*UNEVEN BARS
1. S. Nistor   (ROU) 15,900
2. V. Ferrari   (ITA) 15,850
3. C. Patrascu  (ROU) 15,350
4. J. Sikulova (CZE) 15,200

*BALANCE B E A M
1. C. Ponor       16,300
2. S. Nistor       15,800
2. V. Ferrari      15,800
3. A. Kaeslin 15,450

* FLOOR EXERCISES
1. V. Ferrari                15,900
2. V. Cassy  (FRA)     15,100
3. A. Tamarjan           14,900
4. S. Zanolo 14,750

Swiss Center, named 'End of the Worl`'

*STV - some news from the Switzerland of artisitc gymnastics:
Following the happy gymnastics event,  the Swiss Gymnastics Festival in Frauenfeld and the World Gymnaestrada in Dornbirn the next weeks will be dominated by elite sports in the form of artistic gymnastics.
Normally, in artistic gymnastics there are short holidays in July and August as well as basic training. However, because the Gymnastics WCh in Stuttgart, which are also the qualifying competition for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, will take place in the first week of September, the whole training programme has been rearranged.

WCh preparation camp using the proper WCh apparatus
From this week training will take place in Magglingen – mit exceptions – no longer at the Jubilee Hall, but at a large scale gymnasium called 'End of the World'.
>> New „Spieth“-apparatus was installed, which will later also be used for international tournaments n Switzerland. It is important for the the gymnasts - especially the young artistic gymnasts without a lot of international experience - that they can get accustomed to the dimensions of a large hall comparable to the Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart where the WCh will take place.
The Swiss teams will be nominated after internal qualifications as well as on the basis of interntional competitions.
>> A dozen gymnasts have hopes of being selected for the men's team, which hopes for the 12th place and thus qualification for the Olympic Games in Stuttgart.

The Swiss WCh schedule:
*Men, Multinational Competitions:
- 04th August:  Great Britain – Holland - Switzerland in Ipswich
- 11th August: Switzerland – Germany – Rumania in Schaffhausen
- 24th August: Switzerland – South Korea – Ukraine in Maienfeld

Internal Swiss Qualifying in Magglingen
(the two best results count):
- 18th July and 27th and 28th July 2007
WCH dates:
- Monday, September 3rd, 2nd division, 12.30 pm, (first apparatus: parallel beams)

World champion and title holder Ferrari - in action at the weekend

>> Amongst the Swiss women the choice is smaller.
Juniors born in 1992 also have a chance of being selected.
On Saturday (July 21st 2007) an interesting 6-country tournament will take place in Civitavecchia near Rome, in which the world and European champion Vanessa Ferrari will participate.

* Women, International competitions:
-  21st July:  Italy – Czech Republic – France – Rumania – Switzerland - Egypt in Civitavecchia;
- 4th August:  Czech Republic – Great Britain – Switzerland in the Czech Republic;
-  11th August Switzerland – Germany – Rumania in Schaffhausen
WCh dates:
-  Sunday, 2nd September, 7th division, 2 pm (first apparatus: balance beam)

*Source: STV, Erwin Hänggi, Medienverantwortlicher Kunstturnen

Elyse Hoepfner-Hibbs

CANADA named Women's Worlds Team
2006 world bronze medalist Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs will lead the Canadian team at the upcoming World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
The world team, named after a selection camp in Mississagua, Ont., is composed of Hopfner-Hibbs and fellow 2006 world team members Marci Bernholtz, Alyssa Brown and Rebecca Simbhudas, as well as three first-year seniors: Nansy Damianova, Sydney Sawa and new national champion Kristina Vaculik.
The team will train for two weeks in Greece in August before heading to Stuttgart. An alternate to the six-member team will be named prior to the competition. In Stuttgart, the Canadian women will compete in the 10th and final subdivision of women's qualification.
Canada finished 14th at the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. The top 12 teams in Stuttgart will qualify full teams to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

European Nationals near the upcoming Worlds

09. Juli 2007  
Great Britain, Spain  
Artistic Gymnastics

European Nationals near the upcoming Worlds

TWEDDLE in Great Britain,
MORENO in Spain

Champions in Great Britain & Spain
Barely two month before the pre-Olympic world championships in Stuttgart, Germany the results of some national championships are  very interest for the assessment of the different nations:

So in Great Britain Beth TWEDDLE won her 7th national all-around titel (59,750), followed by Hannah Clowes and Aisling Williams, but also the title on uneven bars;

and in Spain Patricia MORENO (57,400) beat Mercedes Alcaide and Melodie Pulgarin. in all-around and won also at three apparatuses. Pulgarin won on vault....
2007 British Women's Championships
- Guildford, 2007, July 7-8,

*ELITE, All-Around
1. Beth Tweddle 59.750
2. Hannah Clowes 56.400
3. Aisling Williams 55.650
4. Melanie Roberts 54.550
5. Marissa King 54.150
6. Olivia Bryl 53.200
7. Emma White 53.000
8. Louise Mercer 52.500
9. Kayleigh Cooke 49.900
10. Nina Dearman 49.100
11. Jessica Brough 48.700
12. Jenna Walters 48.250
(* - altogether 26 gymnasts)

*Vault
1. Marissa King 14.300
2. Emma White 13.825
3. Nina Dearman 13.450
4. Hannah Clowes 13.300
5. Kayleigh Cooke 13.025
6. Eva Nobbs 12.950
7. Louise Mercer 12.375
8. Emma Beales 12.350

*Uneven Bars
1. Beth Tweddle 16.350
2. Aisling Williams 14.300
3. Melanie Roberts 14.000
4. Olivia Bryl 13.650
5. Hannah Clowes 13.100
6. Emma White 13.000
7. Marissa King 11.650
8. Louise Mercer 11.500

*Balance Beam
1. Hannah Clowes 14.250
2. Marissa King 14.200
3. Kayleigh Cooke 14.000
4. Aisling Williams 13.950
5. Emma White 13.700
6. Melanie Roberts 13.400
7. Jenna Walters 13.050
8. Olivia Bryl 11.900

*Floor Exercise
1. Kayleigh Cooke 14.000
2. Aisling Williams 13.700
3. Marissa King 13.500
4. Emma White 13.400
5. Olivia Bryl 13.350
6. Hannah Clowes 13.200
7. Melanie Roberts 13.050
8. Louise Mercer 11.250

*Junior All-Around
1. Becky Downie 57.700
2. Rebecca Wing 56.000
3. Laura Jones 55.200
4. Hannah Whelan 54.750
5. Abi Kirby 53.700
6. Claire Stock 50.050
6. Hannah Freeman 50.050
8. Bethany Munns 47.800
9. Lara Wilson 47.650
9. Tori Simpson 47.650
11. Elliz Nail 46.550
12. Emily Goring 46.400
(* - - of altogether 32 junior gymnasts)

*Junior Vault
1. Becky Downie 13.925
2. Laura Jones 13.275
2. Lara Wilson 13.275

*Junior Uneven Bars
1. Becky Downie 14.750
2. Abi Kirby 14.200
3. Laura Jones 13.550
3. Rebecca Wing 13.550

*Junior Balance Beam
1. Laura Jones 14.500
2. Hannah Whelan 14.400
3. Hannah Freeman 13.700

*Junior Floor Exercise
1. Rebecca Wing 14.100
2. Becky Downie 14.000
3. Hannah Whelan 13.900
*********************************************************************

2007 Spanish Women's Championships
- Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands
- 2007,July 4-7,

*ELITE, All-Around
1. Patricia Moreno 57.400
2. Mercedes Alcaide 56.200
3. Melodie Pulgarín 52.400
4. Tamara Rodríguez 51.950
5. Celia Fernández 49.800
6. Marina Cusí 47.450

Senior Vault
1. Melodie Pulgarín 14.100
1. Tamara Rodríguez 14.100
3. Mercedes Alcaide 13.700
4. Patricia Moreno 13.600
5. Celia Fernández 13.000
6. Marina Cusí 12.400

*Uneven Bars
1. Patricia Moreno 14.750
2. Mercedes Alcaide 14.700
3. Melodie Pulgarín 13.700
4. Tamara Rodríguez 11.750
5. Celia Fernández 11.750
6. Marina Cusí 11.250
7. Adriana Panadés 8.900

* Balance Beam
1. Patricia Moreno 14.500
2. Mercedes Alcaide 13.650
3. Tamara Rodríguez 13.200
4. Celia Fernández 12.750
5. Melodie Pulgarín 12.300
6. Marina Cusí 11.500

* Floor Exercise
1. Patricia Moreno 14.550
2. Mercedes Alcaide 14.150
3. Tamara Rodríguez 12.900
4. Melodie Pulgarín 12.300
5. Celia Fernández 12.300
6. Marina Cusí 12.300
**************************************

*JUNIORS, All-Around
1. Ana María Izurieta 56.750
2. Naomi Ruiz 55.200
3. Jennifer López 53.900
4. Vanesa Sánchez 52.650
5. Laura Muñoz 52.550
6. Ainhoa Carmona 51.170
7. Anna Serra 50.600
8. Cristiana Mironescu 50.450
9. Mónica García 47.050

*Junior Vault
1. Ana María Izurieta 15.100
2. Naomi Ruiz 14.550
3. Jennifer López 14.100

*Junior Uneven Bars
1. Laura Muñoz 14.300
2. Naomi Ruiz 13.550
3. Ana María Izurieta 13.450

*Junior Balance Beam
1. Jennifer López 13.950
2. Ana María Izurieta 13.600
3. Vanesa Sánchez 13.400

*Junior Floor Exercise
1. Ana María Izurieta 14.600
2. Naomi Ruiz 13.800
3. Jennifer López 13.550

USA named Worlds Team Stuttgart 2007

18. August 2007  
USA, France and more ...  
Artistic Gymnastics

USA named Worlds Team Stuttgart 2007

Durante and Johnson leads US worlds teams...

After the women's and men's all-around decisions of the 2007 USA Visa VISA Championships, which was helds in San Jose, California, the US Gymnastics Federation named its teams to the upcoming World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany (September 01 - 09) ...
<< On top: The new national all-around champions David DURANTE and Shawn JOHNSON ...
2007 USA VISA Championships
- San Jose, California, August 15 - 18 -

>> Men's ALL-around Results   //   >> Women's ALL-around Results

Karbonenko, Lindor
lead French Worlds Team

France named Worlds Team Stuttgart 2007
Reigning French national all-around champions Katheleen Lindor and the international veteran  Dmitry Karbanenko will lead the French national team at the 2007 World Championships, which will be held in the Swabian metropolis Stuttgart, Germany from September  1 to 9 in the venue "Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Hall" resp. the "Porsche Arena"...

Altogether 16 gymnasts named to the French squad in a recent announcement by the French Gymnastics Federation:
- Katheleen Lindor, French all-around champion 2007, 20th at the 2006 Worlds in Aarhus;
-  Emilie Le Pennec, - Olympic Champion 2004, uneven bars
- Marine Petit, French champion 2007, balance beam & floor exercise;
- Cassy Vericel, 13th all-around, Europeans  2007;
- Laetitia Dugain, 4th all-around, French Champs 2007;
- Pauline Morel, 7th all-around, French Champs 2007.

* - alternates are:
-  Erika Morel, member of France's 10th-place team at the 2006 Worlds, and
-  Isabelle Severino, two-time Olympian; finished 11th all-around at the 2006 Worlds in Aarhus.

>> Review: French Nationals (April 2007)

The 34-years old Dmitry Karbanenko, a native of Russia, placed 15th all-around at both the 2006 Worlds in Aarhus and also at the 2007 Europeans leads the French national men's team at the Stuttgart Worlds, together with:
- Pierre-Yves Beny, 2004 Olympian and 2007 French all-around silver medalist;
- Hamilton Sabot, 2007 French all-around bronze medalist.
- Yann Cucherat, 2005 Worlds bronze medalist on parallel bars;
-  Benoit Caranobe, 17th all-around at the 2004 Athens Olympics;
- Gael Da Silva, member of France's 10th-place team at the 2006 Worlds.
* alternates are
-  Arnaud Willig, member of France's sixth-place team at the 2006 Europeans;
-  Yann Rayepin, member of France's 10th-place team at the 2006 Worlds.
>> Review: French Nationals (April 2007)

The top 12 women's and men's teams in Stuttgart will qualify for next summer's Beijing Olympic Games.
At the 2006 Worlds, in Aarhus, Denmark, the French women and the French men both placed 10th.

Friendly Meet Australia vs. Japan

04. Juli 2007  
Brisbane / Australia  
Artistic Gymnastics

Friendly Meet Australia vs. Japan

AUSTRALIA - JAPAN

Just before the beginning of this week's National Championships, the Australian men's and women's squad met the National teams of Japan in Chandler, Queensland.

The Japanese guests won on men's side clearly with 340,900 : 354,800
Host Australia won the women's competition with mit 232,925 : 227,200 points.

In all-around ....

Daria Joura: ... winning in 'Down under'

Friendly Meet AUSTRALIA vs. JAPAN
- Brisbane, 2007, 1 - 2-

*RESULTS, Men:
1. Yuto HAYAMI (JPN)  88,600
2. Eiichi SEKIGUCHI (JPN)  - 87,650
3. Samuel SIMPSON (AUS)  - 87,150
            >> detailed Results

*RESULTS, Women:
1. Daria JOURA (AUS)  - 60,050   (Photo, right >>)
2. Koko TSURUMI (JPN)  - 58,525
3. Lauren MITCHELL (AUS)  - 57,950
          >> detailed Results

Ukraine beat Russia and Canada

30. Juni 2007  
Kiev / Ukraine  
Artistic Gymnastics

Ukraine beat Russia and Canada

Ukrainians victorius at home

The Ukraine  women's artistic gymnastics team won the friendly meet versus Russia and Canada at home, in Kiev.
Ukraine won with a total of 179,400, followed by the Russian team, scored 175.550 and clearly in front of Canada on third with 164.200 points.
Daria Zgoba was the best gymnast in individual all-around, in front of her teammate Alina Kozich.  Svetlana Klyukina was the top Russian, finishing third all-around...
The hosting Ukrainians earned the highest team total on each event, including a meet-high 46.700 on balance beam in the last rotation.
The other Russians competing were Nadezhda Chikhiryova, Alyona Donodina, Yulia Lozhechko, Kristina Pravdina, Ksenia Semyonova and Alyona Zmeu.
Canada, which brought four gymnasts, finished third. Canada was represented by new national champion Kristina Vaculik as well as Aisha Gerber, Cynthia Lemieux and Rebecca Simbhudas.

Ukraine - Russia - Canada
2007, June 29, Kiev, Ukraine

* Women's Team
1. UKRAINE (VA-42.7500; UB-46.050; BB-46.700; FX43.900) = 179.400
2. RUSSIA          (41.600;         45.700,        44.800;     43.450)  =175.550
3. CANADA        (42.500;         41,300;         39.150;    41.250)  =164.200

F.I.G. : Drawing of Lots in Stuttgart

21. Juni 2007  
Stuttgart / Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

F.I.G. : Drawing of Lots in Stuttgart

Belenki - drawing of lots

At the Stuttgart 'House of Sports' the drawing of lots both for the men and women for the upcoming world championships in artistic gymnastics, which will be held from September 1st to 9th in the Hans-Martin Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart the 'European Sports Capital'.
These 40th gymnastics world championships have already set a record concerning the number of registrations, with no less than 518 athletes from 84 countries registered!
Olympic and former world champion Valerie Belenki drew the lots at today's event...

House of SpOrts' in Stuttgart, today

While the German men's national team has reason to pleased with the lots drawn for them, the German women were not quite so lucky:
They will be competing on the very first day, September 1st, at 13.30 in the third of three heats where they will be competing against the Ukrainian team as well as two mixed groups composed of individual registrants.

Head of team Ulla Koch: "... We'll just have to make the best of the situation! "
However, she described the first apparatus, uneven bars, as 'ideal'.

Then the German girls will have a long wait, because their strongest competitiors for the coveted 12th place, which is also the qualification for the Olympic games, such as the Netherlands, France, Canada, Great Britain and the USA, as well as the highly motivated Swiss team, won't be performing till the last two heats (9th and 10th) of the next day!

Valerie Belenki from Stuttgart was luckier in his draw for the German men's team: 
They will be competing on Tuesday, September 4th at 18.30 in the eigth and last heat together with the teams from Spain, Korea and three more so-called mixed groups.

* DRAW.
>> Women. Qualifying days: 01. - 02. Sep 2007 (10 heats of four groups each)
>> Men, Qualifying days: 03. - 04.09.2007 (8 heats of 6 groups each),
(including the mixed groups of individual registrants)

FIG president Bruno Grandi was able to publicise the first record:
Never before have 84 countries registered participants for a gymnastics championship two months before the event!
284 men from 81 countries and 234 women  from 63 countries are expected to compete.

One last time: the sole opportunity to qualify for the Olympic games
He also pointed out the the Stuttgart world championships will be the last event of its kind to be sole opportunity to qualify for the Olympic games.
The intention for the future is to create a second opportunity to qualify; this could be the so-called 'Pre-Olympics', which take place as test competitions in the Olympic sites.
(c) gymmedia

British World Championship Squad named ...

22. August 2007  
Great Britain  
Artistic Gymnastics

British World Championship Squad named ...

Beth TWEDDLE (GBR)
Titleholder uneven bars

The British Gymnastics Federation has named  the Women’s and Men’s Squads who are selected to take part in the 40th World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics in Stuttgart, Germany, 1-9 September 2007.
Leading the British women's team, which ranked 11th out of 33 teams at the 2006 Worlds in Aarhus (DEN), is the reigning uneven bars world champion Elizabeth TWEDDLE, who was the all-around best of a dual meet GBR vs. Brazil last weekend.
The British men's team ranked in 19th place out of 43 teams at last year's worlds. These Championships are of vital importance since they will also serve as Olympic 2008 Qualifications....
Dual Meet: GREAT BRITAIN vs. BRAZIL
- Pipers Vale, Ipswich (GBR)

The British women defeated Brazil during a dual meet held last weekend in Pipers Vale, Ipswich.

* Team
1. Great Britain 229.800
2. Brazil              228.650

Seven-time British champion Beth Tweddle had the highest score on three of the four events.
The 2006 world champion on uneven bars earned the highest score of the competition (16.600) on her specialty.

Brazil's Jade Barbosa, who last month placed first on vault and fourth all-around at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, finished second to Tweddle (58.550).
Her Brazilian teammate, Ana Claudia Silva, placed third with 57.200.
Individual event winners in Sunday's finals were Barbosa on vault, Tweddle on uneven bars, Laura Jones (GBR) on balance beam, and Silva on floor exercise.

* All-Around Results
1. Beth Tweddle GBR 61.100
2. Jade Barbosa BRA 58.550
3. Ana Claudia Silva BRA 57.200

4. Khiuani Dias BRA 56.950
5. Hannah Clowes GBR 56.425
6. Daniele Hypolito BRA 55.600
7. Laura Jones GBR 55.250
8. Aisling Williams GBR 55.225
9. Juliana Santos BRA 54.000

- Marissa King GBR 41.700 - 3 appar.
- Beckie Downie GBR 40.900 - 3 appar.
- Lais Souza BRA 13.650 - 1 appar.

World Championship Squad
GBR - WOMEN:
• Hannah Clowes (City of Liverpool GC)
• Rebecca Downie (Notts GC)
• Laura Jones (Notts GC)
• Marissa King  (Huntingdon GC)
• Beth Tweddle  (City of Liverpool GC)
• Rebecca Wing (Heathrow GC)
• Aisling Williams  (City of Liverpool GC)

* - in reserve:
- Kayleigh Cooke  (Huntingdon GC) 
- Melanie Roberts (City of Liverpool GC)
- Hannah Whelan (City of Liverpool GC)
********************************************************************
World Championship Squad
- GBR - MEN:
• Ryan Bradley (Earls GC)
• Ross Brewer (Sutton School of Gymnastics)
• Luke Folwell (Huntingdon Olympic GC)
• Daniel Keatings (Huntingdon Olympic GC)
• Danny Lawrence  (South Essex GC)
• Louis Smith (Huntingdon Olympic GC Club)
• Kristian Thomas  (Earls GC)

* - in reserve:
-  Sam Hunter  (Nottingham Gymnastics Club)
- Dan Purvis (Southport YMCA)
************************************************************************

The British Final Team Selection:
The World Championship Team to compete (6 / 5 / 4)  will be decided at the World Championships.
This will be determined by performance throughout the final stages of training and will be selected and approved by the Technical Director Matthew Greenwood in consultation with the coaching team.
* Source: British gymnastics Federation

Cirque du Soleil - Guest but also Participator of the Worlds in Rotterdam

08. Oktober 2010  
Montreal, Rotterdam  
Artistic Gymnastics

Cirque du Soleil - Guest but also Participator of the Worlds in Rotterdam

Cirque du Soleil -
Partner of Gymnastics!

... the  "Cirque..." - Partner of Gymnastics
Also the worldfamous Canadian  "Cirque du Soleil" will stay at the days of the 42nd Artistic Gymnastics Worlds in Rotterdam, specially with its scouts and casting team, but also as a creativ compenent part of the big closing ceremony after the end of the 2010 highlight...
... because the Cirque is close partnered with the World Gymnastics Federation F.I.G.
>>  .Press Relaese in English.
    >> Press Release in Flemisch
        >> Pressemitteilung des Cirque du Soleil
* GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL will start next week - in tradition supported by the Official Supplier of these Worlds, the Dutch co. Janssen-Fritsen, - with an own WCh-Website, but firstly with a virtual "GYM tube Studio"
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Disciplinary procedure in the North Korean case

07. Oktober 2010  
Lausanne, Switzerland  
Artistic Gymnastics

Disciplinary procedure in the North Korean case

HONG, Su Jung
What's her age...?

 FEDERATION AND GYMNAST SUSPENDED
* fig press --: On October 01, 2010, the FIG has initiated a disciplinary procedure against the Gymnastics Association of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (PRK) and their gymnast Ms. Hong Su Jong for alleged age infractions and false registrations ( look at our News from October 02).
Today, the President of the FIG Disciplinary Commission in charge of this case – based on Art. 20 of the FIG Code of Discipline and the evidence in his hands - has taken immediate action and provisionally suspended the Gymnastics Association of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (PRK) and their Gymnast Ms. Hong Su Jong, as of 6th October 2010 for a period of 30 days.
The Federation is therefore not allowed to participate in the forthcoming Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam and any other International or National event.

 The PRK Federation and the Gymnast have a right to be heard in writing and will also have the right to make an appeal to the FIG Appeal Tribunal within 5 days.
* source: fig press

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2010, October 02
How old are North-Korean Girls really ...?

North Korean gymnasts:
DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE FILED
* fig-press--: The FIG filed a disciplinary procedure against the Gymnastic Federation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and its gymnast, Miss HONG Su Jung.

Three different years of birth have been noted:
· 2004 Olympic Games Athens, and
· 2006 FIG World Championships Aarhus: birth date: 09.03.1985
· 2006 Asian Games Doha, and
· 2007 FIG World Championships Stuttgart, birth date: 09.03.1986
· 2010 FIG World Championships Rotterdam, birth date: 09.03.1989

As per the procedures rules in force, the parties have been informed and the F.I.G. Disciplinary Commission will invite the Gymnastics Federation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the gymnast Ms HONG Su Jung to present a written statement and to a hearing.
These deviations came out upon controlling the gymnasts mentioned on the nominative list of athletes registered for the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships to start next October 16 in Rotterdam (NED).
* Source: f i g - press

World Cup in Ghent: Lambertus (Yuri) van Gelder is back ...!

12. August 2010  
Ghent, Belgium  
Artistic Gymnastics

World Cup in Ghent: Lambertus (Yuri) van Gelder is back ...!

Lambertus (Yuri) van Gelder (NED)
The still rings specialist is back!

<< Former world champion and European champion Lambertus (Yuri) van Gelder (NED) made a successful return winning the still rings title. Van Gelder was suspended for one year in 2009 after testing positive for cocaine.
But the Chinese national all-around champion Guo Weiyang (22) won half the men's finals as the Ghent World Cup concluded in Belgium on Sunday, September 12 and finished with titles on pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar in Ghent. 
The other winners were Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE) on floor and Jeffrey Wammes on vault.

Colombia's Jessica Gil, who trains in USA, at Universal Gymnastics in Florida, won her first World Cup on vault. Wu Liufang (CHN), taking her this year's fourth world cup title on uneven bars.

Guo Weiyang /CHN)

(8) WORLD CUP Artistic Gymnastics 2010
       - Ghent, Belgium, September 11 - 12 -
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Romania's Sandra Izbasa, the Olympic floor exercise champion, made a successful comeback in her first competition back since tearing her Achilles' tendon last year and won the floor title in Ghent, her teammate Ana Porgras the title on balance beam in front of the Chineses...

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