Artistic Gymnastics

Second Youth Olympic Games 2014 to Nanjing, China

14. Februar 2010  
Vancouver, Nanjing  
Artistic Gymnastics

Second Youth Olympic Games 2014 to Nanjing, China

IOC President Jacques Rogge

122nd IOC Session in Vancouver...
Last week the International Olympic Committee selected the Chinese City of NANJING, to host the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014.
Altogether 47 votes were given to Nanjing, edging out runner-up Poznan, Poland’s 42 votes.  Guadalajara, Mexico withdrew from the race last month already.
Nanjing served as host city for the FIG Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships in 2006, already
The first Summer Youth Olympic Games will held in Singapore, August 2010.
At the 122nd IOC Session in Vancouver, Canada, the President of IOC, Mr. Jacques Rogge said:
“We had two outstanding candidatures from two fantastic cities. Both expressed the spirit of the Youth Olympic Games and both were capable of staging the event,” “We are looking forward to working with Nanjing, and are confident the Youth Olympic Games in 2014 will be a success.”

Some 3,600 athletes ranging in ages from 15 to 18 are expected to compete at the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing in 2014, which will feature competitions in 26 sports.
President Rogge will soon establish a Coordination Commission to assist Nanjing throughout its preparation period. “The preparation period for the second summer edition of the Youth Olympic Games will take four-and-a-half years, which will allow Nanjing to match both the expectations of the IOC and the athletes in producing a programme of sport, culture and education that is of the very highest standard,” Rogge added.
* ... read more on >> Nanjing 2014

Tweddle decided: Olympics come first!

23. April 2007  
Amsterdam / Netherlands  
Artistic Gymnastics

Tweddle decided: Olympics come first!

Beth Tweddle: ... not on bars in Amsterdam!

BETH Tweddle (GBR) has put her Olympic ambitions first by deciding not to defend her European uneven bars title in Amsterdam.

The 22-year-old world and European champion is on the road to recovery after undergoing surgery on tendons in her shoulder earlier this year.
She will compete on the floor and beam only at this week's European Championships in Amsterdam, but will not take part in the physically demanding uneven bars event for fear of causing further damage to her troublesome shoulder.
British press reported, that Tweddle's objective is a medal-winning appearance at next year's Beijing Olympics, but she knows also,  it would be a risk to push herself too hard too soon in Holland:  'It was a case of not competing or just going for beam and floor.

Germany names its Europeans Team

20. April 2007  
Stuttgart / Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

Germany names its Europeans Team

Hambuechen, Juckel
Germany's all-around fighters

On the edge of a special press meeting  of  the "European Sports Capital 2007", the Swabian Metropolis Stuttgart, the German Gymnastics Federation DTB named definitely the starters for its team in Amsterdam:
Robert Juckel from Cottbus and Fabian Hambüchen from Wetzlarwill compete on all six apparatuses just like the entire German women's team...
GERMAN STARTS in AMSTERDAM:

Women's all-around:
- Oksana Chusovitina (Cologne), Katja Abel (Berlin), Kim Bui (Tuebingen), Anja Brinker (Herkenrath).

Men's all-around:

- Fabian Hambuechen (Wetzlar), Robert Juckel (Cottbus)
... as well as
- Thomas Andergassen* (Stuttgart): Pommel horse, rings, bars, high bar-
Robert Weber (Ehmen):    Pommel horse, rings, high bar;
- Marcel Nguyen (Unterhaching):    Floor, vault, parallel bars;- Matthias Fahrig (Halle/Sa.):    Floor, vault.

>> Sports Capitals

<< Die Swabian capital Stuttgart
is in 2007 host of the Worlds in Handball (qualification round), Worlds artistic gymnastics , cycling (September 25 - 30) and dancing (standard disciplines; November 24).
Stuttgart was elected as "Europe's Capital of Sports 2007" in November 2005.

Russian National Championships 2007

25. März 2007  
Lobnya / Russia  
Artistic Gymnastics

Russian National Championships 2007

Deviatovski won the first individual title

From Wednesday (March 21) to Sunday (25) the Russian Championships 2007 of men's and women's artistic gymnastics will take place in the Sports Palace of Lobnya, near Moscow.

Maxim Deviatovski - leading after the qualification rounds - won the all-around title of the Russian Championships on women's side Ksenia Semyonova won to the first time this national title.

On Sunday six different men and four different women won the "Russian Cups 2007", the apparatus final events in Lobnya...

Alexei Nemov:

 At the Wednesday's opening ceremony with a full house - more than 1,500 spectators (!) - the Olympic champion Alexei Nemov was honored with the high Russian "Order of Peter the Great", presented by Vjacheslav Fetisov, chief of the Russian State Agency for Physical Culture.

On the men's side Alexander Safoshkin and Sergei Khorokhordin didn't compete (injured) and on the women's side Irina Isaeva  is absent.
Maxim Deviatovski leads after the first day's qualification...

Russian Championships & Russian Cup 2007

2007 Russian Nationals
- 21. - 25. März, Lobnya, Russia

Schedule
21.03.2007   - Men's Qualification
22.03. 2007  - Women's  Qualification
23.03.2007  -  Men's Team Final 10.00-12:30
                    & Women's Team final 15:00-19:00 (Comp. IV)
24.03.2007 - Men's all-around 11:00-13:30 
                       Women's AA  14:00 - 16:30
25.03.2007 Finals, all 11:00

All-around Men's Final

1. Maxim Devyatovski 89.900 (15.250/13.500/15.000/16.200/15.200/14.750)
2. Yuri Ryanzanov 88.900 (15.000/14.100/14.400/15.400/15.400/14.600)
3. Ruslan Nigmadzyanov 86.450 (13.350/14.800/14.400/15.500/14.500/13.900)

4. Evgeni Vasiliev 85.500
5. Vladimir Oleynikov 85.250
6. Maxim Komlev 84.500
7. Dmitri Barkalov 84.300
8. Alexander Kalabin 84.150
9. Anton Lobachev 84.050
 
*RESULTS, Men's Qualification
- Wednesday, March 21 -
1. Maxim Devyatovski 90.250(15.300 / 14.000 / 14.900 / 16.100 / 15.500 / 14.450)
2. Yuri Ryanazov 88.200 (14.050 / 14.300 / 14.800 / 15.500 / 15.100 / 14.450)
3. Maxim Komilev 86.150 (14.150 / 14.700 / 13.300 / 14.400 / 15.100 / 14.500)
4. Alexander Demin 86.000
5. Yevgeni Vasiliev 86.000
6. Pavel Russinayk 85.950
7. Roman Yuvanen 85.750
8. Alexander Kalabin 85.700
9. Ruslan Nigmadzyanov 85.550
10. Andrei Likhovitski 85.300
.....

Apparatus Finals: "Russian Cup 2007":
- Sunday, March 25

*FLOOR EXERCISES
1. Anton Golotsutskov 15.400 2. Maxim Devyatovski 15.200 3. Alexander Dyomin 14.850
*POMMEL HORSE
1. Ruslan Nigmadzyanov 15.250 2. Dmitri Vasiliev 15.000 3. Alexander Kalabin 14.650
*STILL RINGS
1. Konstantin Pluzhnikov 15.900 2. Maxim Devyatovski 14.950 3. Yuri Ryazanov 14.700
*VAULT
1. Anton Golotsutskov 16.225 2. Alexei Bondarenko 15.725 3. Alexander Dyomin 15.600
*PARALLEL BARS
1. Maxim Devyatovski 15.350 2. Yuri Ryazanov 15.050 3. Dmitri Gogotov 14.650
*HIGH BAR
1. Alexei Bondarenko 15.150 2. Anatoli Vasiliev 15.050 3. Yuri Ryazanov 14.500
From Lobnya for GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL: Nora Schuler
All-around Women's en's Final

RESULTATE
1. Ksenia Semyonova
2. Eketareina Kramarenko 13.900/15.000/14.800/14.250 57.950
3. Kristina Pravdina 13.650/14.400/14.100/14.700 56.850

4. Svetlana Klyukina 56.500
5. Ksenia Afanasyeva 56.250
6. Elena Zamolodchikova 55.800
7. Margarita Slepchenko 55.750
8. Svetlana Fyodorova 54.750
9. Alexandra Shevchenko 54.450
10. Yulia Lozhechko 53.750

*RESULTS, Women's Qualification
- Thursday, March 22 -
1. Ksenia Semyonova / 15.850 / 15.700 / 14.450 60.150
2. Yulia Lozhechko 14.400/ 14.600 / 16.200 / 14.750 59.750
3. Ekaterina Kramarenko.14.200/15.600/14.600/13.700 58.100

4. Polina Miller 57.550
5. Ksenia Afanasyeva 57.550
6. Anna Pavlova 57.150
7. Elena Zamolodchikova 56.300
8. Ekaterina Kurbatova 55.800
9. Alyona Zmeu 55.050
10. Kristina Pravdina 54.850 14.200/15.700/14.700/13.800 58.400

Apparatus Finals "Russian Cup 2007"
- Sunday, March 25 -

*Women's VAULT:
1. Anna Grudko 14.737 2. Yulia Lozhechko 14.362 3. Elena Zamolodchikova 14.250
 *Uneven bars:
1. Ksenia Semyonova 15.975 2. Ekaterina Kramarenko 14.825 3. Polina Miller 14.550
*Balance beam:
1. Ksenia Afanasyeva 15.350 2. Yulia Lozhechko 15.300 3. Ksenia Semyonova 14.825
*Floor exercises
1. Ekaterina Kramarenko 14.450 2. Kristina Pravdina 14.425 3. Ksenia Afanasyeva 14.325

Greece Championships 2007

06. März 2007  
Thessaloniki / Greece  
Artistic Gymnastics

Greece Championships 2007

Stefani Bismbikou and Christos Lympanovnos won the senior women's and men's all-around titles, respectively, at the Greek Championships 2007 that took place March 3-4 in Thessaloniki.
Bismbikou, who finished 15th all-around at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, successfully defended her title. She had the highest score of the all-around on balance beam, but fell in the event final and placed fourth.

2007 Greek Championships
March 3-4, Thessaloniki

Senior Women's All-Around
1. Stefani Bismbikou (Proteas Egaleo) 57.750
2. Viktoria Tsakalidou (Panthessalonikios) 57.250
3. Maria Parsantanian (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 55.550
4. Despina Grigoriadou (Diagoras Ambelokipon) 55.450
5. Evgenia Zafiraki (Irini Peristeriou) 54.750
6. Vasiliki Georgakopoulou (Irini Peristeriou) 54.250
7. Vasiliki Milloussi (GS Kallitheas) 52.700
8. Elisavet Mitrakou (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 49.200

Senior Women's Vault
1. Maria Parsantanian (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 14.037
2. Viktoria Tsakalidou (Panthessalonikios) 14.012
3. Evgenia Zafiraki (Irini Peristeriou) 13.412

Senior Women's Uneven Bars
1. Evgenia Zafiraki (Irini Peristeriou) 14.175
2. Stefani Bisbikou (Proteas Egaleo) 13.925
3. Despina Grigoriadou (Diagoras Ambelokipon) 13.875

Senior Women's Balance Beam
1. Vasiliki Milloussi (GS Kallitheas) 15.775
2. Despina Grigoriadou (Diagoras Ambelokipon) 15.075
3. Maria Parsantanian (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 14.875

Senior Women's Floor Exercise
1. Maria Parsantanian (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 14.300
2. Evgenia Zafiraki (Irini Peristeriou) 13.900
3. Viktoria Tsakalidou (Panthessalonikios) 13.600

Senior Men's All-Around
1. Christos Lympanovnos (AGO Patras) 90.350
2. Xenophon Kosmidis (AGO Patras) 87.350
3. Dimitris Markousis (Olympiaki Floga) 86.300
4. Stavros Kekelos (Irini Peristeriou) 84.200
5. Panagiotis Tougas (Irini Peristeriou) 83.500
6. Haralambos Kailidis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 81.400
7. Ioannis Tougas (Irini Peristeriou) 80.550
8. Christos Daskalakis (Panionios) 70.700

Junior Women's All-Around
1. Andriana Syrigou-Antoniou (Irini Peristeriou) 56.000
2. Ioanna Xoulogi (Orfeas Kalamarias) 53.400
3. Pavlina Pantelidou (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 52.700
4. Marilena Barmaxizoglou (Proteas Egaleo) 51.450
5. Irini Kagalou (Panionios) 50.050
6. Mera Dalantyse (Panionios) 48.900
7. Antigoni Theodorou (Diagoras Ambelokipon) 48.850
8. Maria Pitsikali (Kydon Chanion) 48.800

Junior Women's Vault
1. Maria Pitsikali (Kydon Chanion) 13.300
2. Marousa Papadimitriou (Panionios) 13.225
3. Pavlina Pantelidou (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 12.700

Junior Women's Uneven Bars
1. Ioanna Xoulogi (Orfeas Kalamarias) 13.975
2. Andriana Syrigou-Antoniou (Irini Peristeriou) 13.550
3. Pavlina Pantelidou (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 12.600

Junior Women's Balance Beam
1. Anna Orfanou (AGO Patras) 15.275
2. Andriana Syrigou-Antoniou (Irini Peristeriou) 14.275
3. Maria Pitsikali (Kydon Chanion) 13.775

Junior Women's Floor Exercise
1. Andriana Syrigou-Antoniou (Irini Peristeriou) 13.900
2. Anna Orfanou (AGO Patras) 13.400
3. Maria Pitsikali (Kydon Chanion) 13.375

Senior Men's Floor Exercise
1. Mihalis Doulkeridis (Orfeas Kalamarias) 15.100
2. Christos Lympanovnos (AGO Patras) 14.700
3. Xenophon Kosmidis (AGO Patras) 14.450

Senior Men's Pommel Horse
1. Vlasios Maras (Irini Peristeriou) 14.700
2. Xenophon Kosmidis (AGO Patras) 14.475
3. Christos Lympanovnos (AGO Patras) 14.075

Senior Men's Rings
1. Christos Lympanovnos (AGO Patras) 15.500
2. Dimitris Markousis (Olympiaki Floga) 14.775
3. Xenophon Kosmidis (AGO Patras) 14.525

Senior Men's Vault
1. Stavros Kekelos (Irini Peristeriou) 15.212
2. Ioannis Tougas (Irini Peristeriou) 14.975
3. Panagiotis Tougas (Irini Peristeriou) 14.687

Senior Men's Parallel Bars
1. Dimitris Markousis (Olympiaki Floga) 13.925
2 (t). Kostas Karantonas (AGO Patras) 13.775
2 (t). Xenophon Kosmidis (AGO Patras) 13.775

Senior Men's High Bar
1. Vlasios Maras (Irini Peristeriou) 14.900
2. Xenophon Kosmidis (AGO Patras) 14.350
3. Dimitris Markousis (Olympiaki Floga) 14.200

Junior Men's All-Around
1. Lefteris Kosmidis (AGO Patras) 85.000
2. Giorgos Christopoulos (GS Peristeriou) 79.050
3. Giorgos Georgiadis (Diagoras Ambelokipon) 77.400
4. Panagiotis Kadas (AGO Patras) 77.050
5. Theodoros Boutakis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 76.500
6. Antonis Arnaoutis (Irini Peristeriou) 76.350
7. Nikos Galtsidis (Diagoras Ambelokipon) 75.100
8. Kostas Konstantinidis (Irini Peristeriou) 74.750

Junior Men's Floor Exercise
1. Lefteris Kosmidis (AGO Patras) 15.300
2. Vasilis Kollias (AGO Patras) 13.375
3. Theodoros Boutakis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 13.225

Junior Men's Pommel Horse
1. Vasilis Kollias (AGO Patras) 13.850
2. Lefteris Kosmidis (AGO Patras) 13.425
3. Giorgos-Christos Hatziefstathiou (Olympiaki Floga) 13.400

Junior Men's Rings
1. Lefteris Kosmidis (AGO Patras) 14.700
2. Giorgos Christopoulos (GS Peristeriou) 13.850
3. Kostas Konstantinidis (Irini Peristeriou) 13.400

Junior Men's Vault
1. Theodoros Boutakis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 13.387
2. Giorgos Georgiadis (Diagoras Ambelokipon) 13.175
3. Chrysovalantis Tserkezis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 12.925

Junior Men's Parallel Bars
1. Giorgos Christopoulos (GS Peristeriou) 13.950
2. Panagiotis Kadas (AGO Patras) 13.775
3. Nikos Galtsidis (Diagoras Ambelokipon) 13.600

Junior Men's High Bar
1. Giorgos Georgiadis (Diagoras Ambelokipon) 13.225
2. Vasilis Kollias (AGO Patras) 13.175
3. Antonis Arnaoutis (Irini Peristeriou) 12.825

Amsterdam School Project a great success

09. März 2007  
Amsterdam / Netherlands  
Artistic Gymnastics

Amsterdam School Project a great success

AMSTERDAM - city of this year's European Championships
The city of Amsterdam and the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation (KNGU) are seizing the opportunity of the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships to promote gymnastics with the Amsterdam youth via a special school project.
The project is a great success....
Amsterdam school project a great success
By Pieter Matthijsse (input V.A.)
Mar 1, 2007

2007 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships,
April 26-29
The city of Amsterdam and the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation (KNGU) are seizing the opportunity of the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships to promote gymnastics with the Amsterdam youth via a special school project. This project is a great success.

 

In all 49 primary schools in Amsterdam have applied to participate in the school project which has gymnastics as a theme. The city of Amsterdam is very pleased, because by this initiative they reach no fewer than 4500 primary schoolchildren. One of the targets of this project is making Amsterdam kids move. Gymnastics is fun, healthy and instructive according to the city. They hope that the kids who participate will keep on moving by becoming a member of one of the Amsterdam gymnastics clubs.

Free teaching package

The city of Amsterdam and the Royal Dutcg Gymnastics Federation offer primary schools with a professional gymnastics teacher, a free gymnastics teaching package for grades 4 until 6. The classes will be given by certified gymnastics trainers in cooperation with the professional schoolteacher. The first two classes will take place on school. Then there will be a class in one of the gymnatics halls at Turning Spirit (ALO), Turnace Gymnastics and Tonido. In these gym halls children will be able to use apparatuses and materials which won’t be found in most gyms. The emphasis will be on daring movements such as the forward somersault and handstand. By making use of modern appliances it is even possible to experience  the sensation of a giant swing. There are a total of 17 certified gymnastics trainers who will coach the professional teachers.

Highlight

The highlight for the participating children will no doubt be their visit to the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the Amsterdam RAI. All pupils will be allowed to watch the Championships on Tuesday the 24th of April or Wednesday the 25th of April as a concluding activity. The official stage trainings will take place on these days. Gymnasts from 39 countries will be present at the European Championships. With this project and these Championships Amsterdam is living up to its reputation as a sportsminded city. For more info about sportsevents in Amsterdam surf to www.sport.amsterdam.nl. 

For more information about the 2007 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships go to www.ecgymnastics2007.com.

Pieter Matthijsse
Organising Committee ECh Artistic Gymnastics Amsterdam

Italy won Quad Meet in France

07. März 2007  
Soissons / France  
Artistic Gymnastics

Italy won Quad Meet in France

Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)

Last weekend  a friendly meet of women's artistic gymnastics took place in Soissons, France.
ITALY (230.35)outscored the host FRANCE by more than six points. CANADA finished in third place with a total of 223.80, a mere 0.40 behind the crowd favourite France.  An inexperienced team from GREAT BRITAIN  placed fourth (214.500).
All-around world champion Vanessa Ferrari won the title as expected with an excellent 61.350 points, followed by Katheleen Lindor from France with 58.250 and Kristina Vaculik, bronze medal with 57.050.
Friendly Meet
France/Canada/Great Britain/Italy
2007, March 3, Soissons, France

 

Team results
1. Italy 230.350
2. France 224.200
3. Canada 223.800
4. Great Britain 214.500

All-Around results
1. Vanessa Ferrari ITA 61.350
2. Katheleen Lindor FRA 58.250
3. Kristina Vaculik CAN 57.050
4. Frederica Macri ITA 57.000
5. Rebecca Downie GBR 56.100
6. Marci Bernholtz CAN 55.900
7. Cassy Vericel FRA 55.700
8. Sylvia Zanolo ITA 55.400
9. Nansy Damianova CAN 55.250
10. Cayenne Colling CAN 54.750
11. Francesca Benolli ITA 54.300
12. Lorena Coza ITA 54.250
(- ...of 19 gymnasts)

Catalina Ponor wants to participate at the Europeans....

07. Februar 2007  
Bucharest / Romania  
Artistic Gymnastics

Catalina Ponor wants to participate at the Europeans....

Ponor in Amsterdam again...?

After the European Championships in Volos(GRE) in 2005, Catalina Ponor wanted to give time to more than just gymnastics. The Rumanian gymnastics celebrity decided to end her imposing career:
But less than a year later the ‘gymnastics itch’ led her to rethink her decision. Triple Olympic champion Catalina Ponor has resumed training and hopes to be present again at the European Championships in Amsterdam....

Ponor: European champion on beam,
Amsterdam 2004

Ponor aims for the European Championships in Amsterdam 2007, but is also carefully looking ahead to the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Ponor won three gold medals. With her team she won the team final, and individually she was strongest on balance beam and floor.

In the same year she was also present in Amsterdam when Holland hosted the European Championships 2004  for women gymnasts. She took three gold medals: team, beam and floor. Her excellent memories of Amsterdam and the enthusiastic Dutch audience will stimulate her comeback.

The official Drawing of Lots for the coming European Championships 2007 will held next Saturday, February 10, when the FIG's Technical Committee will visit Amsterdam for a working session.

British and Russian Teams competing in Worlds 2006....

04. Oktober 2006  
Lilleshall / Great Britain  
Artistic Gymnastics

British and Russian Teams competing in Worlds 2006....

BAGA-info: --- British Gymnastics are delighted to announce the Men’s and Women’s Artistic gymnastics Teams that will shortly depart for Aarhus (DEN) to compete in the World Championships, 13 - 21 October 2006.
The Women’s and the Men’s Teams feature a very strong group of gymnasts with Beth Tweddle (City of Liverpool) and Ross Brewer (Sutton GC) leading the way.....

Strong British National Gymnastics Teams on the way to Aarhus 2006

Beth Tweddle, Melbourne 2005

World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics (Men & Women)
- by Vera Atkinson and Tim Peake; Oct 4, 2006 -

..... For Beth TWEDDLE, Britain’s greatest ever gymnast, the World Championships represent another competition where she can aim for victory on A. Bars against the world’s finest gymnastic talent. Having already won two Bronze World Championships medals (Anaheim 2003 and Melbourne 2005), Beth will be hoping for even better in Aarhus.
Women's last training session
The Women’s Team features a young group of gymnasts who have all developed hugely over the last year.
Melanie Roberts and Aisling Williams, both from the City of Liverpool, contributed to the GB Teams 7th place finish in this year’s European Championships in Volos (GRE).
Welsh Champion Lynette Lisle (Barry), 2006 British Vault Champion Emma White (Huntingdon Olympic GC) and UK Schools Games all-around champion Olivia Bryl (Barry) will also be looking to impress on the world stage.
The British Women’s Team took 9th place at the last World Championships in Anaheim (USA) in 2003 and their target is to keep their place between the World’s elite.

Ross Brewer, ECh Volos 2006

Three times British Men’s Champion Ross BREWER meanwhile will be aiming to continue his good form that saw him lead England to a team Bronze in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Men's last training session
For the Men, Commonwealth Games gymnasts Ryan Bradley (Earls School), Adam Cox (City of Leeds) and Luke Folwell (Huntingdon Olympic) will be expecting to produce there best and finish in the top 24 teams in order to participate in the next year’s World Championships in Stuttgart (GER), where only the top 12 Teams will gain Olympic Qualification for Beijing 2008.

Sam Hunter (Notts GC) member of the 4th place Junior European Team, (>> EJCh Volos / GRE) and Danny Lawrence (South Essex) European Senior Team gymnast complete the GB’s ever-improving men’s team.

Source: BAGA press release
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Russian Gymnastics Federation named its national teams:

WOMEN
Yelena Zamolodchikova, Anna Grudko, Svetlana Klyukina, Yulia Lozhechko, Polina Miller, Anna Pavlova, Kristina Pravdina.

MEN:
Alexander Safoshkin, Nikolai Kryukov, Alexei Bondarenko, Maxim Devyatovsky, Dmitry Gogotov, Sergei Khorokhordin, Yuri Ryazanov.

European men's floor exercise champion Anton Golotsutskov and women's European team members Irina Isayeva and Nadezhda Ivanova will miss worlds because of injuries and health problems.
Russian's men won the team title at the 2006 European Championships in Volos - women finished third.
But at the last team world championships (ANAHEIM 2003) both teams finished out of the medals.

Surprisingly clearly victory of Spanish women about Romanians

02. September 2006  
Caceres / Spain  
Artistic Gymnastics

Surprisingly clearly victory of Spanish women about Romanians

Laura Campos (ESP)
Foto: ESP-Fed.

With big enthusiasm the more than 2,000 visitors and fans celebrated in the western spanish town Caceres the winning women's national team about the big gymnastics nation Rumania:
With a difference of more than 6 points (232.245 : 225,900) the Spanish gymnasts beat the Romanian squad.
On top of the all-around ranks also the Spaniards Laura CAMPOS (59,290), followed by Thais ESCOLAR (58.200).
Best of Roumanians was Aluissa LACUSTEANU (57,850) on third....


Women's Friendly Meet: Spain - Rumania
- Caceres / Spain, 2006, September 30-

R E S U L T S
>> TEAM Results - // - >> INDIVIDUAL Results

Very successfully Spaniards this Weekend...
At the same date the Spanish National team of men fighted in the capital Madrid versus Belarus and Portugal...
>> ... look at GYMmedia Report from Madrid

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