Artistic Gymnastics

9th E Y O F 2007 : Holenkova- three times winner

27. Juli 2007  
Belgrade / Serbia  
Artistic Gymnastics

9th E Y O F 2007 : Holenkova- three times winner

Valentina Holenkova (UKR)

The 9th EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPIC SUMMER FESTIVAL 2007 took place in Belgrade, Serbia, from 22 to 27 July 2007.
At the artistic gymnastics events 107 female juniors participated, representing 39 different European countries, including 32 complete teams (3 gymnasts).
The Ukrainian Valentyna HOLENKOVA won the all-around decision with a score of 57,050, in front of a Romanian duo, Stefania PATRASCU (56,500) and Andreea ACATRINEI (55,050) ....
Holenkova also won the finals on bars and beam...


9th European Youth Olympic Festival "EYOF 2007"
- Belgrade, July 22 - 27-

*TEAM Competition, Femal  Juniors
- Artistic Gymnastics -

1. UKRAINE  - 113,200
2. NETHERLANDS  - 110,95
3. ROMANIA  - 110,750

4. FRA-109,900;  5. ITA -109,000;  6. RUS - 108,300
7. GBR - 108,250;  8. GER - 108,100; 9. ESP - 106,900;
10. BEL - 106,650; 11. HUN - 101,750; 12. SVK - 99,550;
13. BLR - 98,050;  14. GRE - 97,900;  15. SUI - 97,850;
16. ISL -  97,650;  17. FIN - 92,200;  18. BUL - 97,150;
19. CZE - 97,100;  20. SLO - 96,200;  20. AUT - 96,200
22. POL - 95,300; 23. SWE - 94,400; 24. LTU - 93,000;
25. IRL - 90,800;  26. TUR - 90,350;  27. LUX - 99,200;
28. LAT - 87,900; 29. POR - 86,800; 30. DEN - 86,400
- ARM (1 gymnast, only)

* ALL-AROUND Competition
>> EYOF 2007, All-around Results ; >> Detailed AA Results

* APPARATUS FINALS
* VAULT
1. Stefania  Patrascu ROM 14.037
2. Ekaterina Kurbatova RUS 13.912
3. Youna Dufournet FRA 13.737
4. Wyomi Masela NED 13.600
5. Ana Maria Izurieta ESP 13.500
6. Dorina Böczögő HUN 13.487
7. Joeline Möbius GER 13.475
8. Anastasiya Koval UKR 12.600

* UNEVEN BARS
1. Valentyna Holenkova UKR 15.125
2. Youna Dufournet FRA 14.025
3. Joeline Möbius GER 13.650
4. Anne Tritten NED 13.600
5. Ekaterina Kurbatova RUS 13.475
6. Jolien Eggermont BEL 13.200
7. Marrit Ewald NED 12.550
8. Serena Licchetta ITA 11.775

* BALANCE BEAM
1. Valentyna Holenkova UKR 15.175
2. Elisabetta Preziosa ITA 14.825
3. Stefania Cerasela Patrascu ROM 14.700
4. Joeline Möbius GER 14.450
5. Andreea Acatrinei ROM 13.725
6. Youna Dufournet FRA 13.725
7. Marrit Ewald NED 13.275
8. Valeriya Savelyeva UKR 12.950

* FLOOR EXERCISES
1. Joeline Möbius GER 14.000
2. Valentyna Holenkova UKR 13.875
3. Ana Maria Izurieta ESP 13.750
4. Dorina Böczögő HUN 13.725 6. Gabriela Dragoi ROM 13.575
7. Andreea Acatrinei ROM 13.300
8. Valeriya Savelyeva UKR 13.150

The first European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) was held in 1991 under the name of the European Youth Olympic Days. The idea was launched by Jacques Rogge, at the time the President of the European Olympic Committees (EOC), and today's President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Rogge's idea was supported by the EOC, and in 1991 Brussels was the first to host the potential Olympians in summer sports (athletics, gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, swimming, table tennis, football, hockey, judo).
Two years later the EYOF Winter was also held, and since then the event has taken place both in summer and winter sports every two (odd) years.

Official EYOF mascot

The EYOF emblem has been created to portray the harmony of game, rhythm and joy.

The figure in the blue section articulates the enthusiasm and optimism, and the colour reflects the youthful vigour of participants. The wide open arms symbolize the hospitality and warm welcome, the participating thrill and triumph, but no less the joy evoked by the game.

The overall impression is endorsed by other graphic elements and their meaningful colours celebrating the joy, the spirit of Olympism, the European unity.

By the complementary colours and forms of these elements, while being gently ascended and spread out, the shared rhythm is reinforced and synchronously expressed.
The forms and colours of logotype elements and the way they are grouped play the supporting role, in so far as they highlight the message communicated by the emblem itself.

UEG celebrated the 25th Anniversary at its 22nd Congress

10. Oktober 2007  
Prague / Czech Republic  
Artistic Gymnastics

UEG celebrated the 25th Anniversary at its 22nd Congress

UEG: ... founded in Luxembourg
1982, October 27 - 28

Last weekend ended the 22nd Congress of the European Gymnastics Federation (UEG), which was held in the Czech capital Prague.
The 150 delegates, representing 39 nations of the altogether 47 members of UEG, also celebrated the 25th birthday of this European gymnastics organisation....

Yvette BRASIER, new President of Women's UEG Technical Committee of artistic Gymnastics

22nd General Assembly of UEG
- Prague, 2007, October 5 - 6 -

Information and facts of the Congress:

* Yvette Brasier (FRA) was elected as the new president of the women’s technical committee of artistic gymnastics (WTC) took over the position of  Marie-Paule Hoffmann (LUX), who left her function last march.
She is a new UEG honorary member, now.
UEG Events 2008 will be:
* European Championships of
   ... Artistic Gymnastics (women)  in Clermont Ferrand (FRA);
   ... Artistic Gymnastics (men)   in Lausanne (SUI);
   ... Trampoline in Odense (DEN),
   ... Rhythmic Gymnastics in Turin (ITA);

* Eurogym Festival in Albi (FRA),  the
* TeamGym Championship in Gent (BEL), and the
* 1st official Golden Age Gym Festival will be organized in Maspalomas (ESP) in cooperation with the organizers of the BLUME-Gran Canaria Festival. .

Birthday Celebration...
On Saturday, October 06 was held a special birtday celebration.
Pierre Chabloz (SUI), founder and first UEG president, spoke about the first steps and the beginning of an impressively development of this organisation.
A very interesting message came from the former EBU sports coordinator (European Broadcasting Union), Mr. Richard BUNN, who said:
"...Contrary to the biggest part of the other sports, your sport is directed by technicians who think gymnastics all year long – but don’t forget that your clients, who are the TV spectators, have the choice of about 200 TV programs, movies, Internet and a whole lot of other leisure activities. You have to interest them, to make them understand in an intelligent way what gymnastics is, otherwise they will forget. Therefore, 'keep your sport simple, short and attractive' ...!”
The UEG proposed modifications of the technical regulations for the rhythmic gymnastics, aerobic, acrobatic gymnastics and Team-Gym.
Furthermore the approval of the regulations for trampoline and Golden Age was also proposed. Almost all these proposals were approved unanimously.

Last part of the 22nd UEG congress was the elections of three members for the Technical Comittees:
- Women’s technical committee: Sylvie Martinet (SUI)
- Trampoline committee: Miguel Vicente (ESP)
- Aerobic committee: Ignacio Marron (ESP)

Internationales Nachwuchs-Turnier in Yokohama

21. September 2007  
Yokohama / Japan  
Artistic Gymnastics

Internationales Nachwuchs-Turnier in Yokohama

Krimmer, Toba

Cottbus und Yokohama im Fokus der Turn-Talente

Zeitgleich mit dem hochkarätigen europäischen Nachwuchsturnier für junge Turner, dem GWG-Cup in Cottbus, gibt es im japanischen Yokohama ein traditionelles Internationales Nachwuchs-Wettkampf, bei dem Deutschland durch die beiden Deutschen Jugendmeister Andreas TOBA (NTT / TK Hannover) und Sebastian KRIMMER (Backnang) vertreten werden, die den Mehrkampftitel im Juni bei den Deutschen Jugendmeisterschaften in Spergau (Sachsen-Anhalt) punktgleich in der AK 17/18 gewonnen hatten.

Verantworlicher Trainer für diesen Wettkampf ist Olympiasieger und Ex-Weltmeister Valerie BELENKI (Stuttgart).
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FIG Coach Academy Level 3 in Cologne

05. Oktober 2007  
Cologne / Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

FIG Coach Academy Level 3 in Cologne

Valeri LIUKIN (USA),
one of the lector in Cologne

This week  ended the course of the FIG Coach Academy Level 3 which was held at the German Sports University in Cologne from 25th September to 2nd October. This is the highest level of coach education in the Academy Program of the International Federation: Only eight Academies were held worldwide at this level until now.
21 coaches took part at this course, representing from nine nations, from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Great Britain, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden.
Former Soviet star and at the current times coach in USA, Valeri LIUKIN, was one of the prominent lectors ...

Participants of the F.I.G. Coach Academy Course 2007 in Cologne, Germany

Working atmosphere ...

F.I.G. Coach Academy Level 3 in Cologne
- Cologne, Germany, September 25 - October 02 -

The other F.I.G. experts who taught in Cologne, were:
- Prof. Dr. Gerd-Peter Brüggemann (Biomechanics),
- Dr. Keith Russel (medical)
- Dr. Jörg Fetzer (training theory)
- Dr. Thomas Heinen (psychology)
- Edouard Yarov (Men's artistic gymnastics)
- Dr. Zsuzsanna Kalmár (women's artistic gymnastics) and just
- Valery Liukin (women's artistic gymnastics) .

Valeri LIUKIN and his former coach Eduard YAROV

It was the first time ever that Valeri Liukin - one of the currently most successful coaches in the world - and Eduard Yarov , who was the coach of Valery to former Soviet times and helped him to do some of the most exciting skills in Gymnastics like the triple back somersault on floor,  taught together.
(The world premiere of the triple back on floor was 20 years ago, at the XVII. European Championships in Moscow, 1987, May 23rd..)

Even if they hadn’t spoken about techniques during the last 15 years, as Valeri said, it was pretty clear for the participants that both of them have almost the same concepts of modern gymnastics techniques.

Eduard YAROV, docent in Cologne....

During the closing ceremony Hardy Fink (CAN), the Director of the F.I.G. Coach Academy, stated “... in all the Academies at all levels the best participant was always a women… until now”.
Niklas Heckscher from Sweden (women's coach) could break this “tradition” and got the highest mark of all participants.

All the eleven participants ran for the coach brevet of the FIG and 8 of them could achieve it, so that right now a little bit more than 70 coaches have this brevet all over the world (33 MAG and 41 WAG).

Dr. Flavio Bessi, the member of the German Technical Committee who is in charge of coach education, thanked the F.I.G. Experts in the name of German hosts.
Most of the coaches are totally satisfied and are flying home with new knowledge and a big portion of motivation for their work. It is quiet probably that they will be seen in the next years by World, European and Pan-American Championships.
* GYMmedia;
* Photos by Pedro Roque (POR)

22nd GWG-CUP 2007: Ukraine and Switzerland give great performances

23. September 2007  
Cottbus / Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

22nd GWG-CUP 2007: Ukraine and Switzerland give great performances

Switzerland, host of the Junior ECh 2008,
has successful juniors!
On horizontal bar: Fischer, Bucher (SUI) ahead of Lotz (GER)

Europe's Top Juniors in Cottbus
On the first day of competitions at the 22nd International GWG-Cup 2007 in the Cottbus Lausitzarena the Ukrainian Mykyta Yermak won the all-round competition of the 11 to 14 year olds ahead of his team mate Oleg Vernyayev. Sebastian Bock from Chemnitz came 3rd.

In the 15 to 18 age group the two Swiss gymnasts Kimon Wegmann and Lukas Fischer dominated, ahead of the German Fabian Lotz who is a member of the DTB Junior Team.

After the final day the German hosts, the Ukraine and Switzerland were each able to claim several medals. However, Gold medals also went to the Netherlands, Finland, Lithuania and Latvia...


XXII. G W G  -  C U P  2007
- Artistic Gymnastics, Male Juniors -
- 22nd September 2007, Lausitzarena, Cottbus -
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> In total gymnasts from 17 countries and 27 different teams had come to Cottbus, for all of whom the experienced organizers have prepared a tournament which has almost the same standard as the 'Tournament of Masters' which takes plce in the same location...

ALL-ROUND/Juniors:  >> 15 to 18 years
In this class the Swiss gymnasts Kimon Wegmann and Lukas Fischer dominated proceedings, but German gymnasts were able to compete with them:

Coach Hambüchen, protege Lotz ...

 Fabian Lotz - who is trained by coach Wolfgang Hambüchen, and a member of the DTB Junior Team, won the bronze medal.
Philipp Sorrer came 4th and Jonas Rohleder came 6th, both of whom are also members of the DTB Junior Team.

>> Results, All-round        >> Apparatus Finals, 15-18 years

The standard of 2007 - mixed...
Overall, this year's performances were not up to the standard set last year, partly because the Japanese team did not participate as it was in action at a parallel tournament in Yokohama.
Despite this the competition, which came quite soon after the summer holidays, was a good preparation for the German juniors for the next U18 binational meet with the USA in Colorado Springs, although the Berlin gymnast Philipp Sorrer in particular will have to tap his further potential, especially on floor (first sequence messed up), while he showed a good performance on horizontal bar, where he won the final.
The second German victory in a final was secured by  Fabian Lotz, who is trained by coach Hambüchen, on horse, after he had already won bronze all-round..
The goal of all the gymnasts is to participate in the junior ECh in Lausanne, Switzerland, next May. This was especially noticeable with the Swiss juniors, who not only managed a double whammy in the all-round competition (Kimon Wegmann and Lukas Fischer), but also had a strong performer in Pascal Buchner, who only did three pieces of apparatus.
On the final day there was also a powerful individual performance from the Finnish gymnast Tomi TUUHA, who showed a high class programme for his age group in the form of a Kasamatsu 1/1 turn (starting value: 16.2) as his first and a handspring, salto fwd 1 1/2 twists (15.8) as his second vault.

Sebastian Bock (Chemnitz)

ALL-ROUND, School age  >> 11 to 14 years; The first six places in the first round of the 11 to 14 year olds were split between the Ukraine, Switzerland and Germany. The Ukraine dominated the competition; their gymnasts Mykyta Yermak and Oleg Vernyayev showed a high-class programme for their age group. German gymnasts such as Sebastian Bock (KTV Chemnitz) stayed in touch and the Swiss gymnasts Fabian Schryber, Janik Hitz and Janick Brunner also managed to gain good ranks.

>> Results, Allround     >> Apparatus finals 11-14 years 

In the school age classes (11-14 years) the standard of the competition was clearly set by the Ukrainian boys.

<< (photo, l.) 
Horse winner Sebastian Bock...

Mykyta JERMAKOW (l.) receives the congratulations of the second in the all-round competition, Oleg YERNYAYEV (both Ukraine)

Mykyta Yermak and Oleg Vernyayev (photo, r.)
won gold and silver not just becaue of their superb technical basis, but also because of the impressive content. Although they are still quite small and boyish and not nearly into puberty, this surprising gamut of elements has probably be achieved by lots of training and a high ration of coaches to gymnasts, which however according to the experts need not lead directly to the top.
Sebastian BOCK (KTV Chemnitz) in particular was able to keep up with the Ukrainians and came third as well as winning on parallel bars and horizontal bar, and a Swiss trio consisting of Fabyan Schryber, Janik Hitz and Janick Brunner (NKL Liestal) were also up to scratch and showed up the rather weak standard of the German hosts in many places.

Although only gymnasts from Berlin, Chemnitz and Cottbus were present - some team gymnasts from the south of Germany didn't participate - much energy and many ideas will have to be applied to make sure that these future national gymnasts do not totally lose contact with the demanding European standard. However it is difficult to gain an overall impression, as little is known about the training status of such nations as Russia, France and Spain.

The 22nd edition of this impressive international junior event was however an absolute highlight in the European gymnastics calendar because of the fabulous conditions and the special 'Cottbus competition atmosphere', with which the organizers and their partners always manage to imbue it.
And quite a few future world champions - such as once upon a time the parallel bars virtuoso Mitja Petkovsek - may have stood on the winners' rostrum this weekend in the Lausitzarena.
Eckhard Herholz;
Information: Jens Milbradt
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ZIESMER's Gymnastics World Calendar is going to be a bestseller...
Fresh from the printing press, gymnastics calendar 'STUTTGART 2007 - BEIJING 2008' initiated by Ronny Ziesmer's charity 'Alliance of Hope' was showing all signs of becoming a bestseller on the first day in Cottbus and was enthusiastically received and ordered:

Not only the Polish delegation showed great interest...

OFFERS to over 100 international gymnastics associations
Surely inspired by the performance of the first Polish world champion (vault: Leszek BLANIK) the Polish junior Bartosz REGINIAK won on rings here in Cottbus.

And proudly the Polish coaches and judges also announced that their national federation was going to order the caendar, particularly because in the case of such bulk orders the logo and a picture of the country's best WCh participant can be added on the cover of the international (A) edition of the calendar.

... die eidgenössischen Junioren schließen auf künftigen Turn-Star-Kalendern statt Cover-Boy Hambüchen (deutsche Kalender-Version) mögliche Schweizer Champions nicht aus!

1500 calendars of the German edition (featuring 'cover-boy' Hambüchen) as well as of the international version were ordered by or sold to associations, clubs and partners of gymnastics on the very first day after the Calendar of the World Championship Stars went on sale ....

Ronny Ziesmer's great project aimed at popularizing artistic gymnastics looks to become a great success - not least to the benefit of his charity 'Alliance of Hope'.

>> ORDER FORM: Ziesmer's WORLD GYMNASTCS CALENDAR 2007/08


 >> PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS

>> ... see also GWG-Cup 2007 - Preview

 

GYM Exchange: Dragone is creating a new Show ...

01. Oktober 2007  
Belgium  
Artistic Gymnastics

GYM Exchange: Dragone is creating a new Show ...

... a unique aventure!
DRAGONE is creating a new aquatic show opening in Macau, China… Fall 2009.
This is a big chance to take part in a unique adventure directed by the renowned director Franco Dragone!
DRAGONE is seeking for Gymnasts, Acrobats, Aerialists, Circus Artists, Synchronized Swimmers...

>> read more in our GYM Exchange
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Alliance of Hope - Ronny ZIESMER presents the stars of Stuttgart

30. November 2007  
Stuttgart/Berlin  
Artistic Gymnastics

Alliance of Hope - Ronny ZIESMER presents the stars of Stuttgart

WORLD GYM CALENDAR
2007 Stuttgart - BEIJING 2008

WORLD GYM CALENDAR
"2007 STUTTGART - BEIJING 2008"
In response at the 40th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart the former member of the German national team Ronny ZIESMER - paraplegic since 2004 - has published a prestigious Calendar (in A 3 poster format) featuring all the new world champions of Stuttgart, in cooperation with his charity 'Alliance of Hope' (DSQ-A).
The calendar will be sold in Germany but also distributed globally, and a part of the revenue will benefit the charity, which facilitates research into the regeneration of nerve cells.
"Despite my handicap I want to contribute towards making my sport, artistic gymnastics, more popular, because it is a very complex and aesthetic sport,' says Ronny Ziesmer.
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Floor world champion Hypolito will take part in the SWISS CUP

21. September 2007  
Zürich / Schweiz  
Artistic Gymnastics

Floor world champion Hypolito will take part in the SWISS CUP

Diego Hypolito (BRA)

Swiss hosts expect a prestigious list of participants
The places in the artisitc gymnastics pairs competition, the Swiss Cup 2007 beginning on November 4th in the Zurich Hallenstadion are much sought after.

Well-known participants from more than ten countries have already registered. It is already certain that the star of floor gymnastics, Diego Hypolito from Brazil, will participate.
The pair representing the Swiss hosts has also already been confirmed...
After last year's Swiss Cup was organized once more very successfully at the Hallenstadion, the international competition is developing more and more into a highpoint of the gymnastics calendar!
After the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart a large number of applications and indicatins of interest have already been received. The Swiss organizers will now have to make difficult decisions in establishing the most attractive field of participants:
The Swiss pair Ariella Käslin and Niki Böschenstein has already been selected. In the next weeks the organizers will decide who will take place along with the Swiss pair.
The performance of the floor world champion Diego Hypolito promises to be an attraction. The 21 yer old Brazilian became the first world champion from his country in 2005 in Melbourne .
After having to pass on his title in 2006, he managed to win gold on floor again in Stuttgart just recently.


>> Medienkonferenz zum Swiss Cup 2007:
am 24. Oktober 2007 um 10.30 Uhr im Hallenstadion Zürich.

* Auskünfte:
- Beny Ruhstaller, OK-Präsident 043 211 50 10
- Bernhard Rentsch, Medienchef 032 342 20 60

* Weitere Informationen und Vorverkauf:
>> www.swiss-cup.ch  

PREVIEW: GWG-Cup - major European event for junior gymnasts- GYMfamily Event

21. September 2007  
Cottbus / Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

PREVIEW: GWG-Cup - major European event for junior gymnasts- GYMfamily Event

XXII. INTERNATIONAL GWG-CUP 2007 - "Masters of Tomorrow"!
The German team champion SC Cottbus is organizing the "GWG-Cup", a international junior tournament of the highest prestige for the 22nd time.
This time, the organizers are expecting about 27 teams from 17 countries on 22nd/23rd September 2007.
The organizers - who also organize another favourite competition of the stars of the international artisitic gymnastics scene, the world cup  "TOURNAMENT OF MASTERS" - use the GWG Cup up to groom the "masters of tomorrow" in this prestigious talent-seeking competition.

Most of the German gymnasts who recently made their mark at the Stuttgart WCh also participated in this event...

Coverages look at the German GYMmedia Event Service

Once upon a time as juniors at the GWG-Cup
(- here: 2003: Boy, Woitalla, Gladow, Fahrig, with trainer Milbradt, l.)

The Saxonian hosts, one of the highest quality training centres for both elite and junior gymnasts, will be entering many young gymnasts for the contest in the Lausitz-Arena.

«We want to give our young talents an opportunity to present their performances to aninterested audience», says head of training centre Rainer Hanschke, who as the former German head trainer has a great interest in bringing his own junior gymnasts up to international standards.

The members of the present German national team all appreciate the inportance of their GWG experience!
In total the organizers will be able to welcome about 180 guests from Germany and abroad. And many will not be coming for the first time, because in the course of the years this tournament has truly developed into a 'tournament of the masters of tomorrow'.

Org-Chief Reinhard RAU congratulates the GWG-Cup-winner of 2003, Philipp BOY

Many well-known and successful gymnasts, who later participated in the yearly Cottbus „Tournament of Masters“ , first performed with the little masters. The most recent example and inspiration not just for the SCC juniorsis the Cottbus gymnast Philipp Boy. The gymnast, who is now 20 years old, won the GWG-Cup several times over and recently was part of the team of the German gymnastics association (DTB) which was so successful at the Stuttgart World Championships .
And Boy's team mate Robert Juckel, who also returned from Stuttgart with a bronze medal, also stood atop the winners' rostrum in Cottbus at the beginning of his career. He has for some years been a member of the national team. «This is a motivation for the juniors to try and achieve similar goals,' says Reinhard Rau, who is conscious of the importance of the GWG-Cup as a springboard for the world wide artistic gymnastics circuit. Steve Woitalla, who lead the Cottbus GWG-CUP-Team last year, only narrowly missed gaining a place for the first time at the WCh this year.
National teams rehearse for the Junior ECh
Several countries will be sending their national teams to Cotbus this week. 'These are gymnasts who are chomping at the bit', says Rau. In this way the GWG-Cup is also a preparation and motivation fothe next  Junior European Championships for the young gymnasts.

Two gymnasts per nation in each of the age groups, 11 to 14 (from 9.30 pm) and 15 to 18 (from 2.30 pm), will perform on September 22nd.

>> Participants age group 11 - 14    >> Participants age group  15 - 18


* GYMmedia "GWG Cup" Flashback:

>> 2006 ; ... >> Impressions 2006

>> XX. GWG Cup 2005;    >> 2004;    >> 2003

Total Triumph of Rebecca BROSS in Yokohama

24. September 2007  
Yokohama / Japan  
Artistic Gymnastics

Total Triumph of Rebecca BROSS in Yokohama

Rebecca BROSS (USA),
won all-around and all finals

The U.S. and Japanese  gymnasts dominated the International Junior competition, held Sunday and Monday in Yokohama, Japan.
USA junior champion Rebecca Bross swept the women's competition with all five gold medals. Second  on every event was the Russian Aliya Mustafina who earned all the five silver medals.
 Yuusuke Tanaka and Kazuyoshi Koizumi took first and second in the all-around men's competition.
In Monday's apparatus finals, Tanaka won vault and Koizumi was first at parallel bars and high bar.
Pommel horse champion Matthew Curtis (Australia) was the only gold medalist not from the U.S. or Japan.

From Yokohama for GYMmedia: Takako KOBAYASHI (Info; photos)

Yuusuke TANAKA, (JPN)
predominant all-around champion

2007Japanese Junior International
 - Yokohama, Japan,  September 23-24 -

* Men's All-Around
1. Yuusuke Tanaka JPN 88.950
2. Kazuyoshi Koizumi JPN 87.150
3. Danell Leyva USA 86.700
4. Philip Onorato USA 86.050
5. Andreas Toba GER 83.000
6. Matthew Curtis AUS 82.150
7. Samir Ait Said FRA 82.000
7. Sebastian Krimmer GER 82.000
9. Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 81.700
10. Bogdan Cotuna ROM 81.550
11. Alexander Prystavka BLR 80.450
12. Jayd Lukenchuk CAN 79.900
13. Artyom Markelov RUS 78.100
14. Kevin Lytwyn CAN 40.350

Kazuyoshi KOIZUMI (JPN),
second all-around an winner
on p. bars and hig bar.

+ FLOOR EXERCISES
1. Philip Onorato USA 14.600
2. Danell Leyva USA 14.450
3. Kazuyoshi Koizumi JPN 14.350
4. Bogdan Cotuna ROM 14.250
5. Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 13.950
6. Yuusuke Tanaka JPN 13.800
7. Andreas Toba GER 13.450
7. Samir Ait Said FRA 13.450

* POMMEL HORSE
1. Matthew Curtis AUS 14.650
2. Sebastian Krimmer GER 14.200
3. Kazuyoshi Koizumi JPN 14.100
4. Andreas Toba GER 14.000
5. Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 13.450
6. Bogdan Cotuna ROM 13.300
7. Danell Leyva USA 13.150
8. Alexander Prystavka BLR 10.600

* RINGS
1. Philip Onorato USA 15.150
2. Samir Ait Said FRA 15.000
3. Yuusuke Tanaka JPN 14.450
4. Danell Leyva USA 14.300
5. Artiom Markelov RUS 13.900
6. Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 13.850
7. Kazuyoshi Koizumi JPN 13.700
8. Andreas Toba GER 13.450

* VAULT
1. Yuusuke Tanaka JPN 15.550
2. Philip Onorato USA 15.500
3. Kazuyoshi Koizumi JPN 15.400
3. Danell Leyva USA 15.400
5. Sebastian Krimmer GER 14.850
6. Samir Ait Said FRA 14.750
7. Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 14.650
8. Alexander Prystavka BLR 13.750

* PARALLEL BARS
1. Kazuyoshi Koizumi JPN 14.300
2. Bogdan Cotuna ROM 14.150
3. Danell Leyva USA 14.100
4. Sebastian Krimmer GER 14.050
5. Matthew Curtis AUS 14.000
6. Andreas Toba GER 13.100
7. Philip Onorato USA 12.750
8. Jayd Lukenchuk CAN 12.400

* HIGH BAR
1. Kazuyoshi Koizumi JPN 15.300
2. Danell Leyva USA 15.150
3. Yuusuke Tanaka JPN 14.500
4. Jayd Lukenchuk CAN 14.000
5. Alexander Prystavka BLR 13.800
6. Sebastian Krimmer GER 13.600
7. Matthew Curtis AUS 13.100
7. Andreas Toba GER 13.100

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Rebecca BROSS (USA),
... total triumph!

2007Japanese Junior International
 - Yokohama, Japan,  September 23-24 -

* WOMEN's RESULTS

* ALL-AROUND
1. Rebecca Bross USA 61.400
2. Aliya Mustafina RUS 59.800
3. Emma Dennis AUS 55.950
4. Chinami Ohtaki JPN 55.850
5. Charlotte Mackie CAN 55.800
6. Laura Jones GBR 55.500
7. Mai Yamagishi JPN 55.400
8. Gabriela Dragoi ROM 55.150
9. Anastasia Koval UKR 55.100
10. Brittany Rogers CAN 54.950
11. Amber Fulljames AUS 52.400
12. Maike Roll GER 51.450

Aliya MUSTAFINA (RUS),
- five times vice champion

* VAULT
1. Rebecca Bross USA 14.800
2. Aliya Mustafina RUS 14.750
3. Charlotte Mackie CAN 14.100
4. Laura Jones GBR 14.000
5. Chinami Ohtaki JPN 13.975
6. Gabriela Dragoi ROM 13.900
7. Emma Dennis AUS 13.800
8. Brittany Rogers CAN 13.650

* UNEVEN BARS
1. Rebecca Bross USA 15.425
2. Aliya Mustafina RUS 15.250
3. Anastasia Koval UKR 14.450
4. Chinami Ohtaki JPN 14.075
5. Laura Jones GBR 13.475
6. Mai Yamagishi JPN 13.100
7. Charlotte Mackie CAN 11.875
8. Gabriela Dragoi ROM 10.350

* BALANCE BEAM
1. Rebecca Bross USA 15.775
2. Aliya Mustafina RUS 15.450
3. Charlotte Mackie CAN 14.775
4. Mai Yamagishi JPN 14.525
5. Chinami Ohtaki JPN 14.125
6. Anastasia Koval UKR 13.875
7. Laura Jones GBR 12.900
8. Emma Dennis AUS 12.625

* FLOOR EXERCISES
1. Rebecca Bross USA 15.300
2. Aliya Mustafina RUS 14.100
3. Emma Dennis AUS 13.975
4. Gabriela Dragoi ROM 13.800
5. Charlotte Mackie CAN 13.775
6. Laura Jones GBR 13.750
7. Brittany Rogers CAN 13.625
8. Chinami Ohtaki JPN 12.825

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