Artistic Gymnastics

Paul Hamm Wins Sullivan Award

17. April 2005  
New York / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

Paul Hamm Wins Sullivan Award

Olympic Champion HAMM

Gymnast Paul Hamm finally won an easy one
No spectacular comeback was necessary. No court battles are foreseen. Olympic gold medallist Hamm received the 75th Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States last week.
. Hamm beat out previous winner Michael Phelps as well as Olympians Carly Patterson, Natalie Coughlin, Cael Sanderson, Andre Ward, Jeremy Wariner and Steven Lopez for the award, which Phelps won last year before going on to claim six gold medals and two bronzes at the Athens Olympics, matching the record for most medals at a single games. ...


In Athens 2004, Hamm came back from 12th place in the all-around with only two events left to become the only U.S. man to win the Olympic all-around. Two days later, gymnastics officials discovered that Yang Tae-Young of South Korea had been wrongly docked 1-10th of one point on his second-to-last routine, the parallel bars.
Yang asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to order international gymnastics officials to change the results and adjust the medal rankings accordingly, giving him the gold and Hamm the silver. But the CAS panel dismissed the appeal, leaving Hamm with the gold.
In the months since, hundreds of people told Hamm he was an inspiration. People told him they admired his perseverance and determination.
Hamm is only the second gymnast to win the Sullivan award.
Kurt Thomas won in 1979.

Voting on the USA Today Web site helped determine the winner. More than 500,000 people voted online. The award is named after Amateur Athletic Union founder James E. Sullivan, and has been presented annually since 1930.
Source: Canadian Press

Ross Brewer wins the International versus Australia

14. April 2005  
Brisbane / Australia  
Artistic Gymnastics

Ross Brewer wins the International versus Australia

Ross Brewer (GBR)

Twice British Champion and twice Commonwealth Games Team Gold medallist Ross Brewer, won the Individual all-around and the p.bars contest in the friendly International Australia versus Great Britain, at the Queensland Gymnastics Centre, Brisbane on April 9, 2005.

To this, in his debut Senior GB Team International, Adam Cox added a silver medal on high bar. For Oliver Kneen and Steven Jehu this too was their debut senior event in the land of ‘Oz’.

The rejuvenated team of the Australian hosts won the Team contest 158.500: 153.800.....
'Their Juniors, who have just stepped into the Senior level, have improved very much and I expect Australia to do very well at the World Championships in Melbourne in the end of the year and also at the Commonwealth Games in March 2006 ', said the British Head Coach Martin Reddin ' We only arrived in Australia three days before the competition and considering the long travel and the short time to acclimatise, our gymnast have done a good job'.
Australia won also the friendly International against Ukraine in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics, while in Rhythmic Gymnastics Malaysia dominated over the hostesses.
Source: baga website

International Romanian Championships

17. April 2005  
Ploesti / Romania  
Artistic Gymnastics

International Romanian Championships

Ioan SUCIU / Razvan SELARIU

Romanians Florica Leonida and Razvan Selariu won the all-around titles at the Romanian International, held this past weekend at the Olympic Sport Hall in Ploiesti.
Selariu defeated teammate Ioan Suciu in the men's all-around competition. France's Gaetan Dupont won the all-around bronze.
Leonida Florica won the women's all-around title over Russian junior Alyona Zmeu and China's Wang Tianjio....

Patrick Dominguez (SUI)

INTERNATIONAL ROMANIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ploesti, Romania 15.-17-Apr-2005

Results, All-around MEN
1. Razvan SELARU (ROM) 53,800
2. Ioan SUCIU (ROM) 53,625
3. Gaetan DUPONT (FRA) 52,400

4. Christian BERCZES (GER) 51,550
5. Anatoli WASILIEW (RUS) 51,450
6. Eugen SPIRIDONOW (GER) 50,950
7. Csaba HORVATH (HUN) 49,900
8. Javier CARBALLO (ESP) 49,400
9. Ricardo COSTA (ITA) 49,200
10. Jeppe VILLEKJAER (DEN) 48,000
10. Henrik KRAMMER (DEN) 48,000
12. Constantinos ARISTOTELOUS (GRE) 47,250
13. Slavi Stefanov BUL 47.200
14. Bayrum Coskun TUR 46.900
15. Isaac Botella ESP 46.850
- 25 gymnasts + 7 gymnasts hc, 20 nations)

EVENT FINALS
FLOOR EXERCISES
1. Patrick Dominguez SUI 9.062
2. Anatoly Vasilyev RUS 8.950
3. Marian Dragulescu ROM 8.925
4. Constantinos Aristotelous CYP 8.325
5. Razvan Selariu ROM 8.250
6. Jeppe Villerkjaer DEN 8.100
7. Gaetan Dupont FRA 8.075
8. Henrik Krammer DEN 7.725

POMMELHORSE
1. Marius Urzica ROM 9.800
2. Yan Mingyong CHN 9.150
3. Anatoly Vasilyev RUS 9.100
4. Ioan Suciu ROM 8.787
5. Christoph Schärer SUI 8.600
6. Eugen Spiridonov GER 8.525
7. Csaba Horvath HUN 8.300
8. Christian Berczes GER 7.625

STILL RINGS
1. Yan Minyong CHN 9.650
2. Razvan Selariu ROM 9.425
3. Alin Jivan ROM 9.125
4. Christian Berczes GER 9.050
5. George Georgiou CYP 8.850
6. Slavi Stefanov BUL 8.750
7. Javier Carballo ESP 8.650
8. Vasile Scuratcov MDA 8.275

VAULT
1. Marian Dragulescu ROM 9.367
2. Patrick Dominguez SUI 9.293
3. Gaetan Dupont FRA 9.106
4. Anatoly Vasilyev RUS 9.000
5. Bayram Coskun TUR 8.825
6. Panayiotis Aristotelous CYP 8.762
7. Alexander Batinkov BUL 8.550
8. Daniel Popescu ROM 8.025

PARALLEL BARS
1. Marius Urzica ROM 9.275
2. Gaetan Dupont FRA 9.112
3. Anatoly Vasilyev 9.012
4. Ricardo Costa ITA 8.850
5. Eugen Spiridonov GER 8.812
6. Christian Berczes GER 8.762
7. Csaba Horvath HUN 8.450
8. Dan Potra 7.875

HIGH BAR
1. Razvan Selariu ROM 9.200
2. Gaetan Dupont FRA 8.975
3. Alexander Batinkov BUL 8.925
4. Christoph Schärer SUI 8.550
5. Ricardo Costa ITA 7.825
6. Christian Berczes GER 7.775
7. Javier Carballo ESP 7.675
8. Ioan Suciu ROM 7.550
Results, All-around, WOMEN
1. Florica Leonida ROM 37.275
2. Alyona Zmeu RUS 36.200
3. Wang Tianjao CHN 34.250

4. Maria Rosso ITA 33.900
5. Chloe Henry BEL 33.650
6. Rose-Eliandre Belmarre FRA 33.500
7. Jennifer Lezeu CAN 33.300
8. Lara Marx LUX 33.050
9. Athena Stavrinaki-Panayi CYP 32.750
10. Elpida Michael CYP 32.500
11. Sara Classens BEL 31.950
12. Mariana Stankova BUL 31.850
13. Nesma El Sayed EGY 31.800
14. Maria Ioannou CYP 31.750
15. Nely Petrova BUL 31.375

EVENT FIINALS
VAULT
1. Lara Marx LUX 8.825
2. Ildiko Farkas HUN 8.750
3. Maria Ioannou CYP 8.693
4. Elpida Michael CYP 8.681
5. Sara Classens BEL 8.643
6. Chloe Henry BEL 8.550
7. Maria Rosso ITA 8.487
8. Hamdy Loes LUX 8.237

UNEVEN BARS
1. Florica Leonida ROM 9.350
2. Daniela Sofronie ROM 9.125
3. Rose-Eliandre Belmarre FRA 9.075
4. Chloe Henry BEL 8.550
5. Jennifer Lezeu CAN 8.350
6. Lara Marx LUX 8.287
7. Alyona Zmeu RUS 8.275
8. Maria Rosso ITA 7.650

BALANCE BEAM
1. Catalina Ponor ROM 9.725
2. Alyona Zmeu RUS 9.287
3. Florica Leonida ROM 9.225
4. Athena Stavrinaki-Panayi CYP 8.250
5. Chloe Henry BEL 8.225
6. Elpida Michael CYP 7.975
7. Maria Rosso ITA 7.800
8. Sara Classens BEL 7.700

FLOOR EXERCISES
1. Catalina Ponor ROM 9.700
2. Florica Leonida ROM 9.600
3. Rose-Eliandre Belmarre FRA 8.725
4. Chloe Henry BEL 8.575
5. Ildiko Farkas HUN 8.425
6. Mariana Stankova BUL 8.350
7. Lara Marx LUX 8.112
8. Alyona Zmeu RUS 7.550

OPEN LETTER of Stacy Maloney

11. April 2005  
Wiskonsin / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

OPEN LETTER of Stacy Maloney

Stacy Maloney (USA)

'Stretching Out: Code Catastrophe! '

With this headline the U.S gymnastics agency INTERNATIONAL GYMNAST publishes an open letter from U.S. coach Stacy Maloney - long time coach of Paul and Morgan Hamm - regarding the FIG's recently-proposed evaluation system.

With friendly permission by INTERNATIONAL GYMNAST, U.S.A. GYMmedia makes publicly known this 'open letter' in its 'GYMforum'.

French Victory at the International Junior Team Cup

09. April 2005  
Berlin / Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

French Victory at the International Junior Team Cup

Winner: The French Juniors!

The French National Junior Team was the winner of the 10th INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM CUP 2005 (former OBI-Team-Cup) in the German capital Berlin.
With a score of 153.200 they reached the victory with 6 tenth in front of team BERLIN I which was followed by a strong Greek team from Athens on rank 3 (152.250).
The best all-arounder in the age-group 17/18 (year of birth 87/88) was Hamilton Sabot (52.100) from France, followed by the German champion from Berlin Brian Gladow (51.550) and Max Finzel (50.550) from Chemnitz (GER).

In the age group of the 15/16- year-old boys Xenofon Kosmidis from Greece won the all-around followed by Vladimir Verbavitski (BLR) and Andreas Bretschneider (GER).

The all-around of the youngsters (14 years and younger) was won by Paolo Lando from the team of the Berlin' hosts with the score of 50.950...

Team results: BERLIN I (2nd) - France (1st) - Greece (3rd)
4th GER-Mix; 5th SUI; 6th BLR

International Junior Highlight in Berlin
The 10th International Junior Team cup (formerly named OBI-Team-Cup) has again been a very interesting junior event in men's gymnastics. The audience got to see some great performances from teams from all over the world and the gymnasts had the opportunity to compete in a nice atmoshpere in the venue 'Lilli-Henoch-Halle' in Berlin. br>
In the first competition group during the early afternoon the team from Greece presented itself strongly. The 4 boys from the Olympic city Athens, who are also the junior national team of their country, set high marks with the team score of 152.250. Overall they were the best team on pommel horse and vault and in the end reached rank 3.

A very convincing performance in the second competition group in the late afternoon was then presented by the team from France of which 3 gymnasts belong to the French junior national team. Their best gymnast Hamilton Sabot was especially strong on pommel horse (9.100, highest score of the day) and bars (9.000) and won the all-around of his age-group.
Compared to last year's event the French team as well as the teams from Switzerland and Greece presented a stronger content in their routines. This was also noted by the head coach of Germany's junior national team Jens Milbradt: 'We have to take care that we catch up with this, but overall I'm happy with the performance of our boys.'

Brian Gladow with a strong performance in Berlin

Brian Gladow from the host team of Berlin presented a strong competition which secured him the second place in the all-around of his age-group.
Also in the team ranking he reached the 2nd place with his team BERLIN I.
A positive impression was left by the Swiss team (rank 5) which gets stronger every year.

Maybe the overall level of performance of the 10th International Junior Team Cup was not as high as the one of last year’s OBI-Team-Cup due to short-notice withdrawals of teams like Great Britain and Ukraine but nonetheless this event in Berlin is one of the most important junior competitions in men’s gymnastics worldwide.

Paolo Lando - winner in the youngest age-group



A lot of cheers from the audience could be heard after the victory of Paolo Lando from Berlin in the all-around of the youngest age-group (14-years and younger). Jackson Payn from Canada followed him on rank 2.

The age-group of the 15/16-year old gymnasts was clearly dominated by Xenofon Kosmidis from Greece. With the score of 51.900 he in the end had 1.50 points more than the second-ranked Vladimir Verbavitski from Belarus. Andreas Brettschneider (team Germany mix) ended up on rank 3 (50.30).


10th INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM CUP
Berlin, April 9th 2005, venue Lilli-Henoch-Halle

RESULTS:
>> T E A M R E S U L T S

>> All-around, Age group 17/18 (juniors)

>> All-around, Age group 15/16

>> All-around, Age group 14 and younger

Invitation for a very interest Summer Camp...

08. April 2005  
Split / Croatia  
Artistic Gymnastics

Invitation for a very interest Summer Camp...

IQ GYM INTERNATIONAL 2005

HOLIDAY & TRAINING...!
What do you think about a special synthesis between holiday and training on a high level...?
The Croatian Olympic Academy, the 'Osijek' Gymnastics Club and 'Marijan' Split Gymnastics Club invite top gymnasts, their coaches and family members at a special 'Gymnastics Summer Camp' at the Adriatic Sea'.
>> ... read more about it

French National Champioships: Debauve and Cucherat

05. April 2005  
Metz / France  
Artistic Gymnastics

French National Champioships: Debauve and Cucherat

In Metz past weekend were held the French National Championships of artistic Gymnastics:
Olympians Marine Debauve and Yann Cucherat won the senior women's and men's all-around titles.
Debauve, who finished seventh all-around at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, scored 35.15 to place first.
Cucherat, who placed 16th all-around at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, took the men’s title (52.35) over Damien Millot (51.55).....

Severino (2) - Debauve (1)- Severino (3)

2005 French Championships of Artistic Gymnastics
<7>2005, April 2-3, Metz/ FRA

Senior Women's All-Around
1. Marine Debauve 35.150
2. Magaly Hars 34.100
3. Isabelle Severino 33.725
4. Caroline Ranc 33.525
5. Maud Collas 33.425
6. Katheleen Lindor 33.25
-- Mirabella Akhunu UKR 34.450 (exhibition)

Women's Vault
1. Magaly Hars 8.900
2. Julie Martinez 8.838
3. Lindsay Lindor 8.775
4. Jenny Kohler 8.588
5. Maud Collas 8.550
6. Mélanie Robert 8.413

Uneven Bars
1. Caroline Ranc 9.000
2. Rose Elia Bellemare 8.850
3. Marine Debauve 8.800
4. Isabelle Severino 8.700
5. Jenny Kohler 8.550
6. Lindsay Lindor 8.225

Balance Beam
1. Marine Debauve 9.250
2. Magaly Hars 7.725
3. Maud Collas 7.675
4. Julie Martinez 7.450
5. Emilie Schutt 7.225
6. Alix Gabry 6.950

Women's Floor Exercise
1. Katheleen Lindor 8.400
2. Caroline Ranc 8.225
3. Maud Collas 7.975
4. Emilie Schutt 7.925
5. Rose Elia Bellemare 7.850
6. Magaly Hars 7.650

Millot (2)- Cucherat (1)- Wignanitz (3)

Senior Men's All-Around
1. Yann Cucherat 52.350 2. Damien Millot 51.550 3. Raphael Wignanitz 51.425 4. Dmitry Karbanenko 51.150 5. Gaetan Dupont 50.65 6. Arnaud Willig 50.40 (Defending senior men’s all-around champion, Benoit Caranobe, did not compete. )

Men's Floor Exercise
1. Dmitry Karbanenko 9.125
2. Thomas Bouhail 9.050
3. Dimitri Petrowski 8.900
4. Mathieu Peyrot 8.300
5. Gaetan Dupont 8.250
6. Raphaël Wignanitz 7.950

Pommel Horse
1. Eric Casimir 9.175
2. Yann Cucherat 9.050
3. Hamilton Sabot 8.400
4. Damien Millot 8.150
5. Julien Weissgerber 7.600
6. Gaetan Dupont 6.850

Still Rings
1. Damien Millot 9.100
2. Samir Ait Said 8.900
3. Danny Rodrigues 8.875
4. Arnaud Willig 8.650
5. Gaël Jouan 7.800
6. Julien Fazio 7.450

Men's Vault
1. Lorenzo Cotaya 9.263
2. Thomas Bouhail 9.250
3. Dmitry Karbanenko 9.088
4. Alexis Wrobel 8.950
5. Raphaël Wignanitz 8.725
6. Gaetan Dupont 8.175
Parallel Bars
1. Yann Cucherat 9.050
2. Danny Rodrigues 8.600
3. Johan Mounard 8.100
4. Eric Casimir 7.800
5. Gaetan Dupont 7.250
6. Thomas Bouhail 6.900
High Bar
1. Damien Millot 9.075
2. Johan Mounard 9.075
3. Hamilton Sabot 8.875
4. Arnaud Willig 8.775
5. Raphaël Wignanitz 7.800
6. Eric Casimir 7.400

Interview with a former Belorussian Coach....

06. April 2005  
Briabaine, Queensland/Australia  
Artistic Gymnastics

Interview with a former Belorussian Coach....

Sergei CHINKAR (AUS)

2005, on April 8 - 10, will held the Queensland Men's and Women's Artistic Championships, as well as the International Challenge where the Australian Men's Artistic Team, consisting of Joshua Jefferies, Thomas Pilcher, Sam Simpson and Damian Istria, will battle Great Britain.
In this connection GYMmedia found an interesting article, a topical interview with the former Byelorussian coach of Vitali SHERBO, who lives from 1994 on in Brisbane, Australia
<< SERGEI CHINKAR

Steve Penny Named President/CEO of USA Gymnastics

05. April 2005  
Indianapolis / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

Steve Penny Named President/CEO of USA Gymnastics

Steve PENNY (USA)

usa-gymnastics: --- Steve Penny has been named President/CEO of USA Gymnastics in a vote by the USA Gymnastics Board of Directors. Penny, who joined USA Gymnastics as Sr. Vice President in 1999, begins his new role this week, replacing Bob Colarossi, who resigned earlier this year.
In his role as Senior Vice President, Penny oversaw all marketing, event operations and communications for USA Gymnastics. His responsibilities included the management of the 2003 World Championships, USA Gymnastics' partnership with NBC Sports, and sponsorships with Visa, adidas, T.J. Maxx, and others.


'It's been my honor to serve USA Gymnastics over the past six years and support some of the finest athletes in the world,' Penny said.
'USA Gymnastics has made significant progress in many areas and I intend to build upon this momentum in all of our disciplines as we head into the next quadrennium. We have an outstanding group of athletes, coaches, staff, volunteers, and sponsors who are dedicated to success.'
'We look forward to the continuity Steve Penny provides in the management of our business affairs, particularly with our sponsors and other partners,' said USA Gymnastics Chairman Ron Froehlich.
'Steve carries an excellent reputation within the Olympic movement and his wide range of experience, coupled with his understanding of USA Gymnastics, provides a solid foundation for his role as CEO.'
source: usa-gymnastics

Dual Meet: Great Britain vs USA

03. April 2005  
Lilleshall / Great Britain  
Artistic Gymnastics

Dual Meet: Great Britain vs USA

Nastasia Liukin (USA)

For the first time since the Olympic Games in Athens, USA Gymnastics flew their Women’s Team over to Europe, for Training camps and friendly Controls first in Britain and then in Switzerland.
On Saturday, April 2 the guests won a dual meet against Great Britain with a score of 152.700 : 144.480 points.
Nastasia Liukin was the best gymnast in all-around with 38.550 points, followed by Beth Tweddle (37.550) and by Jana Bieger (USA; 37,530)....
Dual Meet: Great Britain vs. U S A
2005, April 2, Lilleshall, England

Team Results
1. USA.152.700
2. Great Britain 144.480

Individual All-Around
1. Nastia Liukin USA 38.550
2. Beth Tweddle GBR 37.550
3. Jana Bieger USA 37.530
4. Melanie Sinclair USA 37.380
5. Samantha Bayley GBR 36.150
6. Imogen Cairns GBR 32.810
7. Alicia Sacramone USA 28.780
8. Ashley Priess USA 28.050
9. Chellsie Memmel USA 27.900
10. Melanie Roberts GBR 26.900
11. Cherrelle Fennell GBR 25.750
12. Rhian Pugh GBR 17.780

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