Artistic Gymnastics

3rd CHALLENGE CUP at the Topsporthal Vlanderen

03. September 2011  
Ghent, Belgien  
Artistic Gymnastics

3rd CHALLENGE CUP at the Topsporthal Vlanderen

The 3rd  2011 Challenger took place  from 3 to 4 September in the “Topsporthal Vlaanderen” in Ghent - venue of the 2001 World Championships with the premiere of the new vaulting table "Pegases" ...
This was a World Cup of artistic gymnastics for men and women, organized by the Flemish Gymnastics Federation.
For this World Cup race of the FIG (International Gymnastics Federation) have already signed up 39 countries. 145 gymnasts are expected with 56 women and 99 men.
It was the third of six Challenge Cups 2001: After Cottbus and Doha in spring will follow at this autumn Maribor (SLO), Osiejek (CRO) and Ostrava (CZE).
<< The Chinese Olympic Champion ZOU Kai won the high bar with the world's best difficulty score of 7.7 ...!!


* MEN's FINALS
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* FLOOR EXERCISES
1 Diego Hypólito              (BRA)  - 15.950
2 Zou Kai                          (CHN)  - 15.750
3 Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE)  - 15.400


4 Alexander Shatilov 15.350
5 Andrey Cherkasov 14.975
6 Rok Klavora 14.375
7 Fabian González 13.725
8 Jimmy Verbaeys 13.575

* POMMEL HORSE
1 Zhang Hongtao (CHN)  - 15.725
2 Krisztian Berki  (HUN)  - 15.350
3 Sergio Muñoz    (ESP)  - 14.700

4 Daulet Narmetov 14.425
5 Donna Donny Truyens 14.275
6 Dimitry Stolyarov 13.975
7 Daniel Corral 13.750
8 Saso Bertoncelj 13.425

* STILL RINGS
1 Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)  - 15,900
2 Luo, Xuan  (CHN)  - 15,750
3 Yuri van Gelder (NED)  - 15,675

4 Artur Zanetti (BRA)  - 15,475
5 Ali Al Asi  (JOR)  - 15,325
6 Ivan San Miguel  (ESP)  - 15,075
7 Liao, Qiuhua  (CHN)  - 15,000
8 Federico Molinari  (ARG)  - 14,850

* VAULT
1 Igor Radivilov              (RUS)  - 16.162
2 Anton Golotsutskov (RUS)  -  16.150
3 Diego Hypólito            (BRA)  - 16.075

4 Jeffrey Wammes 15.900
5 Tomi Tuuha 15.887
6 Isaac Botella 15.662
7 Oleksandr Yakubovskiy 15.475
8 Petrus Laulumaa 14.500

* PARALLEL BAR
1 Wang Guanyin           (CHN)  - 16.150
2 Mitja Petkovsek        (SLO)  - 15.775
3 Vasileios Tsolakidis (GRE)  - 15.725
3 Anton Fokin                 (UZB)  - 15.725

5 Adam Kierzkowski 15.250
6 Oleg Stepko 15.225
7 Roman Kulesza 14.850
8 Manuel Campos 14.025

*  HIGH BAR
1 Zou Kai                   (CHN)  - 16.300
2 Nicolas Cordoba (ARG)  - 15.425
3 Sergio Muñoz        (ESP)  -14.750

4 Giuhua Liao 14.700
4 Marco Baldauf 14.700
6 Fabian Leimlehner 14.600
7 Fabian Gonzalez 13.600
8 Jayden Bull 12.475
   >> Detailed Results, all
SCHEDULE / Program:
* Saturday, September 3, 2011
09.30-21.30: Qualifications

* Sunday, September 4, 2011
13.30 - 17.00 - FINALS
17.35: Medal ceremony

Philipp Boy and Elisabeth Seitz - best gymnasts at German Nationals

28. August 2011  
Goeppingen, Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

Philipp Boy and Elisabeth Seitz - best gymnasts at German Nationals

Elisabeth Seitz (Mannheim) and Philipp Boy (Cottbus) won the all-around titles Saturday at the German championships in Göppingen and on Sunday each two titles at the apparatus and so they were the most successful gymnasts of the 2011 German Nationals.
BOY — runner-up at the 2010 Worlds and champion at this year's Europeans — topped defending champion Marcel Nguyen by nearly 2 points, 89.850-87.950. Russian-German veteran Eugen (Yevgeny) Spiridonov was third with 85.350.
SEITZ topped 2008 Olympian Kim Bui, 55.800-55.550, with Nadine Jarosch taking the bronze (54.850).
* more details at >> www.gymmedia.de  (men's competition)
   ... and >>
www.gymmedia.de (women's competition)

26th UNIVERSIADE: Artistic Gymnastics Events

16. August 2011  
Shenzhen, China  
Artistic Gymnastics

26th UNIVERSIADE: Artistic Gymnastics Events

The Japanese women jumped from behind to take the gold medal Saturday at the 2011 26th University Games in Shenzhen, China. The Japanese squad of Yuma Imanishi, Yu Minobe, Keiko Mukumoto, Kyoko Oshima and Mai Yamagishi outscored Ukraine, 165.200-164.600. Russia won the bronze (162.150), while defending champion China fielded two individual gymnasts only.
One of them - XIAO, Kangjun -  won the all-around final.

On Sunday the Japanese men joined their female compatriots as team champions, outscored the host Chinese, 269.200 to 265.650.
Romania won the bronze, 1 point behind China, and best of all-around final was the European bronze medalist of Berlin, the Ukrainian Mykola KUKSENKOV ...

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Teams Competitions

* Monday, August 15
Women's all-around final
1. XIAO, Kangjun                 (CHN)  - 56,700
2. YAMAGISHI, Mai   (JPN)  - 56,100
3. POLYAN, Alena           (RUS)  - 55,350
   > Detailed Results

Men's All-around Final:
1. KUKSENKOV, Mykola  (UKR)  - 89,050
2. YAMAMOTO, Shoichi  (JPN)  - 88,900
3. GAFUIK, Nathan  (CAN)  - 88,350
  > Detailed Results

Apparatus Finals

APP. FINALS - Women

* V A U L T
1. JO, Hyunjoo                 (KOR)  - 14,087
2. MYZDRIKOVA, Anna (RUS)  -  13,800
3. POLYAN, Alena           (RUS)  - 13,650
    > V a u l t

* UNEVEN Bars
1. MINOBE, Yu         (JPN)  - 14,475
2. YAMAGISHI, Mai  (JPN)  - 14,250
3. KYSLA, Angelina (UKR)  - 13,850
    > Uneven bars

* BALANCE Beam
1. MINOBE, Yu           (JPN)  - 14,475
2. GUAN, Wenli         (CHN)  - 14,000
3. YAMAGISHI, Mai   (JPN)  - 13,825
     > Balance beam

* FLOOR Exercises
1. POLYAN, Alena  (RUS)  - 14,325
2. MUKUMOTO,       (JPN)  - 13,725
3. XIAO, Kangjun    (CHN)  - 13,475
    > Floor exerc.

2011 ISHPES Congress

05. August 2011  
Frankfurt, Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

2011 ISHPES Congress

The "International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport" (ISHPES) arranges its 2011 ISHPES Congress in Frankfurt on the Main, Germany, from August 8-12, 2011.
The Congress will be organized by Gertrud Pfister and Annette Hofmann together with the Deutsche Turner-Bund (DTB)...:

Berlin, Hasenheide, 1811

ISHPES - the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport - is the umbrella organisation for sports historians all over the world.
ISHPES came into being in 1989 through the merging of ICOSH and HISPA.
ICOSH (the International Committee for the History of Physical Education and Sport) was founded as early as 1967 in Prague.


HISPA
(the International Association for the History of Physical Education and Sport) was founded in 1973 in Zurich. ISHPES is affiliated with the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) and cooperates with other international sports science and physical education organisations.
* ISHPES promotes research and teaching in the area of physical education and sport. Its purpose is to facilitate and to improve communications and cooperation betweeen sport history associations at the national and regional levels, as well as between scholars.
* ISHPES organizes international congresses and seminars and provides information on sports history projects, publications, and events through the ISHPES Bulletin.
`*source: ISHPES website

One Year to go: Games of the XXX. OLYMPIAD London 2012

27. Juli 2011  
London, Großbritannien  
Artistic Gymnastics

One Year to go: Games of the XXX. OLYMPIAD London 2012

* f i g --: Today, July 27, marks the one year to go count down to the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London (GBR).
Traditionally figuring among the top sports on the Olympic Programme in terms of attendance and number of TV spectators, Gymnastics is still the cream of the crop when it comes to the Olympics. With Gymnastics events having sold out quickly during the run on Olympic tickets, fans will experience gymnastic action and an Olympic atmosphere in packed venues next year in London.
*** read more about >> Qualification process an more ...
 (Source:  fig-website)

11. EYOF 2011: Final day: Three Golds for Romania. two golden medals for the Brits

29. Juli 2011  
Trabzon, Turkey  
Artistic Gymnastics

11. EYOF 2011: Final day: Three Golds for Romania. two golden medals for the Brits

Best gymnast after the final day of the artistic gymnastics competiions of the 11th European Youth Olympic Festival 2011 in Trabzon, Turkey, was all-around winner Larissa IORDACHE from Romania, who won the gold medals at beam and floor ...

On boy's side all-around winnner Courtney TULLOCH was the best on still rings and his teammate Frank BAINES was the best on parallel bars

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* FINALS - BOYS:
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* F L O O R  E X E R C I S E S
1. RADEANU, Daniel  (ROU)  - 14,125
2. BAINES, Frank        (GBR)  - 14,050
3. LAGUTOV, Andrei  (RUS)  - 13,900
 > Detailed Results

* P O M M E L   H O R S E
1. MIKHALITSYN, Vasili (BLR)  - 13,900
2. STEPANOV, Sergei    (RUS)  - 13,725
3. GENTGES, Maxime     (BEL)  - 13,275
 > Detailed Results

1. TULLOCH, Courtney  (GBR)  - 14,350
2. MICHOLET, Stephen (FRA)  - 14,200
3. COLAK, Ibrahim (TUR)  - 14,150
 >
Detailed Results

* V A U L T
1. PEREZ MARCHANT, Julian (ESP)  - 14,738
2. WALTER, Marco                    (SUI)  - 14,625
3. BAUMANN, Christian            (SUI)  - 14,588
 > Detailed Results

* P A R A L L E L  B A R S
1. BAINES, Frank  (GBR)  - 14,100
2. GROZA, Andrei  (ROU)  - 13,950
3. MIKHALITSYN, Vasile  (BLR)  - 13,925

4. ZYRIANOV, Grigorii (RUS)  - 13,875
5. YUSOF, Eddy  (SUI)  - 13,700
6. WALTER, Marco  (SUI)  - 13,450
7. TULLOCH, Courtney (GBR)  - 13,225
8. WEINERT, Daniel (GER)  - 13,025
 > Detailed Results

* H I G H   B A R
1. BAUMANN, Christian (SUI)  - 13,800
2. TVOROGAL, Robert (LTU)  - 13,525
3. KOSZTA, Karl            (NED)  - 13,175

4. ARNON, Tom  (ISR)  - 13,075
5. YUSOF, Eddy (SUI)  - 12,900
6. SCHLOTTERER, Lukas (GER)  - 12,775
 > Detailed Results

11. EYOF 2011: All-around Gold for Larissa Iordache (ROU) and Courtney Tulloch (GBR)

28. Juli 2011  
Trabzon, Turkey  
Artistic Gymnastics

11. EYOF 2011: All-around Gold for Larissa Iordache (ROU) and Courtney Tulloch (GBR)

After the preliminaries but also after the all-around final of the 11th European Youth Olympic Festival in Trabzon (TUR)  - best of all was the 16-years old British Courtney TULLOCH.
He won the gold medal in front of the young Romanian Daniel RADEANU and the Byelorussian Vasili MICHALITSYN.
Only 0,05 points behind him the Swiss Christian BAUMANN came on fourth place, followed by the two Russians Grigori Zyprianov and Andrei Lagutov.

In the second decision Romania's Larissa IORDACHE was the best again and won gold with a score of 57,550 and a clearly difference to the both Italians Erika FASANA and Elisa MENGHINA, winning the silver and the Bronze medals.

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GIRL's All-around Final 
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1. IORDACHE, Larissa (ROU)  - 57,550

2. FASANA, Erika           (ITA)  - 55,450

3. MENEGHINI, Elisa    (ITA)  - 54,800

4. SHELGUNOVA, Evgenia (RUS)  - 54,750
5. RODIONOVA, Anna            RUS)  - 53,850
6. KUHM, Anne                        (FRA)  - 53,750

 >> Detailed Results

11. EYOF 2011: Team Gold for Russian Boys and Italian Girls

27. Juli 2011  
Trabzon, Turkey  
Artistic Gymnastics

11. EYOF 2011: Team Gold for Russian Boys and Italian Girls

At the 11th European Olympic Youth Festival in Trabzon, Turkey,  the Russian boy's and the Italian girl's team won the team competition.

The young Russians successfully defended their team title in front of the Brits and the Swiss team.

On girl's side Italian trio won gold in front of Romania and the German team, while titleholder Russia came on fourth place only, without their best Grishina and Sidorova.
* ... read more on our German GYMmedia platform
>>
Boy's teams  (Tuesday)   >> Girl's teams (Wednesday)

130th Anniversary of the F.I.G.

23. Juli 2011  
Antwerpen, Belgien  
Artistic Gymnastics

130th Anniversary of the F.I.G.

* f i g --: Precisely 130 years ago on July 23, 1881, a convention was signed in Antwerp (BEL) establishing the European Gymnastics Union, today known as the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). The founding charter of the FIG was signed by representatives from Belgium, France and Holland; but it was Nicolas J. Cupérus of Belgium who was the association’s architect and original president.
To commemorate the event, the Royal Belgian Gymnastics Federation decorated the Cupérus monument with floral arrangements, a sculpture which was inaugurated on August 16, 1930 and which still stands in Antwerp’s Nachtegalenpark.

Representatives of the Royal Belgian Gymnastics Federation in front of the Cupérus monument

11. EYOF - European Youth Olympic Festival*PREVIEW: The Top Summer Highlight for the best European Talents

24. Juli 2011  
Trabzon, Turkey  
Artistic Gymnastics

11. EYOF - European Youth Olympic Festival*PREVIEW: The Top Summer Highlight for the best European Talents

Between the 24th and the 29th of July, the Yomra Gymnastics Hall in Trabzon, Turkey, will host the 11th edition of the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival.

More than 170 gymnasts of 38 European different countries will have a chance to experience their first competition under the Olympic spirit.


* The Dutch co. Janssen-Fritsen 
 
 supports the daily coverages from Trabzon ...:

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* EYOF TIMETABLE
  • Sunday, 24th : MAG Official podium training
  • Monday, 25th : WAG Official podium training

  • Tuesday, 26th : Boy's qualification (all-around & appa. finals) + team final
  • Wednesday, 27th : Girl´s qualification (all-around & appa. finals) + team final
  • Thursday, 28thBoys' & Girls'  All-around final
  • Friday, 29th : Boys' & Girls' Apparatus finals

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