Artistic Gymnastics

Wednesday: Women s Qualification

06. April 2011  
Berlin, Deutschland  
Artistic Gymnastics

Wednesday: Women s Qualification

On the first day of the 32nd Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships the four qualifying rotations were held. At the end the leader was, as expected and fully deserved to the current all around World champion, Aliya Mustafina with 59,750 and a comfortable advantage on the lead of the all around competition. After her placed another member of the golden team from Russia, Anna Dementieva (56,900), just ahead of the Romanian Maria Chelaru (56,350). The German all around champion, Elisabeth Seitz finished at a remarkable fourth place, while the debutant Nadine Jarosch got the thirtieth place among the 84 participants ...
* For GYMmedia reports as observer beside the podium, the expert coach Dieter Hofmann

32nd Women's European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics
- Qualification (Competition I) - April 6th -
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For the very first time the organization of the UEG offers the use of the so called "CIS Information system" of Swiss Timing, with which it's possible to follow the results of the event live. With it you get the same service that the one offered in the CIS monitors in the press tribune:
>> http://swt-cis-srv-011.st-innovation.com/CisWebApp/GY.html

Startlists and resultats can be found in im pdf-format at
>> LONGINES-Service Site 
Apart of it, the competition development can be followed through the DTB-Liveticker.

* ... all our gym video clips are available at the
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1st ROTATION (from10.30h)
> Startlist
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The first rotation of the day was dominated by the performance of the two Russian gymnasts, Anna Dementieva (56,900) and Julia Bielokobilskaya (55,550), who scored a difference of 2 points from the rest of the competitors, and kept the lead until the end of the second group. The 17 years old world champion and third placed in the balance beam in Rotterdam Dementieva was brilliant showing the aesthetic parameters of the Russian school of gymnastics, causing sensation with a Tsukahara piked in the first diagonal (... with a little step mistake ...) and with cartwheels, flick flack, and temposalto with triple twist! A young girl which comes after the steps of the all around world champion Mustafina.
Kim Bui, German all around champion in 2009, took part at an event for the very first time after her injury and the WC London 2009, showing a solid performance at the uneven bars - in spite of a little extra swing - despite she could reach the the final!
** GYMmedia TV, Exclusive: Kim Bui is back!


15 year old Nadine Jarosch (GER) made her championships debut, failed at the balance beam, but was able to overcome it with a strong floor performance. It's good that she already gets here in the EC a chance to mature, and her successive development should follow as soon as possible in a systematic way.
** GYMmedia Exclusive -Video: The new face!


The debutant spoke of her coach, Michael Gruhl - a Saxon from riesa that worked already in Austria and now at the TV Detmold 1860. This is how he sees his pupil:
** GYMmedia TV- Exclusive:  Michael Gruhl


In the first rotation competetd the two Swiss gymnasts Jessica Diacci Linda Staempfli, that we intervieded after their performances
* GYMmedia Exclusive --:


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2nd ROTATION  
> Startlist
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The second rotation was the weakest.
Even the experienced French Marine Petit could not convince and had mistakes on balance beam and a poor result for the floor exercise, getting only 13,200 points.
The Greeks had a remarkable performance, with their long time leading gymnast Vasiliki Millousi, who placed third right after the two Russian girls (53,925), followed by a new Italian face, Chiara Gandolfi (53,375) and the up to that moment best British gymnast, Danusia Francis (53,250)
Also in the Spanish team, with their young girls Beatriz Cuesta and Claudia Vila Barnes and experienced direction in the background could be noticed, as the "gymnastics father" Jesus Carballo is again the coach of the team, while his son, and ex-world champion in high bar, Jesus junior leads the Federation as its new President .

   >> Results after 2nd rotation
3rd ROTATION
 > Startliste
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This was by far the strongest rotation of the day!
The German gymnasts showed a great performance in vault, with Elisabeth Seitz (Yurchenko- 2/1- turns and salto piked, 1/2-turn = 14,675) and the jump specialist Oksana Chusovitina, who didn't reach the optimal point of support in her handspring with stretched jump with whole turn and had to correct the excessive broad axis turn with some little steps...
Anyhow, both of them entered the finals just after the final leader Sandra Izbasa (ROM) and Aliya Mustafina (RUS) in the third and fourth position as in the fourth rotation only the Swiss Kaeslin and the British Tweddle represented a menace for them.
The Romanian Sandra Izbasa had a nice beginning in the balance beam, with only some little trembling after the 1/1-turn and got 14,100. The all around world champion Aliya Mustafina started with success at the floor exercise with a twist tucked jump, a 2 1/2 twist in the second diagonal, then a Tsukahara tucked and finally a triple twist, while on the opposite, the ex-world champion 2006, Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) seemed to have past her best moment and got only 13,475, missing the floor final!
The Russian Nabiyeva however made it into vault final, as her teammate Mustafina (got the best score in the day for her Yurchenko 2/1: 14,750), but she had to wait the decision of the jury about her Nemov jump. Was it "only" piked or stretched...? In the WC Rotterdam the decision was against her, but today the Russian protest was successful and the jump was scored as stretched: second place after Izbasa, and before Seitz and Chusovitina.
In the floor exercise, the Olympic champion Izbasa got to perform an exact triple twist (- just the contrary as happened in the WC 2010) and got the highest score ahead of her teammate Selariu (14,400).
The balance beam was again the weakest apparatus for the German team. Neither Seitz (13th position) neither Chusovitina (12th position) could show a flawless routine ...
The Russian gymnastic's school shined again in the uneven bars: - with a very dynamic Nabiyeva, who, for example, performed a giant swing just after the Tsukahara (13,375); Mustafina did it even more difficult: also giant swing and afterward a Tsukahara tucked with 1 1/2 twist - which could even be considered as a new final element ...(?!)
Elisabeth Seitz in her final apparatus, the uneven bars. She has grown more athletic, which makes her less elegant as she was in the past year's WC, but with a very difficult "Def" element, getting the third place and the chance of a medal on Saturday, even knowing that Elizabeth Tweddle would come in the last rotation...!
We have to remark the development of the Belgian girls, which are trained since some time ago by the French coach Eyves Kieffer, while the young French girls, on the other hand, disappointed with their performances...!
>> Results after group 3
4. DURCHGANG 
> Startlist
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In the fourth and last group, the most relevant gymnasts were the Swiss Ariella Kaeslin and the British Elisabeth Tweddle: The first started with a strong performance on vault, her favorite apparatus: 1. her handspring with Salto stretched with 1 1/2 turns got the highest score: 14,775, tied with Izbasa: 2. Yurchenko with finally only 1/1-turn (13,625) and 14,200 - that will be not enough in the fight for medals in the final on Saturday...!
Her teammte Giulia Steingruber showed a surprising performance: 1- she got the best score of the day 15,475 for her handspring with Salto streteched and got to enter as the 2nd Swiss in the vault final beside Kaeslin!!
Beth Tweddle (GBR) had to make her backswing in the uneven bars with an extreme back tension and had to correct the position, which she did but at the cost of a 0,5 penalty. However, she could go on and showed her experience, entering the final in the second position with a score of 15,500. The fight in the final against the technically strong Russians promises to be amazing!
From the German point of view, the 4th place of the German champìon Elisabeth Seitz is remarkable. She also reached, together with Kim Bui the uneven bars final- and with Oksana Chusovitina the vault final.

> Qualified gymnasts all-around
    > Qualified gymnasts apparatus finals

* ForGYMmedia from Berlin: Dieter Hofmann 
   GYMmedia TV: Gianna Schellenberg / Eckhard Herholz
   >> Final results women, all-around qualification
* Qualication, All-around women
1. 
Aliya Mustafina
(RUS)
59.750
2. 
Anna Dementieva
(RUS)
56.900
3. 
Diana Maria Chelaru
(ROU)
56.350
4. 
Elisabeth Seitz
(GER)
55.850
5. 
Julie Croket
(BEL)
55.625
6. 
Yulia Belokobylskaya
(RUS)
55.550
7. 
Carlotta Ferlito
(ITA)
55.375
8. 
Vanessa Ferrari
(ITA)
55.225
9. 
Arielle Kaeslin
(SUI)
55.200
10. 
Giulia Steingruber
(SUI)
54.875
11. 
Celine Van Gerner
(NED)
54.675
12. 
Hannah Whelan
(GBR)
54.400
13. 
Aagje Vanwalleghem
(BEL)
54.175
14. 
Vasiliki Millousi
(GRE)
53.925
15. 
Marta Pihan-Kulesza
(POL)
53.700
16. 
Chiara Gandolfi
(ITA)
53.375
17. 
Danusia Francis
(GBR)
53.250
18. 
Jonna Adlerteg
(SWE)
53.175
19. 
Elisabetta Preziosa
(ITA)
52.825
20. 
Marine Brevet
(FRA)
52.725
21. 
Jennifer Pinches
(GBR)
52.700
22. 
Veronica Wagner
(SWE)
52.675
23. 
Dorina Boczogo
(HUN)
52.550
24. 
Jana Sikulova
(CZE)
52.475
25. 
Stefanie Bismpikou
(GRE)
52.225
26. 
Elena Racea
(ROU)
52.000
27. 
Yvette Moshage
(NED)
51.925
28. 
Valeriia Maksiuta
(ISR)
51.700
29. 
Gabriela Janik
(POL)
51.675
30. 
Nadine Jarosch
(GER)
51.600
31. 
Tunde Csillag
(HUN)
51.500
32. 
Jessica Diacci
(SUI)
51.275
33. 
Claudia Menendez Gonzales
(ESP)
51.000
34. 
Elisa Haemmerle
(AUT)
50.775
35. 
Elisavet Tsakou
(GRE)
50.675
36. 
Volha Makhautsova
(BLR)
50.650
37. 
Barbara Gasser
(AUT)
50.500
  
Alina Fomenko
(UKR)
50.500
38. 
Linda Staempfli
(SUI)
50.475
39. 
Beatriz Cuesta
(ESP)
50.300
40. 
Paschalina Mitrakou
(GRE)
49.775
41. 
Annika Urvikko
(FIN)
49.500
42. 
Clara Della Vedova
(FRA)
48.900
43. 
Claudia Vila Barnes
(ESP)
48.150
44. 
Monika Frandofert
(POL)
47.550
45. 
Thelma Hermannsdottir
(ISL)
46.900
46. 
Alexandra Choon
(POR)
46.650
47. 
Michelle Lauritsen
(DEN)
45.775
48. 
Ralitsa Mileva
(BUL)
45.675
49. 
Dominiqua Belanyi
(ISL)
45.375
50. 
Embla Johannesdottir
(ISL)
45.050
51. 
Ozlem Ozkan
(TUR)
44.975
52. 
Johanna Jonasdottir
(ISL)
44.750
53. 
Charlotte MCKenna
(IRL)
44.550
54. 
Karoline Sondov
"International JUNIOR TEAM CUP 2011" was a competition on a very high level!
Once again a strong field of 27 teams of male gymnasts from 14 to 18 years fighted for the team Cup. After leading after 4 rotations by the Swiss team the British boys were the best at the end and scored 246,750 points.
On second came Switzerland with 244,100, followed by a strong team from Brasil on third with 243,850 points. Best of Juniors was the Japanese Hiroki Hoshijima, Courtney Tulloch won the youth age group (15/16 years) and his British teammate Brinn Bevan was the best at the youngest age group (14 years and younger ...
<< Special guest Gianfranco MARZOLLA, President of the UEG Technical Committee congratulated the best teams...
** VIDEO IMPRESSIONS (GYMmedia TV):
- from the 16th International Juniore Team Cup in Berlin
* 2011, April 2:

* ... more details, results, photos, report on our German GYMmedia portal on
>> www.gymmedia.de

* GYMfamily Event2011 European Championships: Russia, Roumania and Germany the Top Three in Europe

10. April 2011  
Berlin, Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

* GYMfamily Event2011 European Championships: Russia, Roumania and Germany the Top Three in Europe

* All-around: Friday, April 08
* Finals: April 09 - 10

European Championships of artistic gymnastics started 56 years ago in Frankfurt / Main in the year of 1955.
After Leipzig 1961 (women) and the men's events of Essen (1979) and Bremen (2000) now the 33rd Men's and the 32nd Womens Europeans will held at the fifth time in Germany, but to the first time in the German capital.
Berlin is the city with the most international champions of gymnastics history, from GDR times on, up to now...
About 250 athletes, representing 39 nations, among of them 95 women (32 different countries) will fight for the all-around crown and the individual titles on the apparatus.
From April 06 to 10 the wellknown company  "SPIETH Gymnastic" (Esslingen, Germany) offers best apparatus conditions on the podium in the Max-Schmeling Hall, were also the last German Nationals took place as a dress rehersal for these Europeans.
* TODAY:  Final Day of the 2011 Europeans
SPIETH supported also the daily Champion News on the special >> GYMmedia-EM-WEBSITE
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2nd FIG Challenge Cup in Doha

01. April 2011  
Doha, Qatar  
Artistic Gymnastics

2nd FIG Challenge Cup in Doha

After the first Challenge Cup two weeks ago in Cottbus, Germany now the second event  will held in Doha, Qatar from Thursday, March 30 to April 1.
At the Aspire Dome of Doha some top stars are in the roster, like Hypolito, a veteran of three Olympic Games, and Kai, the Beijing Games star in floor and horizontal bar competitions, will join 165 gymnasts from 24 countries in a list that also includes hosts Qatar. The Qatar Gymnastics Federation has also fielded a team of five gymnasts. From this year, the former FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cups of the category B has been re-branded as ‘FIG Challenge Cup’ and represent an open series. This year, all FIG Challenge Cups are listed to stage Individual Apparatus Finals with overall prize money amounting to $ 55,000. ..


2nd CHALLENGE CUP 2011
 - Doha, Katar - Aspire Dome -
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- MEN's FINALS * March 31 / April 01)
* Floor Exercises
1. Kai Zou                           (CHN)  15,25 (AW 6,6)
2. Sergio Sasaki Junior (BRA) 14,55 (AW 6,2)
3. Quihua Liao                  (CHN) 14,525 (AW 6,1)

* Pommel horse 
1. Prashanth Sellathurai (AUS) 15,95 (AW 6,9!!)
2. Saso Bertoonceij          (SLO) 15,175 (AW 6,5)
3. Quihua Liao                    (CHN) 15,05 (AW 6,40)
    > Pommel horse; 

* Still Rings
1. Ali Al Asi            (JOR) 15,80 (AW 6,9)
2. Junlin Liao       (CHN) 15,775 (AW 6,8)
3. Qiunhua Liao  (CHN) 15,55 (AW 6,7)
   > Still rings
*  Vault
1. SASAKI, Sergio (BRA)  - 16,012
2. HUANG, Yuguo   (CHN)  - 15,850
3. ZOU, Kai              (CHN)  - 15,750
   > Vault;  

* Parallel Bars
1. JURSCH, Christopher (GER) (5.8) - 14,800
2. YERIMBETOV, Yernar  (KAZ) (5.9) - 14,700
3. VALENZUELA, Filipe     (CHI) (5.5)  - 14,400
   > Parallel bars;

* High Bar
 1. ZOU, Kai                (CHN) (7.7)  - 16,425
2. CHEN, Xuezhang (CHN) (6.8)  - 15,175
3. ROSSI, Kevin         (SUI) (5.7)  - 14,500
   >  High bar

* MEN's  Qualification rounds:* March 30

> Floor Exerc. > Pommel horse; > Still rings
> Vault;             > Parallel bars;    >  High bar
* - WOMEN's FINALS (March 31 / April 01)

* Vault
1. HYPOLITO, Daniele (BRA) - 13,550
2. PINTO, Makarena     (CHI) - 13,425
3. PRAHARA, Dewi        (INA) - 13,200
  > Vault; 

* Uneven Bars
1. TAN, Sixin              (CHN) - (6.3) - 14.800
2. MILLER, Larissa (AUS)  - (5.9) - 13,450
3. YAO, Jinnan         (CHN)  - (6.4) - 13,350
> Uneven bars;

* Balance Beam
1. TAN, Sixin                    (CHN) (6.0)  - 14,550
2. BRENNAN, Ashleigh (AUS) (5.9)  - 13,800
3. MYS, Gaelle                (BEL) (5.4)  - 13,400
> Balance beam;  

* Floor Exercises
1. YAO, Jinnan                (CHN) (5.6)  - 14,200
2. BRENNAN, Ashleigh  (AUS) (5.3)  - 13,300
3.Hypolito, Daniele         (BRA) (5.3) - 13,250
  > Floor Exerc.


* WOMEN's Qualification Rounds (March 30)
> Vault;                     > Uneven bars;
> Balance beam;   > Floor Exerc.

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: Casting Newsletter March 2011

29. März 2011  
Montreal, Canada  
Artistic Gymnastics

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: Casting Newsletter March 2011

Line Giasson
NEW SENIOR MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE WITHIN CASTING

Cirque du Soleil currently has more than 1,300 artists and 19 shows in performance; by the end of the year, it will be 22 shows.
<< To support the company’s growth, and as confirmation of the critical assignment carried out by Casting, Line Giasson becomes Senior Director.

* Read more about her stratecic role and the next CASTING DATES - also at the upcoming EUROPEANS in Berlin (April 06 - 10) at the topical CASTING NEWSLETTER!

Everything (or almost everything) you always wanted to know about clowns and physical actors at Cirque du Soleil, but were afraid to ask.
Starring, among others, Daniel Passer, Wayne Wilson, Pippo Crotti and Gordon White ...

>> Here’s the latest CIRQUE video!
Clowns and Physical Actors at Cirque du Soleil from a Casting point of view

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FIG-Academy now in Central America after Malaysia

16. März 2011  
Guatemala-City  
Artistic Gymnastics

FIG-Academy now in Central America after Malaysia

FIG College lecturer Hardy Fink (CAN)


In continuation of the FIG Age Group Project last month in Malaysia, the second course for the Central American Countries and the Caribbean took place in Guatemala.
A total of 35 trainers from eight countries - Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dominican Republic - participated .

The experts of the FIG Trainer Academy, Joanne RICHARDS (AUS), Hardy FINK (CAN; < photo, left) und Dieter HOFMANN (SUI/GER) offered the participants the complex training- and competition program and talked about the various technical-methodical solutions to realise this preparation line.

35 participants from eight Central-American Countries
** Foto: > Click for Big

In addition, lectures were offered on the topic of biomechanical supported solutions at simple and combined turning techniques in the long term preparation under consideration of the complexity at using elements of a modern training system and ist differentiated application in these countries.

Joanne Richards from Australia in action as lecturer

Dieter Hofmann, working with a proband

Furthermore, there were contributions and themes on the development of strength and on the necessity of choreographic training fort he preservation of the ’artistic’ in contemporary artistic gymnastics!

These courses are not only a matter of supporting the gymnastic preparation in these countries, but also a real act of solidarity because the initiators IOC and FIG bear the cost involved fort he participants. From flight to hotel.

British Gymnastics and UK Anti-Doping launch Education Strategy

16. März 2011  
Great Britain  
Artistic Gymnastics

British Gymnastics and UK Anti-Doping launch Education Strategy


(c) British Gymnastics

British Gymnastics and UK Anti-Doping have launched a pioneering new education strategy that aims to educate and inform the whole gymnastics community on the subject matter of anti doping and drug-free sport.
The key message shares the responsibilities of gymnasts, coaches, parents, and support staff in ensuring the sport remains doping free. This ground-breaking programme marks the first time a National Governing Body has ever worked in this capacity with UK Anti-Doping. It reaffirms the proactive approach that British Gymnastics is making in this field, building on the positive relationship the body has established with UK Anti-Doping to ensure that we are at the forefront of the anti-doping campaign. (*source: BG)
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F.I.G. Training Course in Malaysia

02. März 2011  
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  
Artistic Gymnastics

F.I.G. Training Course in Malaysia

Organised by the FIG and especially initiated by its President, Prof. Bruno Grandi, international and methodical training experts have elaborated development programs that are in particular suitable for countries that are at the beginning of their development in artistic gymnastics.

Authors of these training programs are Hardy Fink (CAN) for the competition program and Dieter Hofmann (GER/SUI) for the technical and athletics program.

The first course took place last week in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)….

Around 40 trainers from 8 Asian countries at the FIG Development Seminar
– under the direction of Dieter Hofmann, Joanne Richard (AUS) (left) and Hardy Fink (right)
* Photo: > click for big


FIG Academy in action…..
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Organised by the FIG and especially initiated by the President of the International Gymnastics Federation, Prof. Bruno Grandi, A development program (FIG Age Group Project) has been elaborated for gymnasts and trainers who have expressed a special interest in developing artistic gymnastics but are not very experienced in preparing a plan for this purpose

The goal of the project is to advice trainers and athletes in these countries how to organise a systematic development process, guided by proven control mechanisms. Teacher Hardy Fink (CAN) at the theoretical part Authors of this development program are hardy Fink (CAN), director of the FIG Academy for the competition program……. .

Teacher Hardy Fink (CAN) in Theorie ...

... und Hardy Fink (background) in Praxis

…and Dieter Hofmann (SUI/GER) for the technical and athletic development program.
By applying systematically organised checks, it will be possible to register and evaluate the development curve.
A first course for Asia took place last week in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

The group of around 40 trainers from 8 countries received their information from Hardy Fink, Dieter Hofmann and Joanne Richard (AUS).

Hofmann also lectured about a differentiated use of a modern training – and competition system, the elements of the long term performance preparation, the development of the prerequisites flexibility and power.
Joanne Richards spoke about a more effective use of the choreographic components on floor and balance beam

Next course:
Guatemala already in March, these development courses will be continued in Guatemala for the Central American an Carribean area and later for the Arabic Region, the gulf States and Africa.
This project is supported by the IOC

* Report:
H. Fink / D. Hofmann, translated by H. Teklenburg 
* GYMmedia

FIG World Cup Circuit starts with the American Cup 2011

03. März 2011  
Jacksonville, USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

FIG World Cup Circuit starts with the American Cup 2011

The USA Gymnastics Federation announced the addition of Jordyn Wieber (USA) to the line-up for the first 2011 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup scheduled for March 5 in Jacksonville, Florida (USA) and to the first time as an official FIG World Cup event following a new WC system.

Philipp BOY, from Cottbus, Germany after winning silver at the Worlds in Rotterdam

Jordyn Wieber replaces Great Britain's Nicole Hibbert, (placed 22th at Rotterdam Worlds) who was injured while competing at the English Championships past weekend.
Wieber, a first-year senior, won the junior All-around title at the 2010 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships and was the winner of the 2009 Tyson American Cup in Chikago.
On top of the women's field are the 2010 World All-around Champion Aliya Mustafina of Russia, but on women's side only seven of the 24 Worlds all-around finalists are able to compete in an international top event to such an early time in the season.

Top-class men's roster will lead by 2010 Rotterdam World All-around Silver medallist and winner of the Longines Prize for Elegance Philipp Boy of Germany and 2010 World All-around Bronze medallist Jonathan Horton of the United States - in absence of the Japanese World Champion Kohei Uchimura.
All-around World Cup 2011
" Tyson American Cup", Invitational
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* Paricipants, Men (* in brackets: rank in Worlds AA-final)
  • GER: Philipp Boy                  (2)
  • USA: Jonathan Horton         (3)
  • UKR: Mykola Kuksenkov      (4)
  • GBR: Daniel Purvis               (5)
  • RUS: Sergey Khorokhordin (7)
  • JPN: Koji Uematsu                (8)
  • GRB: Samuel Hunter             (9)
  • FRA: Cyril Tommasone        (13)

* Participants Women  (* in brackets: rank in Worlds AA-final)

  • RUS: Aliya Mustafina          (1)
  • CHN: Huang Quishuang     (4)
  • AUS: Lauren Mitchell          (6)
  • SUI: Ariella Kaeslin             (8)
  • VEN: Jessica Lopez           (10)
  • USA: Alexandra Raisman  (13)
  • GBR: Hannah Whelan        (16)
  • USA: Jordyn Wieber            (--)

Rafael Martinez won on Madeira Island

02. März 2011  
Calheta/Madeira, Portugal  
Artistic Gymnastics

Rafael Martinez won on Madeira Island

... after a break of one your
a new start 2011!

Last weekend in Madeira Island the Madeira Gymnastics Association (AGIM) organised another edition of the Gymnastics International Tournament in Madeira Island, with two parts: a mix of rhythmic and artistic competition. Last year, this tournament was postponed due to the floods that happened in the island in February 2010. This the organizers started again with the 14th anniversary and they hope for more participating next year again...!
But some international top stars already came on the wounderfl island already 2011, like Saso Bertoncelj and Mitja Petkovsek from Slovenia took part, but best of all-round was the Spaniad  Rafael MARTINEZ with a score of 85,450, followed by Mathieu Vannacker (FRA; 82,650).
The winner of Rhythmic gymnastics all-rount went to Spain to: Julia USON scored 99,090, on second place came Jéssica Jardim from Portugal (88,906)
>> Artistic Men's all-around     > Rhythmic all-around
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