Artistic Gymnastics

Hacker-attack on GYMmedia portal

25. März 2008  
Berlin / Deutschland  
Artistic Gymnastics

Hacker-attack on GYMmedia portal

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The GYMmedia portals are known in over 130 countries and are used daily by users from about 110 countries, unfortunately not only well-meaning ones.
Intensive hacker attacks of unknown origin put our data base structures at risk during the Easter holidays.
As a countermeasure we had to close our GYMedia-Boards temporarily.
Thank you for your understanding!
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2008 Russian All-around Championships

01. März 2008  
Penza / Russia  
Artistic Gymnastics

2008 Russian All-around Championships

Khorokhordin, Lozhechko

New Russian All-around Champions
At the end of February the Russian Gymnastics Federation started with their All-around Russian Championships of men's and women's artistic gymnastics.
On Thursday, February 28 Sergei Khorokhordin and Yulia Lozhechko won the all-around gold medals in Penza, .... 
 .... while errors blocked the best gymnasts of the qualification rounds Maxim Devyatovsky and Ksenia Semyonova from defending their 2007 titles.
These national all-around championships will continue by the 2008 Russian Cup, the apparatus finals at February 29 / March 1  ....
2008 Russian Championships
M E N's Artistic Gymnastics  
- February 28, Penza -

* Men's All-Around
1. Sergei Khorokhordin 91.400
2. Yuri Ryazanov 91.350
3. Dmitry Gogotov 88.800

4. Maxim Devyatovsky 88.700
5. Alexander Kalabin 87.200
6. Dmitry Barkalov 86.500
7. Anton Golotsutskov 85.800
8. Vladimir Olennikov 85.650
9. Ruslan Nigmadzyanov 85.150
10. Nikolai Kryukov 85.050
11. Anton Neudakin 84.650
12. Anton Lobachev 84.500
13. Kirill Ignatenkov 84.250
14. Timur Kuzmin 83.800
15. Mikhail Bodnar 83.500
16. Roman Yuvanen 82.900
17. Maxim Komlev 82.550
18. Andrei Likhovitsky 82.100
19. Andrei Belousov 81.950
20. Emin Garibov 81.250
21. Yevgeny Karasev 81.200
22. Alexei Balandin 81.200
23. Maxim Malyshkin 81.050
24. Vitaliy Buyanov 80.650
25. Dmitry Stolyarov 80.400
26. Andrei Perevoznikov 79.850
27. Sergei Luzin 79.550
28. Alexander Klochkov 79.500
29. Ivan Mikhailov 78.050
30. Denis Ulgin 76.450
31. Anatoly Vasilyev 58.450
32. Matvei Petrov 53.700
33. Konstantin Pluzhnikov 44.000
34. Alexander Balandin 31.550
35. Alexei Bondarenko 28.150
36. Dmitry Vasilyev 14.350

>> ... 2008 Russian Cup (- apparatus finals)
2008 Russian Championships
- WOMEN's Artistic Gymnastics -
  February 28, Penza -

* Women's All-Around
1. Yulia Lozhechko 59.100
2. Anna Pavlova 58.550
3. Ksenia Afanasyeva 58.450
3. Ksenia Semyonova 58.450

5. Daria Yelizarova 56.900
6. Svetlana Klyukina 56.400
7. Kristina Goryunova 56.350
8. Yekaterina Kurbatova 55.800
9. Alyona Polyan 55.500
10. Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova 55.200
11. Irina Isayeva 53.850
12. Elena Zamolodchikova 53.000
13. Anna Grudko 52.900
14. Olga Zemskova 52.800
15. Elvina Khusainova 52.450
16. Alyona Pronina 51.850
17. Daria Lavrushina 51.400
18. Irina Sazonova 51.350
19. Irina Petrushkina 51.250
20. Anzhela Golovina 50.900
21. Yekaterina Skorodumova 50.900
22. Yulia Berger 50.800
23. Anastasia Bogdanova 50.050
24. Olga Alexeyeva 49.750
25. Alexandra Shevchenko 49.550
26. Yulia Russkikh 49.450
27. Yekaterina Vukolova 49.100
28. Yevgenia Klimova 47.600
29. Yulia Trubnikova 46.850
30. Karina Myasnikova 27.600
31. Anna Myzdrikova 26.600
32. Alyona Zmeu 12.350

>> ... 2008 Russian Cup (- apparatus finals)

2008 Russian Cup with two double winners

02. März 2008  
Penza / Russia  
Artistic Gymnastics

2008 Russian Cup with two double winners

Anton Golotsutskov (RUS)

Ksenia Afanasyeva and Anton Golotsutskov each won two titles at the 2008 Russian Cup for individual events, which took place February 29 to March 1 in Penza.
Afanasyeva won floor exercise and tied Russia's new all-around champion Yulia Lozhechko for the gold on balance beam. Anna Pavlova won vault and Yekaterina Kramarenko on uneven bars.
Other winners on men's side were Andrei Likhovitsky on pommel horse, Alexander Balandin on still rings, Nikolai Kryukov on parallel bars and the new Russian All-around champion Sergei Khorokhordin on high bar. ...

2008 Russian Cup for individual events
- February 29 - March 1, Penza -

MEN's R E S U L T S

* Men's Floor Exercise
1. Anton Golotsutskov 15.500
2. Anatoly Vasilyev 15.300
3. Dmitry Barkalov 15.250

4. Yuri Ryazanov 15.150
5. Dmitry Gogotov 14.950
6. Maxim Devyatovsky 14.650
6. Anton Lobachev 14.650
8. Sergei Khorokhordin 14.350

* Pommel Horse
1. Andrei Likhovitsky 15.100
2. Ruslan Nigmadzyanov 15.050
3. Matvej Petrov 14.950

4. Dmitry Barkalov 14.650
5. Dmitry Stolyarov 14.600
6. Anton Lobachyov 14.500
7. Nikolai Kryukov 14.450
8. Yuri Ryazanov 14.050

* Still Rings
1. Alexander Balandin 16.400
2. Konstantin Pluzhnikov 16.300
3. Ruslan Nigmadzyanov 15.150

3. Maxim Devyatovsky 15.150
5. Yuri Ryazanov 15.100
6. Anton Neudakin 14.750
6. Alexander Kalabin 14.300
8. Andrei Belousov 14.150

* Men's Vault
1. Anton Golotsutskov 16.325
2. Anatoly Vasilyev 15.925
3. Alexander Kalabin 15.900

4. Mixail Bodnar 15.575
5. Sergei Luzin 15.375
6. Mixail Kudashov 15.300
7. Timur Kuzmin 14.750

* Parallel Bars
1. Nikolai Kryukov 15.850
2. Sergei Khorokhordin 15.350
3. Maxim Devyatovsky 15.300

4. Andrei Likhovitsky 15.050
5. Dmitry Gogotov 14.900
6. Alexander Balandin 14.700
7. Vladimir Olennikov 14.600
8. Yuri Ryazanov 13.200

* High Bar
1. Sergei Khorokhordin 15.500
2. Timur Kuzmin 15.300
3. Yuri Ryazanov 14.400

4. Andrei Likhovitsky 14.300
5. Emin Garibov 14.100
6. Anatoly Vasilyev 13.850
7. Maxim Devyatovsky 13.600
8. Anton Neudakin 12.900

>> 2008 Russian Men's All-around Championships (Feb 28)

*****************************************************************************
2008 Russian Cup apparatus finals
- February 29 - March 1, Penza -

WOMEN's R E S U L T S:

* Women's Vault
1. Anna Pavlova 14.763
2. Kristina Goryunova 14.250
3. Anna Grudko 14.225
3. Yekaterina Kurbatova 14.225

5. Irina Petrushkina 13.813
6. Yulia Lozhechko 13.700
7. Leysira Gabdrakhmanova 13.687
8. Daria Lavrushina 13.125

* Uneven Bars
1. Yekaterina Kramarenko 15.100
2. Ksenia Afanasyeva 14.800
3. Yulia Lozhechko 14.175

4. Alyona Zmeu 13.975
5. Svetlana Klyukina 13.800
6. Daria Yelizarova 13.475
7. Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova 13.100

* Balance Beam
1. Ksenia Afanasyeva 15.825
1. Yulia Lozhechko 15.825
3. Anna Pavlova 15.475

4. Daria Yelizarova 15.275
5. Svetlana Klyukina 15.250
6. LYudmila Yezhova Grebenkova 15.225
7. Kristina Goryunova 14.825
8. Alyona Polyan 14.050

* Women's Floor Exercise
1. Ksenia Afanasyeva 15.050
2. Anna Pavlova 14.725
2. Ksenia Semyonova 14.725

4. Daria Yelizarova 14.500
5. Kristina GorYunova 14.125
6. Svetlana Klyukina 13.925
7. Anna Myzdrikova 13.900
8. Alyona Polyan 13.700
9. Olga Alexeyeva 11.975

>> 2008 Russian Men's All-around Championships (Feb 28)

... the IRAQ WAR begun five Years ago::... we remind at the Appeal for Peace of German Sportsmen!

20. März 2008  
Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

... the IRAQ WAR begun five Years ago::... we remind at the Appeal for Peace of German Sportsmen!

... we are reminding of the
PEACE LIST OF GERMAN SPORTS

... biggest Peace Initiative by German Sportsmen!
Five years ago, in an Appeal for peace: "SPORTSMEN AGAINST WAR" almost 2.500 German Olympic Champions and participants, World and European Champions and sportsmen turned against the war in Iraq with an unparalleled collection of signatures.
GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL hosted this initiative back then, of which Germany's Olympic Champion in Gymnastics Klaus KOESTE was one of the initiators, together with the German cyling legend Gustav Adolf SCHUR.
People of different confessions, party memberships and political opinions adhered to the campaign.
The war could not be prevented and started on March 20th 2003...
COSTS FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ:
400 Million Dollar per day =5.000 $ per second

Economist estimate  the total costs of the ambitious experiment for democracy of the USA in Iraq to be up to three billion Dollar (= two billion Euro)  - and because you cannot buy a victory, the costs are raising on and on.
Budget specialists in the US congress estimate the costs of the intervention to be over 400 million Dollar a day currently....,
    - that is about  5.000 Dollar per second!

By now, about 3.800 US-soldiers lost their lives in the war in Iraq, almost 28.000 were injured. 
The number of the Iraqi victims of the war can only be estimated, which are between 70.000 and 150.000 deads. A controversial US study even estimated the number of dead Iraqis to be 655.000  ...!
As expected, the war did not solve the problems.
Hence, the "Peace list of German sports" is more up-to-date than ever, even after five years!
* Eckhard Herholz / GYMmedia


* Read more about this topic at the UPI - Umwelt- und Prognose-Institut e.V. under >> Chronology of the war in Iraq

USA and Shawn Johnson won in Italy

08. März 2008  
Jesolo / Italy  
Artistic Gymnastics

USA and Shawn Johnson won in Italy

Shawn Johnson (USA)

The US artistic gymnastics women team won a friendly meet in Italy versus the host, followed by Spain and Poland.
The reigning 2007 all-around champion Shawn JOHNSON (USA) was the best in all-around (61,700) and beat the 2006 world champion, Vanessa FERRARI (60,100). On third came Samantha PESZEK (59,050) from USA.
The USA also won the junior competition (181,050) with a difference of nearly nine points in front of host Italy, a Rumanian team and the girls from Spain...
2008 Friendly MEET
- Italy - Poland - Spain - United States
- Jesolo, Italy March 08 -

* TEAM Results, Elite
1. United States -  179.050
2. Italy                   -  177.950
3. Spain               -   151.050
4. Poland            -   150.100

* Individual, All-Around
1. Shawn Johnson 61.700
2. Vanessa Ferrari 60.100
3. Samantha Peszek 59.050

4. Lia Parolari                       - 58.300
5. Carlotta Giovannini ITA   - 58.250
6. David Chelsea USA        - 57.700

7. Lenika De Simone  ESP   -  57.150
8. Francesca Benolli     ITA   - 56.450
9. Olivia Courtney USA          -  56.000
10. Monica Bergamelli   ITA    - 55.500
11. Naomi Ruiz               ESP    - 55.400
12. Sara Bradaschia 54.400
13. Joanna Litewka   POL       - 50.700
14. Gabriela Janik      POL       - 50.350
15. Marta Pihan   POL         - 49.650

2008 Friendly JuniorsMEET
- Italy - Rumania - Spain - United States -
- Jesolo, Italy March 08 -

>> Juniors, Team Results

>> Juniors, INdividual, All-around 

WORLD CUP: Five Gold Medals for China in Doha

06. März 2008  
Doha / Qatar  
Artistic Gymnastics

WORLD CUP: Five Gold Medals for China in Doha

Chusovitina (GER)
- breaching the Chinese Front

The former Uzbek and now German citizen Oksana CHUSOVITINA was the only non-Chinese winner of the first world cup event of the Olympic year, which was held for the first time in Doha, Qatar. HE, Kexin (uneven bars), DENG, Linlin (beam) and JIANG, YuYuan (floor ex.) emphasized the Chinese top position in Doha.
With the paralell bars' (FENG, Zhe) and high bar's (GUO, Weiyang) winners on men's side, China was the most successful nation there, five months before the Olympic Games in Beijing...
2008 Doha World Cup
- March 5/6, Doha, Qatar -

* Women's Vault
1. Oksana Chusovitina GER 14.962
2. Anna Pavlova RUS              14.712
3. Deng Linlin CHN                   14.487

4. Kim Bui GER 14.062
4. Dorina Boczogo HUN 14.062
6. Aagje Vanwalleghem BEL 13.875
7. Alyssa Brown CAN 13.787

* Uneven Bars
1. He Kexin CHN                       16.550
2. Jiang Yuyuan CHN               15.825
3. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 14.400

4. Aagje Vanwalleghem BEL 13.650
5. Anna Pavlova RUS 13.525
6. Lyudmila Yezhova RUS 13.425
7. Kim Bui GER 12.675
8. Vasiliki Millousi GRE 12.200
* Balance Beam
1. Deng Linlin CHN                                     15.825
2. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN                    15.425
3. Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova RUS 15.025

4. Jiang Yuyuan CHN 14.825
5. Adela Sajn SLO 14.625
6. Anna Pavlova RUS 14.450
7. Gaelle Mys BEL 13.925
8. Hannah Whelan GBR 13.000

* Women's Floor Exercise
1. Jiang Yuyuan CHN 14.925
2. Deng Linlin CHN 14.875
3. Anna Pavlova RUS 14.800

4. Kristina Goryunova RUS 14.700
5. Sidney Sanabria PUR 14.225
6. Oksana Chusovitina GER 14.200
7. Gaelle Mys BEL 14.075
8. Hannah Whelan GBR 13.050

* Men's Floor Exercise
1. Eleftherios Kosmidis GRE 15.850
2. Makoto Okiguchi JPN        15.775
3. Markovic Tomislav CRO    15.500

4. Razvan Selariu ROU 15.400
5. Alexander Rodriguez PUR 15.100
6. Takuya Nakase JPN 15.025
7. Fadi Bahlawan SYR 14.675
8. Dmitry Gogotov RUS 14.625

* Pommel Horse
1. Prashanth Sellathurai AUS 16.075
2. Zhang Hongtao CHN              15.950
3. Daniel Keatings GBR             15.650

4. Krisztian Berki HUN 15.600
4. Deniel Popescu ROU 15.600
6. Louis Smith GBR 15.575
7. Robert Seligman CRO 15.475
8. Guo Weiyang CHN 15.075

* Still Rings
1. Yuri van Gelder NED         16.650
2. Irodotos Georgallas CYP 16.250
3. Alexander Balandin RUS 16.125

4. Pierre-Yves Beny FRA 16.050
5. Matteo Morandi ITA 16.000
6. Walid Eldariny EGY 15.675
7. Takuya Nakase JPN 15.475
8. Danny Rodrigues FRA 14.850

* Men's Vault
1. Daniel Popescu ROU  16.187
2. Makoto Okiguchi JPN 16.037
3. Luis Rivera PUR           16.000

4. David Sender USA 15.950
5. Takuya Nakase JPN 15.750
6. Anatoly Vasilyev RUS 15.587
7. Razvan Selariu ROU 15.550
8. Ha Thanh Nguyen VIE 15.287

* Parallel Bars
1. Feng Zhe CHN              16.400
2. Mitja Petkovsek SLO 16.150
3. Yann Cucherat FRA    16.050

4. Kazuhito Tanaka JPN 15.925
5. Guo Weiyang CHN 15.800
6. Sergei Khorokhordin RUS 15.450
7. Ildar Valeyev KAZ 15.125
8. Dmitry Karbanenko FRA 11.425

* High Bar
1. Guo Weiyang CHN     15.950
2. Hiroyuki Tomita JPN 15.700
3. Philippe Rizzo AUS     15.650

4. Kazuhito Tanaka JPN 15.250
5. Sergei Khorokhordin RUS 15.175
6. Aljaz Pegan SLO 14.475
7. Jeffrey Wammes NED 14.250
8. Marko Brez CRO 14.175

Japanese Junior- team with hat-trick in Berlin - GYMfamily EVENT -

01. März 2008  
Berlin  
Artistic Gymnastics

Japanese Junior- team with hat-trick in Berlin - GYMfamily EVENT -

A young Japanese artistic gymnastics team won the "13th International Junior Team Cup 2008" in Berlin for the third time in a row. The second place went to the hosts of the upcoming European Championships Switzerland and the bronze medal went to Spain. Following behind the medallists were the team from Belarus, a German mixed- team, the team from Lyon (France) and on the 7th place the host team from Berlin.
The victories in the individual rankings went to Christian Bazan from Spain (junior category), Mauricio Lima from Lyon/ France (15/16 year-old) and Hiroki Hoshijima from Japan (14 year-old and younger)...

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XIII. INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM CUP 2008
- Berlin, March 1st  2008 -

Everyone who was asked about it mentioned the same: Qualitative and quantitative this competition is one of the best junior events in the World in men's artistic gymnastics!
Even team-Olympic champion JAPAN travelled to Berlin with a few of their best junior gymnasts and won the competition for the third time in a row. This year they came to Berlin with a younger team compared to the years before. They did not only present extraordinarily high start values in their routines but presented also a very good technique and execution.

Hat-Trick in Berlin: Happy Japanese Boys!

Lucas FISCHER, top gymnast from Switzerland on the 2nd place in the all-around

With their second place the team from SWITZERLAND continued with the positive trend of the last years. In May they will be the hosts of the Junior European Championships and at this event in their home country they would like to win a few medals.
One of their most promising gymnasts today in Berlin was Lucas FISCHER who reached the second place in the all-around ranking and presented world-class performances in his age-group, e.g. with "Belle" on parallel bars or layout Jaeger, layout Gienger and a double-double dismount on high bar!

The team from SPAIN reached the third place - also for their team the positive trend of the last years continued. They were especially strong on floor, rings and vault - on the last two of these apparatus they reached the highest team scores of all 28 teams.
And they reached these good results despite of the fact that they had to compete with only three gymnasts (which means all of their scores counted for the team result) as one of their gymnasts injured himself during the training on the day before.
Overall the Spanish gymnasts looked physically stronger compared to the other gymnasts of the same age. This not necessarily has to be an advantage in future in a coordinatively complex kind of sports like gymnastics!
The athletic- looking all-around winner in the juniors' category, Christian BAZAN (photo on the right) dominated especially on rings where he reached the highest score as well as on floor where he got high 14.900 points!
Also the performances by the Spanish team on vault were impressive: two times "Roche" (handspring - double somersault fwd.). Vaults of this kind of difficulty can only be seen rarely on the junior level!

Max VACCA from Canada - 3rd in the category of the 15 - 16 year-old gymnasts!

Belarus on the 4th place - this shows that the "Ivancov- country", which didn't manage to reach higher ranks at major international events during the last years, is getting better again. They presented the "typical Russian school" of gymnastics, that means a very good technical execution. Their team could become a suprise at the Junior European Championships in May.
"About one third of the almost 30 teams which competed presented themselves clearly improved. This means that this year's International Junior Team Cup probably took place on the highest level of performance of all Junior Team Cups since the beginning", mentioned Berlin's coach Jens Milbradt. That means: Everyone knows that they have to work hard until the Junior European Championships in May as there in Lausanne it will be a tough battle for the medals.
The German team reached the 5th place - a solid result for the team with two candidates for the Junior European Championships  Sebastian KRIMMER and Andreas TOBA.
Toba couldn't compete on parallel bars and high bar due to an injured finger and Krimmer still had a few instabilities in his routines.
The host team Berlin also presented a solid competition within the expectations. After all, they managed to leave about 20 nations behind them. Philipp SORRER, also one of Germany's candidates for the Junior European Championships, made mistakes on floor and pommel horse but managed to present faultless routines on the other four apparatus!


XIII. INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM CUP 2008
- Berlin, March 1st 2008 -

* R E S U L T S :
> Team and Cup Results   // > All-around, Juniors
> All-around, Age group 15 - 16   //   > All-around, Age group 14 and younger

>> ... have also a look at  >>the GYMmedia PREVIEW

2008 Tyson American Cup: Gold for Hamm and Liukin (USA)

01. März 2008  
New York / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

2008 Tyson American Cup: Gold for Hamm and Liukin (USA)

Hamm's first international victory again!

Three and a half years after winning the Olympic all-around gold medal, the US gymnast  Paul HAMM won his first international competition again.
In New Yorks Madison Square Garden he beat  his teammate  Alexander ARTEMEV (91,150) with a score of 94.400 and the member of the Japanese golden Olympic team 2004 in Athens, Hisashi MIZUTORI, who scored 90,950.
The German all-around vice and high bar world champion Fabian HAMBUECHEN withdrew from a start because of a flu, so the duel with Hamm was adjourned this time ...!
In women's category a quartett of hosting US girls dominated:
Nastia LIUKIN (63,425) won in front of all-around world champion Shawn JOHNSON (63.100), followed by Samantha PESZEK ...

Anastasia LIUKIN

2008 Tyson American Cup
- Madison Square Garden, New York, March 1 -

*Women's All-around
1. Nastia Liukin (USA) - 63,425
2. Shawn Johnson (USA) - 63,100
3. Samantha Peszek (USA) - 62,075
4. Shayla Worley (USA) - 60,400
5. Joeline Möbius (GER) - 57,925
6. Jessica Lopez (VEN) - 57,400
7. Alyssa Brown (CAN) - 55,225
8. Nathalia Sanchez (COL) - 54,750

                >> Detailed Results

A surprise was the fifth place of the 15 years 'young' German  Joeline Möbius who scored 57,925 and was the best gymnast from all the other  "foreigners"...
 * RESULTS
Men's All-around
1. Paul Hamm (USA) - 94,400
2. Alexander Artemev (USA) - 91,150
3. Hisashi Mizutori (JPN) - 90,950
4. Bo Lu (CHN) - 90,200
5. Jonathan Horton (USA) - 89,600
6. Raj Bhavsar (USA) - 89,600
7. Flavius Koczi (ROM) - 87,600
                >> Detailed Results

* Personal:Dr. Peter KOTZUREK: Farewell after 27 years ...

01. März 2008  
Liestal / Switzerland  
Artistic Gymnastics

* Personal:Dr. Peter KOTZUREK: Farewell after 27 years ...

Dr. Peter Kotzurek (47)

In the centre for artistic gymnastics in Liestal in the North of Switzerland, the office of the men's head coach will soon be vacant:
The acting Dr. Peter KOTZUREK resigned from office after three years, stepping down on March 1st. After 27 years of work as a coach in professional sports -  for example as last coach of the East German women's squad, later in in the centre for competitive sports in Bergisch Gladbach and later as the head of the assortment of the Swiss men's national team - Kotzurek, who has a doctor's degree in training methodology, now wants to go new ways and turns to health sports.
' ...  read more on   www.gymmedia.de

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Olympic Solidarity in Saudi Arabia

29. Februar 2008  
Riyadh / Saudi Arabia  
Artistic Gymnastics

Olympic Solidarity in Saudi Arabia

Dr. F. Bessi (GER) and the SAR Gymnastics President (r.) Dr. Abdul Khaleq

A course of the "Olympic Solidarity" is being held in Riyadh, the capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Coaches from different cities of Saudi Arabia, but also from Bahrain, Egypt and Tunisia are attending the course which contains both theoretical and practical lessons.
The course is being held in English. The expert in charge is again Dr . Flavio Bessi from Germany, who has been doing courses for the F.I.G. and the International Olympic Committee since 2003. ...

Docent Dr. Flavio BESSI from Germany and the participants of this F.I.G. course in Riyadh

The course was set for young gymnasts in an age between 10 to 14 years.
The Saudi Arabian Federation of Gymnastics has also already employed a Chinese coach which has been working for the last two months in order to develop the level of National Gymnastics.

Prayer on the gymnastics floor, a break during the training times ...

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