After this years second all-around world cup (A) of women today the men's competition took place in the Porsche Arena of Stuttgart.

Seven athletes - Swiss Claudio Capelli injured at the warming up - fighted on a high level:

At the end the Olympic silver medallist from Germany, Marcel NGUYEN was the only one gymnasts scoring more than 90 points and won with 90,232 in front of the European bronze medallist Daniel PURVIS (89,397) and Russia's David BELYAVSKI (89,298).

Kazuhito TANAKA from Japan but also the Olympic Bronze medalist Danell LEYVA from USA made too much mistakes and so the ranked on fourth and fifth place only, followed by Fabiam Gonzales (ESP) and Kristian Thomas (GBR) ...

* ... detailed information:
    > German covarage: www.gymmedia.de

Ultimately, but not unexpectedly, the two-times all-around vice-world champion of  Rotterdam in 2010 and Tokyo 2011 and the 2011 European Champion,  the 25-year Cottbus Philipp BOY, declared his defenitly retirement now on the edge of the 30th DTB Cup 2012 in a press conference in Stuttgart, where his already pre-announced resignation.
With "valve in head" since its stretching fall at the same point last year here in Stuttgart, with many injury problems and lack of motivation on the way to London 2012, founded the protégé of coach Karsten Oelsch (SC Cottbus) justified his step.

The German Gymnastics Federation, specially national coach Andreas Hirsch regret his decision: "... it's unfortunate, but we have to respect his step."

Not only insiders were and are of the opinion that this exceptional athlete had not been long since the end of its possibilities.

On Friday afternoon,November 30, the quartet with JAPAN, BRAZIL, RUSSIA Uand GREAT BRITAIN was qualified for the team final of the 30th DTB Cup 2012, which took place today without it the fifth-placed German hosts.
Even then it was clear that the young Japanese quartet was unbeatable in today's finale:

With 181.629 points referred the Asians to their strongest man Yusuke Saito, who realized a full all-around program  (88.497), the team of Russia (176.295) with more than 5.3 points differenceon second place!
Behind it was the British team came on third with 175.930 points, followed by Brazil (174.428) in fourth place. The Olympic rings gold medalist Arthur Zanetti on his special apparatus (15,700) impress enormous, but the team did not improve results significantly.
The German team missed the final in the qualification on Friday:

At the second and last 2012 F.I.G. ALL-AROUND WORLD CUP for women at the 30th DTB Cup in Stuttgart's Porsche Arena today the US-gymnast Elizabeth PRICE realized a start-to-finish victory.
The young gymnast and reserve athlete of the London U.S. Olympic team gets in their first elite year her first World Cup victory with a score of 58.098 points.

The best German gymnast Elisabeth SEITZ came on second rank (55.566).
Third was Giulia STEINGRUBER from Switzerland (55.565), the Swabian local hero Kim BUI could (55.165) refer to the fourth.

Ex-ALL-around champion Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) debuted at number 5, followed by Rebecca Tunney (GBR), the Russian Kristina Goryunova and the second Briton Niahm Rippin ...

At the first of the three days of the 30th DTB Cup 2012 in the Porsche Arena of Swabian Metropele Stuttgart are the qualifying rounds of the Teams Competition in the framework program.
In the first section, the women's team competition sat surprisingly clear representation GERMANY I with 106,000 points at the top, followed by RUSSIA (105.750) and a young but strong JAPANESE TEAM (105.250). These three and the representation GERMANY II (102.900) are qualified for the team final of four on Sunday. Only just to - 0.25 points, Austrian quartet missed at the 5th Place the finals, the Swiss finished sixth, a mixed team came one on the seventh rank.

In the afternoon, then  the men's quartet JAPAN, BRAZIL, RUSSIA and the GREAT BRITAIN are qualified for the finale, which will thus take place without the fifth-placed German hosts on Saturday:

With the beginning of the year 2013, the international apparatus manufacturer SPIETH Gymnastic from Germany is the exclusive partner of the "German Gymnastics League" (Deutsche Turn-Liga / DTL)  till 2016.

"The „2012 DTL Final", held last weekend in Berlin, has clearly shown, that the DTL is the strongest gymnastics league at least in Europe.

Following the interests of gymnasts, the DTL signed a contract with SPIETH Gymnastics, which is a brand well known around the world for its high-class apparatuses. With this partnership, the german gymnastics league follows its strategy to collaborate with market leaders and is looking forward to this new challenge!“  the DTL chairman Ralf Neumann said ...

With this cooperation starting in 2013, all major DTL events are supplied with SPIETH equipment.

** Quelle: DTL / Spieth Gymnastic

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** With this brand new IMAGE VIDEO the world-renowned gymnastics equipment manufactur SPIETH Gymnastic presents its profile an the modernst apparatuses, which will be used at the upcoming highlights, like just now in Stuttgart at the 30th D T B - CUP 2012 :
* Realization:  Hearts-and-Minds  ( 8 ) -

On the first day of the 52. BLUME Gran Canaria Festival 2012 took place the  13th International TeamGym Tournament.
In the sportshall of the University of Las Palmas, the capitel of the Gran Canaria Island the senior team of the Swedish "SOL-Flickorna GF" won with a score of 44,25 points, in front of the second placed Crewe & Nantwich Gym Club from Great Britain, scoring 43,40 points.
In the junior category the British equipe was the best (46,70), beatimng the team from the sports gymnasium of Dornbirn (Austria; 39,95).

** ...   more about this event and the Blume Festival:
    > www.blume-grancanaria.org

Full bleachers with more than 2,000 spectators at the IV. International HAMBURG GYMNASTICS 2012 ensured breathtaking atmosphere, transformed the Hamburger Sports Hall Wandsbek into a true turn-Arena at this weekend.
The gymnasts from 10 nations and altogether 19 teams played with jumps, flips and graceful movements on the four apparatus  floor, uneven bars, balance beam and vault all facets of the Olympic gymnastics categories.
The hotly contested "Hamburg Team Trophy" was able to secure in a furious competition with 103.5 points the German club "Turnerschaft Großburgwedel", the team of theGerman  Olympian Lisa-Katharina Hill, who was best of all-around.
 Also, the local hero inside of  "Turn-Team Hamburg" convinced and reached with 0.2 points ahead the Dutch "Turning Spirit Amsterdam" - 3rd place last year - now on second rank.
Behind the three leadership teams from Germany and the Netherlands the favorit from the "U.S.-All-Star team Region 7 II" occupied at the end on  fourth rank ...

<< The highest score on vault secured Isabell Marquard from Turn-eam Hamburg (*born 1995).
The Hamburg-born Isabelle Marquard, who trains in Chemnitz, it is a matter of honor to start at the Hamburg Gymnastics:
"It's great to do gymnastics so many people for the gymnastics team Hamburg. The audience give us the feeling to be stars. I hope to be there again in 2013! "

Chief-Organizer of the event, Petra Schulz, Executive Board Member of the Organizing Association for Physical Education and Recreation Hamburg eV. (VTF), sees the great development of the Hamburg Gymnastics great potential pick one European or World Championship in Hamburg:
"The Hamburg Gymnastics have established a national and international firm. This is a validation of our approach. The high power density and the large attendances thrills the hearts turn up and moves the turn sports into the spotlight. We want to continue in 2013".

* (II) Saturday, Semi-Final rounds :

Turn Team Hamburg won the last of the five final tickets after the main round on Saturday afternoon:: 

* Main round results:
1. Turnteam Hamburg                            - (101,900 points) (Q)
2. Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation - (99,700)
3. USA All Star Team Region 7 I              - (98,800)
4. Ginasio Clube Portugues Lissabon - (94,050)
5. Gym Tittmoning                                     - (93,900) 

Before the team of Dresdner SC won the Lucky Loser Round and qualified as team No. 4 for the TOP FINAL ROUND at the evening:

*RESULTS "Lucky Loser"  Round:
1. Dresdner SC                                          - (95,900 points) (Q)
2. Flik-Flak Den Bosch                               - (93,750)
3. TV Überlingen – Bodensee                 - (93,200)
4. TurnTeam Bayern                                  - (92,250)
5. Gimnasia Artistica Pozuelo – Madrid - (91,900)
6. KTZ Bern                                                   - (87,000)
7. Team Schleswig-Holstein                    - (84,450)
8. Bergens Turnforening                            - (83,100)
9. Cyprus-Jordan-Gym-Federation           - (79,750)
10.Team StTV Singen                                  - (70,300)

Qualified for the "TOP FIVE FINAL" at the end were:
(Q) - Turnerschaft Grossburgwedel (GER)
(Q) - All Star Team II (USA)
(Q) - Turning Spirit Amsterdam (NED)
(Q) - Dresdner SC
(Q) - Hamburger Turn-Team

** TEAMS (Qualification)
1. Turnerschaft Grossburgwede l (103,35 points) (Q)
2. USA All Star Team Region 7 II   (103,00)              (Q)
3. Turning Spirit Amsterdam         (102,4)                  (Q)

4. Turnteam Hamburg (101,05)
5. Gym Tittmoning (100,9)
6. USA All Star Team Region 7 I (100,55)
7. Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation (98,7)
8. Ginasio Clube Portugues Lissabon (97,2)

9. Flik-Flak Den Bosch (96,75)
10. Dresdner SC (96,7)
11. TV Überlingen - Bodensee (94,4)
12. Gimnasia Artistica Pozuelo (92,75)
13. TurnTeam Bayern (91,2)
14. KTZ Bern (87,25)
15. Cyprus-Jordan-Gym-Federation (86,2)
16. Team Schleswig-Holstein (86,05)
17. Bergens Turnforening (84,05)
18. Team StTV Singen (82,05)

>> Teams Elite, Qualification

The ranks 4 - 8 will start in the main round on Saturday again by properly. The winner of this round will determine who joins the TOP 3 of the first round in the final.
The ranks 9-18 complete in the Lucky Loser Round fighting for the last place in the TOP FIVE FINAL.
 
As part of the first round were also scores instead of the age cohorts 2000, 1997-1999 and 1996 and older.

Among the Young Stars (born 2000) Sim Doberenz of theTS Grossburgwedel excelled with a score of 38.45.
>> Young Stars

In the 1997-1999 cohorts of the Junior Stars won Marinke Jacob (50.25 points), starting for the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation (KNGU).
 >> Juniors

* fig - news ---:  Hardy FINK from Canada, Director of FIG Education and Academy Programmes, was awarded the Nik Stuart Foundation International Diploma of Honour this year.
Absent from the annual dinner and presentation night in Meriden (GBR) this September due to family engagements, Fink received the award at the recent 79th FIG Congress in Cancun (MEX).
Prominent awardees of the NSF International Diploma of Honour include former FIG President Yuri Titov (RUS), incumbent FIG President Prof. Bruno Grandi (ITA), and George Guelzec (FRA), President of the European Gymnastics Union (UEG), diploma recipients in 2004, 2009 and 2011 respectively.

In 2003 the Nik Stuart Foundation was inaugurated to observe his example in the fellowship and culture of gymnastics, with the ethos and aims to befriend, serve, encourage, help, honour and award, exceptional persons associated with the many facets of gymnastics, who, by their example or endeavour, integrity, sportsmanship and ambassadorship, serve to inspire others.
Each year an annual NSF Memorial Dinner is held, where awards are made in a number of deserving categories:

Special International Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

UK Diploma of Honour Award

Spirit of Gymnastics Award

Nik Stuart Memorial Award

Oscar Heidenstam Award to Physical Culture

British Gymnastics Special Recognition Awards

*source: f i g  press release

The 5th Asian Championships in Artistic Gymnastics 2012 took place from Nov 7 to 15 at the sports center in Putian, a prefecture-level city in East China's Fujian province. The event, organized by Asian Gymnastics Union (AGU), the Gymnastics Management Center of China General Administration of Sport and the Putian government, was expected to attract about 140 athletes from 15 to 20 countries and regions across Asia. 

At the end Chinese gymnasts claimed ten Gold, six Silver and four Bronze medals and prevailed in both the Men’s and Women’s Team and All-around competitions and claimed three event titles for each gender, followed by the Peoples Republik of Korea (PRK) and Japan ...

** GYM video --:  Chinese Gymnastics Future :

* Youtube (3673)


* TIMETABLE:

2012 Nov 11	MAG Competition I (also Team & All-Around)
2012 Nov 12	WAG Competition I (also Team & All-Around)
2012 Nov 13	Individual Apparatus Final (Day I)
2012 Nov 14	Individual Apparatus Final (Day II)

Though beaten by team-mate Zeng Siqi and Korea’s Sung Jihye in the All-around, Shang prevailed on Balance Beam and Floor, making her the most decorated female gymnast of the event.
Second most successful country was the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (PRK), whose Gymnastics Association was reinstated this October after a two year ban.
North Korean Ri Se Gwang claimed Gold on Still Rings and Vault and led the Men’s Team to Bronze.
The PRK Women’s team ranked second, while 2008 Olympic Champion Hong Un Jong won Silver on Vault, followed in third place by team-mate Ri Un Ha.
Kim Un Hyang added another Silver on Balance Beam to North Korea’s record at their first international competition after the ban.
With seven medals in total, out of which one Gold for first year Senior Kenzo Shirai, Japan ranked third in the overall medal table.