Artistic Gymnastics

Bellemare and Wignanitz - the New French All-around Champions

03. April 2006  
Nantes / France  
Artistic Gymnastics

Bellemare and Wignanitz - the New French All-around Champions

Wignanitz, Bellemare

Two new National Champs
Rose-Eliandre Bellemare and Raphaël Wignanitz are the new French National All-around Champions.
Bellemare won the national French junior title in 2002 and in 2004 she was participant of the European Junior Championships in Amsterdam already.
Raphaël Wignanitz defeated veteran Dmitry Karbanenko. Danny Rodrigues finished third....

Rose E. Bellemare - 5th at the European Junior Championships two years ago.

Rose Eliandre BELLEMARE was the 5th at the 2004 European Junior Championships in Amsterdam and ranked 6th on beam.
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This year she won her first national senior title in front of Kathaleen Lindor and Jenny Koller.
The Olympic Champion (uneven bars) Emilie de Lepennec did not compete and Olympian Isabelle Severino competed on bars only.

French National Championships 2006
- Nantes, France; April 01 - 02 -

>> Men's All-around // >> Men's All-around, Juniors

>> Women's All-around // >> Women's All-around, Juniors
Women's Results, Finals

VAULT
1. LINDOR Katheleen 13.875
2. VERICEL Cassy 13.825
3. LINDOR Lindsay 13.550

4. MOREL Erika 13.450
5. HARS Magaly 13.425
6. CIRAVOLO Na?s 13.175

UNEVEN BARS
1. SEVERINO Isabelle 14.750
2. BELLEMARE Rose-Eliandre 14.200
3. MAMMINA Julie 13.950

4. MARTINEZ Julie 13.450
5. KACHROUD Sabrina 13.250
6. GABRY Alix 11.850

BALANCE BEAM
1. BELLEMARE Rose-Eliandre 14.550
2. KOHLER Jenny 14.200
3. DUFOURNET Youna 13.900

4. GABRY Alix 13.500
5. LINDOR Katheleen 13.350
6. VERICEL Cassy 12.700

FLOOR EXERCISES
1. VERICEL Cassy 14.450
2. BELLEMARE Rose-Eliandre 13.400
3. MOREL Erika 13.150

4. KACHROUD Sabrina 13.150
5. PETIT Marine 13.100
6. HARS Magaly 12.250
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Men's Results, Finals

FLOOR EXERCISES
1. BOUHAIL Thomas 15.350
2. KARBANENKO Dimitri 15.300
3. WILLIG Arnaud 13.850

4. MAREE Florent 13.650
5. RAYEPIN Yann 13.450
6. RODRIGUES Dany 13.400

POMMELHORSE
1. MILLOT Damien 14.450
2. BOUHAIL Thomas 14.000
3. JOUBERT Gaëtan 13.550

4. BENY Pierre-Yves 13.500
5. CUCHERAT Yann 13.200
6. FAZIO Julien 12.200

STILL RINGS
1. AIT SAID Samir 15.850
2. RODRIGUES Dany 15.600
3. WILLIG Arnaud 15.000

4. DA SILVA Gaël 14.850
5. MILLOT Damien 14.500
6. MAREE Florent 14.150

VAULT
1. WIGNANITZ Raphaël 15.775
2. AIT SAID Samir 15.700
3. DA SILVA Gaël 15.625

4. BOUHAIL Thomas 15.425
5. MAREE Florent 15.200
6. JOUBERT Gaëtan 15.175

PARALLEL BARS
1. CUCHERAT Yann 15.100
2. BOUHAIL Thomas 14.900
3. VIEU Cyril 14.750

4. MILLOT Damien 14.350
5. RODRIGUES Dany 14.300
6. KARBANENKO Dimitri 10.550

HIGH BAR
1. WIGNANITZ Raphaël 14.600
2. RAYEPIN Yann 14.450
3. FORET Simon 14.300

4. BOUGAS Fabien 14.250
5. CUCHERAT Yann 14.150
6. KARBANENKO Dimitri 12.550

OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY COURSE in Damascus

03. April 2006  
Damascus / Syria  
Artistic Gymnastics

OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY COURSE in Damascus

Dr. Flavio Bessi (GER)
as a lector in Damascus

Continuing with the huge number of courses held by the FIG in the last three years Dr. Flavio Bessi (GER) was sent to Damascus to attend a 'Course of the Olympic Solidarity' in cooperation with the International Olympic Committee.

Before the course started doubts about the safety arose as the agitations regarding the Danish newspaper were known in Europe. Several Arabic people were supposedly very angry against Europeans because of the offence of their religion.
Despite of that all members of the Gymnastics family in Syria were wonderful hosts as expected. As in other Arabic countries the hospitality and friendliness were great....

Participants of the gymnastics course in Syria 2006

Dr. Flavio BESSI: Technical and methodical explanations

Dr Flavio Bessi, Expert of the FIG since 2003, have already attended courses of the FIG Coach Academy in Porto Alegre and Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), Aigle (Switzerland) and courses of the Olympic Solidarity in Sana’a (Yemen) and Damascus (Syria).
This year he is supposed to attend the FIG Coach Academy Course Level 2 in Trondheim (Norway) and Buenos Aires (Argentina).
The importance of this course was highlighted not only several times by the President Yoseph Al Tabbaa in presence of the participants but also by the following Personalities of the Syrian Sport, who met the FIG Expert:
- Dr. Fayssal Al Bassri - President of the Syrian Olympic Committee
- Nour El-Houda Karfoul - General Secretary of the Syrian Olympic Committee and President of the Sport Association of Arab Women
- Yoseph Al Tabbaa - Preside

In a friendly atmosphere: from left to right:
Ahmad Arsali (Foreign Relations Department of the Syrian Sports Federation), Madam Amine (General Secretary of the Syrian Gymnastics Federation), Dr. Flavio Bessi (FIG Expert), Yoseph Al Tabbaa (President of the Syrian Gymnastics Federation and Course leader), Mr. Husseine (Syrian Olympic Committee)

The Course was both theoretical and practical and was held in English. Translators during the course were the coaches Ishan Hawary and Rabab Al Hares.

Study session in the gymnastics hall

Since Eduard Gevorkian and his brother Arkob are working as coaches in the Training Centre of Damascus the reached level of some gymnasts was quit high.
“I could see a lot of children who want to do gymnastics and with almost optimal conditions. If I compare these children with those we find in Germany, I have to recognize that the differences regarding physical conditions and willingness are outrageous. Concerning this point we seem to be “underdeveloped” (sorry about this word which I really don’t like) and I am sure that we wouldn’t have any chance if they and we had the same promotion or supporting conditions.” Flavio Bessi said.

Only one of a lot of Syrian press reactions after this successful FIG course

World Cup Cottbus: First Finals Day in a dreamlike atmosphere!

25. März 2006  
Cottbus / Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

World Cup Cottbus: First Finals Day in a dreamlike atmosphere!

The medalists on pommel horse -
1. Berki, 2. Andergassen, 3. Ikeda

The 1st finals day in the dreamlike theater arena of the 'City Hall' of Cottbus took place in a wonderful atmosphere.
Following his already strong performance in the qualification Diego Hypolito from Brazil won the first final on floor. Jana Bieger also managed to repead her explosive performance from yesterday on vault and won this final. The victory on pommel horse went to Krisztian Berki from Hungary.
With an incredible performance Li, Ya from China clearly won on uneven bars. In a very high-quality final on rings Yuri van Gelder (NED) secured himself another victory in his already large collection of medals on this apparatus.

The competition area in Cottbus
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Katja Abel (GER) - a successful comeback!

Women’s Final VAULT

Results:
1. Bieger, Jana USA 14.625
2. Chusovitina, Oksana UZB 14.475
3. Komrskova, Jana CZE 14.300
4. Skowronska, Joanna POL 14.225
5. Abel, Katja GER 14.137
6. Souza, Lais BRA 13.962
7. Marachkouskaya, Nastassia BLR 13.700
8. Wagner, Veronica SWE 13.600
>> Detailed Results: VAULT
A solid competition was presented in the women’s vault final. Yurchenko 1 1/2 twists was the vault which could be seen most often. All competitors came through without major errors or falls.
Jana Komrskova (CZE) started this final with 2 good vaults (1st: Podkopayeva (RO 1/2 turn – somersault fwd. piked 1/2 turn) and 2nd Yurchenko 1/1 twist).
Jana Bieger (USA) confirmed her good performance from yesterday’s qualification with an explosive Yurchenko 1 1/2 twists and a good layout Barani (only slight problems on the landing and not totally in a layout position). Her difficult vaults brought her the victory in this final.
Joanna Skowronska (POL) showed a solid Yurchenko 1 1/2 twists (slightly bend legs and a small step to the side to secure the landing) and a good ‘Podkopayeva’ on which she maintained the piked position very well and stuck the landing.
Nastassia Marachkouskaya (BLR) had slight problems with her legs form during both of her vaults Yurchenko 1 1/2 twists and HS- somersault fwd. piked (which she however presented mostly only in a tucked position).
Veronika Wagner from Sweden started with an explosive and high HS- somersault fwd. piked 1/2 turn. Also her second vault, a layout Tsukahara, went well (only slightly split legs in the beginning).
Lais Souza (BRA) presented the difficult Yurchenko 2/1 quite well and as second vault followed HS- somersault fwd. piked 1/2 turn. She stumbled a larger step fwd. to secure the landing of this second vault.
Katja Abel from Germany followed with a solid Yurchenko 1 1/2 twists, though she had managed to present this vault a bit better in yesterday’s qualification. Also her second vault, HS- somersault fwd. piked 1/2 turn was good. Yesterday she still had presented this vault with 1/2 turn less.
Oksana Chusovitina took the risk to present a higher difficulty than her fellow competitors in this final with her HS- somersault fwd. 1/1 turn, though unfortunately she had a few slight problems with it today. The vault was a bit low and she had problems to secure the landing. Also with her Tsukahara 1 1/2 twists she presented a high difficulty (again slight problems on the landing). Risking a higher difficulty paid off for her and she won the silver medal in this final.

Filming for the TV- coverage from Cottbus


Women’s Final UNEVEN BARS

Results:
1. Li, Ya CHN 15.800
2. Isayeva, Irina RUS 15.150
3. Bieger, Jana USA 14.775
4. Sikulova, Jana CZE 14.425
5. Gener, Tania ESP 14.325
6. Brunner, Jenny GER 14.150
7. Miller, Polina RUS 14.100
8. Bernholtz, Marci CAN 13.700
>> Detailed Results: UNEVEN BARS
The final on uneven bars certainly took place on a higher level of performance compared to yesterday`s qualification. All competitors presented solid routines and remained without falls.
Polina Miller (RUS) presented her elegant routine with a very clean execution during the routine. However, it lacked a bit of speed and then in the end there wasn’t enough power for her tucked full-in dismount and she stumbled to the side and landed with her left foot next to the landing mat.
Tania Gener from Spain managed to do it better. She went through her routine including nice Stalders on the lower and upper bar and a Gienger with a lot of power and then perfectly stuck the landing of her tucked full-in dismount.
Li, Ya from China thrilled the audience in Cottbus with a perfectly executed and very difficult routine including the extremely difficult combination of straddled Jaeger with 1/2 turn in the end immediately followed by another straddled Jaeger between the bars. She then stuck the dismount with her very well executed piked double Arabian and clearly won this final.

Jana Bieger (USA)

The tiny Irina Isayeva from Russia ambitiously fought through her routine including a piked Jaeger, straddled Tkatchev, Pak somersault and a tucked full-out dismount (slight step to secure the landing of it).
Marci Bernholtz from Canada presented a solid performance includine Stalder followed by straddled Tkatchev but then unfortunately stumbled a few steps backwards on her double somersault bwd. piked dismount.
Germany’s Jenny Brunner managed to repeat her good performance from the qualification and showed a solid routine including a good piked Jaeger and double somersault bwd. piked dismount of which she stuck the landing.
Jana Bieger (USA) today remained without a fall on uneven bars and presented a difficult and good routine including Stalder and a good straddled Tkatchev and a tucked full-in dismount. After her victory on vault she won the bronze medal in this final.
Jana Sikulova showed a solid routine including a Gienger (slightly split legs) and a good double somersault fwd. tucked dismount.

Diego Hypolito (BRA) won on men's floor

Men’s Final FLOOR

Results:
1. Hypolito, Diego BRA 15.700
2. O'Neill, Brandon CAN 15.425
3. Bogonosiuk, Ievgenii UKR 15.325
4. Nakase, Takuya JPN 15.175
5. Hambüchen, Fabian GER 15.150
6. Gorbachev, Stepan KAZ 14.825
7. Gonzalez, Tomas CHI 14.500
8. Gal, Robert HUN 13.375
>> Detailed Results: FLOOR EXERCISES

The first finals’ day in the men’s field started with a high-quality event on floor. Like already in the qualification it was again visible that more and more gymnasts try to end their routines with a very difficult element. 6 of the finalists ended their routines either with a full-in, triple twist or double Arabian to a stuck landing.

Vicory ceremonies with women in traditional costumes from the Cottbus area

Diego Hypolito (BRA) convinced with very difficult elements which he performed extremely high and very secure. Highlights in his routine were the piked double Arabian in the beginning and the tucked double Arabian in the end. One of his acrobatic series was 2 1/2 twists bwd. – 1/1 twist fwd. – 1 1/2 twists fwd.
Also Fabian Hambüchen from Germany presented himself well in this strong field. His routine included 2 1/2 twists bwd. – 1/2 twist fwd. – double twist bwd. followed by 1 1/2 somersault fwd. to front support. With this routine he secured himself a good 5th place.
Brandon O`Neill (CAN) showed a very well composed routine on a high level and won the silver medal with it.
Robert Gal from Hungary already came to Cottbus with injury problems. Unfortunately the injury increased during his second acrobatic series on floor and he had to stop his routine with a torn Achilles tendon. We wish him a speedy recovery!

Krisztian Berki (HUN) won the final on pommel horse

Men’s Final POMMEL HORSE

Results:
1. Berki, Krisztian HUN 15.575
2. Andergassen, Thomas GER 15.000
3. Ikeda, Ken CAN 14.875
4. Artemev, Alexander USA 14.650
5. Popescu, Daniel ROM 14.300
6. Zhang, Hongtao CHN 14.275
7.Seligman, Robert CRO 14.225
8. Vasilyev, Anatoly RUS 13.950
>> Detailed Results: POMMEL HORSE

The second final in the men’s field today wasn't as good as the first one on floor. 5 gymnasts in this final didn't get through their routines without mistakes.
Thomas Andergassen took the moment and secured himself the silver medal with a solid routine.
Krisztian Berki was the clear winner in this field with a very nicely composed routine.
Like always he impressed with perfectly executed scissors and an overall very good program: flop with Russian wendeswing – Russian wendeswing 1080° - spindel 360° - travelling fwd. 3/3 bwd. 3/3 – 2 scissors fwd. – D-dismount. The World-Cup winner on this apparatus from last weeks event in Lyon Daniel Popescu from Romania as well as Zhang, Hongtao (CHN) didn't manage to get through their routines without mistakes and therefore had no chances for a medal.
Alexander Artemev (USA) presented a remarkable routine which was well-liked by the audience in Cottbus. His routine included Thomas- circles to handstand followed by again Thomas-circles and he was the only gymnast today who showed reversed Stoeckli 360° on one pommel. Unfortunately also he then made a mistake on the dismount.

World Champion Yuri van Gelder (NED)
-his tenth success in this world cup circuit!

Men’s Final STILL RINGS

Results:
1. Gelder, Yuri van NED 16.050
2. Zozulya, Roman UKR 15.725
 3. Chen, Yibing CHN 15.675
4. Safoshkin, Alexander RUS 15.650
5. Vorobyov, Oleksandr UKR 15.600
6. Said Abdalla Eldariny, Walid EGY15.450
7. Andergassen, Thomas GER 15.350
8. Nakase, Takuya JPN 15.350
>> Detailed Results: STILL RINGS
The strength elements brought the decision for the ranking in this final. Especially the ones which are shown in the direction downwards to upwards bring extra 0.10ths for the A-score. This explains why gymnasts with a larger amount of swinging elements could not reach one of the top ranks in this final.
Alexander Safoshkin (RUS) fell on his dismount.
This opened the door for the victory of Yuri van Gelder (NED) who presented his routine full of strength elements sovereignly as always. Roman Zozulya (UKR) won the silver medal. His routine included kip to swallow followed by cross; Asarian – Pineda; Jonasson to support scale.
Narrowly behind him followed China’s Chen, Yibing. Highlights of his routine were kip to swallow followed by cross, Honma to cross followed by swallow.


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5th STELLA SAKHAROVA CUP 2006

27. März 2006  
Kiev / Ukraine  
Artistic Gymnastics

5th STELLA SAKHAROVA CUP 2006

UN Representant Mr. Francis M. O’Donnell opened the event

On March 25, 2006, Mr. Francis M. O’Donnell, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations system in Ukraine and UNDP Resident Representative participated in the grand opening ceremony of the international gymnastics championship “Stella Zakharova Cup 2006”.

The sport event took place on March 25-26, 2006 at the Palace of Sport in Kiev.
The “Stella Zakharova Cup” was held under the auspices of the United Nations Office in Ukraine and was devoted to the 20th Commemoration Anniversary of Chornobyl Catastrophe....

Stella Sakharova Cup 2006
- Press Conference

5th International Stella Zakharova Cup 2006 devoted to the 20th Commemoration Anniversary of Chornobyl catastrophe

The Cup will took place on March 25-26, 2006 at the Palace of Sport in Kiev. The sport competition held under the auspices of the United Nations Office in Ukraine and will be devoted to the 20th Commemoration Anniversary of Chornobyl catastrophe.
Participants at the press conference included: Mr. Francis M. O’Donnell, President Coordinator of the United Nations system in Ukraine and UNDP Resident Representative; Ms. Stella Zakharova, Olympic Champion of artistic gymnastics and current President of the Ukraine Gymnastics Federation; Mr. Yuriy Pavlenko, Minister of Ukraine for Family, Youth and Sport Affairs;
Mr. Markiyan Lubkivskyi , Advisor to President of Ukraine – Head of the Main Service for Humanitarian Policy of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine; Mr. Volodymyr Gryshko, Advisor to President of Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Main Service for Humanitarian Policy of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine.
The Organization of the United Nations actively supports the processes of recovery and development of the Chornobyl affected territories and advocates healthy life style among the population living in Chornobyl affected areas. This rhythmic gymnastics competition is aimed at attracting public attention to the Chornobyl related issues and at promoting healthy life style through sport in Chornobyl affected territories.
Since 2002, the “Stella Zakharova Cup” has been one of the most significant events in the sport life of Ukraine. The Cup was established with a purpose of popularization of rhythmic gymnastics both in Ukraine and abroad. About 100 gymnasts from 13 countries took part inSports Palace of Kiev. Famous singers, actors and dancers, sport and circus teams participated at the opening and closing ceremonies of the “Stella Zakharova Cup”.
The competition...
While the host Ukrainians won the women's team title, the Asian gymnasts dominated. China's Zhang Xing won the women's all-around and beam titles. In the men's competition, Liu Diung led China to the team title and won the all-around.
Japan's Kouji Yamamuro won pommel horse and vault, and Japan's Tomoharu Sano won parallel bars. STELLA SAKHAROVA CUP 2006
Kiev, Spoirts Palace, March 25-26 -

Team Competition WOMEN
1. Ukraine 1 173.400
2. China 172.700
3. Ukraine 2 169.650
4. Czech Republic 158.650
5. Hungary 155.850
6. Croatia 151.350
7. Belarus 150.000

All-Around, WOMEN
1. Zhang Xing CHN 57.300
2. Anastasia Koval UKR2 57.150
3. Marina Kostyuchenko UKR1 57.100
4. Olga Kozich UKR 56.950
5. Marina Sergiyenko UKR1 56.850
5. Olga Scherbatykh UKR1 56.850
7. Hu Yuhong CHN 56.650
8. Alina Kozich UKR2 56.500
9. Krystina Palesova CZE 56.450
9. Jiang Yuyuan CHN 56.450
11. Gaelle Mys BEL 55.700
12. Dorina Boszogo HUN 55.100
- best 12 from 46 gymnasts)

Women's Vault
1. Valeria Maksyuta UKR 14.250
2. Marina Sergiyenko UKR 14.175
3. Ying Deng CHN 13.475
3. Dorina Boszogo HUN 13.475

Uneven Bars
1. Krystina Palesova CZE 15.250
2. Hu Yuhong CHN 15.200
3. Anastasia Koval UKR 15.100
Balance Beam
1. Zhang Xing CHN 15.800
2. Marina Sergiyenko UKR 14.950
3. Hu Yuhong CHN 14.750

Women's Floor Exercise
1. Olga Scherbatykh UKR 14.900
2. Zhang Xing CHN 14.800
3. Marina Kostyuchenko UKR 14.600
Team Competition MEN
1. China 261.900
2. Japan 260.550
3. Ukraine 256.250
4. Greece 240.700
5. Kazakhstan 237.500
6. Hungary 237.200
7. Greece 126.350
8. Israel 79.650

All-around, MEN
1. Liu Diung CHN 87.150
2. Liang Mingsheng CHN 87.050
3. Ryoutaka Deguchi JPN 87.000
4. Kouji Yamamuro JPN 86.950
5. Anton Novoselov UKR1 86.550
6. Pavel Gofman ISR 86.300
7. Min Fu CHN 86.200
8. Tomoharu Sano JPN 84.850
9. Tu Jing CHN 84.800
10. Kostya Panchenko UKR1 83.650
11. Maxim Ovchinnikov UKR1 83.450
12. Filip Ude CRO 83.000
( -best 12 of 44 gymnasts)

Floor Exercise
1. Eleftorios Kosmikdis GRE 14.975
2. Ryoutaka Deguchi JPN 14.900
3. Pyotr Pognyuk UKR 14.225

Pommel Horse
1. Kouji Yamamuro JPN 15.450
2. Kostya Panchenko UKR 15.025
3. Filip Ude CRO 15.000

Still Rings
1. Sergei Vyaltsev UKR 15.600
2. Igor Kozlov BLR 15.125
3. Tu Jing CHN 14.875

Men's Vault
1. Kouji Yamamuro JPN 16.137
2. Stas Valiyev KAZ 15.950
3. Gabor Kentner HUN 15.825

Parallel Bars
1. Tomoharu Sano JPN 15.300
1. Liang Mingsheng CHN 15.300
3. Ryoutaka Deguchi JPN 15.100

High Bar
1. Alexander Tsarevich BLR 14.850
2. Ryoutaka Deguchi JPN 14.750
3. Kouji Yamamuro JPN 14.700

Japanese Victory at Friendship Classic 2006 GYM family Event 2006

02. April 2006  
Pottsville, PA / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

Japanese Victory at Friendship Classic 2006 GYM family Event 2006

Mayu Kuroda (JPN)

The Japanese Mayu KURODA was the winner of the all-around decision of the traditional '8th FRIENDSHIP CLASSIC 2006', which was held at the late Saturday evening in Pottsville, Pennsylvania/USA.

Kuroda, fourth on uneven bars at the 2005 Worlds (Melbourne) got 56,300 points in front of Americans Kayla HOFFMAN (56,200) and Christine NGUYEN (55,350).
Participating at bars and beam only Ukraine's Darya ZGOBA won both apparatuses.

The all-around juniors decision was won by Catherine HOFFMAN (55,500), the younger sister of Christine....

Friendship Classic 2006 - All-around Winners All

Mayu Kuroda (JPN)
- all-around winner

8th FRIENDSHIP CLASSIC 2006
- April 01, Pottsville, PA./USA -

All-around, ELITE
1. Mayu Kuroda JPN 56.300
2. Kayla Hoffman USA 56.200
3. Christine Nguyen USA 55.350

4. Olivia Vivian AUS 54.050
5. Nicole Heikkila CAN 53.900
6. Kailey Tissue USA 53.500
7. Cynthia Lemieux CAN 52.100
8. Lisa-Marie Farley CAN 50.400

VAULT
1. Christine Nguyen USA 14.650
2. Kayla Hoffman USA 14.350
3. Kailey Tissue USA 13.600

Darya Zgoba (UKR), winning bars and beam

UNEVEN BARS
1. Darya Zgoba UKR 15.550
2. Mayu Kuroda JPN 15.450
3. Olivia Vivian AUS 14.950

BALANCE BEAM
1. Darya Zgoba UKR 14.750
2. Nicole Heikkila CAN 14.500
3. Christine Nguyen USA 14.300

FLOOR EXERCISES
1. Kayla Hoffman USA 14.700
2. Mayu Kuroda JPN 14.550
3. Kailey Tissue USA 13.400
***************************************************
All-around, JUNIORS
1. Catherine Nguyen USA 55.500
2. Alia Mustafina RUS 55.350
3. Valeria Savelyeva UKR 52.850

4. Carol Byrnes USA 51.500
5. Kim Levesque CAN 49.250

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Vault
1. Alia Mustafina RUS 13.700
2. Catherine Nguyen USA 13.200
3. Valeria Savelyeva UKR 13.100

Uneven Bars
1. Catherine Nguyen USA 13.950
2. Alia Mustafina RUS 13.250
3. Valeria Savelyeva UKR 13.050

Balance Beam
1. Alia Mustafina RUS 14.800
2. Catherine Nguyen USA 14.600
3. Valeria Savelyeva UKR 14.100

Floor Exercise
1. Catherine Nguyen USA 13.750
2. Alia Mustafina RUS 13.600
3. Carol Byrnes USA 13.450


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Worldcup in Cottbus: Isayeva most successful gymnast

26. März 2006  
Cottbus / Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

Worldcup in Cottbus: Isayeva most successful gymnast

Irina Isayeva (RUS) won on
balance beam and floor

The '30th Tournament of Masters' has ended with the 2nd finals' day.

Irina Isayeva (RUS) took the victories on balance beam and floor and became the most successful gymnast in the women's field this year.

In the men's field Brandon O'Neill from Canada won the final on vault. Vlasios Maras (GRE) managed to repeat his great performance from the qualification and won on high-bar. The victory on parallel bars went to Mitja Petkovsek from Slovenia...

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Winner today - Irina Isayeva (RUS)

Second FINALS Day - Saturday
- City Hall, Cottbus, March 26 -

Women’s Final BALANCE BEAM

Results:
1. Isayeva, Irina RUS 14,950
2. Bieger, Jana USA14,875
3. Souza, Lais BRA 14,850
4. Li, Ya CHN 14,800
5. De Simone, Lenika ESP 14,600
6. Nistor, Steliana ROM 14,400
7 .Simbhudas, Rebecca CAN 13,825
8. Wagner, Veronica SWE 13,275
>> Detailed Results: BALANCE BEAM

Almost all competitors came through their routines without falls, though nearly all had a few wobbles in their routines. A lot of sidewards elements, like somersault sidewards tucked, were presented and also the combination of leap – wolf jump was quite popular.
Irina Isayeva from Russia kicked of the women’s beam final with a nice routine including somersault fwd. tucked – sheep jump, ff - layout stepout bwd., Onodi and a good double somersault bwd. piked dismount. She had two slight wobbles today, one of them slightly interrupted a combination a bit.
Lais Souza (BRA) presented her difficult routine very well today. She began with a somersault fwd. piked (not totally executed in a piked position), another somersault fwd. piked on the beam, somersault fwd. tucked – ff – layout stepout bwd., Onodi, leap – wolf jump and the dismount ff - ff - double somersault bwd. tucked.
Li,Ya from China remained without a fall today but unfortunately nonetheless had a few slight wobbles in her very difficult and nicely composed routine including Onodi, piked Barani, a very nice Rulfova, somersault fwd. tucked – sheep jump, switch leap – wolf jump and dismount double somersault bwd. piked.
Veronica Wagner from Sweden showed a concentrated routine (including switch leap – wolf jump, somersault fwd. tucked, somersault bwd. tucked and the difficult dismount somersault fwd. tucked (she made a large step to secure the landing of it)) and managed to avoid an “almost- fall” at one of her leaps.
Romania’s Steliana Nistor presented a fluent routine (including ff – somersault bwd. tucked 1/1 turn, front aerial – ff – layout stepout bwd., sidewards somersault tucked, dismount ff – ff – 2 1/2 twists). Like the other finalists before her she also didn’t remain without a few slight wobbles.
Rebecca Simbhudas from Canada came well through her routine but then unfortunately lost all chances for a medal with a fall on her double somersault bwd. dismount…
Like already during the qualification, Lenika de Simone (ESP) again showed a very good routine started with the mount RO – layout stepout bwd., Rulfova, front aerial, somersault sidewards tucked. Her dismount of “only” double somersault bwd. tucked maybe lacked a bit of difficulty.
Jana Bieger (USA) was the leading gymnast after the qualification where however she managed to present an even better routine than in today’s final. Nonetheless she came through her very difficult routine (including Barani, front aerial – layout stepout bwd., ff- layout, dismount double somersault fwd.) quite well and without major errors, though with a few insecurities in the execution.

Jenny Brunner (GER)

Women’s Final FLOOR

Results:
1. Isaeva, Irina RUS 14,675
2. Lenika de, Simone ESP 13,825
3. Souza, Lais BRA 13,700
4. Gombas, Laura HUN 13,525
5. Pihan, Marta POL 13,275
6. Ponor, Catalina ROM 13,250
7. Gener, Tania ESP 13,000
8. Brunner, Jenny GER 12,025
>> Detailed Results: FLOOR EXERCISES

Tania Gener (ESP) started the women’s floor final with a speedy routine during which she slightly stepped out of bounds once. Her elements included whip – whip – ff –ff – double somersault bwd. piked, handspring - layout fwd. 1/1 turn and 2 1/2 twists in the end.
Olympic Champion Catalina Ponor showed an expressive routine which however lacked a bit of power. She started with a piked full-in (though ended more in a tucked position). Her 2 1/2 twists – layout fwd. was landed very low but she managed to secure the landing well. Also the end of her routine with a 2/1- twist lacked a bit of difficulty.
Laura Gombas’ (HUN) routine (including double somersault bwd. piked, triple twist and 2 1/2 twists – somersault fwd. piked) lacked a bit of expression but she managed to get through it solidly today.
The speedy routine of Lenika de Simone (ESP) was well liked by the audience. Her combination of whip – whip – ff – ff – 2 1/2 twists looked very nice and she managed to continue well until her double somersault bwd. piked in the end.
Germany’s young talent Jenny Brunner couldn’t continue with her good presentation from Friday’s qualification. She fell after her 2 1/2 twists – layout fwd.
Lais Souza (BRA) started well but then had major interruptions in her 3rd acrobatic series. With this she lost all chances for a medal which she otherwise certainly would have had in this final.
Russia’s tiny Irina Isayeva received by far the most applause in the women’s floor final by the audience in Cottbus today and she also definitely presented the best performance and clearly won this final. She showed all her elements, including piked full-in, 2 1/2 twists – layout fwd., triple twist (small step to secure the landing) and double somersault bwd. piked in the end, very well and very elegant.
Marta Pihan from Poland ended this final with a beautiful routine. However, unfortunately she fell on her interesting acrobatic series of somersault fwd. tucked 1/1 turn – RO – double Arabian tucked at the beginning and with this lost all chances on a front position.

The most successful gymnast in the women’s field this year Irina Isayeva from Russia was quite surprised about this success: “I really didn’t expect to be that successful here!” Her further goal for this year is to make it into Russia’s team for the World Championships in October – “And I’m quite sure that I’ll be able to make that!” Her favourite apparatus is floor and as her idol she mentions a gymnast who also was quite famous for her expressive performances on this apparatus – Svetlana Khorkina.

Fabian Hambüchen (GER) - 2nd on vault

Men’s Final VAULT

Results:
1.O'Neill, Brandon CAN 16,362
2. Hambüchen, Fabian GER 16,312
3. Yerimbetov, Yernar KAZ 16,137
4. Hypolito, Diego BRA 15,987
5. Feng, Zhe CHN 15,975
6. Spiridonov, Eugen GER 15,737
7. Isayev, Andriy UKR 15,400
8. Golden, Sean USA 15,087
>> Detailed Results: VAULT

Y. Yerimbetov (KAZ) started the final in a sold-out venue in Cottbus with two good vaults, layout Kasamatsu 1/1 twist and Yurchenko 2/1 twists, of which he stuck the landings.
A. Isaiev (UKR) and S. Golden (USA) made mistakes and therefore lost all chances for a medal.
Germany’s Eugen Spiridonov replaced the injured R. Gal (HUN) in this final and took this chance with presenting two good vaults including stuck landings. The SV of his second vault handspring – somersault fwd. 1/2 turn is a bit low but in the end he reached a good 6th place.
Feng, Zhe from China presented a better performance than in the qualification with his handspring 2/1 twists and Kasamatsu 2 1/2 twists (which had the highest SV in this final with 7.0). However, due to mistakes in the landings he only ended up on rank 5.
Fabian Hambüchen (GER) stuck the landings of his powerfull Yurchenko 2 1/2 twists and layout Kasamatsu 1/1 twist and secured himself the silver medal.
Diego Hypolito (BRA) was a favourite in this final but made a mistake on his handspring – somersault fwd. 2/1 twists and so lost all chances for the victory.
This opened the door for Brandon O’Neill from Canada who showed two brilliant vaults with Kasamatsu 1 1/2 twists and Yurchenko 2/1 twists and won this final.
Men’s Final PARALLEL BARS

Results:
1. Petkovsek, Mitja SLO 16,075
2. Feng, Zhe CHN 15,500
3. Tsolakidis, Vasilis GRE 15,300
4. Fokin, Anton UZB 15,100
5. Hambüchen, Fabian GER 15,050
6. Yerimbetov, Yernar KAZ 14,900
7. Kulesza, Roman POL 14,850
8. Ikeda, Ken CAN 14,275
>> Detailed Results: PARALLEL BARS

Mitja Petkovsek - the best on parallel bars again

A dream final on parallel bars! Many gymnasts managed to show great routines with a high difficulty.
After Yernar Yerimbetow (KAZ) and R. Kolesza (POL) had shown solid routines the first favourite in this field competed: China’s Zhe Feng. With Belle tucked and Belle piked he presented an extremely difficult program which brought him the score of 15.50.
Then followed V. Tsoulakidis (GRE). With uprise with 3/4 turn – Makuts and uprise with 3/2 turn to handstand he, too, showed a very difficult routine.
The performance of Mitja Petkovsek (SLO) was a true highlight of this final! His routine was faultless and included shoot-up, shoot-up 1/2 , stutzkehr on one bar, Healy, 5/4 somersault fwd. to support, Tippelt and double somersault bwd. to a stuck landing.
Fabian Hambüchen (GER) also managed to finish his 4th final at this Worldcup very well but slight insecurities kept him out of the front ranks here on parallel bars.
Anton Fokin (UZB) was the only gymnast in this final who presented a double somersault fwd. dismount. He ended up on rank 4.

Vlasios Maras (GRE), winner on high bar, and Fabian Hambüchen

Men’s Final HIGH BAR

Results:
1. Maras, Vlasis GRE15,725
2. Hambüchen, Fabian GER15,600
3. Aoyama, Hitoshi JPN15,275
3. Murata, Kensuke JPN 15,275
5. Sager, Roger SUI15,225
6. Vasilyev, Anatoly RUS14,900
7. Yerimbetov, Yernar KAZ14,200
8. Schärer, Christoph SUI13,975
>> Detailed Results: high bar

K. Murata (JPN) was the first competitor in this final and showed a good routine with Kovacs 1/1 turn as highlight.
A. Vasiliev (RUS) presented brilliant flight elements with Kovacs and piked Tkatchev – straddled Tkatchev – Gienger but then unfortunately had to secure the landing of his double-double dismount with a few steps.
Also Y. Yerimbetov (KAZ) lost all chances for a medal with a fall on the dismount.
Two Swiss gymnasts were in this final and certainly also belonged to the favourites for a medal. However, Christoph Schärer fell on the difficult layout Jaeger 1/1 turn. Roger Sager presented his routine with layout Kovacs and tucked Kovacs and ended up on the 5th place.
Fabian Hambüchen (GER) went into this final with a lot of self-confidence after his good presentation in the qualification. A lot of cheers from the audience followed after his routine with a combination of 3 flight elements and an overall great routine!
Japan’s H. Aoyama came through his routine solidly and then followed the former World Champion on this apparatus Vlasios Maras from Greece. He thrilled the audience with a brilliant routine including a new element, piked Pegan, and managed to overtake Fabian Hambüchen to win this final.

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World Cup TOURNAMENT OF MASTERS in Cottbus: The Qualification Rounds....

24. März 2006  
Cottbus / Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

World Cup TOURNAMENT OF MASTERS in Cottbus: The Qualification Rounds....

Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) once again in her long career reached the 1st place on vault. On uneven bars China’s Li Ya clearly dominated the field with her spectacular routine.
Irina Iseava (RUS won the qualification on floor, Jana Bieger (USA) was the best gymnast on beam.

In the men’s field Diego Hypolitho (BRA) won the qualification on floor and also on vault. Daniel Popescu from Romania took the lead on pommel horse and Russia’s Alexander Safoshkin is on the 1st place on rings.

Mitja Petkovsek (SLO) took the lead on parallel bars and Christoph Schärer from Switzerland won the qualification on high bar.


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Results Qualification

Men floor
Men pommelhorse
Men rings
Men vault
Men parallel bars
Men high bars

Women vault
Women uneven bars
Women beam
Women floor

Jana Bieger (USA)

Qualification women vault
The entry field on vault was the smallest one in the women’s qualification at the 30th Tournament of Masters today.
Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) once again presented a good performance with her handspring – somersault fwd. 1/1 turn and Tsukahara 11/2 turns. With this she reached the 1st place and clearly made it into tomorrow’s final.
The first visit in Germany after having moved to the USA with her family when she still was a small child started well for Jana Bieger (USA). She presented two strong vaults with Yurchenko 11/2 twists and Barani and ended up on rank 2.
With Jana Komroskova from Czech Republic another very experienced gymnast reached the final with the 3rd place in today's qualification. Behind her on the 4th place followed the young Brazilian Talent Lais Souza.
Germany’s Katja Abel started well in her first World Cup tournament after a long injury break. With two good vaults (Yurchenko 1 1/2 twists & handspring – somersault fw. piked) and stuck landings she reached the 5th place.
Following on ranks 6 – 8 are Joanna Skowronska from Poland, the fan’s favourite Veronika Wagner from Sweden and the young Belorussian talent Nastassia Marachkouskaya.

Li, Ya (CHN) - the best gymnast on uneven bars today

Qualification women uneven bars
Many mistakes and falls could be seen in the women's qualification on uneven bars. Only the gymnasts ranked 1 – 4 remained without falls or major errors. Also it could be said that overall no major changes due to the new Code of Points could be seen in the routines.
China's Li,Ya clearly dominated the field with a very difficult and spectacular routine which brought her the well-deserved 1st place.
Jenny Brunner from Germany presented a good routine with well-reached handstand- positions on the bars, a piked Jaeger and dismount double somersault bwd. piked and ended up on rank 2.
A fluent routine with only slight problems to stick the landing of her dismount was shown by Jana Sikulova from Czech Republic. With this she reached the 3rd place.
Tania Gener from Spain showed a speedy and good routine. During her Gienger she was very close to the bar but she managed to continue well.
All other gymnasts in this field didn’t manage to remain without falls or major errors.

Felipe Pina (CHI)

Qualification men floor
32 gymnasts took part in the qualification on floor. It could be noticed that many gymnasts tried to present an especially high-valued element at the end of their routines. Like already during the last years combined acrobatic series consisting of fwd. and bwd. acrobatic elements are still dominating at the men’s floor. The following versions could be seen quite often today:
- 2 1/2 twist bwd. – layout fwd. 1 1/2 somersault fwd. to roll fwd.
- 1 1/2 twists bwd. – layout fwd. with 1/1 turn – somersault fwd. 1 1/2 twists
A fireworks of gymnastics was presented by Diego Hypolito from Brazil. He started off his routine with a piked double Arabian, followed by 2 acrobatic series and a tucked double Arabian in the end. With well-deserved 15.600 points he reached the highest score in this qualification on floor.
Germany's Fabian Hambüchen presented himself well and also managed to reach the final.

Qualification men pommel horse
Since now on pommel horse it isn't possible anymore to gain 0.10ths through combinations it could be seen that more emphasis was put on the safety. Flop- combinations, Russian wendeswings on different parts of the horse and travelling with integrated wendeswings dominated the routines on pommel horse today.
Romania's Daniel Popescu presented a beautifull routine and secured himself the 1st place in this qualification.
Germany's Thomas Andergassen showed Wukunian-Flop-Flop with Russian wendeswing- Mogilny-travelling fwd. and bwd.
Many gymnasts also presented spindles with 360° in their routines.

Fabian Hambüchen (GER)

Qualification men rings
The strength elements are of course still clearly dominating the field on rings. However, due to their higher value in the new CoP an increase of swinging elements could also be noticed today.
Japan's Nakase e.g. presented Jonasson piked directly followed by Jonasson tucked.
Also quite a few other gymnasts presented that kind of swinging elements in their routines. Unfortuntately the different Guczoghi- variations were still presented only rarely.
Yuri van Gelder as usual presented himself with a large amount of strength elements. However, in today's qualification Russia's A. Safoshkin and C. Yibing from China managed to get ahead of him. Thomas Andergassen (GER) presented a solid routine and also managed to reach tomorrow's final.
Despite of an increased amount of swinging elements, the strength elements are still the decisive elements to make the differences in the A-score on rings.

Young gymnast Jenny Brunner (GER)

Qualification women beam
Also on beam quite a few insecurities could be seen.
Jana Bieger secured herself the 1st place with a powerful routine through which she got well including a perfectly stuck double somersault fw. tucked dismount.
Romania's young talent Steliana Nistor followed on rank 2. She presented a beautiful and difficult routine with only tiny insecurities.
Irina Isayeva from Russia showed a nice routine including Onodi and front aerial and ended up on rank 3.
With a good routine including the combination somersault fwd. tucked – ff – layout stepout bwd. Lais Souza (BRA) also managed to reach another final.
All other participants in this qualification didn’t remain without falls or other major errors. The Olympic Champion Catalina Ponor had a fall and then also problems with her 2/1 pirouette and missed tomorrow's final with only the 10th place in this qualification.
Qualification women floor
Quite a few good and beautiful routines were presented on floor. The young Russian talent Irina Isayeva won this qualification with an elegant routine includine a tucked full-in, 2 1/2 twist – layout fwd. and triple twist. Although due to her young age her routine still lacked a bit of expression, wich she certainly will still gain in future, she presented a beautiful 'ballet-style' routine.
Lenika de Simone from Spain reached rank 2. She presented a speedy routine including a piked full-in, the combination of whip – whip – ff – ff – double twist and a double somersault bwd. piked in the end.
The funky presentation by Marta Pihan (POL) was well-liked by the audience. She ended up on rank 3 with her routine including a very nice double somersault fwd. tucked.
On the remaining final ranks followed Lais Souza, Catalina Ponor, Laura Gombas, Tania Gener and Germanys Jenny Brunner.
Jana Bieger withdrew from this floor qualification shortly before it started.
Qualification men vault
Many Yurchenko and Kasamatsu- vaults were presented. Again it was D. Hypolito from Brazil who presented 2 great vaults including Kasamatsu 11/2 twists. Also Robert Gal from Hungary showed two good vaults with handspring – double somersault and Kasamatsu 1/1 twist. Many gymnasts tried to present vaults with a SV of 6.8 but still had problems to perform them properly.
Fabian Hambüchen (GER) secured himself another spot in the final with a Yurchenko 2 1/2 twists and Kasamatsu 1/1 twist.

Mitja Petkovsek (SLO) - the best on parallel bars

Qualification men parallel bars
The highest amount of participants in the men's field started on parallel bars (33 participants).
Slovenia's Petkovsek presented a very clean routine and reached rank 1 in this qualification.
It could be seen in this final that the double somersault fwd. dismount has a higher value now. It was shown more often. The Healy from one bar was not presented as often as before anymore.
V. Tsolakiosis (GRE) presented an interesting routine with shoot to handstand – Makuz – Diamidov, double somersault fwd. landed on the upper arms. In his routine he managed to combine difficulty with a good execution.
A promising candidate for the front ranks in the final will also be Zhe Feng from China.
Qualification men high bar
On high bar quite a few new variations due to the new CoP could be seen. Many gymnasts tried to upgrade their routines through flight elements and the combination of them.
Vlasios Maras from Greece presented a premiere with a new element, a piked Pegan. With his routine he clearly reached the final and certainly is one of the highest favourites for the victory.
Also Fabian Hambüchen (GER) belonged to the gymnasts who presented 4 flight elements in his routine, 3 of them in a row. 3 flight elements or more were shown by Hambüchen (GER), Konecny (CZE) , Vasilyev (RUS) and Christensen (DEN). The Netherland's Zonderland tried the combination of Kovacs 1/1 twist - Kovacs but unfortunately fell on the 2nd Kovacs.

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Strong Rumanian Men and Chinese Women in Lyon!

19. März 2006  
Lyon / France  
Artistic Gymnastics

Strong Rumanian Men and Chinese Women in Lyon!

Marian Dragulescu (ROM)
- double winner

Three of six event finals of the artistic gymnastics world cup in Lyon, France were won bei Romanians:
World champion Marian Dragulescu was unbeaten on vaul, and before he overcame the reigning world champion Diego Hypolito from Brazil.
Successor of Romanian Urzica on pommel horse is the new winner Ilie Popescu and Safoskin (RUS) beats van Gelder!...
In women's competition Chinese Cheng, Fei was successful on vault and floor. On bars the Czech Jana Sikulova won in front of the two Americans Priess and Price - leading at qualification yet, but Ashley Priess (USA) won on beam...


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This weekend the second world cup of artistic gymnastics is held in Lyon, France.
Three current world champions in men's category leads after the first day's qualification: Diego Hypolito (floor) from Brazil, Mitja Petkovsek (bars) from Slovenia and with the highest score on vault Marian Dragulescu. ...

The Romanian Sandra Izbasa is leading on balance beam and on floor exercises, but two young gymnasts from USA, Ashley Priess and Kasandra Price surprise on uneven bars....
Best in qualification on vault is the Chinese Cheng, Fei...
The finals will be held on Sunday....
World Cup 'France International'
- Lyon/FRA, March 18 -

Results, Men's Qualification
>> Floor Exerc. / BODEN // >> Pommelhorse / PFERD

>> Still Rings / RINGE // >> Vault / SPRUNG

>> Parallel Bars / BARREN // >> High Bar / RECK //
WORLD CUP MEN's Decisions in Lyon

FLOOR EXERCISES
1. DRAGULESCU Marian ROM 15.725
2. HYPOLITO Diego BRA 15.525
3. ZOU Kai CHN 15.250

4. GAL Robert HUN 15.150
5. SUZUKI Ryota JPN 14.600
6. SAVITSKI Dimitri BLR 14.475
7. BARMPAKIS Konstantinos GRE 14.325
8. SEROUR Mohamed EGY 14.075

POMMEL HORSE
1. POPESCU Ilie-Daniel ROM 15.175
2. HARUTYUN Merdinyan ARM 15.125
3. BERKI Krisztian HUN 14.975

4. CASIMIR Eric FRA 14.925
5. TENG Haibin CHN 14.850
6. FERDJANI Sid Ali ALG 14.450
7. BENY Pierre-Yves FRA 14.200
8. YOSHIMURA Yuki JPN 13.450

STILL RINGS
1. SAFOSHKIN Alexander RUS 16.425
2. YANG Wei CHN 16.250
3. VAN GELDER Yuri NED 16.050

4. COPPOLINO Andrea ITA 15.675
5. TAN Kai Wen USA 15.525
6. MORANDI Matteo ITA 15.325
7. SAID ELDARINY Walid EGY 14.075
8. SAN MIGUEL Ivan ESP 14.075
VAULT
1. DRAGULESCU Marian ROM 16.587
2. ISAYEV Andriy UKR 16.312
3. HYPOLITO Diego BRA 16.125

4. SAPRONENKO Evgeni LAT 15.900
5. BOTELLA Isaac ESP 15.850
6. WIGNANITZ Raphaël FRA 15.812
7. BLANIK Leszek POL 15.637
8. MAYR Marco AUT 15.600

PARALLEL BARS
1. PETROVSEK Mitja SLO 15.875
2. KHOROKHORDIN Sergei RUS 15.250
3. CUCHERAT Yann FRA 15.200

4. TSOLAKIDIS Vasileios GRE 15.200
5. HUANG Xu CHN 15.150
6. KIERZKOWSKI Adam POL 15.075
7. CARBALLO Manuel ESP 15.075
8. KRYUKOV Nikolai RUS 12.575

HIGH BAR
1. TOMITA Yewki USA 15.425
2. ZOU Kai CHN 15.250
3. SUZUKI Ryota JPN 15.200

 4. ZONDERLAND Epke NED 15.075
5. SHAERER Christoph SUI 14.825
6. TENG Haibin CHN 14.675
7. MAREE Florent FRA 14.250
8. BUSNARI Alberto ITA 12.825

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Results, Women's Qualification
>> Vault / SPRUNG // >> Uneven Bars / STUFENBARREN

>> Balance Beam / SCHWEBEBALKEN // >> Floor Exercises / BODEN
WOMEN's Apparatus Finals

VAULT
1. CHENG Fei CHN 14.987
2. KOMRSKOVA Jana CZE 14.512
3. PRICE Kassandra USA 14.387

4. SKOWRONSKA Joanna POL 14.262
5. SHERBATYHKH Olga UKR 13.937
6. SOUZA Lais BRA 13.887
7. KAESLIN Ariella SUI 13.762
8. GRUDKO Anna RUS 13.712

UNEVEN BARS
1. SIKULOVA Jana CZE 14.700
2. PRIESS Ashley USA 14.600
3. PRICE Kassandra USA 14.600

4. GENER Tania ESP 14.550
5. KOSTYUSHENKO Maryna UKR 13.900
6. PRAVDINA Kristina RUS 13.600
7. BELLEMARE Rose Eliandre FRA 11.400
8. - . -

BALANCE BEAM
1. PRIESS Ashley USA 14.675
2. KAESLIN Ariella SUI 14.350
3. IZBASA Sandra ROM 14.200

4. HAN Bing CHN 13.450
5. PRAVDINA Kristina RUS 13.275
6. WAGNER Veronica SWE 13.050
7. MOREL Erika FRA 12.800
8. MAKSYUTA Valeriya UKR 12.450

FLOOR EXERCISES
1. CHENG Fei CHN 14.975
2. IZBASA Sandra ROM 14.950
3. SHERBATYHKH Olga UKR 14.100

4. PRICE Kassandra USA 13.875
5. WAGNER Veronica SWE 13.850
6. HARMES Suzanne NED 13.350
7. ESCOLAR Thais ESP 13.125
8. SOUZA Lais BRA 12.850

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Commonwealth Games: Host Australia most successfull

21. März 2006  
Melbourne / Australia  
Artistic Gymnastics

Commonwealth Games: Host Australia most successfull

Adam Wong (CAN)
(photo: CG melbourne)

Aussie's Balance: 6-6-6 ...Gold, Silver, Bronze...!
 Australian Joshua Jefferis has won gold for Australia in the Men’s All-Around Artistic Gymnastics final at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne with an overall score of 89.45. Canadian Nathan Gafuik won the silver and Australian Philippe Rizzo secured the bronze. Rizzo and Jefferis are both members of the Men’s Team that won silver behind Canada on the first day of the competition.
Not Olympic Champion Shewfelt but another Canadian won the gold medail on floor: Adam Wong - Shewfelt captured gold on vault ...
Australia's Chloe Sims has won gold in the Women's All-Around Final at the Gymnastics with an extraordinary finish. Canada's Elyse Hopfner Hibbs (gold at uneven bars and beam) achieved the same score as Chloe of 57.100 but had to settle for silver as judges deemed a tie was against the rules....

Joshua Jeffris: '... a dream comes true!'
(photo: CG melbourne)

2006 Commonwealth Games
- Saturday, March 18, Melbourne -

RESULTS: Men's All-Around
1. Joshua Jefferis AUS 89.450
2. Nathan Gafuik CAN 88.350
3. Philippe Rizzo AUS 88.200

4. Adam Wong CAN 87.400
5. Ng Shu Wai MAS 87.050
6. Ross Brewer ENG 86.400
7. Ryan Bradley ENG 86.300
8. David Eaton WAL 85.000
9. Adam Cox SCO 84.950
10. Steven Friedman RSA 83.950
11. Mark Holyoake NZL 82.700
12. Kristian Thomas ENG 82.650
13. Ooi Wei Siang MAS 82.200
14. Gerhard Swiegers RSA 82.150
15. Daniel Good NZL 82.000
16. Ashish Kumar IND 79.950
17. John Honiball NAM 79.800
18. Troy Sender RSA 79.400
19. Alexander Hedges IOM 77.450
20. Misha Koudinov NZL 77.400
21. Rohit Jaiswal IND 75.500
22. Eranda N. Gunasekara Dias SRI 71.600
23. Ekanayake Mudi Anselagep SRI 57,100
24 Srivastava Myank IND 28.350
>> Detailed Men's AA Results

Luis Smith (GBR): ... first big success!

MEN's Apparatus Finals
- March 20/21, Melbourne -

Floor Exercise
1. Adam Wong CAN 14.975
2. Shu Wai Ng MAS 14.850
3. Kyle Shewfelt CAN 14.700
4. Ross Brewer ENG 14.475
5. Samuel Offord AUS 14.325
6. Ryan Bradley ENG 14.300
7. Joshua Jefferis AUS 14.300
8. Constantinos Aristotelous CYP 13.750

Pommel Horse
1. Louis Smith ENG 15.775
2. Prashanth Sellathurai AUS 15.600
3. Grant Golding CAN 14.875
4. David Kikuchi CAN 14.525
5. Ross Brewer ENG 13.675
6. Andrew Mackie SCO 13.250
7. Shu Wai Ng MAS 12.950
8. Philippe Rizzo AUS 12.875

Still Rings
1. Joshua Jefferis AUS 15.825
2. Damian Istria AUS 15.700
3. Irodotos Georgallas CYP 15.300
4. Grant Golding CAN 15.275
5. Adam Wong CAN 15.200
6. Steven Friedman RSA Barry
7. Ross Brewer ENG 14.525
8. Steve Frew SCO 14.200

Vault
1. Kyle SHEWFELT CAN 16.337
2. Nathan GAFUIK CAN 16.112
3. Samuel OFFORD AUS 15.862
4. Luke FOLWELL ENG 15.712
5. OOI Wei SiangMAS 15.575
6. Kristian THOMAS ENG 15.562
7. Mayank SRIVASTAVA IND 15.462
8. NG Shu Wai MAS 15.225

Parallel Bars

1. Grant GOLDING CAN 15.450
2. Philippe RIZZO AUS 15.275
3. Joshua JEFFERIS AUS 14.800
4. Ross BREWER ENG 14.725
5. Adam COX SCO14.350
6. Nathan GAFUIK CAN 14.250
7. Mark HOLYOAKE NZL 14.050
8. Ryan BRADLEY ENG 14.025

High Bar
1. DamianI STRIA AUS 15.600
2. David EATON WAL 15.000
3. Adam COX SCO14.95
4. NG Shu Wai MAS 14.700
5. Samuel OFFORD AUS 14.625
6. Nathan GAFUIK CAN 14.600
7. Kyle SHEWFELT CAN14.525
8. Ross BREWER ENG 14.425

Chloe Sims (AUS), Australian Triumph!

RESULTS: Women's All-Around
1. Chloe Sims AUS 57.100
2. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 57.100
3. Hollie Dykes AUS 55.800

4. Imogen Cairns ENG 55.750
5. Shavahn Church ENG 55.000
6. Alyssa Brown CAN 54.600
7. Gael Mackie CAN 54.050
8. Becky Downie ENG 53.700
9. Lynette Lisle WAL 53.500
10. Carol Galashan SCO 53.300
11. Rosalie Hutton SCO 52.550
12. Katie Slader NIR 51.600
13. Emma White SCO 51.350
14. Chanel Moonsammy RSA 50.800
15. Belinda Castles NZL 50.600
16. Olivia Jobsis NZL 50.550
17. Francki van Rooyen RSA 49.950
18. Melanie Roberts WAL 49.950
19. Nabihah Binti Ali MAS 48.200
20. B. Abd Hamid Nurul Fatiha MAS 48.050
21. Kathryn Ward NIR 47.800
22. Candice Cronje RSA 47.450
23. Kaisey Griffith BER 46.100
24. Caitlyn Mello BER 46.000
>> Detailed Women's AA Results

Imogen Cairns (GBR), the new face...

WOMEN's apparatuds Finals
- March 20/21, Melbourne -

Vault
1. Imogen Cairns ENG 14.325
2. Alyssa Brown CAN 14.275
3. Naomi Russell AUS 14.137
4. Jessica Gazzi WAL 14.112
5. Chloe Sims AUS 14.062
6. Emma White SCO 13.862
7. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 13.737
8. Francki Van Rooyen RSA 6.912

Uneven Bars
1. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 15.100
2. Shavahn Church ENG 14.875
3. Monette Russo AUS 14.850
4. Naomi Russell AUS 14.525
5. Becky Downie ENG 14.000
6. Rhian Pugh WAL 13.950
7. Lynette Lisle WAL 13.400
8. Belinda Castles NZL 12.700

Balance Beam
1. Elyse HOPFNER-HIBBS CAN 14.950
2. Hollie DYKES AUS14.925
3. Becky DOWNIE ENG 14.075
4. Monette RUSSO AUS 13.850
5. Rosalie HUTTON SCO 13.775
6. Francki VAN ROOYEN RSA 13.5
7. Helen GALASHAN SCO 13.375
8. Alyssa BROWN CAN 13.050

Floor Exercises
1. Hollie DYKES AUS 14.650
2. Ashleigh BRENNAN AUS 13.925
3. Francki VAN ROOYEN RSA 13.900
4. Jenny HANNAH SCO 13.775
5. Hannah CLOWES ENG 13.650
6. Elyse HOPFNER-HIBBS CAN 13.625
7. Rosalie HUTTON SCO 12.775
8. ImogenCAIRNS ENG12.350
Gold for Australian Women's Team
Strong performances on the beam and the vault helped the Australian gymnasts secure the Women's Team gold medal ahead of England and Canada.
The Australians scored 172.600 points to win by 8.250 points from England, which was without its injured captain, Beth Tweddle.
Australian captain, Monette Russo, competed with an ankle injury, but produced a particularly strong routine.
The Australian team included Hollie Dykes in her first senior international competition performance, with the best score of 58,550.
'I think it's very exciting especially for my first comp, ' she said afterwards.
'It was really exciting, it just lifted me.'
Canada won the bronze medal with 162.550 points....

Hollie DYKES (AUS)
- best of qualification

Commonwealth Games 2006, MELBOURNE, AUS
- Friday, March 17, Melbourne/AUS -

WOMEN's Team Competition
1. Australia 172,600
2. Great Britain 164,350
3. Canada 162,550 4. Wales 158,750
5. Scottland 156,450
6. Republic of South Africa 155,000
7. New Zealand 151,500
8. Malaysia 141,950
9. Bermuda 134,950
10. India 129,400
>> Women's detailed TEAM Results

Canadian Men's Team

Gold for Canadian Men's Team
Thursday, 16-Mar-2006
Canada broke a 12-year gold-medal drought in men's team artistic gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday in Melbourne, beating Australia and defending champion England in the final.
<< Canada - with Kyle Shewfelt, Adam Wong, Nathan Gafuik and Grant Golding, all of Calgary, and David Kikuchi of Halifax - won the event with a total of 269.750 points, followed by Australia (268.850) and England (260.000)....


It was Canada's first men's team gold medal since a home victory in 1994 in Victoria. The Canadians also won Commonwealth Games gold in 1978 and 1990.
Kyle Shewfelt (23), scored a competition-high 16.600 on vault, performing his trademark Yurchenko layout 2 1-2, and a Tsukahara layout double-twist. The 2004 Athens Olympic champion also registered the best score on the floor.
The Australians got off to a bad start with their two most-experienced competitors, Philippe Rizzo and Damian Istria, falling from the high bar and on their floor routines...

MEN's Team Competition
1. Canada 269.750
2. Australia 268.850
3. England 260.000

4. Scotland 254.450
5. Malaysia 253.350
6. South Africa 245.000
7. New Zealand 239.700
8. Sri Lanka 213.400

Commonwealth Gold for Australian Women s Team

17. März 2006  
Melbourne / Australia  
Artistic Gymnastics

Commonwealth Gold for Australian Women s Team

Hollie DYKES (AUS)
- best of all-around

Strong performances on the beam and the vault helped the Australian gymnasts secure the Women's Team gold medal ahead of England and Canada.
The Australians scored 172.600 points to win by 8.250 points from England, which was without its injured captain, Beth Tweddle.
Australian captain, Monette Russo, competed with an ankle injury, but produced a particularly strong routine.
The Australian team included Hollie Dykes in her first senior international competition performance, with the best score of 58,550.
'I think it's very exciting especially for my first comp, ' she said afterwards.
'It was really exciting, it just lifted me.'
Canada won the bronze medal with 162.550 points....
Commonwealth Games 2006, MELBOURNE, AUS
- Friday, March 17, Melbourne/AUS -

WOMEN's Team Competition
1. Australia 172,600
2. Great Britain 164,350
3. Canada 162,550

 4. Wales 158,750
5. Scottland 156,450
6. Republic of South Africa 155,000
7. New Zealand 151,500
8. Malaysia 141,950
9. Bermuda 134,950
10. India 129,400
>> Women's detailed TEAM Results

Canadian Men's Team

Gold for Canadian Men's Team
Thursday, 16-Mar-2006
Canada broke a 12-year gold-medal drought in men's team artistic gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday in Melbourne, beating Australia and defending champion England in the final.
<< Canada - with Kyle Shewfelt, Adam Wong, Nathan Gafuik and Grant Golding, all of Calgary, and David Kikuchi of Halifax - won the event with a total of 269.750 points, followed by Australia (268.850) and England (260.000)....
It was Canada's first men's team gold medal since a home victory in 1994 in Victoria. The Canadians also won Commonwealth Games gold in 1978 and 1990.
Kyle Shewfelt (23), scored a competition-high 16.600 on vault, performing his trademark Yurchenko layout 2 1-2, and a Tsukahara layout double-twist. The 2004 Athens Olympic champion also registered the best score on the floor.
The Australians got off to a bad start with their two most-experienced competitors, Philippe Rizzo and Damian Istria, falling from the high bar and on their floor routines...

MEN's Team Competition
1. Canada 269.750
2. Australia 268.850
3. England 260.000

4. Scotland 254.450
5. Malaysia 253.350
6. South Africa 245.000
7. New Zealand 239.700
8. Sri Lanka 213.400

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