Jun 18 -
Artistic Gymnastics National Championships of China:
Jun 15 -
U.S. men to compete in gymnastics team competition against Russia and Ukraine,
June 30, in Kiev, Ukraine: Alexander Artemev, Joseph Hagerty, Jonathan Horton, Tim McNeill, Kevin Tan and Sean Townsend.
David Durante is the alternate. Three athletes from each team will compete on each apparatus and all scores will count toward the final team score.
Jun 13 -
Artistic Gymnastics National Championships of China is held in Shanghai from June 9th through
June 18th. 6/11 Men's Team Final: 1 Guangdong, 2 Jiangsu, 3 Bayi 6/12 Women's Team Final: 1 Shanghai, 2 Hubei, 3 Guangdong 6/13 Men's All-Around: 1 Yang Wei, 2 Chen Yibing, 3 Teng Haibin 6/14 Women's All-Around:1 Yang Yilin 56.150, 2 Xiao Sha 55.550, 3 He Ning 54.550 6/15 no competition 6/16 Men's Floor Exercise and Pommel Horse, Women's Floor Exercise and Vault, 6pm 6/17 Men's Still Rings and Vault, Women's Floor Exercise, 6pm 6.18 Men's Parallel Bars and High Bar, Women's Balance Beam, 6pm Chinese gymnast Wang Yan, only 15, may suffer a paralysis after she broke her neck in an accidental falldown from uneven bars at the national championship, an insider from the diagnosis group revealed on Tuesday. Wang, in a local hospital specializing in bones injury, was diagnosed fracture and dislocation in the second and third spinal bones. Wang Yan fell down to her head from the high bar in the women's qualifier of the national championship on Sunday and plunged into coma on the cushion. Jun 11 -
Philippe Rizzo is unable to defend the high bars title at the world gymnastics championships later this year
after rupturing an Achilles tendon. Rizzo, 26, will undergo surgery in Sydney tomorrow after sustaining the injury during floor
exercise training on Thursday. But he is confident the injury won't end his career, and that he will be back in time to bid
for the Olympic Games in Beijing next year if a berth is available.
Jun 05 -
World Championships - Stuttgart (GER) New Participants' Record Possible. More and more federations want to participate in the 40th EnBW World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart. So far, already 71 gymnastics federations with teams or individual gymnasts have registered for the anniversary tournament. This means an additional Beijing, i.e. qualification day on September 1st. Jun 04 -
World Cup - Buenos Aires (ARG) - Finals
Jun 01 -
USA Gymnastics named 12 women to the Training Squad for the 2007 Pan American Games, July 13-29 in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil: Rebecca Bross, Sarah DeMeo, Ivana Hong, Shawn Johnson, Natasha Kelley, Nastia Liukin, Hilary Mauro, Samantha Peszek,
Bridget Sloan, Amber Trani, Cassandra Whitcomb and Shayla Worley
May 26 -
2007 World Stars - Moscow (RUS) - Finals:
May 23 -
2007 Canadian Gymnastics Championships. Regina (CAN) Qualification Women:
May 20 -
The FIG Council in Orlando (USA) has designated the host cities of the 2011 World Championships as follows: Artistic Gymnastics Japan Tokyo Rhythmic Gymnastics France Lille Trampoline Gymnastics Great Britain Birmingham ART A Doha (QAT) March 04 – 06, 2008 RG Ind & Grp A Minsk (BLR) May 16 – 18, 2008 RG Grp A Tel Aviv (ISR) August 11, 2007 TRA A Ghent (BEL) April 25 – 26, 2008 TUM B Ghent (BEL) April 25 – 26, 2008 TRA B Albacete (ESP) June 27 – 28, 2008 AER B Zaragoza (ESP) September 19 – 24, 2007 AER B Oaxtepec (MEX) December 04 – 10, 2007 May 16 -
The FIG Council in Orlando (USA) May 18-20 will will designate the host cities for the 2011 world championships
of the FIG's Olympic disciplines; Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics. The Council will select from among the
following candidates: For Artistic Gymnastics: Moscow (RUS), Prague (CZE) or Tokyo (JPN) For Rhythmic Gymnastics: Berlin (GER) or Portimao (POR) For Trampoline Gymnastics: Birmingham (GBR) May 13 -
4th World Cup Men and Women Gent 2007 - Finals
May 12 -
4th World Cup Men and Women Gent 2007 - Qualification
May 10 -
The Japanese capital of Tokyo will bid for hosting the 2011 world gymnastics championships, Japan Gymnastic
Association said on Wednesday. Running in the bid for the gym championship are Prague and Moscow. FIG is to make a choice
at its meeting slated for later this month in the United States.
May 07 -
Virginia's James Madison University recently announced plans to eliminate seven men's and three
women's programs, including gymnastics.
Apr 29 -
2nd European Championships - Apparatus Finals
Apr 28 -
2nd European Championships - AA Finals Men
Apr 28 -
2nd European Championships - AA Finals Women
Apr 27 -
2nd European Championships Qualification men All-Around Finals Qualifiers
Apr 26 -
2nd European Championships Qualification women Qualifiers for All-Around Finals 1 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 61.575 (1) 2 NISTOR Steliana ROU 60.125 (2) 3 IZBASA Sandra Raluca ROU 59.750 (3) 4 KOZICH Alina UKR 57.950 (4) 5 BRINKER Anja GER 57.875 (5) 6 ZGOBA Dariya UKR 57.125 (6) 7 VERICEL Cassy FRA 57.075 (7) 8 MORENO Patricia ESP 56.875 (9) 9 MACRI Federica ITA 56.725 (10) 10 CHUSOVITINA Oxana GER 56.700 (11) 11 KRAMARENKO Ekaterina RUS 56.075 (13) 12 BISMPIKOU Stefani GRE 56.000 (14) 13 SIKULOVA Jana CZE 55.975 (16) 14 CLOWES Hannah GBR 55.725 (17) 15 PRAVDINA Kristina RUS 55.500 (18) 16 WONG Lichelle NED 55.450 (19) 17 WAGNER Veronica SWE 55.250 (21) 18 MYS Gaelle BEL 55.200 (22) 19 MARACHKOUSKAYA Nastassia BLR 55.125 (23) 20 PALESOVA Kristina CZE 55.125 (24) 21 VAN DE LEUR Verona NED 54.750 (26) 22 KARPENKO Victoria BUL 54.700 (27) 23 ALCAIDE Mercedes ESP 54.450 (29) 24 ZANEVSKAJA Jelena LTU 54.425 (30) Reserves R1 ERCEG Tina CRO 53.700 (33) R2 TSAKALIDOU Viktoria GRE 53.275 (34) R3 KORCSMAROS Enikoe HUN 53.225 (35) Qualifiers for Vault Finals 1 GIOVANNINI Carlotta ITA 14.737 2 GRUDKO Anna RUS 14.462 3 CHUSOVITINA Oxana GER 14.237 4 LOZHECKO Yulia RUS 14.212 5 KOMRSKOVA Jana CZE 14.187 6 IZBASA Sandra Raluca ROU 14.125 7 KING Marissa GBR 14.100 8 KORCSMAROS Enikoe HUN 14.087 Reserves R1 VERICEL Cassy FRA 14.050 R2 MARACHKOUSKAYA Nastassia BLR 13.987 R3 WAGNER Veronica SWE 13.825 Qualifiers for Bars Finals 1 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 15.600 2 SIKULOVA Jana CZE 15.275 3 ZGOBA Dariya UKR 15.250 4 NISTOR Steliana ROU 15.225 5 BRINKER Anja GER 15.100 6 WONG Lichelle NED 14.725 7 KRAMARENKO Ekaterina RUS 14.675 8 LINDOR Katheleen FRA 14.550 Reserves R1 VERICEL Cassy FRA 14.400 R2 BUI Kim GER 14.300 R3 GRIGORE Andreea ROU 14.200 Qualifiers for Beam Finals 1 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 16.000 2 IZBASA Sandra Raluca ROU 15.700 3 NISTOR Steliana ROU 15.650 4 KRASNIANSKA Iryna UKR 15.650 5 LOZHECKO Yulia RUS 15.575 6 KOZICH Alina UKR 15.575 7 BISMPIKOU Stefani GRE 15.425 8 PRAVDINA Kristina RUS 15.300 Reserves R1 CHUSOVITINA Oxana GER 15.150 R2 CAMPOS Laura ESP 15.075 R3 WAGNER Veronica SWE 15.050 Qualifiers for Floor Finals 1 IZBASA Sandra Raluca ROU 15.350 2 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 15.250 3 NISTOR Steliana ROU 14.775 4 KOZICH Alina UKR 14.725 5 TWEDDLE Elizabeth GBR 14.725 6 VERICEL Cassy FRA 14.625 7 MORENO Patricia ESP 14.500 8 CHUSOVITINA Oxana GER 14.450 Reserves R1 GRUDKO Anna RUS 14.400 R2 PRAVDINA Kristina RUS 14.350 R3 BRINKER Anja GER 14.275 Apr 15 -
40th Salamunov Memorial - World Cup - Maribor (SLO)
Apr 14 -
40th Salamunov Memorial - World Cup - Maribor (SLO)
Apr 07
- The Spanish men's national won friendly meet over the hosts from Portugal in the northern Portuguese town of Maia:
Apr 07
- The Spanish men's national won friendly meet over the hosts from Portugal in the northern Portuguese town of Maia:
Apr 06
- 2004 U.S. Olympic Coach Kevin Mazeika of Houston was named head coach for the U.S. Men's Team that will compete
in the 2007 World Championships, Sept. 1-9, in Stuttgart, Germany. Mazeika, who also led the men’s squad for the 2001 and
2003 World Championships, guided the U.S. Men’s Team to the team silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2001 and 2003
World Championships.
Apr 06
- Isao Yoneda, a member of the gold medal-winning Japanese men's gymnastics team at the 2004 Athens Olympics,
will sit out the world championships scheduled for this September in Germany after undergoing surgery on his finger
Thursday in Tokyo
Apr 04
- Triple Olympic gold medallist Catalina Ponor (ROM) will miss this month's European gymnastics
championships (April 26-29 in Amsterdam) due to illness. Romanian women's team: Sandra Isbasa,
Steliana Nistor, Aluissa Lacusteanu and Andreea Grigore. Men's team: Marian Dragulescu, Razvan
Selariu, Flavius Koczi, Daniel Popescu, Marius Berbecar and Adrian Bucur.
Mar 27
- Famous former Romanian Gymnastics coaches Martha and Bela Karolyi
were awarded on Monday the "Trainer of Legend" Trophy during a festivity in Bucharest. They were trainers of the Romanian
women gymnastics team between 1973 and 1981 who won 18 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze medals in Olympiads, World and European
Championships
Mar 25 -
31st Turnier der Meister Cottbus - Finals Sunday:
Mar 24 -
31st Turnier der Meister Cottbus - Finals Saturday:
Mar 23 - 31st Turnier der Meister Cottbus - Qualification:
Mar 18 - 16th Internationaux de France 2007 - Finals:
Mar 17 - Women’s Friendly GBR vs. USA Lisburn City Teams: 1 United States 237.700 2 Great Britain 218.100
Mar 17 - 16th Internationaux de France 2007 - Qualification:
Mar 13 - On Saturday March 17th and Sunday March 18th women's national teams of Great Britain
and USA will compete in Friendly International GBR vs. the USA in Lisburn City, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The final line-up will be revealed shortly before the meet but it is expected that both the host and guest nations will
test some of their best Olympic 2008 hopefuls. GBR: Rebecca Downie, Laura Jones, Hannah Clowes, Rebecca Wing, Jodie Standish, Marissa King, Olivia Bryl, Melanie Roberts, Leigh Rogers and Emma White. USA: Natasha Kelly, Shawn Johnson, Bianka Flohr, Samantha Peszek, Ivana Hong, Shayla Worley and Hillary Mauro. To see it visit Romanian-Gymnastics.com »
Mar 12 - British Columbia won six gold medals at 2007 Canada Winter Games, which concluded Friday
in Whitehorse, Yukon Men’s Teams: 1 British Columbia 50.450 44.900 48.850 50.600 49.350 50.450 294.600 2 Alberta 48.900 44.950 48.600 50.050 50.000 49.500 292.000 3 Ontario 49.050 46.050 48.700 50.850 48.900 47.350 290.900 Men’s Individual All-Around Final: 1 Jackson Payne 12.100 13.600 12.400 12.700 12.900 12.950 76.650 2 Jayd Lukenchuk 12.850 10.650 12.750 13.200 13.150 12.800 75.400 3 John Hall 12.650 12.000 12.400 12.150 12.350 12.700 74.250 Detailed Results Men » Women’s Teams: 1 Québec 57.55 53.80 57.95 56.30 225.60 2 British Columbia 59.80 51.15 57.75 55.60 224.30 3 Ontario 58.65 49.80 58.80 56.20 223.45 Women’s Individual All-Around Final: 1 Dominique Pegg 14.450 13.650 15.300 14.650 58.050 2 Brittany Rogers 14.600 14.600 14.450 14.200 57.850 3 Alycia Chan 15.150 12.800 14.400 15.350 57.700 Detailed Results Women »
Mar 08 - Gymnastics Australia announced that World Champions, China are coming to Melbourne
in May to compete against Australia. The Australian Championships will be held from May 24-26 at the Vodafone Arena with the
main attraction being the International Apparatus Challenge on Sunday 27th May. Lead Up events: May 25 - Australia v China (Women’s Team event) May 26 - Australia v China (Men’s Team event) Main event: May 27 - International Apparatus Challenge - Australia v China Finals Men: 1 Jonathan Horton USA 92.750 2 Nakase Takuya JPN 92.150 3 Maxim Devyatovsky RUS 91.950 4 Alexander Artemev USA 90.650 5 Lu Bo CHN 90.350 6 Dzmitry Savitski BLR 89.600 7 Fabian Hambuechen GER 88.650 8 Luis Vargas PUR 86.900 Results Men » Finals Women: 1 Shawn Johnson USA 62.050 2 Natasha Kelley USA 61.450 3 Elsa Garcia MEX 60.200 4 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 59.550 5 Zhou Zhuoru CHN 58.375 6 Daria Joura AUS 58.125 7 Kristina Pravdina RUS 56.975 8 Dariya Zgoba UKR 56.450 Results Women »
Mar 01 - 2006 Australian Women's Artistic Gymnastics Commonwealth Games Team
(Monette Russo, Ashleigh Brennan, Hollie Dykes, Naomi Russell and Chloe Sims) was presented with award "Young Australian
Team of the Year". Gymnastics was also represented on the night by the following finalists: Coach of the Year - Vladimir Vatkin,
Executive of the Year - Jane Allen, Young Australian Female Athlete of the Year - Chloe Sims
Mar 01 - Florida native Shayla Worley of Orlando has been added to the field for
the 2007 Tyson American Cup, replacing Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., who withdrew due to an injured leg.
Bieger missed a landing on a tumbling pass in the floor exercise and injured her left leg during training on Wednesday evening.
Feb 28 - Gymnasts will have a second chance to qualify for the Olympics starting
with the 2012 London Games. Following a directive from the International Olympic Committee to provide athletes with
a second opportunity, the FIG put together a proposal it expects to submit to the IOC by the end of the year. Under the
FIG's proposal, the 2011 world championships would still serve as the main qualifying competition for all three disciplines
- artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline - for the 2012 Olympics. But the FIG also wants to use test events the
year before the games as a second qualifying competition for the London Games. The quota of gymnasts at Beijing will be 324, up 12 from the Athens Olympics, to allow for more competitors in the rhythmic gymnastics competition.
Feb 24 - USA Gymnastics names 2007 U.S. Men’s Senior National Team:
Guillermo Alvarez, Alexander Artemev, Raj Bhavsar, David Durante, Sean Golden, Joseph Hagerty, Jamie Henderson,
Jonathan Horton, Tim McNeill, David Sender, Justin Spring, Clay Strother, Kevin Tan, Yewki Tomita and Sean Townsend.
Feb 20 - U.S. Teams named for 2007 Tyson American Cup, held on March 3
at 11:30 a.m. at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL Men: Jonathan Horton and Raj Bhavsar (both Houston, TX), Guillermo Alvarez (Denver, CO) and Alexander Artemev (Morrison, CO) Women: Jana Bieger (Coconut Creek, FL), Shawn Johnson (West Des Moines, IA), Samantha Peszek (McCordsville, IN) and Ashley Priess (Hamilton, OH) Gainesville, FL: 1 Florida 49.150 49.700 49.425 49.600 197.875 2 Kentucky 48.800 48.875 48.525 48.600 194.800 Athens, GA: 1 Georgia 49.450 49.300 49.300 48.800 196.850 2 Utah 49.250 49.025 48.900 48.300 195.475 More Results »
Feb 13 - 2nd European Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships will take place
in Amsterdam from April 26 to 29, 2007. The drawing of lots of the starting order of the 280 gymnasts representing 39 countries
has been carried out.
Drawing of lots Men » Drawing of lots Women » All Around results (Prelims 100% + Finals 100%): 1 Sean Townsend (HGA/GymMasters) 177.150 2 David Sender (Stanford) 176.950 3 Guillermo Alvarez (Team Chevron/Minn) 176.700 4 Ryan Lieberman (Buffalo Grove) 171.250 5 Taqiy Abdullah (Oklahoma) 171.150 6 Thomas Kelley (Buffalo Grove) 170.300 Results » 1 David Sender Arlington Heights, IL 89.450 2 Alexander Artemev Morrison, CO 88.750 3 Sean Townsend Dickinson, TX 88.100 4 Guillermo Alvarez Denver, CO 88.050 5 Todd Thornton Houston, TX 85.000 Results »
Feb 07 - Olympic champion Paul Hamm has decided to return to competitive
gymnastics, hoping to win all-around title at the Beijing Olympics. Paul Hamm and his twin brother, Morgan, met last weekend
with USA Gymnastics officials to confirm they both had decided to return. They plan to participate in a limited number of
events in 2007 while they finish school and get back into competitive shape.
Feb 04 - 10th WOGA Classic was held Saturday evening in Frisco, Texas: Senior All-Around 1. Katelyn Mohr (Byers) 57.520 2. Alina Kozich UKR 57.080 3. Jessica Gil (Universal) 56.070 4. Lauren Mitchell AUS 55.930 5. Olivia Vivian AUS 55.880 Junior All-Around: 1. Ksenia Semyonova RUS 59.720 2. Mattie Larson (All Olympia) 57.670 3. Stephanie Desjardins-Labael (Quebec) 55.620 4. Randi Lau (WOGA) 54.750 5. Yves Berryman (Victorian Center) 53.980 Results »»
Feb 03 - NCAA women's gymnastics: In Gainesville Florida won over Auburn University 197.650 - 195.625 NCAA Results »»
Feb 01 - Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan has requested the International Olympic
Committee to give her back the medal she won at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Andreea Raducan had her medal withdrawn because
she was found to have used a then-illegal substance, pseudoephedrine, an ingredient of a simple cold pill. The substance
was since removed from the list of drugs banned in sporting events.
Jan 31 - The organisation committee of the 13th World Gymnaestrada in Dornbirn (AUT)
reckons with 25.000 participants from 50 countries. According to the provisional registrations received, they expect
318 groups from 53 countries; 14 National Evenings involving 21 countries; 17 Large Groups from 10 countries; applications
from 14 countries for the Educational Forum; and 412 requests for the City Performances. In terms of participants, the FIG
World Gymnaestrada will become the largest sports event the world over.
Jan 30 - Nadia Comaneci and Niro Group offered on Monday 10 scholarships to
gymnasts from School Sport Club 2 from Bucharest. The EUR 1,200 scholarships (EUR 100/month, for one year) were received
by gymnasts Cristina Petcu, Raluca Nistor, Andreea Gheorghe, Cristina Tudose, Cristina Stefan, Mihaela Tone, Roberta Butuc,
Andreea Codrat, Florina Dan and Georgiana Sulugiuc.
Jan 28 - The nation's top two NCAA women's gymnastics teams battled to a tie
Saturday afternoon in front of a record Stegeman Coliseum crowd of 10,224 people. No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Georgia exchanged
the lead throughout the meet, but the contest finally ended at 197.25 each. NCAA Results »»
Jan 26 - German Gymnastics Federation German Turner-Bund is with over 5 millions
members in 20.368 clubs the second largest sport association in Germany after football (soccer). The statistics of the
German olympic sport federation (DOSB) for 2006 showed 1.7 million children at the age of 3 to 14 years, 1.5 million women
at the age of 27-60 years as well as over 800.000 members over 60 years.
Jan 25 - 2007 Winter Cup Challenge will take place in Las Vegas (USA) on
Thursday February 8th. Session 1 starts at 12:00 pm, session 2 at 6:00 pm.
Jan 23 - Former Romanian gymnasts Camelia Voinea will soon open in Constanta,
southeastern Romania, the first private School of Gymnastics in Romania. Camelia Voinea plans to include Romania’s former
members of the national gymnastics team, Daniela Sofronie and Catalina Ponor, in her
training staff.
Jan 20 - Australia Youth Olympic Festival Men’s Floor Exercise 1 Jialin Yang CHN 14.625 2 Kristian Thomas GBR 14.400 3 Kazuaki Koizumi JPN 14.300 Men’s Pommel Horse 1 Louis Smith GBR 15.175 2 Daniel Keatings GBR 14.775 3 Xuezhang Chen CHN 14.475 Men’s Rings 1 Jialin Yang CHN 14.150 2 Xuezhang Chen CHN 13.950 3 Tomonori Mizutani JPN 13.850 »» Results Men Women’s Uneven Bars 1 Tian Jing CHN 14.800 2 Momoko Ozawa JPN 13.800 3 Jordan Lipton GBR 13.750 Women’s Floor Exercise 1 Tian Jing CHN 14.525 2 Mary-Anne Monckton AUS A 14.275 3 Yinghui He CHN 14.150 14.150 »» Women
Jan 19 - Australia Youth Olympic Festival continues in Sydney (AUS) Men All Around: 1 Kazuaki Koizumi JPN 86.998 2 Louis Smith GBR 85.849 3 Jialin Yang CHN 85.615 »» Results Men
Jan 18 - Australian Youth Olympic Festival opened in Sydney (AUS) with team competition.
Jan 17 - Fourteen countries will send gymnasts to compete at the 2007 Tyson American Cup,
on March 3 in Jacksonville, Florida. Tyson American Cup field includes world-class gymnasts from Australia, Belarus, Canada,
China, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States (Jana Bieger
and Alexander Artemev).
Jan 12 - NCAA gymnastics women Salt Lake City, UT: 1 Utah 49.075 49.375 48.700 49.150 196.300 2 UCLA 49.000 49.075 48.725 49.175 195.975 Lexington, KY: 1 Georgia 49.000 49.250 48.925 48.800 195.975 2 Kentucky 48.575 48.225 48.450 48.325 193.575 »» All Results
Jan 12 - FIG announced that 30 doping controls carried out at the World Championships in Aarhus (DEN)
went out negative. Same statement for the 10 controls carried out in Mie (JPN) during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Final.
Jan 7 - US College gymnastics women Sacramento, CA: Sacramento 191.375 (47.550 47.775 47.750 48.300) Utah State 190.000 (48.575 47.575 46.275 47.575) Wisconsin-La Crosse 185.100 (47.700 45.725 45.150 46.525) »» Results
Jan 6 - US College gymnastics women Athens, GA: Georgia 197.375 (49.350 49.500 49.325 FX-49.200) Stanford 194.600 (48.675 49.175 48.350 48.400) Los Angeles, CA: UCLA 193.425 (49.175 48.725 47.525 48.000) Washington 188.175 (47.275 47.025 47.350 46.525) Durham, NH: New Hamp. 191.775 (48.575 47.800 47.675 47.725) Rutgers 190.125 (48.250 47.250 46.900 47.725) »» Results
Jan 5 - Cancun Classic in Cancun, Mexico
Jan 5 - Florida won Super 6 Challenge in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jan 3 - Former Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci was voted the athlete of the
century by the readers of Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo, according to a poll carried out on the occasion of
celebrating 100 years since the foundation of the newspaper. Comaneci obtained 29% of the readers' votes and was
followed by tennis player Martina Navratilova, with 23%, and Steffi Graf, with 18%.
Jan 2 - 2007 Pre-Season College Coaches Poll: Women: 1 Georgia 793 (28 first), 2 Utah 758 (7), 3 Florida 697, 4 Alabama 684, 5 UCLA 615, 6 Michigan 594, 7 Nebraska 592, 8 Stanford 583, 9 LSU 526, 10 Oklahoma 504 Men: 1 Oklahoma 9 first, 2 Stanford 1, 3 Ohio State 0, 4 California 1, 5 Penn State 2, 6 Illinois 0, 7 Iowa 0, 8 Michigan 0, 9 Minnesota 1, 10 Nebraska 0
Dec 29 - The year 2007 will be full of important international gymnastics
competitions including: - 2nd European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Apr 23-29 Amsterdam (NED) - African Games Jul 11-23 Algiers (ALG) - 15th Pan American Games Jul 13-29 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) - 24th Summer Universiade Aug 8-18 Bangkok (THA) - 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Sep 1-9 Stuttgart (GER) »» Check gymnastics calendar 2007
Dec 24 - Yelena Mukhina died Saturday on Dec 23 in Moscow at age og 46 years. Mukhina was born Jun 1st 1960. Her major achievements: 1977 European Championships 2 AA, 3 VT, 1 UB, 1 BB, 1 FX. 1978 World Championships 1 AA, 1 USSR, 2 UB, 2 BB, 1 FX 1979 European Championships 1 UB, 2 FX Two weeks before the 1980 Moscow Olympics, while practicing her signature tumbling run, a Thomas salto (a 1 and 3/4 flip with 1 1/2 twists), she underrotated the salto, crash-landed on her chin, and her spine snapped, leaving her permanently paralyzed.
Dec 23 - Belarusian gymnast Nadezhda Vysotskaya has been suspended from competition
through Dec 31 2007, after testing positive during routine anti-doping control on May 16, 2006, at the World Cup in Ghent,
Belgium. Vysotskaya's results in Ghent (11th on vault and floor, 14th on balance beam) were nullified.
Dec 23 - China's gymnastics chief Gao Jian said on Friday that Chinese gymnasts
should not get high-headed despite a string of victories this year. "China has returned to the top of the gymnastics world
this year," said Gao. "As we are preparing for the Beijing Olympics, we should never get complacent." Chinese gymnasts have
just returned from the World Cup Final in Brazil, where they swept four out of 10 titles at stake.
Dec 22 - Romanian gymnast Marian Dragulescu ranked second in best Balkans athlete
2006. European and world 400m sprint champion Vanya Stambolova won the poll
Dec 17 - World Cup Final Sao Paolo (BRA) Men Vault: 1 DRAGULESCU Marian ROM 16.562 2 GOLOTSUTSKOV Anton RUS 16.362 3 HYPOLITO Diego BRA 16.250 Men Parallel Bars: 1 LI Xiaopeng CHN 16.450 2 HUANG Xu CHN 16.350 3 GONCHAROV Valeriy UKR 16.125 Men High Bar: 1 MARAS Vlasios GRE 16.050 2 RIZZO Philippe AUS 15.875 3 PEGAN Aljaz SLO 15.775 »» Results Men Women Beam: 1 LI Ya CHN 15.625 2 HYPOLITO Daniele BRA 15.350 3 DE SIMONE Lenika ESP 15.300 Women Floor: 1 DOS SANTOS Daiane BRA 15.600 2 TWEDDLE Elizabeth GBR 15.200 3 SOUZA Lais BRA 14.925 »» Results Women
Dec 16 - World Cup Final Sao Paolo (BRA) Men Floor: 1 HYPOLITO Diego BRA 16.050 2 SHEWFELT Kyle CAN 15.650 3 O’NEILL Brandon CAN 15.625 Men Pommel Horse: 1 XIAO Qin CHN 16.100 2 BERKI Krisztian HUN 16.025 3 TENG Haibin CHN 15.975 Men Rings: 1 CARMONA Regulo VEN 16.300 2 VOROBYOV Olexander UKR 16.250 3 ANGIOLETTI Matteo ITA 16.000 »» Results Women Vault: 1 CHENG Fei CHN 15.600 2 SOUZA Lais BRA 15.112 3 ZAMOLODCHIKOVA Elena RUS 14.875 Women Bars: 1 TWEDDLE Elizabeth GBR 16.300 2 LI Ya CHN 16.225 3 ZGOBA Dariya UKR 15.150 »» Results Women
Dec 12 - Romanian Gymnasts of the Year
Dec 05 - 15th Asian Games 2006 - Finals: Men’s Floor: 1 ZOU Kai CHN 16.000 2 LIANG Fuliang CHN 15.800 3 KIM Soo Myun KOR 15.600 Pommel Horse: 1 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 15.375 1 KIM Soo Myun KOR 15.375 1 JO Jong Chol PRK 15.375 Rings: 1 CHEN Yibing CHN 16.575 1 YANG Wei CHN 16.575 3 KURBANBAYEV Timur KAZ 16.300 »» Results Men Women's Vault: 1 CHENG Fei CHN 15.387 2 HONG Su Jong PRK 15.237 3 HONG Un Jong PRK 14.962 Uneven bars: 1 HONG Su Jong PRK 15.525 2 HE Ning CHN 15.000 3 CHA Yong Hwa PRK 14.800 »» Results Women
Dec 4 - 15th Asian Games 2006 Doha (QAT) Men’s All-Around Finals: 1 YANG Wei CHN 95.500 2 MIZUTORI Hisashi JPN 93.400 3 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 93.250 »» Results Women’s All-Around Finals: 1 HE Ning CHN 59.450 2 ZHOU Zhuoru CHN 59.050 3 HONG Su Jong PRK 57.800 »» Results
Dec 03 - 2007 NCAA women's gymnastics preseason coaches' poll:
1. Georgia 793, 2. Utah 758, 3. Florida 697, 4. Alabama 684, 5. UCLA 615, 6. Michigan 594, 7. Nebraska 592,
8. Stanford 583, 9. LSU 526, 10. Oklahoma 504, 11. Arizona State 451, 12. Oregon State 409, 13. Iowa State 345,
14. Penn State 344, 15. Arkansas 340
Dec 3 - 15th Asian Games 2006 Doha (Qatar) Women’s Teams: 1 China 239.400 2 DPR Korea 228.550 3 Japan 225.950 4 Rep. Korea 215.650 »» Results
Dec 02 - 2nd European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships
will take place in Amsterdam (NED) 26-29 April 2007. Total of 334 provisional inscriptions was received by UEG. 41 national
federations have sent a provisional registration for 202 male and 132 female gymnasts.
Dec 2 - 15th Asian Games 2006 Doha (Qatar) Men’s Teams: 1 China 377.100 2 Japan 373.050 3 Rep. Korea 371.500 4 DPR Korea 359.500 5 Kazakhstan 350.600 6 Chinese Taipei 345.900 »» Results
Nov 26 - 33-years old vault specialist and bronze medalist from 2006 Artistic Gymnastics World
Championships Oksana Chusovitina from Germany will not compete at World Cup Final in Sao Paolo (BRA) on
December 15-16th. She decided to participate in German Bundesliga Finals for her club team Toyota Cologne.
Nov 25 - 8th World Cup Final Trampoline and Tumbling Birmingham (GBR)
Nov 23 - 8th World Cup Final Trampoline and Tumbling will take place in Birmingham
on Sunday November 25. Eight best from World Cup will compete: Men's Individual, Women's Individual, Men's Synchro,
Women's Synchro, Men's Tumbling, Women's Tumbling
Nov 15 - 13th World Cup Final Sao Paolo (BRA) 2006 Dec 15-16 »» Men's Starting Order »» Women's Starting Order
Nov 13 - Japanese Gymnastics Champions Men Teams: TOKUSHUKAI G.C. 451.850 AA: TOMITA Hiroyuki CENTRAL Sports 92.550 FX: SEKIGUCHI Eiichi KONAMI Sports Club 15.400 PH: AOYAMA Hitoshi NIPPON SSU 15.100 SR: OKAMURA Yasuhiro NIPPON SSU 15.700 VT: OKIGUCHI Makoto NIPPON SSU 16.025 PB: MORI Takehito NIPPON SSU 15.450 HB: HOSHI Yosuke JUNTENDO Univ. 15.950 Women Teams: 1 ASAHI L.I. G.C. 275.600 AA: TSURUMI Koko ASAHI L.I. G.C. 58.450 UEMURA Miki ASAHI L.I. G.C. 58.450 VT: IIDA Yuki SUMA H.S. 13.425 UB: KURODA Mayu LEGIC Sports 15.750 BB: YAMAGISHI Mai TODA City S.C. 15.100 FX: OZAWA Momoko TODA City S.C. 14.500
Nov 11 - 10th Glasgow Grand Prix 2006 Men’s Floor Exercise 1 FAHRIG Matthias GER 15.325 2 BOUALLEGUE Wajdi TUN 15.125 3 DA SILVA Gael FRA 15.050 Men’s Pommel Horse 1 SMITH Louis GBR 15.375 2 HIDVEGI Vid HUN 15.150 3 SELIGMAN Robert CRO 15.050 Men’s Rings 1 SAFOSHKIN Alexander RUS 15.775 2 VOROBYOU Oleksandr UKR 15.650 3 TORKKEL Olli FIN 14.875 Men’s Vault 1 FAHRIG Matthias GER 15.800 2 KOSMIDIS Eleftherios GRE 15.562 3 GOLOTSUTSKOV Anton RUS 15.113 Men’s Parallel Bars 1 CUCHERAT Yann FRA 15.350 2 KULESZA Roman POL 14.925 3 TOWNSEND Sean USA 14.700 Men’s Horizontal Bar 1 CUCHERAT Yann FRA 15.500 2 ZONDERLAND Epke NED 15.275 3 EATON David GBR 14.875 »» Men's Results Women’s Vault 1 PAVLOVA Anna RUS 14.925 2 ZAMOLODCHIKOVA Elena RUS 14.488 3 KOMRSKOVA Jana CZE 14.463 Women’s Uneven Bars 1 TWEDDLE Beth GBR 16.025 2 ZGOBA Dariya UKR 15.725 3 JOURA Daria AUS 15.275 Women’s Beam 1 NISTOR Steliana ROM 15.425 2 ZGOBA Dariya UKR 15.200 3 PAVLOVA Anna RUS 15.025 Women’s Floor 1 IZBASA Sandra ROM 15.300 2 ZAMOLODCHIKOVA Elena RUS 15.000 3 NISTOR Steliana ROM 14.725 »» Women's Results
Nov 10 - 10th Glasgow Grand Prix 2006 started at the Kelvin Hall
Glasgow (GBR) with qualification. »» Men's Results »» Women's Results
Nov 5 - Swiss-Cup Zürich (SUI) 1. Oksana Tschussowitina (GER) Jordan Jovtschev (BUL) 31,60 (VT 15,15; SR 16,45) 2. Steliana Nistor (ROM) Marian Dragulescu (ROM) 31,00 (BB 15,85 Balken; VT 15,15) 3. Ariella Kaeslin (SUI) Niki Böschenstein (SUI) 30,65 (BB 15,85; VT 15,15) 4. Marie-Sophie Hindermann (GER) Thomas Andergassen (GER) 30,60 (UB 14,95, SR 15,65) »» Results
Nov 4 - 10th Siska Gym International 2006 1 Ekaterina Kramarenko RUS 56.450 2 Tatiana Nabieva RUS 55.850 3 Alexandra Ghita ROM 55.750 »» Results
Nov 1 - 23rd Memorial Arturo Gander Chiasso (SUI) Men’s All Around 1 DRAGULESCU Marian ROM 61.950 2 JOVTCHEV Jordan BUL 61.250 3 O'NEILL Brandon CAN 60.850 4 CAPELLI Claudio SUI 60.500 5 ISAYEV Andriy UKR 60.000 Women’s All Around 1 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 46.000 2 NISTOR Steliana ROM 45.050 3 CHUSOVITINA Oksana GER 44.650 4 KAESLIN Ariella SUI 44.050 5 GIOVANNINI Carlotta ITA 43.800 »» Results Men and Women
Oct 29 - 24. DTB-Pokal in Stuttgarte - Finals Sunday
Oct 28 - 24. DTB-Pokal in Stuttgart Men’s Floor Exercise Final 1 Hambüchen Fabian GER 15.600 2 O´Neill Brandon CAN 15.450 3 Bouallegue Wajdi TUN 15.250 Men’s Pommel Horse Final 1 Berki Krisztian HUN 15.750 2 Kryukov Nikolai RUS 15.600 3 Smith Louis GBR 15.450 Men’s Rings Final 1 Van Geldern Yuri NED 16.525 2 Carmona Regulo VEN 16.175 3 Tan Kai Wen USA 16.075 »» Results Men Women’s Vault Final 1 Pavlova Anna RUS 15.100 2 Chusovitina Oksana GER 14.937 3 Zamolodchikova Elena RUS 14.900 Women’s Uneven Bars Final 1 Bieger Jana USA 15.425 2 Miller Polina RUS 15.375 3 Chusovitina Oksana GER 15.325 »» Results Women
Oct 27 - 24. DTB-Pokal - artistic gymnastics World Cup event started with
qualification in Stuttgart (GER) »» Qualification Men »» Qualification Women
Oct 26 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday that the
team and all-round individual events in the gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be held in the morning, although
the individual apparatus events will be contested in evening sessions. Morning finals in Beijing mean prime-time audiences
in the U.S. for NBC, which paid $3.55 billion for the exclusive North American media rights to the 2000-2008 Games.
Oct 22 - 39th World Championships 2006 Medal Standing:
Oct 21 - 39th World Championships 2006 Men’s Vault: 1 DRAGULESCU Marian ROM 16.487 2 KASPIAROVICH Dimitri BLR 16.312 3 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER 15.825 Parallel Bars: 1 YANG Wei CHN 16.075 2 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 15.950 2 YOO Won Chul KOR 15.950 Horizontal Bar: 1 RIZZO Philippe AUS 16.125 2 PEGAN Aljaz SLO 15.900 3 MARAS Vlasios GRE 15.800 Women's Beam: 1 KRASNIANSKA Iryna UKR 15.575 2 IZBASA Sandra Raluca ROM 15.500 3 HOPFNER-HIBBS Elyse CAN 15.475 Floor: 1 CHENG Fei CHN 15.875 2 BIEGER Jana USA 15.550 3 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 15.450 »» Results Men »» Results Women
Oct 20 - 39th World Championships 2006 Men’s Floor: 1 DRAGULESCU Marian ROM 16.250 2 HYPOLITO Diego BRA 16.150 3 SHEWFELT Kyle CAN 15.700 Pommel Horse: 1 XIAO Qin CHN 16.025 2 SELLATHURAI Prashanth AUS 15.750 3 ARTEMEV Alexander USA 15.500 Rings: 1 CHEN Yibing CHN 16.525 2 JOVTCHEV Jordan BUL 16.325 3 VAN GELDER Yuri NED 16.300 Women's Vault: 1 CHENG Fei CHN 15.712 2 SACRAMONE Alicia USA 15.325 3 CHUSOVITINA Oksana GER 15.100 Uneven Bars: 1 TWEDDLE Elizabeth GBR 16.200 2 LIUKIN Anastasia USA 16.050 3 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 15.775 »» Results Men »» Results Women
Oct 19 - 39th World Championships 2006 Women’s Individual All-Around Final 1 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 61.025 2 BIEGER Jana USA 60.750 3 IZBASA Sandra Raluca ROM 60.250 4 NISTOR Steliana ROM 59.950 5 JOURA Daria AUS 59.875 6 PANG Panpan CHN 59.675 »» Results AA Women Men's Individual All-Around Finals 1 YANG Wei CHN 94.400 2 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 93.175 3 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER 92.975 4 CHEN Yibing CHN 92.625 5 DEVIATOVSKI Maxim RUS 92.550 6 NAKASE Takuya JPN 91.650 »» Results AA Men
Oct 17 - 39th World Championships 2006 Men’s Teams Final: 1 China 277.775 2 Russia 275.400 3 Japan 274.800 4 Romania 272.225 5 Belarus 272.050 6 Canada 270.350 7 Germany 270.025 8 Switzerland 268.025 »» Results Finals
Oct 16 - 39th World Championships 2006 Intermediate results after subdivision 7 of 10 Women's Teams Qualification: 1 United States 243.325 2 Romania 232.600 3 Australia 231.700 4 Brazil 230.475 5 Spain 229.775 6 Italy 229.425 7 France 227.950 8 Japan 226.075 Individual Qualification: 1 MEMMEL Chellsie USA 61.350 2 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 61.100 3 BIEGER Jana USA 60.625 4 SOUZA Lais BRA 59.875 5 NISTOR Steliana ROM 59.850 6 IZBASA Sandra Raluca ROM 59.825 7 PRIESS Ashley USA 59.0 8 CHUSOVITINA Oksana GER 59.075 »» Results
Oct 15 - 39th World Championships 2006 Qualifiers for Team Finals: 1 China 370.450 2 Japan 367.750 3 Russia 365.400 4 Romania 364.325 5 Canada 361.975 6 Germany 361.075 7 Switzerland 359.200 8 Belarus 359.175 All-Around Final Qualifiers 1 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 93.525 2 YANG Wei CHN 92.600 3 CHEN Yibing CHN 92.475 4 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER 91.075 5 NAKASE Takuya JPN 90.825 6 ZOZULYA Roman UKR 90.775 7 POTRA Dan Nicolae ROM 90.725 8 KHOROKHORDIN Sergei RUS 90.250 9 MARTINEZ Rafael ESP 90.150 10 WONG Adam CAN 90.125 11 KOCZI Flavius ROM 89.950 12 DEVIATOVSKI Maxim RUS 89.950 13 KUKSENKOV Mykola UKR 89.775 14 JEFFERIS Joshua AUS 89.675 15 GAFUIK Nathan CAN 89.600 16 YANG Tae-Young KOR 89.575 17 KARBANENKO Dimitri FRA 89.475 18 LYMPANOVNOS Christos GRE 89.075 19 CAPELLI Claudio SUI 89.000 20 VARGAS Luis PUR 88.875 21 SAVITSKI Dimitri BLR 88.800 22 ALVAREZ Guillermo USA 88.650 23 KIM Dae Eun KOR 88.625 24 ARTEMEV Alexander USA 88.625 Reserves R1 SPIRIDONOV Eugen GER 88.625 R2 SCHWEIZER Andreas SUI 88.475 R3 MARAS Vlasios GRE 88.275 R4 RIVERA Luis PUR 88.250 »» Apparatus Finals Qualifiers
Oct 10 - Artistic Gymnastics World Championships will start in Aarhus (DEN)
on Friday October 13. Men's statistics: Average age: 22,6 yr Total gymnasts: 312 Total Federations: 59 Youngest: STEUBERG Mans (SWE) 16 yr Oldest: JANSEN Espen (NOR) 38 yr Tallest: BULUT Ibrahim (TUR) 185 cm Smallest: WONG Adam (CAN) 142 cm Lightest: HAMBUECHEN Fabien (GER) 45 kg Heaviest: TANSKANEN Jani (FIN) 84 kg Women's statistics: Average age: 18,1 yr Total gymnasts: 236 Total Federations: 50 Youngest: PRAVDINA Kristina (RUS) 16 yr Oldest: MORENO Laura del Carmen (MEX) 28 yr Tallest: BERNHOLTZ Marci (CAN) 173 cm Smallest: LOPEZ Leysha (PUR) 125 cm Lightest: SHERBATYKH Olga (UKR) 29 kg Heaviest: BERNHOLTZ Marci (CAN) 68 kg
Oct 07 - Leverkusen Cup 2006: Women’s Teams: 1 Fed. Royale Belge (BEL) 27.600 23.950 27.200 27.450 106.200 2 Hungarotel Torna (HUN) 26.300 24.600 26.850 27.650 105.400 3 Auswahl Team (GER) 26.200 26.350 26.000 26.550 105.100 Women’s All Around: 1 Marieke Herteleer (BEL) 13.750 12.600 13.800 13.850 54.000 2 Dorina Böczögö (HUN) 13.800 12.200 13.000 14.450 53.450 3 Jolien Eggermont (BEL) 13.850 11.350 13.150 13.500 51.850 » Results Women
Oct 07 - The Chinese delegation arrived on Thursday (Oct 5) to Aarhus, Denmark
for upcoming World Championships 2006. Until the Championships start they will be training two times a day.
Oct 06 - US champion Nastia Liukin injured her ankle in training and is not
expected to compete in the all-around competition at the world gymnastics championships this month in Denmark.
Liukin, the 16-year-old, two-time national champion, rolled her right ankle while working out on a trampoline on Sunday
at the U.S. trials in Texas. She was placed on the seven-woman roster on Thursday, though both she and national team
coordinator Martha Karolyi said they think her availability will be limited to uneven bars — and maybe only in team finals.
Oct 01 - Northern European Gymnastics Championships 2006, in Sandnes (NOR): Women Team : 1. Finland 153.70 2. Sweden 153.40 3. Norway 152.30 4. Skotland 150.90 5. Iceland 150.05 All-Around: 1. Veronica Wagner SWE 53.60 2. Charlotte Buer NOR 53.25 3. Annika Urvikko FIN 52.35 Men Teams: 1.Finnland 2. Denmark 3. Sweden All-Around: 1. Sami Aalto FIN 83.90 2. Jani Tanskanen FIN 82.35 3. Helge Vammen DEN 81.50
Oct 01 - 39th Salamunov memorial 2nd day of finals in Maribor, Slovenia. Men’s Vault: 1 MAZAHREH JAD 15.000 2 ŠILC ŽIGA 14.850 3 PAUNOVIC MILOŠ 14.150 Parallel Bars: 1 PIASECKY SAMUEL SVK 15.20 2 KIERZKOWSKI ADAM 15.00 3 ZBICKIS DENISS 14.85 Horizontal Bar: 1 PEGAN ALJAŽ 15.65 2 MARAS VLASIOS 15.45 3 SCHAERER CHRISTOPH 15.35 Women’s Beam: 1 BISMPIKOU STEFANI 14.90 2 ŠAJN ADELA 14.60 3 KOMRSKOVA JANA 14.35 Women’s Floor: 1 GOMBAS LAURA 14.05 2 ŠAJN ADELA 13.65 3 BISMPIKOU STEFANI 13.20 » Results Men » Results Women
Sep 30 - 39th Salamunov memorial, World Cup event Cat B continues in Maribor,
Slovenia with finals: Men Floor: 1 UDE FILIP (CRO) 15.35 2 GORBUNOVS IVANS (LAT) 15.00 3 BURYAK MAKSYM (UKR) 14.90 Pommel Horse: 1 SELIGMAN ROBERT (CRO) 15.10 2 BERKI KRISZTIAN (HUN) 14.70 3 ZBICKIS DENISS (LAT) 13.80 Rings: 1 CAMMONE REGULO (VEN) 16.05 2 VOROBYOV OLEKSANDR (UKR) 16.00 3 IRODOTOS GEORGALLAS (CYP) 15.60 Women Vault: 1 KOMRSKOVA JANA (CZE) 14.375 2 GOMBAS LAURA (HUN) 13.725 3 ERCEG TINA (CRO) 13.425 Uneven Bars: 1 ŠIKULOVA JANA (CZE) 14.00 2 ERCEG TINA (CRO) 13.50 3 BISMPIKOU STEFANI (GRE) 13.45 » Results Men » Results Women
Sep 29 - World Cup event 39th Salamunov memorial started on Friday with
men's and women's qualification in Maribor, Slovenia. » Results Men » Results Women
Sep 28 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Beijing Olympic organizers (BOCOG)
on Wednesday said the schedules of gymnastics finals of the 2008 Olympic Games are still uncertain.
A competition schedule provided by BOCOG at the world press briefing indicates that gymnastics finals will be held in the
morning, instead of at night time as previous Games did. The day competition schedule is yet to be confirmed by the IOC.
The move from night time to day time was required by US rights holder NBC, which will allow it to air those events live
in prime time. Broadcasters in Australia and Asia have protested the change.
Sep 25 - Italian National Championships Sept. 22-24, Meda Women: 1 FERRARI VANESSA 62.100 15.10 16.15 15.45 15.40 2 GIOVANNINI CARLOTTA 57.750 15.00 14.60 14.10 14.05 3 MACRI' FEDERICA 57.600 14.55 14.40 14.20 14.45 Men: 1 MORANDI MATTEO 89.500 14.400 13.900 15.950 15.900 14.900 14.450 2 POZZO ENRICO 88.900 14.300 14.250 14.100 15.950 14.750 15.550 3 CASSINA IGOR 86.250 13.900 14.850 14.550 14.600 14.350 14.000
Sep 23 - World Championships is Aarhus (DEN) is getting closer (Oct 13-21).
Bulgarian veteran Jordan Jovtchev has been injured and will miss world championships. Also 2006 Commonwealth
Games all-around champion Chloe Sims (AUS) is recovering from a knee injury that will keep her out of the
Worlds.
Sep 17 - Following a week of a Training camp in Tata (Hungary) the British Men's Team won over
the hosts on Saturday, 16 September 2006. Great Britain 344.50 Hungary 343.90 Individual Ranking: 1. Hetrovics (HUN) 87.25, 2. Danny Lawrence (GBR) 86.35, 3. Ross Brewer (GBR) 85.25
Sep 17 - Steve MacLean a member of the Canadian men’s gymnastics team in the
late seventies became the first gymnast to walk in space on Wednesday, September 13th. For nearly
seven hours Steve worked outside the space station on a crucial mission to prepare a truss structure for the deployment
of giant solar panels.
Sep 17 - Championships of Switzerland Men: 1 Niki Böschenstein 14.70 13.35 15.20 16.30 14.95 14.85 89.350 2 Andreas Schweizer 14.65 13.50 14.95 15.65 14.65 14.55 87.950 3 Mark Ramseier 13.85 14.20 15.00 16.20 14.75 13.65 87.650 Women: 1 Ariella Kaeslin 13.80 14.60 14.15 14.40 57.000 2 Linda Stämpfli 12.50 14.70 13.20 13.60 54.000 3 Margaux Voillat 13.80 13.60 13.30 12.90 53.600
Sep 16 - France announced teams for World Championships in Aarhus.
Men: Yann Cucherat, Gaël da Silva, Dmitry Karbanenko, Yann Rayepin, Danny Rodrigues,
Raphaël Wignanitz.
Women: Rose-Eliandre Bellemare, Magaly Hars, Katheleen Lindor, Lindsay Lindor, Julie Martinez,
Isabelle Severino. Alternates: Jenny Kohler, Erika Morel, Emilie Thoulé.
Sep 16 - Romanian gymnastics celebrity Nadia Comaneci was awarded the
"Legendary Champions" trophy Friday for her lifetime career achievements. Former coach of the national gymnastics team and
Presidential Sports Aide Mariana Bitang said that in the future the trophy will be awarded to great Romanian champions.
Sep 16 - On September 11, 2006, the FIG Disciplinary Commission announced
the cancellation of all results obtained by candidates of a Men's Judges' Course of the 11th Cycle in Cairo (EGY),
January 25-29, 2006, due to substantial evidence of dishonesty. Candidates will be allowed to retake the examination
in a different country and under the authority of a different expert. Individual proceedings for certain judges
remain reserved.
Sep 16 - Gymnastics Federation of Switzerland announced teams
for World Championships is Aarhus Men: Niki Böschenstein (1985, Würenlos), Claudio Capelli (1986, Münchenbuchsee), Daniel Groves (1984, Grosswangen), Claude-Alain Porchet (1986, Russin GE), Mark Ramseier (1984, Teufenthal), Roger Sager (1981, Stans), Andreas Schweizer (1979, Wetzikon), Flavio Fanconi (1982, Uster). Women: Danielle Englert (1986, Horgen), Sabina Flückiger (1989, Windisch), Carina Fürst (1990, Hornussen), Ariella Kaeslin (1987, Meggen), Melanie Marti (1986, Nidfurn GL), Linda Stämpfli (1988, Urdorf)
Sep 10 - FIG informed that The Belarus gymnast Nadejda Vyzotskaya has been
tested positive for furosemide, after a control carried out in Ghent (BEL), where an Artistic Gymnastics World Cup
competition took place on May 13 - 14, 2006. The case has been transmitted to the FIG Disciplinary Commission, as
the procedure requires in such case.
Sep 9 - Women's dual meet in Enschede (NED): 1. Romania 231.200 2. Netherlands 220.625 The best in All-Around: 1. Sandra Izbasa (ROM) 59.400 2. Steliana Nistor (ROM) 58.300 3. Aluissa Lacusteanu (ROM) 57.925 4. Berber van den Berg (NED) 56.675 5. Dana Druncea (ROM) 55.925 6. Loes Linders (NED) 54.875
Sep 9 - Deniel Rexa from Czech Republic won All-Around at
International Championships of Slovakia in Bratislava. Ude Filip
from Croatia took silver and Rutar Klemen from Slovenia was third.
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Sep 8 - A freshman on the University of Utah gymnastics team Bijak Daria
returned to Salt Lake City after winning the German National Championships in Stuttgart and resumed training for
the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 13-21, and for the upcoming college season.
Bijak placed eighth in the all-around at the 2005 World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.
Sep 3 - German Championships Finals Women - Vault: Sporer Theresa 14.050 Bars: Bijak Daria 14.800 Beam: Brunner Jenny 13.850 Floor: Bui Kim 14.250 Men Floor: Hambüchen Fabian 15.025 Pommel Horse: Andergassen Thomas 15.075 Rings: Andergassen Thomas 15.150 Vault: Fahrig Matthias 15.937 Parallel Bars: Andergassen Thomas 15.000 Horizontal Bar: Hambüchen Fabian 15.800B » Results Men » Results Women
Sep 2 - 18-years old Hambüchen Fabian from TSG Niedergirmes won All-Around at
2006 German Championships 1 Hambüchen Fabian (TSG Niedergirmes) 89.150 15.200 13.250 14.200 15.350 15.350 15.800 2 Spiridonov Eugen (TV 1883 Bous) 87.100 13.800 14.850 13.700 15.500 14.850 14.400 3 Boy Philipp (SC Cottbus Turnen) 86.550 14.550 14.500 14.500 15.500 15.200 12.300 4 Juckel Robert (SC Cottbus Turnen) 85.250 5 Uebel Jens (KTV Chemnitz) 85.000 6 Eichorn Waldemar (TV Dillingen) 84.700 7 Taranu Thomas (KTV Straubenhardt) 84.650 8 Nguyen Marcel (TSV Unterhaching 1910) 84.200 9 Wirt Anton (MTV Stuttgart) 84.050 10 Fahrig Matthias (SV Halle) 83.950
Aug 31 - USA Gymnastics names Men’s Team for
2006 World Championships Oct. 14-22 in Aarhus, Denmark. In addition to 2006 U.S. all-around champion
Alexander Artemov, the team features Guillermo Alvarez, Jonathan Horton, Justin Spring, Clay Strother and Kevin Tan.
Alternates are David Durante and David Sender.
Aug 28 - Romania's women won Friendly Meet in Newcastle (GBR) with
231.80. GBR 223.45. Best in All around was Steliana NISTOR (59.450) followed by Sandra IZBASA
(58.750) and Aluissa LACUSTEANU (all ROM). The best of British team, Aisling WILLIAMS (56.700), came on 4th.
Aug 28 - Italy's women and Russia's Men won Friendly Meets
in Trieste (ITA). Women ITA 231.300, RUS 222.900. Ferrari (ITA) won All around with 61.050. Men RUS 359.100, ITA 355.700.
Dmitri Gogotov (RUS) All around won with 88.750.
Aug 11 - A USA Gymnastics appeals panel rejected former Olympic gold medalist
Dominique Moceanu's petition to compete at next week's U.S. national championships.
July 30 - Natasha Kelley and Ashley Priess tied for the senior all-around title
at the 2006 U.S. Classic in Kansas City (USA) with 60.900 points. 3 Alicia Sacramone 60.400 4 Nastia Liukin 59.900 5 Morgan Evans 59.650. Juniors: 1 Shawn Johnson 60.650 2 Samantha Peszek 60.500 3 Bianca Flohr 59.950. » Results
July 29 - USA Gymnastics is preparing for setting a Guinness Book of World Record for
the most cartwheels performed at one time on August 3, 2006 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the State Capital
Grounds in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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July 29 - Pakistan gymnastics team won't participate at
3rd Asian Gymnastics Championships which will take place in Surat, India July 29 -
August 3. They cannot participate in the event because they had been denied visas
July 25 - On July 24 FIG carried out in Neuchâtel the drawing of lots for the
39th World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics, which will be held in the City of Aarhus,
in Denmark October 14-21.
» Drawing Men
» Drawing Women
July 22 - The 45th NHK Cup & the 39th World Championships &
the 15th Asian Games Final Trial was held July 15-16 in Chiba, Japan. Men: 1 TOMITA Hiroyuki 276.500, 2 MIZUTORI Hisashi 272.175, 3 NAKASE Takuya 270.325, 4 TSUKAHARA Naoya 267.275, 5 KUWAHARA Shun 266.750, 6 BABA Ryosuke 266.500. Women: 1 ISHIZAKA Manami 177.300, 2 UEMURA Miki 174.775, 3 KURODA Mayu 173.175, 4 TSURUMI Koko 172.375, 5 YAMAGISHI Mai 170.575, 6 OZAWA Momoko 170.250.
July 18 - Men’s Individual All-Around at
20th Central American and Caribbean Games: 1 VARGAS VELAZQUEZ LUIS (CUB) 90.850 2 RIVERA RIVERA LUIS (CUB) 98.550 3 GIRALDO LOPEZ JORGE HUGO (COL) 88.950 4 RODRIGUEZ COLON ALEXANDER (CUB) 87.450 5 SOSA ABARCA LUIS ALBERTO (MEX) 86.300 6 PARRA MARAÑA JOHNY JOSE (VEN) 86.200 7 FUENTES PETRO FERNANDO (VEN) 85.800 8 CORRAL BARRON DANIEL (MEX) 85.500
July 18 - Mexico took the gold medal in women's teams of the Artistic
Gymnastics' tournament in the The 20th Central American and Caribbean Sports Games Cartagena
2006. 1. Mexico 222.450 (57.275 54.400 56.075 + ?) 2. Cuba 216.250 (56.125 52.250 54.600 + ?) 3. Venezuela 212.550 (55.875 51.475 53.625 +?)
July 16 - Bank of China FIG World Cup: Men Floor: 1 HYPOLITO Diego BRA 15.725 P. Horse: 1 XIAO Qin CHN 16.300 Rings: 1 CHEN Yibing CHN Vault: 1 DU Wei CHN P. Bars: 1 FENG Zhe CHN 15.225 H. Bar: 1 BOGULOV Dmitri RUS 15.400 Women Vault: 1 Cheng Fei CHN U. Bars: 1 Xiao Tingting CHN Beam: 1 Pang Panpan CHN 15.600 Floor: 1 Cheng Fei CHN
July 15 - Shannon Miller, who won seven Olympic medals during the 1992 and
1996 games, is divorcing her husband of seven years. The divorce of the 29-year-old Miller and 33-year-old Christopher
Phillips will become official September 7th.
July 8 - June News Update from 2006 World Championships Artistic Gymnastics:
Over 1400 delegates from 70 nations across 5 continents have made a provisional registration. 36 countries are arriving
with full teams for both men and women. FIG will conduct the official draw on Monday 24 July in Neuchatel, Switzerland.
July 6 - Jay Ronayne, an assistant at Auburn the past four seasons, has
been hired to replace Iowa State women’s gymnastics coach K.J. Kindler who resigned June
8 to become coach at Oklahoma.
July 4 - Norman Transcript
informed on June 29 that The Oklahoma Regents approved base salary and/or compensation increases for six head coaches
last Wednesday. These coaches includes men’s gymnastics Head coach Mark Williams who received
$7,000 base salary increase ($78,000 to $85,000) with two-year contract extension (through July 1, 2008)
July 4 - Prague, Czech Republic is hosting The 14th rally of the Sokol
gymnastics association on July 1-6 that will traditionally culminate with mass performances at Prague-Strahov stadium
on July 5-6. More than 17,000 people will perform about 20 compositions, including also guests from
Slovakia and about 270 expatriates from the United States.
July 3 - Romanian-gymnastics.com
informed that famous romanian gymnast Gina Gogean married on July 1st in Deva her boyfriend
and business partner Cristian Gorza. The Godfathers were former coaches Octavian Belu and Mariana Bitang. Among
former colleagues, Andreea Raducan and Maria Olaru attended the ceremony.
July 2 - International Gymnast
magazine informed that 1996 Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu is once again on track to make
a competitive comeback. The 24-year-old has been invited to the upcoming national team training camp, to be held
July 3-7 at the Karolyi ranch outside of Houston.
July 1 - ISF World Gymnasiade 2006 Athens (GRE) Men teams: 1 Greece 259.200, 2 Ukraine 253.400, 3 France 253.350, 4 England 253.300, 5 Spain 249.850 Women teams: 1 Ukraine 167.000, 2 England 164.000, 3 Russia 159.250, 4 France 157.750, 5 Spain 151.250 Individual Men: 1 Kosmidis Xenophon (GRE) 88.550, 2 Munoz Sergio (ESP) 86.500, 3 Kekelos Stavros (GRE) 86.450, 4 Bazan Cristian (ESP) 85.550, 5 Kailidis Charalampos (GRE) 84.200, 6 Campan Mathieu (FRA) 84.000 Individual Women: 1 Donodina Alena (RUS) 56.300, 2 Kostivchenko Maryna (UKR) 55.900, 3 Wing Rebecca (ENG) 54.900, 4 Georgakopoulou Vasiliki (GRE) 54.450, 5 Holenkova Valentyna (UKR) 53.350, 6 Morel Pauline (FRA) 53.300
June 24 - Team USA won tri-meet France - Switzerland -
USA in Issy Les Moulineaux, France Teams: 1. USA 353.05, 2. France 351.90, 3. Switzerland 343.10 All-around: 1. Raphaël Wignanitz (FRA) 89.100, 2. Jonathan Horton (USA) 87.000, 3. David Durante (USA) 86.950
June 18 - The researchers analyzed data compiled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission to arrive at the following injury list for 2005: Basketball 512,213 injuries,
Bicycles 485,669, Football 418,260, Soccer 174,686, Baseball 155,898, Skateboards 112,544, Trampolines 108,029,
Softball 106,884, Swimming/Diving 82,354, Horseback riding 73,576, Weightlifting 65,716, Volleyball 52,091,
Golf 47,360, Roller skating 35,003, Wrestling 33,734, Gymnastics 27,821,In-line skating 26,935,
Tennis 19,487, Track and field 17,306.
June 17 - Guillermo Alvarez of Denver, Alex Artemev of Morrison, Colorado, David Durante of
Garwood, N.J., Jonathan Horton of Houston, David Sender of Chicago and Kevin Tan of Fremont, California, comprise the
six-man U.S. Team that will compete in the France - Switzerland - USA Tri-meet in Paris,
France, on June 24.
June 13 - John Ceralde has been named the head coach of gymnastics at
the University of Pennsylvania. Ceralde will take over for departing coach Tom Kovic, who is retiring on June 30
after 19 years at Penn. Ceralde has served as Kovic’s assistant coach for the past five seasons.
June 11 - Apparatus Finals at International Championships of Slovakia Vault: 1 BÖCZÓKÖ Dorina HUN 13.850, 2 OŽANOVÁ Veronika CZE 13.400, 3 PAULÍCKOVÁ Natália SVK 13.325 Bars: 1 BÖCZÓKÖ Dorina HUN 15.000, 2 KOVÁCOVÁ Ivana SVK 13.350, 3 OŽANOVÁ Veronika CZE 13.250 Beam: 1 ÚGTAS Gõksu TUR 14.450, 2 KOVÁCOVÁ Ivana SVK 13.600, 3 KIRSCHOVÁ Helena CZE 13.450 Floor: 1 BÖCZÓKÖ Dorina HUN 13.650, 2 OŽANOVÁ Veronika CZE 13.500, 3 ÚGTAS Gõksu TUR 13.300
June 10 - BÖCZÓKÖ Dorina (HUN) won Women's International
Championships of Slovakia held in Trnava with 54,250. HOMOLOVA Maria (SVK) took silver with 53,400 and
EWALD Marrit (NED) bronze 53,350
» Results
June 4 - 2006/2007 Australian Men's National Squad
based on the performances at the 2006 MAG National Championships: Joshua Jefferis, Samuel Simpson, Samuel Offord,
Ian Greenwell, John Carroll, Michael Donnet, Prashanth Sellathurai, Philippe Rizzo.
June 3 - Olympic champions Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner
welcomed the arrival of a healthy son, born Saturday morning in Oklahoma City. The baby,
named Dylan Paul, was delivered by Caesarean section at 10:26 a.m. The baby, who arrived three weeks early,
is 4 lbs. 10 oz. and 17 inches long. It is the first child for both Comaneci, 44, and Conner, 48.
June 2 - 9th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships
is on the way in Nanjing, China. Men Individual Final: 1 AO Jinping CHN 21.70 2 PAREJO Ivan ESP 21.20 3 ZAMFIR Mircea ROM 21.05 4 IAIA Vito ITA 20.85 5 POPA Bogdan ROM 20.70 6 ALCAN Gregory FRA 20.70 7 CANADA Jonatan ESP 19.90 8 SONG Bo CHN 19.75 Women Individual Final: 1 LOPEZ Marcela BRA 21.60 2 HUANG Jinxuan CHN 20.35 3 DASSAEVA Elmira ESP 20.25 4 CIUCCI Arianna ITA 20.00 5 MCMILLAN Angela NZL 19.85 6 CHEREPANOVA Ekaterina RUS 19.80 7 NEDELCU Cristina ROM 19.65 8 POHOATA Tania Mihaela ROM 19.30
May 28 - Olympic silver medalist Brett McClure retired Thursday. He has been
slowed by knee and elbow injuries the past two years, and realized he wouldn't be in the same shape he was in 2004,
when he helped the U.S. men win their first team medal in 20 years. He plans to work in Colorado Springs, where his wife
1996 gold medalist Jaycie Phelps coaches
May 26 - 2006 World Stars - World Cup Moscow
Men FX: 1 Filip Ude CRO 15.250, 2 Dmitry Gogotov RUS 15.150, 3 Davoid Vyoral CZE 15.100 PH: 1 Xian Hantao CHN 15.950, 2 Krisztian Berki HUN 15.750, 3 Nikolai Kuksenkov UKR 15.300 SR: 1 Alexander Safoshkin RUS 16.450, 2 Chen Yubin CHN 16.350, 3 Yan Minyun CHN 16.150 VT: 1 Anton Lobachyov RUS 16.125, 2 Sean Golden USA 16.050, 3 Tomas Gonzales CHI 16.025 PB: 1 Mitja Petkovsek SLO 16.00, 2 Roman Zozulya UKR 15.450, 3 Andrei Isayev UKR 15.250 HB: 1 Brian Gladow GER 15.450, 2 Nikolai Kuksenkov UKR 15.400, 3 Aljaz Pegan SLO 15.350 Women VT: 1 Oksana Chusovitina UZB 15.050, 2 Jana Komrskova CZE 14.525, 3 Lais Souza BRA 14.475 UB: 1 Jana Sikulova CZE 15.400, 2 Darya Zgoba UKR 15.200, 3 Yulia Lozhechko RUS 15.050 BB: 1 Yulia Lozhechko RUS 15.500, 2 Anna Pavlova RUS 15.350, 3 Oksana Chusovitina UZB 15.200 FX: 1 Daiane dos Santos BRA 15.300, 2 Lais Souza BRA 15.000, 3 Natasha Kelley USA 14.800
May 25 - 20th Championships of Europe trampoline, tumbling and
double mini trampoline is on the way in Metz, France. Results qualification:
DMT women teams: 1 RUS 102.80, 2 POR 102.20, 3 GBR 98.60. DMT women: 1 BALANDINA Svetlana (RUS) 68.50, 2 SAIOTE Silvia (POR) 68.50, 3 VORONINA Viktoria (RUS) 68.20. DMT teams men: 1 RUS 219.50, 2 POR 216.40, 3 GBR 211.90 DMT men: 1 IVANOV Kirill (RUS) 73.60, 2ILICHEV Alexey (RUS) 73.50, 3 CASTANHO Fabio (POR) 72.30
May 23 - Vneshtorgbank`s Chairman and CEO, Andrey Kostin was elected
President of the Russian Gymnastics Federation on 19 May at an election meeting
May 21 - David Kikuchi won high bar and pommel horse, Nathan Gafuik
vault and parallel bars, Adam Wong floor and Ken Ikeda rings in Men's apparatus finals
at Canadian gymnastics championships Nansy Damianova was first on vault and uneven bars, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs was first on floor and Alyssa Brown was the winner on beam.
May 20 - Daria Joura won the women's all around competition at the
Australian Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports
Centre with 113.850. Naomi Russell took silver with a final score of 110.775 while
Georgia Bonora claimed the bronze with 109.300.
May 20 - Steve Nunno, 48 who coached Shannon Miller in the Olympics before
becoming the women's gymnastics coach at Oklahoma, has resigned after six seasons leading the Sooners.
Nunno said Friday that he's stepping down to spend more time with his family - his wife and three children, ages 7,
8 and 9.
May 18 - Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs of Toronto won her first career senior all
around title at the Canadian gymnastics championships at 60.000 points.
Gael Mackie of Coquitlam, B.C., was second at 57.100 and Nansy Damianova of Montreal
third at 56.450. Veteran David Kikuchi of Halifax took his first senior men's all around crown at 178.05 points. Nathan Gafuik of Calgary was second at 177.95 and defending champion Adam Wong of Calgary third at 177.30.
May 17 - Kristina Vaculik of Oshawa, Ontario, won the junior women's
all-around title Wednesday at the Canadian gymnastics championships at Laval University
with 57.950 points. Sydney Sawa of Calgary finished second at 54.300 and Stephanie
Pacitto of Mississauga, Ontario third at 54.100.
May 16 - Olympic, world championships and Commonwealth Games medallists including
Brandon O’Neill, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs and Karen Cockburn take centre stage at the
2006 Canadian Gymnastics Championships which runs May 15-20 at Université Laval’s
PEPS in Quebec City. Olympic champion Kyle Shewfelt of Calgary will be in Quebec City for the championships
but won’t compete due to a foot injury. » Championships website
May 14 Apparatus Finals at World Cup Gymnastics Ghent: Men Floor: 1 BOGONOSYUK Evgeni UKR 15.325, 2 GOLOTSUTKOV Anton RUS 15.275, 3 UDE Filip CRO 15.200 Pommel Horse: 1 XIAO Qin CHN 15.975, 2 BERKI Krisztian HUN 15.625, 3 FERDJANI Sid Ali ALG 14.300 Rings: 1 ANGIOLETTI Matteo ITA 15.625, 2 GEORGALLAS Irodotos CYP 15.250, 3 SAID ELDARINY Walid EGY 15.225 Vault: 1 GOLOTSUTKOV Anton RUS 16.212, 2 CAPOTE Pablo VEN 16.087, 3 BOTELLA Isaac ESP 15.987 P. Bars: 1 HUANG Xu CHN 15.975, 2 PETKOVSEK Mitja SLO 15.900, 3 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 15.225 H. Bar: 1 PEGAN Aljaz SLO 15.500, 2 BOGONOSYUK Evgeni UKR 14.925, 3 TSAREVICH Aliaksandr BLR 14.800 » » » Results Men Women Vault: 1 CHUSOVITINA Oxana UZB 14.862, 2 SACRAMONE Alicia USA 14.650, 3 SKOWRONSKA Joanna POL 14.375 U. Bars: 1 LI Ya CHN 15.725, 2 KLYUKINA Svetlana RUS 14.800, 3 GENER Tania ESP 14.775 Beam: 1 DE SIMONE Lenika ESP 15.325, 2 PRIESS Ashley USA 14.825, 3 MAURO Hillary USA 14.725 Floor: 1 DE SIMONE Lenika ESP 14.525, 2 MORENA Patricia ESP 14.375, 3 PRIESS Ashley USA 14.300 » » » Results Women
May 13 - World Cup Gymnastics Ghent (BEL) 2006
started with men's and women's qualification on Saturday. » Results Men » Results Women
May 12 - Just one week after European Championships in Volos (GRE) will
Ghent (BEL) host Men's and Women's Artistic gymnastics World Cup catagory A
this weekend May 13th and 14th.
May 07 - Apparatus Finals in Volos Floor: 1 GOLOTSUTSKOV RUS 15.600, 2 DRAGULESCU ROM 15.525, 3 KONECNY CZE 15.475. P. Horse: 1 KOCZI ROM 15.250, 2 SPIRIDONOV GER 14.775, 3 SUPRUN UKR 14.750. Rings: 1 SAFOSHKIN RUS 16.425, 2 JOVTCHEV BUL 16.275, 3 COPPOLINO ITA 16.000. Vault: 1 DRAGULESCU ROM 16.587, 2 JIVAN ROM 16.387, 3 WIGNANITZ FRA 16.337. P. Bars: 1 PETKOVSEK SLO 16.025, 2 CUCHERAT FRA 15.675, 3 IVANKOV BLR 15.550. H. Bar: 1 MARAS GRE 15.725, 2 KHOROKHORDIN RUS 15.550, 3 SCHAERER SUI 15.525. » Results
May 06 - 27th Mens Artistic Gymnastics European Championships
continued with seniors teams finals. Results: 1 Russia 272.225, 2 Romania 270.325, 3 Belarus 268.975, 4 Ukraine 267.775, 5 Italy 267.600, 6 France 266.575, 7 Germany 265.825, 8 Switzerland 264.200. » Results
May 05 - 27th Men European Championships constinues in Volos,
Greece by juniors qualification.
Intermediate results after subdivision 2 of 3: 1. Spain 248.325 2. Portugal 246.825 3. Netherlands 244.250 » Results
May 04 - 27th Mens Artistic Gymnastics European Championships
started on Thursday in Volos, Greece with qualification seniors. Juniors will compete on Friday. On Saturday is
Senior Teams Finals and on Sunday Apparatus Finals both seniors and juniors. » Results Qualification Seniors
April 30 - 26th European Championships WAG
Apparatus Finals Seniors: Vault: 1 GRUDKO Anna RUS 14.362, 2 SHERBATYKH Olga UKR 14.300, 3 ABEL Katja GER 14.225 Bars: 1 TWEDDLE Elizabeth GBR 16.050, 2 SIKULOVA Jana CZE 15.050, 3 DE SIMONE Lenika ESP 14.825 Beam: 1 PONOR Catalina ROM 15.800, 2 DE SIMONE Lenika ESP 15.350, 3 PROSKURINA Marina UKR 15.300 Floor: 1 IZBASA Sandra ROM 15.550, 2 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 15.450, 3 PONOR Catalina ROM 14.600 Apparatus Finals Juniors: Vault: 1 MYASNIKOVA Karina RUS 14.175, 2 HINDERMANN M. GER 13.887, 3 LOES Mandy LUX 13.737 Bars: 1 MYASNIKOVA Karina RUS 15.400, 2 KOKAREVA Elena RUS 15.125, 3 HINDERMANN M. GER 14.925 Beam: 1 ELIZAROVA Daria RUS 15.375, 2 GRIGORE Andreea ROM 15.200, 3 LACUSTEANU Aluissa ROM 14.725 Floor: 1 LACUSTEANU Aluissa ROM 14.650, 2 GRIGORE Andreea ROM 14.150, 3 MYS Gaelle BEL 14.125 » Results
April 29 - Italy achieved one of the biggest surprises in the history of the
European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, by winning the team title of the Women category
in Volos with 175,225 points, just 0,100 points ahead Romania (175,125). The biggest disappointment
was suffered by the Russian gymnasts, who weren't in a position to claim anything more than the
bronze medal (173,375), Ukraine (170,800) was 4th and Spain (171,400) fifth.
April 27 - 26th European Championships WAG
Preliminary results after subdivision 2 of 4: 1 Netherlands 166.400, 2 Switzerland 165.450, 3 Germany 164.600, 4 Czech Republic 162.350, 5 Belarus 157.650, 6 Bulgaria 149.500, 7 Austria 146.100, 8 Denmark 132.950 » Results
April 26 - 26th European Championships in women's artistic gymnastics
is on the way in Volos, Greece. Thursday April 27th starts Competition I Seniors with 4 subdivision beginning at 10:30am, 1:00pm, 4:30pm and 7:00pm local time. Friday April 28th Competition I Juniors starts with 4 subdivisions beginning at 10:30am, 1:00pm, 4:30pm and 7:00pm local time. Saturday April 29th at 4:00pm beggings Seniors Competition IV and on Sunday April 30th at 10:30am will take place Juniors Apparatus Finals follow by Seniors Apparatus Finals at 3:00pm. » Results
April 22 - 2006 NCAA Women's Gymnastics
Championships apparatus finals: Vault: 1 Ashley Miles Alabama 9.9375, 2 Kristina Comforte UCLA 9.9000, 3 Kate Richardson UCLA 9.8313. Uneven Bars: 1 Courtney Kupets Georgia 9.8500, 1 Kristina Baskett Utah 9.8500, 3 Ashley Kelly Arizona State 9.8375. Beam: 1 Courtney Kupets Georgia 9.9125, 1 April Burkholder Louisiana State 9.9125, 3 Tiffany Tolnay Georgia 9.8500. Floor: 1 Kate Richardson UCLA 9.9500, 2 Courtney Kupets Georgia 9.9375, 3 Ashley Miles Alabama 9.9125, 3 Janet Anson Iowa State 9.9125, 3 Tabitha Yim Stanford 9.9125. » Results
April 21 - Georgia earned its second consecutive team title at
2006 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships with a total of 197.75. Utah
came in second with 196.80, while Alabama took third with 196.725. 4 Florida 196.275,
5 Nebraska 196.175, 6 Iowa State 194.725
» Results
April 20 - 2006 NCAA Women's Gymnastics
Championships taking place in Corvallis, Oregon: Teams 1st session: 1 Nebraska 196.325, 2 Alabama 196.250, 3 Utah 196.175, 4 Michigan 196.000, 5 Louisiana State 195.650, 6 Oklahoma 195.525. Teams 2nd session: 1 Georgia 197.275, 2 Iowa State 196.250, 3 Florida 196.225, 4 Arizona State 195.575, 5 Oregon State 195.150, 6 Arkansas 194.375. Top 3 teams from each session advanced to Super Six final. All Around: 1. Courtney Kupets (U. of Georgia) 39.575, 2. Ashley Postell (U. of Utah) 39.525, 3. April Burkholder (Louisiana State U.) 39.500, 4. Tiffany Tolnay (U. of Georgia) 39.475, 5. Ashley Miles (U. of Alabama) 39.425 » Results
April 19 - Women's gymnastics European title holders
Romania have brought in three newcomers to their squad for this month's defence of their crown in Greece.
Sandra Izbasa, the 16-year-old who dominated the all-round, floor and vault exercises at the recent
Romania Internationals in Ploiesti, has been drafted in along with Dana Druncea and
Steliana Nistor. Romania's men's team will be led by 2005 world vault champion Marian Dragulescu.
April 15 - Apparatus Finals winners at 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships
in Honolulu: Men FX and VT: Kyle Shewfelt (CAN), PH and PB: Feng Jing (CHN), SR: Lu Bo (CHN), HB: Nathan Gafuik (CAN). Women VT and FX: Jana Bieger (USA), UB: Nastia Liukin (USA), BB: Chellsie Memmel (USA) » Results Men » Women » Junior M » Junior W
April 14 - Japan won senior teams with 268.800 points at 2006 Pacific
Alliance Gymnastics Championships in Honolulu (USA) beating second Canada with only 0.2 point.
Bronze took China 268.000 and 4. placed USA with 267,550. Individual All-around:
1. Lu Bo 91,050, 2. Feng Jing (both CHN) 90,450, 3. Nathan Gafuik (CAN) 90,050.
» Men Senior
» Men Junior
April 13 - Chellsie Memmel and Nastia Liukin (both USA) tied for
the senior all-around title at 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships.
Hollie Dykes (AUS) took bronze. USA dominated also in team competition. Senior Team: 1. USA 183.150,
2. Australia 177.050, 3. Canada 172.050. Shawn Johnson won the junior all-around title, Bianca Flohr (both USA) took silver and Xiao Sha (CHN) bronze. USA won also junior team competition: 1. USA 181.450, 2. Canada 171.300, 3. China 171.050 » Women Senior » Women Junior
April 10 - Romanian International Championships 2006 was held in Ploiesti last weekend.
Results All-around: 1. Razvan SELARIU (ROM) 90.150, 2. Thomas BOHAIUL (FRA) 88.750,
3. Nicolas BOESCHENSTEIN (SUI) 87.700 FX: 1. Marian Dragulescu (ROM) 16.100, 2. Razvan Selariu (ROM) 15.150, 3. Nicolas Böschenstein (SUI) 14.350 PH: 1. Daniel Popescu (ROM) 15.600, 2. Thomas Bohail (FRA) 14.700, 3. Vid Hidvegi (HUN) 14.650 SR: 1. Razvan Selariu (ROM) 15.550, 2. Niki Böschenstein (SUI) 15.050, 3. Alin Jivan (ROM) 14.550 VT: 1. Marian Dragulescu (ROM) 16.775, 2. Razvan Selariu (ROM) 16.400, 3. Karim Ali Mohamed (EGY) 15.900 PB 1. Niki Böschenstein (SUI) 14.950, 1. Marius Berbecar (ROM) 14.950, 3. Marceli Hetrovics (HUN) 14.650 HB: 1. Razvan Selariu (ROM) 14.750, 2. Flavius Koczi (ROM) 14.700, 3. Thomas Bohail (FRA), Niki Boeschenstein (SUI), Enzo Bernardoni (ITA) all 14.550 April 7
| 2005 world all-around champion Chellsie Memmel and the 2005 world balance beam and
uneven bars champion Nastia Liukin headline U.S. Team that will compete in the 2006
Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships, April 13-15 in Honolulu
» More
April 7
| Stanford University is hosting the NCAA Women's Gymnastics West Regional.
The six-team event will be held on Saturday, April 8, at 6:00 p.m. The field includes #8 Stanford, #5 Alabama,
#16 Oregon State, San Jose State, Sacramento State and Boise State.
» Stanford web site
April 2
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April 1
| Check the current FIG Ranking After World Cup Cottbus (GER) 2006 March 26
» FIG Ranking
March 31
|
2005 World uneven bars and balance beam champion Nastia Liukin is one of the nominees for
the World Top 10 Athletes Award, supported by the Chinese Olympic Committee
and the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games for 2008. The award ceremony is April 9, 2006, at the
People’s Great hall in Beijing, China.
March 26
| 30th Tournament of Masters Cottbus (GER) Men's Finals Vault: 1 O'Neill Brandon CAN 16.362 2 Hambüchen Fabian GER 16.312 3 Yerimbetov Yernar KAZ 16.137 Parallel Bars: 1 Petkovsek Mitja SLO 16.075 2 Feng Zhe CHN 15.500 3 Tsolakidis Vasilis GRE 15.300 Horizontal Bar: 1 Maras Vlasis GRE 15.725 2 Hambüchen Fabian GER 15.600 3 Aoyama Hitoshi JPN 15.275 3 Murata Kensuke JPN 15.275 Women's Finals Balance Beam: 1 Isayeva Irina RUS 14.950 2 Bieger Jana USA 14.875 3 Souza Lais BRA 14.850 Floor Exercise: 1 Isaeva Irina RUS 14.675 2 Lenika de Simone ESP 13.825 3 Souza Lais BRA 13.700 » Results Men » Results Women March 25
| 30th Tournament of Masters Cottbus (GER) Men's Finals Floor: 1 Hypolito Diego BRA 15.700 2 O'Neill Brandon CAN 15.425 3 Bogonosiuk Ievgenii UKR 15.325 Pommel Horse 1 Berki Krisztian HUN 15.575 2 Andergassen Thomas GER 15.000 3 Ikeda Ken CAN 14.875 Rings: 1 Gelder Yuri van NED 16.050 2 Zozulya Roman UKR 15.725 3 Chen Yibing CHN 15.675. Women's Finals Vault: 1 Bieger Jana USA 14.625 2 Chusovitina Oksana UZB 14.475 3 Komrskova Jana CZE 14.300 Uneven Bars: 1 Li Ya CHN 15.800 2 Isayeva Irina RUS 15.150 3 Bieger Jana USA 14.775. » Results Men » Results Women March 24
| March 21
| Winners at Commonwealth Games in Melbourne Men Vault: SHEWFELT Kyle Keith (CAN) 16.337, P. Bars: GOLDING Grant (CAN) 15.450, High Bar: ISTRIA Damian (AUS) 15.600. Women Beam: HOPFNER-HIBBS Elyse (CAN) 14.950, Floor: DYKES Hollie (AUS) 14.650 » Results Men » Results Women March 20
| Winners at Commonwealth Games in Melbourne Men Floor: WONG Adam Alexander (CAN) 14.975. P. Horse: SMITH Louis (ENG) 15.775. Rings: JEFFERIS Joshua (AUS) 15.825. Women Vault: CAIRNS Imogen (ENG) 14.325. U. Bars: HOPFNER-HIBBS Elyse (CAN) 15.100. March 19
| Apparatus finals winners in Lyon at 15th French International, World Cup
competition. Men Floor: DRAGULESCU Marian (ROM) 15.725 P Horse: POPESCU Ilie-Daniel (ROM) 15.175 Rings: SAFOSHKIN Alexander (RUS) 16.425 Vault: DRAGULESCU Marian (ROM) 16.587 P. Bars: PETROVSEK Mitja (SLO) 15.875 High Bar: TOMITA Yewki (USA) 15.425 Women Vault: CHENG Fei (CHN) 14.987 Uneven Bars: SIKULOVA Jana (CZE) 14.700 Beam: PRIESS Ashley (USA) Floor: CHENG Fei (CHN) 14.975 » Complete Results Men » Women March 18
| Australia's Chloe Sims won gold in the all-around at the
18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne with 57.100 (14.200 14.750 14.550 13.600).
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs from Canada had the same score, but Sims was awarded the title by a tie breaker.
(After the lowest scores were dropped, Sim's had a higher total). Dykes Hollie from Australia took bronze with 55.800.
» Results
March 18
| Australian Joshua Jefferis has won gold for Australia in the Men’s
All-Around Artistic Gymnastics final with an overall score of 89.45 (14.500 13.750 15.700 16.050 14.650 14.800)
at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Gafuik Nathan from Canada
took silver with 88.350 and Rizzo Philippe from Australia was third with 88.200
» Results
March 17
| Australian women won the third consecutive gold at the
Commonwealth Games in Melbourne with 172.600 (43.450, 43.400, 44.200, 41.550).
England took silver with 164.350 and Canada bronze with 162.550.
» Results
March 16
| Canadian men won gold at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
with 269.750 (45.650, 42.500, 44.600, 48.900, 44.200, 43.900). Australia finished second with 268.850 and
England, the defending champions from Manchester 2002, slipped to third with 260.00.
» Results
March 14
| Commonwealth Games starts on Thursday:
The Australian gymnastics team will finalise its preparations for the Commonwealth Games
starting on Thursday in Melbourne with most of the focus on World Championship bronze medallist
Monette Russo. Despite injuring her ankle only a month ago, Russo insisted she was ready to
perform her full routines in training.
» Program of Commonwealth Games
March 12
| Apparatus Finals in Madeira 2006:
FX: Brian Gladow GER 14.525, PH: Pedro Almeida POR 14.700,
SR: Christian Guillén ESP 15.275, VT: Helge Liebrich TV. W. GER 15.650,
PB: Helge Liebrich TV. W. - GER 14.425, HB:Brian Gladow GER 14.900.
» Results
March 11
| 11th International Tournament Madeira 2006:
Teams: 1 GERMANY 256.25, 2 PORTUGAL 251.85, 3 SPAIN 247.70. Individuals:
1 Brian Gladow GER 87.00, 2 Helge Liebrich GER 86.65, 3 Anthony Van Assche NED 85.40
» Results
March 8
| 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final FIG and the Monacan
Gymnastics Federation signed an official agreement attributing organisation of the 13th Artistic Gymnastics
World Cup Final to Monaco, an event that will take place December 15-16, 2006.
| 2006 Tehran World Cup Finals:
Floor Exercise: 1. Jeffrey Wammes NED 14.300, 2. Vahag Stepanyan ARM 14.200, 3. Ivica Bago CRO 14.015.
Pommel Horse: 1. Harotyan Merdinyan ARM 14.700, 2. Anton Fokin UZB 14.475, 2. Vahag Stepanyan ARM 14.475.
Still Rings: 1. Yuri Van Gelder NED 16.075, 2. Olli Torkkel FIN 14.950, 3. Vahag Stepanyan ARM 14.875.
Vault: 1. Jeffrey Wammes NED 16.150, 2. Ali Aliaz JOR 16.020, 3. Marco Mayer AUT 15.737.
Parallel Bars: 1. Mitja Petkovsek SLO 15.750, 2. Vahag Stepanyan ARM 14.275, 3. Anton Fokin UZB 13.875.
High Bar: 1. Epke Zonderland NED 15.325, 2. Aljaz Pegan SLO 15.175, 3. Marco Baldauf AUT 15.125.
| Nastia Liukin (USA) and Hisashi Mizutori (JAP) were the top qualifiers at
2006 Tyson American Cup preliminaries, held Friday in Philadelphia. The top eight
male and female gymnasts each will advance to Saturday's final.
» Complete results
| Did you tried to check the latest news from
USA gymnastics website? If so, this is what you found
on Friday March 3rd afternoon: "usa-gymnastics.org This domain name expired on 02/25/2006 and is pending
renewal or deletion"
| 2005 World all-around champion Chellsie Memmel (USA) is one of 10 finalists
for the Sullivan Award, which is presented annually to the USA's top amateur athlete
by the Amateur Athletic Union. You can cast your vote for her at USA Today's Web site.
» Cast your vote
| Eleven gymnasts have been selected to represent New Zealand at the
Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in March. Women AG: Alice Barnett, Belinda Castles,
Georgia Cervin, Olivia Jobsis, Sarah Miller. Men AG: Daniel Good, Mark Holyoake,
Misha Koudinov, Patrick Peng. Rhythmic: Melissa Logan, Teegan Metcalfe
| World Championships bronze medallist Monette Russo and triple Commonwealth
Games gold medallist Philippe Rizzo head a 13-member Australian team at
Commonwealth Games. Women: Ashleigh BRENNAN (15, VIC), Hollie DYKES (15, QLD),
Chloe SIMS (15, QLD), Naomi RUSSELL (15, QLD), Monette RUSSO (17, VIC). Men: Damian ISTRIA (23, QLD),
Josh JEFFERIS (20, QLD), Sam OFFORD (20, SA), Philippe RIZZO (25, NSW), Prashanth SELLATHURAI (19, NSW).
» More
| USA Gymnastics names international field for 2006 American Cup:
Women: Daria Bijak (GER), Aisha Gerber (CAN), Suzanne Harmes (NED), Maryna Kostiuchenko (UKR),
Kyoko Oshima (JAP), Lais Souza (BRA), Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS) and Zhou Zhuoru (CHN). Men:
Nathan Gafuik (CAN, Fabian Hambuechen (GER), Sergey Khorokhordin (RUS), Li Junhao (CHN), Florent Maree (FRA),
Hisashi Mizutori (JAP), Ryuta Nakazato (JAP), Danilo Nogueira (BRA) and Razvan Dorin Selariu (ROM)
|
European Championships 2006 in Volos - Drawing of lots.
The UEG Men’s and Women’s Technical Committees have carried out the drawing of lots of the starting orders during
a press conference on Saturday, February 11th. » Men's Drawing of lots » Women's Drawing of lots
| Yuri Chechi several Olympic, world and European champion
in gymnastics had the great honour to be the first actor of the beautiful opening ceremony of the Winter
Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.
| Commonwealth Games will take place March 15-26 in Melbourne (AUS).
Gymnastics Canada named Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team:
David Kikuchi (Halifax), Adam Wong, Grant Golding,
Nathan Gafuik and 2004 Olympic floor exercise champion Kyle Shewfelt (all Calgary)
» More
| Comaneci expecting baby boy in July Gymnastics icons
Bart Conner, 48 and Nadia Comaneci, 44, are expecting a boy around July 18,
the 30th anniversary of the day Comaneci recorded the first perfect 10.0 in the history of the sport while
representing her native Romania at the Montreal Olympics. » More
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