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GYMNASTICS NEWS MAY 2008

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Birthdays in May
May 01 1970 Kaplan Ron ISR
May 01 1986 Seligman Robert CRO
May 02 1988 Shcherbatykh Olga UKR
May 03 1942 Caslavska Vera TCH
May 03 1976 Hadarean Vanda ROU
May 03 1988 Erceg Tina CRO
May 04 1984 Kuyakin Vadym UKR
May 05 1976 KoivunenRiku FIN
May 05 1977 Portocarrero Luisa GUA
May 06 1976 Koivunen Riku FIN
May 06 1982 Shewfelt Kyle CAN
May 06 1991 Kosmidis Eleftherios GRE
May 08 1976 Becks Elvira HOL
May 09 1970 Silivas Daniela ROU
May 10 1974 Mönkkönen Jari FIN
May 10 1977 Borden Amanda USA
May 11 1980 Christensen Thomas DEN
May 11 1987 Rosu Monica ROU
May 12 1966 Roethlisberger Marie USA
May 13 1987 Trefilovs Dmitri LAT
May 14 1978 Brink Heather USA
May 14 1986 Araujo Luis POR
May 15 1974 Fardan Kasper DEN
May 15 1983 Zonderland Herre NED
May 15 1984 Guettaf Abdelkader ALG
May 15 1990 Hickel Svenja GER
May 16 1955 Korbut Olga BLR
May 16 1989 Stavrinaki Panaya Athena CYP
May 21 1984 Sandy Casey CAN
May 22 1962 Daggett Tim USA
May 22 1974 Onodi Henrietta HUN
May 22 1981 Mayer Marco AUT
May 23 1964 Suter Wes USA
May 23 1969 Shushunova Elena RUS
May 23 1977 Grivich Hilary USA
May 23 1984 Graca Bernardo POR
May 24 1972 Skaldina Oksana RUS
May 24 1979 Lu Bin CHN
May 24 1984 Bergamelli Monica ITA
May 27 1970 Panova Dianca BUL
May 27 1975 Umeh Stella CAN
May 29 1988 Cheng Fei CHN
May 29 1988 Tajdue Martha POL
May 31 1970 Mar Sabrina USA
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  • World Stars World Cup – Apparatus Finals. Moscow (RUS) 2008 May 30
    Men’s Floor Finals
    1 GOLOTSUTSKOV Anton RUS 15.650
    2 HYPOLITO Diego BRA 15.625
    3 WAMMES Jeffrey NED 15.050
    7 PIASECKY Samuel SVK
    Pommel Horse Finals
    1 KEATINGS Daniel GBR 15.975
    2 SMITH Louis GBR 15.850
    3 BERKI Krisztian HUN 15.725
    Rings Finals
    1 PLUZHNIKOV Konstantin RUS 16.325
    2T VOROBYOV Olexander UKR 16.275
    2T RODRIGUES Danny FRA 16.275
    Men’s Vault Finals
    1 GOLOTSUTSKOV Anton RUS 16,362
    2 WIGNANITZ Raphaël FRA 16,300
    3 VASILIEV Anatoli RUS 16,150
    Parallel Bars Finals
    1 CUCHERAT Yann FRA 16.225
    2 PETKOVSEK Mitja SLO 15.750
    3 RYAZANOV Yury RUS 15.650
    4 PIASECKY Samuel SVK
    Horizontal Bar Finals
    1 VASILIEV Anatoli RUS 15.700
    2 ZONDERLAND Epke NED 15.250
    3 SABOT Hamilton FRA 15.200
    Women’s Vault Finals
    1T PAVLOVA Anna RUS 14.750
    1T BARBOSA Jade BRA 14.750
    3 KAESLIN Ariella SUI 14.587
    Uneven Bars Finals
    1 SEMENOVA Ksenia RUS 16.075
    2 PANG Panpan CHN 15.400
    3 ZGOBA Dariya UKR 15.325
    Balance Beam Finals
    1 LINLIN Deng CHN 15.825
    2 LIU CHN 15.400
    3 PAVLOVA Anna RUS 15.350
    Women’s Floor Exercise Finals
    1 LINLIN Deng CHN 14.800
    2 AFANASEVA Ksenia RUS 14.775
    3 JOURA Daria AUS 14.300

    A star on vault, Sacramone discusses life outside gym
    USA Today – USA – Wed May 28, 2008
    At 20, Alicia Sacramone is already an accomplished veteran on the U.S. women’s national gymnastics team. Last year she helped the USA win team gold at the world championships. Individually, she took silver on floor and bronze on vault at worlds.

    Miles Avery voted 2008 USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year
    BigTenNetwork.com – USA – Wed May 28, 2008
    Miles Avery, Ohio State men’s gymnastics head coach and personal coach for Paul and Morgan Hamm and Blaine Wilson, was awarded the 2008 USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year honor after a vote by his peers at the 2008 VISA Championships last weekend in Houston.

    Paul Hamm successfully underwent hand surgery
    USA Gymnastics – USA – Tue May 27, 2008
    Paul Hamm successfully underwent hand surgery earlier today. Hamm broke the fourth metacarpal of his right hand on May 22 during his parallel bars routine at the 2008 Visa Championships in Houston, Texas.

    Paul Hamm fractured the fourth metacarpal on his right hand
    USA Gymnastics – USA – Fri May 23, 2008
    Based on X-rays taken this morning at Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine, Paul Hamm fractured the fourth metacarpal on his right hand. The injury occurred on the parallel bars during the first night of men’s competition at the 2008 Visa Championships in Houston. Hamm has withdrawn from the Visa Championships. He will have the opportunity to petition to the Men’s Program Committee for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics.

    Paul Hamm leads men’s all-around at 2008 Visa Championships
    USA Gymnastics – USA – Thu May 22, 2008
    2004 Olympic all-around champion Paul Hamm of Waukesha, Wis., leads the men’s all-around competition at the 2008 Visa Championships at Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas, after the first of two days of competition. The final round is Saturday, May 24, at 6 p.m. CT.

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Gymnastic News 2007

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Gymnastics Headlines
– Kristina Vaculik won Senior Elite Canada Title Dec 15
– China: Contracts to prevent serious injuries and drug use Dec 6
– Petition For Olympic Games Wild Card Nomination for Aljaz Pegan Dec 6
– Good Luck Beijing 2007 – Event Finals Day 3 Dec 3
– Good Luck Beijing 2007 – Event Finals Day 2 Dec 2
– Good Luck Beijing 2007 – Event Finals Day 1 Dec 1
– Alabama gymnastics signs three national team members for 2009 class Nov 30
– Good Luck Beijing 2007 – International Gymnastics Competition Nov 29
– USA dominates at 2007 Junior Pan American Championships Nov 25
– 5th European Championships in Aerobic Gymnastics Nov 23
– Glasgow Grand Prix 2007 – Finals Nov 10
– Swiss Cup Mixed Pairs Finals Zürich (SUI) Nov 04
– Trampoline and Tumbling World Championships Quebec Nov 03
– Hiroyuki Tomita won his fourth consecutive Japanese AA title Oct 28
– 25th International DTB-Cup 2007 Stuttgart (GER) – Finals Oct 27
– Shawn Johnson has a minor leg injury Oct 27
– 25th International DTB-Cup 2007 Stuttgart (GER) – Qualification Oct 26
– 2007 Leverkusen Cup. Leverkusen (GER) Oct 13
– Stuttgart 2007 – Canadian gymnast Shewfelt to skip worlds after injury Aug 28
– Stuttgart 2007 – An All-Records World Championship Aug 27
– Takehiro Kashima (JPN) has broken his arm during training in Stuttgart Aug 25
– Great Britain vs Brazil friendly meet at Ipswich (GBR) Aug 18-19 Aug 20
– USA Gymnastics names U.S. Teams for 2007 World Championships Aug 20
– 2007 Visa Championshipsc – HP Pavilion at San Jose Aug 15-18 Aug 20
– 24th Universiade Bangkok 2007 – Bangkok (THA) Aug 09
– Czech Republic – Great Britain – Switzerland in Brno (CZE) Aug 06
– FIG 2007 China World Cup Gymnastics – Shanghai (CHN) Jul 29
– 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival – Finals Jul 27
– 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival Belgrade, Serbia Jul 26
– Pan American Games – Apparatus Finals Jul 17
– Pan American Games – AA Women Finals Jul 16
– Pan American Games – AA Men Finals Jul 15
– Pan American Games – Teams Jul 14
– China’s Wang making miraculous recovery Jul 06
– US Women’s team for 2007 Pan American Games Jul 04
– Dutch National Championships Women and Juniors Jun 21
– 40th World Championships Stuttgart (GER) – Drawing of Lots Jun 18
– National Championships of China Jun 18
– U.S. men to compete against Russia and Ukraine, June 30, in Kiev Jun 15
– National Championships of China Jun 15
– Philippe Rizzo ruptured an Achilles tendon Jun 11
– So far 71 federations have registered for 2007 Worlds Jun 05
– World Cup – Buenos Aires (ARG) – Finals Jun 04
– USA named women’s Pan American Games Training Squad Jun 01
– 2007 World Stars Moscow (RUS) – Finals May 26
– 2007 World Stars Moscow (RUS): Men Women May 25
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  • Dec 15 – Kristina Vaculik won Senior Elite Canada Title
    Gemini athlete Kristina Vaculik captured the senior women’s title at the 2007 Elite Canada Gymnastics Championships in Abbotsford. In second place is first time senior Peng-Peng Lee (Seneca) and Nansy Damianova of Gymnix took the bronze
    Results Women » Results Men »
  • Dec 07 – China: Contracts to prevent serious injuries and drug use
    In an unusual move to secure a gymnastics golden harvest at next year’s Olympic Games, Chinese gymnasts and their coaches will sign contracts with the sport’s state governing center to ensure everyone in the 2008 lineup will be injury free and drug free. All the Chinese national coaches will sign contracts to prevent serious injuries from happening before the Beijing Games.
  • Dec 06 – Petition For Olympic Games Wild Card Nomination for Aljaz Pegan
  • Dec 03 – Good Luck Beijing 2007 – Apparatus Finals Day 3
    Men�s Parallel Bars Finals A B Pen Score
    1 LIANG Mingsheng CHN 6.800 9.000 15.800
    2 FENG Zhe CHN 7.000 8.775 15.775
    3 YANG Taeyoung KOR 6.800 8.950 15.750
    Men�s Horizontal Bar Finals A B Pen Score
    1 KIM Jihoon KOR 6.500 8.925 15.425
    2 HOSHI Yosuke JPN 6.400 8.750 15.150
    3 TANAKA Kazuhito JPN 6.200 8.800 15.000
    Results Finals Men »»
    Women�s Beams Finals A B Pen Score
    1 CHENG Fei CHN 6.700 9.025 15.725
    2 MITCHELL Lauren AUS 6.700 8.900 15.600
    3 MEMMEL Chellsie USA 6.400 8.900 15.300
    Results Finals Women »»
  • Dec 02 – Good Luck Beijing 2007 – Apparatus Finals Day 2
    Men�s Rings Finals A B Pen Score
    1 LU Bin CHN 7.200 8.800 16.000
    2 YAN Mingyong CHN 7.400 8.500 15.900
    3 PINHEIRO RODRIGUES FRA 7.300 8.400 15.700
    Men�s Vault Finals VT A B Pen Vault Total
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