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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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  GYMNASTICS NEWS MAY 2008
  • 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. Scores from both days of competition are combined to determine the final all-around and individual event rankings. All athletes who competed today advanced to Saturday’s final day of competition. Gymnasts will advance to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics based on performances at the 2008 Visa Championships.

    Olympic selection trials and 2008 australian championships
    Gymnastics Australia – AUS – Tue May 20, 2008
    The 2008 edition of the Championships will be held from May 22-25 at Vodafone Arena. This years championships will include the Olympic Selection trial for Women’s Artistic and a special National Apparatus Challenge on Sunday 25th May. Chinese athletes contribute to earthquake relief efforts
    ChinaDaily.com – Xinhua, CHN – Fri May 16, 2008
    Chinese national teams responded quickly. The table tennis team offered 980,000 yuan (140,000 U.S. dollars) and the gymnastics squad gathered one million yuan (US142,800).

  • Beigin 2008 – Men Start Order Qualification C-I
MEN Subdivision
1 2 3
FX ITA CHN BLR
PH ESP MG 4 MG 5
SR USA CAN KOR
VT MG 2 RUS GER
PB MG 6 JPN MG 1
HB MG 3 FRA ROU
M Mixed Groups
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 LUX ISR POL HUN SLO EGY
2 BUL GBR SUI CRO UKR GRE
3 VEN GBR SUI CZE UKR GEO
4 PUR UZB NED BRA BEL YEM
5 AUS COL
  • Beigin 2008 – Women Start Order Qualification C-I
WOM Subdivision
1 2 3 4
VT ROU GBR RUS MG 1
UB MG 4 JPN GER MG 2
BB CHN ITA UKR FRA
FX MG 3 USA AUS BRA
W Mixed Groups
1 2 3 4
1 KOR SWE EGY SVK
2 MEX COL VIE CRO
3 CZE NED HUN VEN
4 POL BUL CAN ESP
5 PRK BLR SUI LTU
6 BEL GRE CAN ESP
7 PRK FIN

Gymnasts capture national crowns
Battle Creek Enquirer – Battle Creek, MI, USA – Mon May 12, 2008
Kellogg Arena was witness to the crowning of new champions over the weekend as the 2008 Men’s Junior Olympic Nationals gymnastics event came to a close on Sunday.

GYMNASTICS: Mining for gymnastics gold at a Texas ranch
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA – Sun May 11, 2008
There are no lions and tigers and bears (probably) at the Karolyi Ranch deep inside Sam Houston National Forest. No, but these 2,000 acres are full of camels, red deer, cows, bulls, peacocks, white swans, black ones too, seven dogs and loads of gymnasts who tumble off the buses that bring them here to live in cabins, navigate the wildlife and listen to the plain-spoken criticism of USA Gymnastics national team coordinator Martha Karolyi.

28th European Championships – Juniors Apparatus Finals 2008 May 11

Juniors’s Floor Exercise A B Pen Score
1 KOSMIDIS Eleftherios GRE 6.300 9.225 15.525
2 BAZAN Christian ESP 6.100 9.000 15.100
3 KEATINGS Daniel GBR 5.800 9.200 15.000
Juniors’s Pommel Horse A B Pen Score
1 KEATINGS Daniel GBR 6.400 9.250 15.650
2 PETROV Matvey RUS 6.000 9.075 15.075
3 STEPANENKO Viktor UKR 6.100 8.750 14.850
Juniors’s Rings A B Pen Score
1 BAZAN Christian ESP 6.100 9.050 15.150
2 SIMOES Gustavo POR 6.000 8.975 14.975
3 PETROV Matvey RUS 5.400 9.100 14.500
Juniors’s Vault VT A B Pen Score Final
1 JORDAN Mathieu FRA 1 7.00 9.200 16.200 15.837
2 6.20 9.375 0.1 15.475
2 BELYAVSKIY David RUS 1 6.60 9.425 0.1 15.925 15.812
2 6.20 9.500 15.700
3 BAZAN Christian ESP 1 6.60 8.850 15.450 15.550
2 6.20 9.450 15.650
Juniors’s Parallel Bars A B Pen Score
1 KEATINGS Daniel GBR 6.100 9.200 15.300
2 GARIBOV Amin RUS 5.900 9.125 15.025
3 BAZAN Christian ESP 5.900 8.675 14.575
Juniors’s Horizontal Bar A B Pen Score
1 GARIBOV Amin RUS 5.800 8.825 14.625
2 WITTENBERGVOGES Max GER 5.700 8.675 14.375
3 IGNATENKOV Kirill RUS 5.500 8.825 14.325

28th European Championships – Men’s Teams Finals 2008 May 10

Seniors FX PH SR VT PB HB Total
1 RUS 45.050 42.575 45.925 47.650 46.550 44.700 272.450
2 GER 44.950 43.550 42.975 47.275 45.150 45.675 269.575
3 ROU 45.175 43.800 43.925 48.725 44.800 42.525 268.950
4 BLR 43.025 41.950 45.125 47.400 45.225 43.725 266.450
5 FRA 44.475 39.500 44.750 48.475 46.775 42.375 266.350
6 UKR 42.625 41.600 45.650 47.550 45.400 43.050 265.875
7 SUI 44.575 42.350 42.450 47.850 44.800 42.875 264.900
8 ITA 43.375 41.900 44.550 46.475 43.050 44.125 263.475

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