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
