2009 Mediterranean Games : Men

Enrico Pozzo (Italy) on the Pommel Horse

The Men’s Qualification rounds of the 2009 Mediterranean Games are now complete in Pescara, Italy.

Italy leads the Men’s Team Competition after qualifying, followed by France, Spain, Greece and Croatia.

Enrico Pozzo of Italy lead’s the Individual All-Around, followed by teammate Matteo Morandi and Hamilton Sabot of France.

 

Full Men’s Results

TEAM QUALIFICATION

1. Italy – 267.500
2. France – 267.300
3. Spain – 264.000
4. Greece – 254.700
5. Croatia – 249.700
6. Cyprus – 242.900
7. Slovenia – 238.100
8. Turkey – 238.050
9. Egypt – 234.700
10. Algeria – 233.000

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND*

1. POZZO, Enrico – Italy – 88.650
2. MORANDI, Matteo – Italy – 87.950
3. SABOT, Hamilton – France – 87.350
4. BENY, Pierre-Yves – France – 87.150
5. MUNOZ, Sergio – Spain – 86.850
6. MARTINEZ, Rafael – Spain – 86.350
7. MARKOUSIS, Dimitrios – Greece – 85.200
8. KRASIAS, Dimitris – Greece – 83.700
9. LYMPANOVNOS, Christos – Greece- 83.100
10. BREZ, Marko – Croatia – 82.250
11. ARISTOTELOUS, Panagiotis – Cyprus – 81.450
12. DUDEK, Nikola – Croatia – 79.250
13. SOBHY, Abdelrahman – Egypt – 78.900
14. EL SAHARTY, Mohamed – Egypt – 78.000
15. SANLI, Ozgur – Turkey – 77.900
16. UYAR, Unus Emre – Turkey – 77.550
17. HACIB, Mohamad Amir - Algeria – 77.500
18. BRITOVSEK, Ziga – Slovenia – 77.350
19. DIMIC, Alen – Slovenia – 77.050
20. METTIDJI, Hillel - Algeria – 76.950
21. HASA, Alon – Albania – 75.950
22. BOUARI, Imad – Morrocco – 70.000
23. BAHLAWAN, Fahdi - Syria – 68.150

* Only 23 men competed on all six apparatus in the qualification round.

INDIVIDUAL APPARATUS

Floor Exercise

1. KOSMIDIS, Eleftherios – Greece – 15.300
2. DOULKERIDIS, Michail – Greece – 15.150
3. BOUALLEGUE, Wadji – Tunisia – 14.850
4. CARANOBE, Benoit – France – 14.800
5. POZZO, Enrico – Italy – 14.800
6. UDE, Filip – Croatia – 14.800
7. BOUHAIL, Thomas – France – 14.750
8. GONZALES, Fabian – Spain – 14.750

Pommel Horse

1. BENY, Pierre-Yves – France – 15.400
2. BUSNARI, Alberto – Italy – 15.250
3. SELIGMANT, Robert – Croatia – 14.600
4. POZZO, Enrico – Italy- 14.550
5. MUNOZ, Sergio – Spain – 14.250
6. HACIB, Mohamed Amir – Algeria – 14.250
7. SABOT, Hamilton – France – 14.200
8. FERDJANI, Sid Ali – Algeria – 14.150

Still Rings

1. MORANDI, Matteo – Italy – 15.800
2. PINHEIRO, Danny – France – 15.700
3. BENY, Pierre-Yves – France – 15.450
4. GEORGALLAS, Irodotos - Cyprus – 15.050
5. OTTAVI, Paolo – Italy – 14.950
6. GOMEZ, Javier – Spain – 14.750
7. CARBALLO, Manuel – Spain – 14.750
8. MARKOUSIS, Dimitrios – Greece – 14.400

Vault

1. BOUHAIL, Thomas – France – 16.400
2. CARANOBE, Benoit – France – 16.250
3. MORANDI, Matteo – Italy – 16.100
4. CINGOLANI, Andrea – Italy – 16.000
5. MUNOZ, Sergio – Spain – 15.900
6. GOMEZ, Javier – Spain – 15.800
7. DOULKERDIS, Michail – Greece – 15.650
8. MARKOUSIS, Dimitrios – Greece – 15.650

Parallel Bars

1. CARANOBE, Benoit – France – 14.750
2. LYMPANOVNOS, Christos – Greece – 14.700
3. CARBALLO, Manuel – Spain – 14.700
4. MORANDI, Matteo – Italy – 14.650
5. PINHEIRO, Danny – France – 14.650
6. MARTINEZ, Rafael – Spain – 14.450
7. BUSNARI, Alberto – Italy – 14.300
8. KRASIAS, Dimitris - Cyprus – 14.250

Horizontal Bar

1. SAMILOGLU, Umit – Turkey – 15.400
2. POZZO, Enrico – Italy – 15.150
3. MARTINEZ, Rafael – Spain – 15.100
4. PEGAN, Aljaz – Slovenia – 14.850
5. OTTAVI, Paolo - Italy – 14.650
6. SABOT, Hamilton – France – 14.650
7. GONZALES, Fabian - Spain – 14.350
8. BREZ, Marko – Croatia – 14.350

 

Note: Start lists are not yet available for the men.

2009 Mediterranean Games : Women

 

The 2009 Mediterraneans Games are underway!

On the women’s side, France’s Youna Dufournet leads the pack going into the Women’s All-Around Final, as well as the Vault, Uneven Bars, and Balance Beam. Dufournet is also qualified to the Floor Exercise, tying for third in qualification with Elisabetta Preziosa of Italy with a 13.850.

Greek National Champion Vasiliki Millousi sits second going into the All-Around Final. She has qualified for the Uneven Bars, Balance Beam and Floor Exercise finals.

Italy’s Andrea LaSpada sits third in the All-Around going into the All-Around Final. She is also qualified for all event finals, leading qualifications on the Floor Exercise with a 14.250.

Women’s Team Qualification

1. FRANCE – 166.900
2. ITALY – 166.800
3. GREECE – 159.600
4. SLOVENIA – 153.400

Women’s All-Around Qualification*

1. DUFOURNET, Youna – France – 58.000
2. MILLOUSI, Vasiliki – Greece – 55.550
3. LA SPADA, Andrea – Italy – 55.150
4. PREZIOSA, Elisabetta – Italy – 55.050
5. GALANTE, Paola – Italy – 54.850
6. ARMI, Emily – Italy – 54.800
7. MOREL, Pauline – France – 54.000
8. ZAFEIRAKI, Evgenia – Greece – 52.850
9. GOLOB, Sasa – Slovenia – 52.350
10. KAMNIKAR, Ivana – Slovenia – 50.050
11. GOKSU, Uctas – Turkey – 49.200
12. EL ZEINY, Sherine – Egypt – 48.850
13. KYSSELEF, Tjasa – Slovenia – 48.650
14. MOHAMED, Salma – Egypt – 46.700
15. SELAJ, Riselda – Albania – 40.950
16. CUKA, Ornela – Albania – 39.700

* Only 16 of 25 female gymnasts competed all four events.

Women’s Event Qualifications
Start Order is in brackets [ ] after the qualifying score.

VAULT

1. DUFOURNET, Youna – France – 14.300 [5]
2. GOKSU, Uctas – Turkey – 14.100 [1]
3. ZAFEIRAKI, Evgenia – Greece – 13.850 [3]
4. EL-ZEINY, Sherine – Egypt – 13.750 [7]
5. LA SPADA, Andrea – Italy – 13.700 [2]
6. SYRIGOU, Andriana – Greece – 13.550 [8]
7. KYSSELEF, Tjasa – Slovenia – 13.250 [4]
8. HORVAT, Carmen Astrid – Slovenia – 12.550 [6]

UNEVEN BARS

1. DUFOURNET, Youna – France – 14.900 [2]
2. MOREL, Pauline – France – 14.300 [4]
3. MILLOUSI, Vasiliki – Greece – 13.900 [1]
4. LA SPADA, Andrea – Italy – 13.650 [5]
5. GALANTE, Paola – Italy – 13.600 [8]
6. GOLOB, Sasa – Slovenia – 12.800 [3]
7. DIMITRIOU, Nikoletta – Cyprus – 12.750 [7]
8. ZAFEIRAKI, Evgenia – Greece – 12.650 [6]

BALANCE BEAM

1. DUFOURNET, Youna – France – 14.950 [6]
2. MILLOUSI, Vasiliki – Greece – 14.900 [4]
3. PREZIOSA, Elisabetta – Italy – 14.800 [1]
4. GALANTE, Paoloa – Italy – 14.250 [2]
5. PETIT, Marine – France – 13.650 [3]
6. GOLOB, Sasa – Slovenia – 13.400 [8]
7. SYRIGOU, Andriana – Greece- 13.300 [5]
8. KAMNIKAR, Ivana – Slovenia – 13.000 [7]

FLOOR EXERCISE

1. LA SPADA, Andrea – Italy – 14.250 [3]
2. BELLEMARE, Rose-Eliandre – France – 14.100 [6]
3. DUFOURNET, Youna – France – 13.850 [1]
3. PREZIOSA, Elisabetta – Italy – 13.850 [8]
5. MILLOUSI, Vasiliki – Greece – 13.500 [2]
6. SAJN, Adela – Slovenia – 13.300 [4]
7. ZAFEIRAKI, Evgenia – Greece – 13.200 [5]
8. EL ZEINY, Sherine – Egypt – 13.150 [7]

The Championships of Portugal

Zoi Lima (Portugal)

This past weekend, Zoi Lima was named the 2009 National All-Around Champion in Torres Novas, Portugal, scoring 49.550. Her top score came on the Vault where she scored 13.100 (4.2/8.90). Her lowest score came on the Uneven Bars where she scored 11.050 (2.6/8.45).

Winning the silver medal in the All-Around was Catarina Abrantes, scoring 47.350. The bronze medal went to Rita Oliveira, who scored 46.600.

Full All-Around Results

1. LIMA, Zoi – 49.550
2. ABRANTES, Catarina – 47.350
3. OLIVEIRA, Rita – 46.600
4. MARTINS, Catarina – 46.350
5. ROMERO, Ines – 45.050
6. DAMASIO, Marta – 43.850
7. BISCAIA, Teresa – 43.500
8. OLIVEIRA, Lucia – 42.600
9. ALMEIDA, Mariana – 37.700
10. DUARTE, Mariana – 34.100

On the individual apparatus, Zoi Lima claimed gold medals on the Uneven Bars (11.050), Balance Beam (12.750) and Floor Exercise (12.650), and finished second on the Vault (13.100).
All-Around silver medallist Catarina Abrantes finished fourth on the Vault (13.000), fifth on the Uneven Bars (10.150), second on the Balance Beam (12.450) and second on the Floor Exercise (11.150).
Bronze medallist in the All-Around Rita Oliveira picked up a gold on the Vault (13.250), third on the Uneven Bars (10.600), third on the Balance Beam (12.200), and ninth on the Floor Exercise (10.500).

Full Individual Apparatus Results:

VAULT (Only one Vault score was counted)

1. OLIVEIRA, Rita – 13.250 (4.4/8.85)
2. LIMA, Zoi – 13.100 (4.2/8.90)
3. MARTINS, Catarina – 13.050 (4.2/8.85)
4. ABRANTES, Catarina – 13.000 (4.2/8.80)
5. OLIVEIRA, Lucia – 12.950 (4.4/8.55)
6. BISCAIA, Teresa – 12.600 (4.4/8.20)
7. ROMERO, Ines – 12.550 (4.0/8.55)
8. DAMASIO, Marta – 12.100 (4.0/8.10)
9. DUARTE, Mariana – 11.750 (4.0/7.75)
10. ALMEIDA, Mariana – 10.950 (3.2/7.75)

UNEVEN BARS

1. LIMA, Zoi – 11.050 (2.6/8.45)
2. DAMASIO, Marta – 10.750 (2.8/7.95)
3. OLIVEIRA, Rita – 10.600 (4.0/6.60)
4. MARTINS, Catarina – 10.450 (1.8/8.65)
5. ABRANTES, Catarina – 10.150 (2.5/7.65)
6. ROMERO, Ines – 10.000 (2.5/7.50)
7. OLIVEIRA, Lucia – 9.050 (2.0/7.05)
8. BISCAIA, Teresa – 7.500 (1.6/5.90)
9. ALMEIDA, Mariana – 3.950 (0.9/3.05)
10. DUARTE, Mariana - 2.700  (0.8/1.90)

BALANCE BEAM

1. LIMA, Zoi – 12.750 (4.4/8.35)
2. ABRANTES, Catarina – 12.450 (4.6/7.85)
3. OLIVEIRA, Rita – 12.200 (4.7/7.500)
4. BISCAIA, Teresa – 12.050 (4.0/8.05)
5. ALMEIDA, Maraina – 11.850 ( 3.7/8.15)
6. MARTINS, Catarina – 11.500 (4.3/7.20)
7. ROMERO, Ines – 11.350 (4.5/6.85)
8. DUARTE, Mariana – 10.150 (2.9/7.25)
9. OLIVERIA, Lucia – 9.500 (3.4/6.50)
10. DAMASIO, Marta – 9.300 (4.7/4.60)

FLOOR EXERCISE

1. LIMA, Zoi – 12.450 (4.6/8.15)
2. ABRANTES, Catarina – 11.750 (3.3/8.45)
3. DAMASIO, Marta – 11.700 (4.4/7.30)
4. BISCAIA, Teresa – 11.450 (3.7/7.75)
5. MARTINS, Catarina – 11.350 (3.5/7.85)
6. ROMERO, Ines – 11.150 (4.3/7.15)
7. OLIVEIRA, Lucia – 11.100 (3.9/7.20)
8. ALMEIDA, Mariana - 10.950 (2.9/8.05)
9. OLIVEIRA, Rita – 10.550 (4.4/6.15)
10. DUARTE, Mariana – 9.500 (2.7/6.80)

Olympian Pihan (-Kulesza) Polish Champion

Marta Pihan-Kulesza (Poland) on the Balance Beam.

2008 Olympian Marta Pihan-Kulesza won the All-Around at the Polish National Championships held this weekend in Zabrze.

Pihan-Kulesza won the title with a 56.033 over silver-medallist Monika Frandofert (53.050) and bronze-medallist Katarzyna Jurkowska (51.791).

Pihan-Kulesza also took top honors on the Uneven Bars (13.400), Balance Beam (13.900) and Floor Exercise (13.725).

All-Around silver-medallist Frandofert finished sixth on Vault (13.033), third on Uneven Bars (13.325), sixth on the Balance Beam (12.333), and second on Floor Exercise (13.400).

All-Around bronze-medallist Jurkowska finished second on the Vault (13.567), fourth on Uneven bars (12.050), fifth on the Balance Beam (12.400), and third on Floor Exercise (13.225).

 

FULL WOMEN’S RESULTS

All-Around

1. PIHAN-KULESZA, Marta – MKS Kusy Szczecin – 56.033
2. FRANDOFERT, Monika – TS Wisla Krakow – 53.050
3. JURKOWSKA, Katarzyna – TS Wisla Krakow – 51.791
4. LITEWKA, Joanna – KS Korona Krakow – 51.775
5. PLICHTA, Paula – TGS Olsztyn – 48.791
6. SRODON, Katarzyna – KS Iskra Zabrze – 47.966
7. ILNICKA, Dajana – KS Iskra Zabrze – 47.925
8. FRACKIEWICZ, Marta – MKS Kusy Szczecin – 46.325
9. LIBERA, Anna – TS Wisla Krakow – 44.283
10. GRYMEK, Olga – TS Wisla Krakow – 43.183
11. RUTH, Anna – MKS Kusy Szczecin – 41.716
12. CZERWINSKA, Agnieszka – TGS Olsztyn – 39.175
13. SZCZAWINKSA, Sara – MKS Palac MlodziezyKatowice – 35.616 (three events)

Vault

1. LITEWKA, Joanna – (5.3/8.733) 14.033 – (4.6/8.733) 13.333 — 13.683
2. JURKOWSKA, Katarzyna-  (4.4/9.033) 13.433 – (4.6/9.1) 13.700 — 13.567
3. PLICHTA, Paula -(4.6/9.066) 13.666 – (5.2/7.666) 12.866 — 13.266
4. ILNICKA, Dajana – (4.4/8.866) 13.266 – (4.6/8.333) 12.933 — 13.100
5. LIBERA, Anna – (4.4/9.133) 13.533 – (4.2/8.466) 12.666 — 13.100
6. FRANDOFERT, Monika – (4.2/8.633) 12.833 – (4.4/8.833) 13.233 — 13.033

Uneven Bars

1. PIHAN-KULESZA, Marta – 5.7/7.70/13.400
2. LITEWKA, Joanna – 5.3/8.05/13.350
3. FRANDOFERT, Monika – 5.1/8.225/13.325
4. JURKOWSKA, Katarzyna – 4.9/7.15/12.050
5. SRODON, Katarzyna – 3.5/7.275/10.775
6. FRACKIEWICZ, Marta – 3.8/6.775/10.575
7. GRYMEK, Olga – 2.4/7.625/10.025
8. PLICHTA, Paula – 1.8/7.375/9.175

Balance Beam

1. PIHAN-KULESZA, Marta – 5.9/8.00/13.900
2. LITEWKA, Joanna – 4.6/8.60/13.200
3. PLICHTA, Paula – 4.7/8.00/12.700
4. SRODON, Katarzyna – 4.4/8.10/12.500
5. JURKOWSKA, Katarzyna – 5.5/7.90/12.400
6. FRANDOFERT, Monika – 4.8/7.533/12.333
7. ILNICKA, Dajana – 4.1/6.80/10.900
8. GRYMEK, Olga – 4.0/6.266/10.266

Floor Exercise

1. PIHAN-KULESZA, Marta – 5.2/8.525/13.725
2. FRANDOFERT, Monika – 4.9/8.80/13.700
3. JURKOWSKA, Katarzyna – 4.8/8.425/13.225
4. LITEWKA, Joanna – 4.5/8.55/13.050
5. SRODON, Katarzyna – 4.4/8.175/12.575
6. PLICHTA, Paula – 4.1/8.125/12.225
7. ILNICKA, Dajana – 4.6/7.15/11.750
8. GRYMEK, Olga – 3.0/7.925/10.925

Czech National Championships

This weekend in Brno, Czech Republic, the top Cezch gymnasts battled for the title of National Champion. Olympian Kristyna Palesova won the women’s title scoring 54.600 over clubmates Eva Verbova (52.900) and Jana Sikhulova (52.700).

Men’s All-Around Final results, as well as Men’s and Women’s event finals results have yet to be released.

As soon as scores are released, they will be posted.

Wong, van Assche – Dutch Champions

Lichelle Wong (Netherlands) on the Uneven Bars.

The Netherlands held their national championship competition this weekend, with Lichelle Wong winning the senior women’s title, and Anthony van Assche winning the senior men’s title.

Wong’s 55.350 was 0.600 better then silver-medallist Mayra Kroonen’s 54.750, and 2.650 better than bronze-medallist Sanne Wevers’ 52.700.

van Assche’s 84.450 was 0.950 better than silver-medallist Carlo van Minde’s 83.500, and 1.850 better than bronze-medallist Herre Zonderland’s 82.600.

Individually, Wong finished with a silver medal on the Uneven Bars (5.2/8.30/13.500) and fifth on the Balance Beam (5.0/8.00/13.000). Mayra Kroonen won gold medals on the Vault (5.0/9.30/14.300 on both vaults) and the Floor Exercise (5.0/8.70/13.700). Sanne Wevers continued her dominance on the Balance Beam, winning the gold medal (5.5/8.60/14.100).

On the men’s side, event finals resutls have yet to be posted, but will be updated as soon as results are available.

 

FULL WOMEN’S RESULTS

All-Around

1. WONG, Lichelle – TSH Heerenveen – 55.350
2. KROONEN, Mayra – NTOZ-Turning Spirit Amsterdam – 54.750
3. WEVERS, Sanne – BosanTON Almelo – 52.700
4. GOEDKOOP, Joy – TSH Heerenveen – 52.600
5. RIJKEN, Marlies – NTOZ-ProPatria Zoetermeer – 50.550
6. EL-ZEINY, Sherine – NTOZ-ProPatria Zoetermeer – 50.250
7. TEUNISSE, Dianne – NTOZ-ProPatria Zoetermeer – 48.600
8. BLIND, Natasja – BATO Haarlem – 47.650
9. ENGELBRECHT, Roos – K&V Opmeer – 46.000
10. van Pol, Vera – FLIK-FLAK Den Bosch – 26.550 (two events)
11. EWALD, Marrit – TSH Heerenveen – 25.850 (two events)
12. WILLEMS, Fieke – NTOZ-ProPatria Zoetermeer- 25.350 (two events)

Vault

1. KROONEN, Mayra – (5.0/8.30) 14.300 – (5.0/8.30) 14.300 — 14.300
2. WILLEMS, Fieke – (5.0/8.90) 13.900 – (4.8/8.80) 13.600 — 13.750
3. GOEDKOOP, Joy – (5.0/8.75) 13.750 – (5.8/8.70) 13.600 [-0.1] — 13.675
4. ENGELBRECHT, Roos -(4.6/8.70) 13.300 – (4.6/9.00) 13.600 — 13.450
5. BLIND, Natasja – (4.4/9.05) 13.450 -(4.6/8.80) 13.400 — 13.425
6. van Pol, Vera – (5.0/8.60) 13.500 [-0.1] – (5.2/8.60) 13.300 [-0.5] — 13.400

Uneven Bars

1. BLIND, Natasja – 5.6/8.05/13.650
2. WONG, Lichelle – 5.2/8.30/13.500
3. EL-ZEINY, Sherine – 4.9/7.95/12.850
4. EWALD, Marrit – 5.4/7.00/12.400
5. KROONEN, Mayra – 5.4/6.25/11.650
6. WILLEMS, Fieke – 5.6/4.90/10.500

Balance Beam

1. WEVERS, Sanne – 5.5/8.60/14.100
2. KROONEN, Mayra – 5.0/8.80/13.800
3. GOEDKOOP, Joy – 4.9/8.80/13.700
4. RIJKEN, Mariles – 5.1/8.45/13.550
5. WONG, Lichelle – 5.0/8.00/13.00
6. EL-ZEINY, Sherine – 5.1/7.40/12.500

Floor Exercise

1. KROONEN, Mayra – 5.0/8.70/13.700
2. BLIND, Natasja – 5.0/8.45/13.450
3. RIJKEN, Mariles – 5.0/8.40/13.400
4. GOEDKOOP, Joy – 4.7/8.450/13.150
5. EL-ZEINY, Sherine – 4.6/8.35/12.950
6. ENGELBRECHT, Roos – 4.6/7.55/12.150

Coming Soon!

In the near future, World Gymnastics will be bringing you scores from the Czech National Championships, as well as the Mediterranean Games and the Universiade (World University Games).

Keep checking back for updates.

Czech Nationals start this weekend (Friday, to be exact) in Brno, and Mediterranean Games start on June 25 in Pescara, Italy.

The World University Games (Universiade) start July 2 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Spain Hosts Romania, Ends 54.750 Down

This past weekend, shadow-dwelling Spain hosted perennial superstars Romania in a dual meet in Vila de Salt.

Romania won the team competition with a whopping 225.150 over Spain’s 170.400. The large gap in team scores was due to Spain counting only three scores on the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise while Romania was able to count four scores on all apparatus.

Romania also finished in the top four spots in the individual All-Around, with Diana Chelaru leading the way scoring 56.400, followed by American Cup participant Amelia Racea, Raluca Haidu, and Diana Trenca.

The top All-Arounders for Spain were Naomi Ruiz scoring 54.200 (5th) and Mercedes Alcaide scoring 53.000 (6th).

On the Vault, Spain’s Ana Maria Izurieta claimed top honors with a 14.950 on her Yurchenko Layout 2/1 (5.8/9.15).

Romania’s Ana Porgras finished first on the Uneven Bars with a 14.500 (5.9/8.60), as well as first on the Balance Beam scoring a 15.100 (6.1/9.00).

Romania continued their dominance on the Floor Exercise, with Raluca Haidu winning the event with a 14.450 (5.6/8.85).

Recent Absence

Hey everyone.

I apologize for my recent long-term absence.

I have had some family drama and a death in my extended international family that I have been dealing with.

I am hoping to get back up to speed within the week.

Thanks,

-Cameron @ World Gymnastics