Hiatus

Hey everyone.

 

Sorry for my recent absence.

I drove from South Texas to Lake Superior, then down to Minneapolis and back up to Lake Superior all in the last week. I’m still trying to recover. To make matters worse, my laptop bit the bullet, so I am waiting for it to get repaired.

Thanks to all of you for visiting my blog. I really appreciate that somebody out there in the universe is finding my posts useful/informative/interesting.

 

I hope to be back up to speed again soon.

 

Thanks!
-Cam Anton, World Gymnastics

Japan, China, Korea Win Spots on the Podium in Belgrade

Yosuke Hoshi (Japan) on the Horizontal Bar.

Gymnasts from Japan, China and Korea have earned places on the podium in the Men’s All-Around competition at the 2009 Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia.

Japan’s Youske Hoshi won the gold medal with a 87.250 over China’s Wang Heng (87.200) and Korea’s Kim Soo Myun (86.950).

FULL RESULTS

Men’s All-Around

1. HOSHI, Yosuke – Japan – 87.250
2. WANG, Heng – China – 87.200
3. KIM, Soo Myun – Korea – 86.950
4. CAMPOS, Manuel – Portugal – 86.450
5. HETROVICS, Marcell – Hungary – 86.400
6. KUKSENKOV, Mykola – Ukraine – 85.850
7. OLENNIKOV, Vladimir – Russia – 85.550
8. WANATANBE, Kyoichi – Japan – 85.400
9. GARIBOV, Emin – Russia – 85.150
10. LIU, Zhan Teng – China – 85.050
11. HIDVEGI, Vid – Hungary – 84.600
12. CORRAL BARRON, Daniel – Mexico – 84.050
13. TOMMASONNE, Cyril – France – 83.700
14. PIASECKY, Samuel – Slovakia – 83.350
15. JEHU, Steven – Great Britain – 82.500
16. HAUPTLI, Roland – Switzerland – 82.050
17. PAYNE, Robert – Great Britain – 81.500
18. KULESZA, Roman – Poland – 80.850
19. SOSA ABRACA, Luis Alberto – Mexico – 80.600
20. ERAS, Sergio – Brasil – 80.350
21. RODRIGUES, Mosiah – Brasil – 79.050
22. PALUVIC, Milos – Serbia – 78.500
23. BUCUR, Adrian – Romania – 77.750
24. KEKELOS, Stavros – Greece – 76.150

Universiade Event Finals Start Lists

Start lists for Event Finals at the 2009 Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia, have been made available

FULL LISTING

Women

Vault

1. SERGIIENKO, Mhryna – Ukraine
2. CHENG, Fei – China
3. HONG, Un Jong – DPR Korea
4. KOMRSKOVA, Jana – Czech Republic
5. KAZANTSEVA, Tatiana – Russia
6. KOSTIUCHENKO, Marina – Ukraine
7. GOMBAS, Laura – Hungary
8. TANAKA, Rie – Japan

Uneven Bars

1. JIANG, Yuyuan – China
2. CHA, Yong Hwa – DPR Korea
3. TWEDDLE, Elizabeth – Great Britain
4. HONG, Un Jong – DPR Korea
5. TANAKA, Rie – Japan
6. HE, Ning – China
7. ZGOBA, Dariya – Ukraine
8. KLYUKINA, Svetlana – Russia

Balance Beam

1. ZGOBA, Dariya – Ukraine
2. TANAKA, Ria – Japan
3. HE, Ning – China
4. PIHAN-KULESZA, Marta – Poland
5. KIM, Un Hyang – DPR Korea
6. JIANG, Yuyuan – China
7. KOMRSKOVA, Jana – Czech Republic
8. KYUKINA, Svetlana – Russia

Floor Exercise

1. CHIBISKOVA, Maria – Russia
2. TWEDDLE, Elizabeth – Great Britain
3. JIANG, Yuyuan – China
4. HE, Ning – China
5. ERCEG, Tina – Croatia
6. PIHAN-KULESZA, Marta – Poland
7. TANAKA, Rie – Japan
8. ALEXEEVA, Olga – Russia

 

Men

Floor Exercise

1. GORBACHEV, Stepan – Kazakhstan
2. RI, Se Gwang – DPR Korea
3. BARKALOV, Dmitry – Russia
4. PORCHET, Claude-Alain – Switzerland
5. OLENNIKOV, Vladimir – Russia
6. KIM, Soo Myun – Korea
7. KUKSENKOV, Mykola – Ukraine
8. OKIGUCHI, Makoto – Japan

Pommel Horse

1. KOSCZI, Flavius – Romania
2. BERTONCELJ, Saso – Slovenia
3. WANG, Heng – China
4. BERKI, Krisztian – Hungary
5. KIM, Ji Hoon – Korea
6. HA, Chang Ju – Korea
7. TRUYENS, Donna-Donny – Belgium
8. TREFILOVS, Dmitrijs – Latvia

Still Rings

1. RI, Se Gwang – DPR Korea
2. LIU, Zhan Teng – China
3. ERAS, Sergio – Brasil
4. BALANDIN, Alexander – Russia
5. ZANETTI, Arthur – Brasil
6. YAN, Mingyong – China
7. NAKASE, Takuya – Japan
8. AIT SAID, Samir – France

Vault

1. BERBECAR, Marius – Romania
2. RI, Se Gwang – DPR Korea
3. KOSCZI, Flavius – Romania
4. PORCHET, Claude-Alain – Switzerland
5. HUANG, Yuguo – China
6. TUUHA, Tomi – Finland
7. LYSZCZARZ, Marek – Poland
8. OKIGUCHI, Makoto – Japan

Parallel Bars

1. HAYOZ, Jean-Philippe – Switzerland
2. BERBECAR, Marius – Romania
3. KOSCZI, Flavius – Romania
4. HOSHI, Yosuke – Japan
5. TSAREVICH, Aliaksandr – Belarus
6. TOMMASONNE, Cyril – France
7. RAYEPIN, Yann – France
8. NAKASE, Takuya – Japan

Horizontal Bar

1. KIM, Ji Hoon – Korea
2. NAKASE, Takuya – Japan
3. NAKONECHNYY, Vitaliy – Ukraine
4. MOZNIK, Marijo – Croatia
5. KUKSENKOV, Mykola – Ukraine
6. WATANABE, Kyoichi – Japan
7. KULESZA, Roman – Poland
8. TSAREVICH, Aliaksandr – Belarus

Jiang, He Go 1-2 in Universiade All-Around

He Ning (China) on the Balance Beam.

Chinese gymnasts Jiang Yuyuan, a 2008 Olympian, and He Ning, the 2006 Asian Games All-Around Champions have finished first and second, respectively, in the 2009 Universiade Women’s All-Around in Belgrade Serbia.

Jiang topped He, scoring 57.050 to 56.600. Third and fourth placed went to two ladies from DPR Korea, Kim Un Hyang (55.800) and Olympic Vault Champion Hong Un Jong (55.000). Japan’s Rie Tanaka rounded out the top five, scoring 54.550.

FULL ALL-AROUND RESULTS

1. JIANG, Yuyuan – China – 57.050
2. HE, Ning – China – 56.600
3. KIM, Un Hyang – DPR Korea – 55.800
4. HONG, Un Jong – DPR Korea – 55.000
5. TANAKA, Rie – Japan – 54.550
6. KLYUKINA, Svetlana – Russia – 53.800
7. PIHAN-KULESZA, Marta – Poland – 53.450
8. SERGIIENKO, Mhryna – Ukraine – 53.150
9. OKABE, Sakiko – Japan – 51.500
10. SIKULOVA, Jana – Czech Republic – 51.450
11. KYSLA, Angelina – Ukraine – 50.450
12. CHIBISKOVA, Maria – Russia – 50.400
13. GOMBAS, Laura – Hungary – 49.900
14. LITEWKA, Joanna – Poland – 49.300
15. GASSER, Barbara – Austria – 49.050
16. DEARMAN, Nina – Great Britain – 48.650
17. HYPOLITO, Daniele – Brasil – 47.100
18. GLAZAR, Tamara – Slovenia – 46.700
19. STAVRINAKI-PANAYI, Athena – Cyprus – 46.050
20. GEORGIU, Marilena – Cyprus – 45.400
21. LIAK, Tali – Israel – 45.200
22. GYURUSIOVA, Viktoria – Slovakia – 45.150
23. HORVAT, Carmen Astrid – Slovenia – 44.900
24. WONG, Hiu Ying Angel – Hong Kong – 41.850

2009 Mediterranean Games : Event Finals Day 2a

Day 2 of event finals is underway in Pescara, Italy. Today, Men’s Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar and Women’s Balance Beam and Floor Exercise are being contested.

Frenchman Thomas Bouhail won the Vault over Italian Andrea Singolani and Tunisia’s Wajdi Bouallegue.

Greek National Champion Vasiliki Millousi took the gold on the Balance Beam over Youna Dufournet of France and Italy’s Elisabetta Preziosa.

Elisabetta Preziosa won the Floor Exercise with Rose Eliandre-Bellemare of France taking the silver medal and Emily Armi of Italy the bronze.

RESULTS

Thomas Bouhail (France) on the Vault.

Men’s Vault

1. BOUHAIL, Thomas – France – 16.462
2. CINGOLANI, Andrea – Italy – 15.775
3. BOUALLEGUE, Wajdi – Tunisia – 15.462
4. KLAVORA, Rok – Slovenia – 14.450
5. DOULKERIDIS, Michail – Greece – 15.300
6. SOBHY, Abdelrahman – Egypt – 15.287
7. GGONZALEZ, Fabian – Spain – 14.862
8. EL SAHARTY, Mohamed – Egypt – 7.150

 

 

Vasiliki Millousi (Greece) on the Uneven Bars

Women’s Balance Beam

1. MILLOUSI, Vasiliki – Greece – 14.725
2. DUFOURNET, Youna - France – 14.625
3. PREZIOSA, Elisabetta – Italy – 14.450
4. GALANTE, Paola – Italy – 13.975
5. GOLOB, Sasa – Slovenia – 13.450
6. KAMNIKAR, Ivana – Slovenia – 13.350
7. SYRIGOU, Andriana – Greek – 12.950
8. PETIT, Marine – France – 12.000

 

Manuel Carballo (Spain).

Men’s Parallel Bars

1. CARBALLO, Manuel – Spain – 14.875
2. PINHEIRO, Danny – France – 14.725
3. MARTINEZ, Rafael – Spain – 14.675
4. MORANDI, Matteo – Italy – 14.625
5. KRASIAS, Dimitris – Cyprus – 14.125
6. SABOT, Hamilton – France – 13.800
7. LYMPANOVNOS, Christos – Greece – 13.575
8. BUSNARI, Alberto – Italy – 13.550

 

 

Elisabetta Preziosa (Italy) on the Balance Beam.

Women’s Floor Exercise

1. PREZIOSA, Elisabetta – Italy – 14.175
2. ELIANDRE-BELLEMARE, Rose – France – 13.875
3. ARMI, Emily – Italy – 13.825
4. ZAFEIRAKI, Evgenia – Greece – 13.775
5. DUFOURNET, Youna – France – 13.725
6. MILLOUSI, Vasiliki –  Greece – 13.600
7. EL ZEINY, Sherine – Egypt – 13.250
8. SAJN, Adela – Slovenia – 13.175

 

 

 

 

 

Enrico Pozzo (Italy) on the Pommel Horse.

Men’s Horizontal Bar

1. POZZO, Enrico – Italy -15.400
2. PEGAN, Aljaz – Slovenia – 15.000
3. SABOT, Hamilton – France – 14.875
4. OTTAVI, Paolo – Italy – 14.450
5. GONZALEZ, Fabian – Spain – 14.400
6. SAMILOGLU, Umit – Turkey - 14.000
7. MARTINEZ, Rafael – Spain – 13.750
8. BREZ, Marko – Craotia – 12.600

2009 World University Games (Universiade)

Mosiah Rodrigues (Brasil) qualified 13th to the All-Around Final.

Day two of competition at the 2009 Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia has been completed. The second day of competition consisted solely of the men’s qualification round, which included the team final.

At the end of the day, the Japanese men lead the team competition followed by Russia and China. Yosuke Hoshi of Japan leads the group headed for the All-Around final. Hoshi also qualified first on Parallel Bars with a 15.650.

In second place is his teammate Kyoichi Wantanabe, who has also qualified first on Horizontal Bar with a 15.250. Third going into the All-Around is Vladimir Olennikov of Russia, who qualified 6th for Floor Exercise.

Makato Okguchi of Japan leads the group on Floor Exercise, scoring a 15.250 and also leads vault scoring a 16.400. Hungary’s Kristian Berki  scored 16.200 on the Pommel Horse to lead that event. China’s Yang Mingyong scored 15.400 to lead on Still Rings.  

FULL RESULTS

Men’s Qualification

TEAM FINAL*

1. Japan – 269.700
2. Russia – 263.400
3. China – 260.250
4. France – 260.050
5. Korea – 259.550
6. Romania – 259.250
7. Hungary – 258.350
8. Ukraine – 254.800
9. Brasil – 254.050
10. Switzerland – 253.600
11. Portugal – 250.650
12. Poland – 249.050
13. Great Britain – 245.600
14. Belgium – 244.750
15. Kazakhstan – 240.700
16. Greece – 240.100
17. Serbia – 239.400
18. Finland – 234.850
19. Chinese Taipei – 224.450
20. Slovenia – 222.950
21. Egypt – 218.550
22. Mexico – 191.100
23. Norway – 177.650

*The Team Final was contested during the qualification rounds.

INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND

1. HOSHI, Yoskuke – Japan – 89.000
2. WATANABE, Kyoichi – Japan – 89.000
3. OLENNIKOV, Vladimir – Russia – 87.800
4. WANG, Heng – China – 87.300
5. TOMMASONNE, Cyril – France – 86.150
6. CAMPOS, Manuel – Portugal – 86.000
7. GARIBOV, Emin – Russia – 85.850
8. KULESZA, Roman – Poland – 85.800
9. HETROVICS, Marcell – Hungary – 85.550
10. KOSCZI, Flavius – Romania – 85.150
11. KUKSENKOV, Mykola – Ukraine – 85.000
12. KIM, Soo Myun – Korea – 84.700
13. RODRIGUES, Mosiah – Brasil – 84.650
14. HIDVEGI, Vid – Hungary – 84.200
15. LIU, Zhan Teng – China – 83.500
16. BUCUR, Adrian – Romania – 83.450
17. ERAS, Sergio – Brasil – 83.450
18. GORBACHEV, Stepan – Kazakhstan – 83.350
19. HAUPTLI, Roland – Switzerland – 83.200
20. PIASECKY, Samuel – Slovakia – 83.000
21. CORRAL BARRON, Daniel – Mexico – 82.650
22. JEHU, Steven – Great Britain – 82.650
23. PAYNE, Robert – Great Britain – 82.250
24. KEKELOS, Stavros – Greece – 81.500

FLOOR EXERCISE

1. OKIGUCHI, Makoto – Japan – 15.250
2. KIM, Soo Myun – Korea – 14.850
3. RI, Se Gwang – DPR Korea – 14.700
4. GORBACHEV, Stepan – Kazakhstan – 14.650
5. BARKALOV, Dmitry – Russia – 14.650
6. OLENNIKOV, Vladimir – Russia – 14.650
7. KUKSENKOV, Mykola – Ukraine – 14.650
8. PORCHET, Claude-Alain – Switzerland – 14.550

POMMEL HORSE

1. BERKI, Krisztian – Hungary – 16.200
2. TRUYENS, Donna-Donny – Belgium – 15.400
3. BERTONSELJ, Saso – Slovenia – 15.300
4. WANG, Heng, China – 15.250
5. KIM, Ji Hoon – Korea – 15.200
6. KOSCZI, Flavius – Romania – 15.200
7. TREFILOVS, Dimitrijs – Latvia - 15.150
8. HA, Chang Ju – Korea – 15.050

STILL RINGS

1. YANG, Mingyong – China – 15.400
2. BALANDIN, Alexander – Russia – 15.300
3. LIU, Zhan Teng – China – 15.000
4. ZANETTI, Arthur – Brasil – 14.750
5. NAKASE, Takuya – Japan – 14.750
6. ERAS, Sergio – Brasil – 14.750
7. AIT SAID, Samir – France – 14.700
8. RI, Se Gwang – DPR Korea – 14.650
5. KIM, Jin Hyok – DPR Korea – 14.250

VAULT

1. OKIGUCHI, Makoto – Japan – 16.400
2. KOSCZI, Flavius – Romania – 16.150
3. LYSZCZARZ, Marek – Poland – 15.850
4. BERBECAR, Marius – Romania – 15.750
5. PORCHET, Clade-Alain – Switzerland – 15.700
6. RI, Se Gwang – DPR Korea – 15.550
7. TUUHA, Tomi – Finland – 15.400
8. HUANG, Yuguo – China – 15.300

PARALLEL BARS

1. HOSHI, Yosuke – Japan – 15.650
2. TSAREVICH, Aliksandr – Belarus – 15.550
3. NAKASE, Takuya – Japan – 14.540
4. BERBECAR, Marius – Romania – 15.450
5. THOMMASONNE, Cyril – France – 15.300
6. HAYOZ, Jean-Philippe – Switzerland – 15.150
7. RAYEPIN, Yann – France – 15.100
8. KOSCZI, Flavius – Romania – 15.000

HORIZONTAL BAR

1. WATANABE, Kyoichi – Japan – 15.250
2. KULESZA, Roman – Poland – 15.200
3. NAKASE, Takua – Japan – 15.200
4. TSAREVICH, Aliksander – Belarus – 15.100
5. MOZNIK, Marijo – Croatia – 14.950
6. NAKONECHNYY, Vitaliy – Ukraine – 14.800
7. KUKSENKOV, Mykola – Ukraine – 14.750
8. KIM, Ji Hoon – Korea – 14.700

Pure Artistry : Anna Pavlova (Russia)

In this first installment of the “Pure Artistry” series, we look at Russia’s Anna Pavlova.

Anna Pavlova is as underappreciated as she is beautiful. Her gymnastics is reminscent of days gone by; exuding the raw beauty and grace of former soviet gymnasts while putting on a brave face in the wake of an upheaval in Russian gymnastics.

With the departure of Svetlana Khorkina, the torch that is Russian Women’s Gymnastics was passed down to Pavlova, who has led Russia with strength, compassion, faith and determination.

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Anna first made a name for herself at the 2000 Junior European Championships, winning a gold medal on the Uneven bars. In 2001, at the final Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, she won the silver medal on the Balance Beam. 2002 brought continued success for Anna. She became Russian National Champion, and won gold medals on the Vault, in the All-Around and with the Russian team at the Junior European Championships.

2003 was Anna’s first year on the Senior International scene. She was part of the sixth-place Russian team, and participated in the All-Around and Floor Exercise finals at the World Championships held in Anaheim, California, USA. In 2004, Anna retained her Russian National title, and made the team that competed at the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. In Athens, Anna won a bronze medal with the Russian team, just missed a medal in the All-Around and on the Balance Beam where she finished in 4th place for both, and won an individual bronze medal on the Vault.

In 2005, Anna won the silver medal in the All-Around and on the Vault at the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. She also competed in the World Championships, held in Melbourne, Australia, where she qualified to the All-Around, Vault and Balance Beam finals. She repeated her qualification to the All-Around, Vault and Balance Beam at the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, where she also won a bronze medal with her Russian team.

In 2008, she made her second Olympic team and travelled to Beijing, China where the Russian women left without medals, finishing fourth as a team. Pavlova qualified to the All-Around, Vault, Balance Beam, and Floor Exercise finals. She finished 7th in the All-Around scoring 60.825. On the Vault, Anna finished in 8th place after performing her second vault before being given the signal from the judges. Balance Beam was better for Anna, as she finished in 4th place, just 0.050 behind Cheng Fei of China. Floor Exercise brought more disappointment for Anna, as she had a few stumbles and finished in 8th place.

Anna tore two ligaments after a missed dismount from the Balance Beam at the DTB World Cup event in Stuttgart, Germany in November of 2008. She is currently recovering from her injury, but is unsure if she will be physically able to return to gymnastics.

Anna is appreciated the world over by fans of the sport of gymnastics for her refreshing grace and artistry that she effortlessly couples with difficult acrobatics on the gymnastics floor. Perhaps her crowning achievement in artistry is her 2008 Floor Exercise routine, performed to Maksim Mrvica’s rendition of “Exodus.”

Here is Anna’s Floor Routine to “Exodus” from the 2008 European Championships.

Her strength and grace are what give Anna a spot as the first gymnast in the “Pure Artistry” series.

United States Names Japan Cup Squad

The United States has named the squad that will be competing at the Japan Cup on July 18 and 19 in Chiba Prefecture.

Headlining the squad is 2008 Olympic Horizontal Bar silver-medallist Jonathan Horton of Houston, Texas.

Additional team members:

Kyle Bunthuwong – -UC-Berkeley/El Cerrito, CA
Steven Legendre – - Univ. of Oklahoma/Flower Mound, TX
Danell Lleyva – - Universal Gymnastics/Miami, FL
Tim McNeill – - UC-Berkeley/Falls Church, VA
Sho Nakamori – - Stanford University/Albany, CA

About the team:

- Kyle Bunthuwong is the 2008 Junior National Champion on the Parallel Bars.
- Steven Legendre is the 2008 NCAA National Champion in the All-Around, Vault and Floor Exercise.
- DanellLleyva is the 2008 Pan-American Champion on the Horizontal Bar and 2009 Winter Cup Champion on the Parallel Bars.
- Tim McNeill is the 2009 Winter Cup Champion on the Horizontal Bar.
- Sho Nakamori was part of the 2008 NCAA National Team Champion Stanford Cardinals.

 

2009 Japan Cup Team - United States of America

Norwegian Championships : Men & Women

Last weekend, Norway held their National Gymnastics Championships in Kristiansand. 27 women and 27 men competed, with 23 women competing on all four pieces of apparatus and 19 men competing on all six pieces.

Julie Hansson (Oslo TF) won the Women’s All-Around with a 51.300, followed by Sandra Ostad (Oslo TF, 50.850) and Hannah Buch (Holmen T&T, 50.750). Hansson also won the Vault and Uneven Bars, while Buch won the Balance Beam and Karoline Sondov (Oslo TF) won the Floor Exercise.

Lars Jorgen Fjeld (Elverum TF) won the Men’s All-Around with a 78.300, followed by Espen Jansen (Njard, 75.950) and Valentin Skrypin (Sandnes TF, 75.500). Erik Gulbrandesn (Oslo TF) won the Floor Exercise and Parallel Bars, Stian Sjaegerahaug (Stavanger TF) won the Pommel Horse, Epsen Jansen (Njard) won the Still Rings and Horizontal Bar, Marius Wirum Haaverstad (Trondhjems TF) won the Vault.

FULL RESULTS 

 All-Around (Top 15)

Julie Hansson (Norway) on the Uneven Bars.

Women

1. HANSSON, Julie – Oslo TF – 51.300
2. OSTAD, Sandra – Oslo TF – 50.850
3. BUCH, Hanna – Holmen T&T – 50.750
4. BOE, Lotte – Holmen T&T – 50.450
5. HANSSON, Kathrine – Oslo TF – 49.150
6. DAHLBY, Silje – Nedre Glomma – 48.400
7. LARSEN, Tina – Nedre Glomma – 46.450
8. BOE, Siren – Holmen T&T – 46.100
9. ELIASSEN, Mari – H/S Turn – 44.300
10. BORGER, Hilde Renate – Trogstad TF – 43.300
11. HAGEN, Malene Saure – IL Sverre – 42.100
12. EINARSDOTTIR, Anita – Holmen T&T – 41.950
13. ENGEVIK, Linn Andersen – Rena IL Turn – 41.750
14. TORVUND, Emeli – Trogstad, TF – 41.500
15. SALIJAJ, Rezarta – Nedre Glomma – 40.550

Vault

1. HANSSON, Julie – (4.6/9.40)[-0.1] 13.900 / (4.4/9.15) 13.550 — 13.725
2. BOE, Siren – (4.4/9.15)[-0.1] 13.450 / (4.6/8.95)[-0.1] 13.450 — 13.450
3. OSTAD, Sandra – (4.6/8.90) 13.500 / (4.6/8.80) 13.400 — 13.450
4. BOE, Lotte – (4.4/9.20) 13.600 / (4.2/8.90) 13.100 — 13.350
5. HAGEN, Malene Saure – (4.2/8.70) 12.900 / (4.4/7.85) 12.250 — 12.575
6. SONDOV, Karoline – (4.4/7.80)[-0.1] 12.100 / (4.0/8.35)[-0.1] 12.250 – 12.175

Uneven Bars

1. HANSSON, Julie – 4.3/8.25 — 12.550
2. OSTAD, Sandra – 4.6/7.30 — 11.900
3. BOE, Lotte – 3.9/7.30 — 11.100
4. HANSSON, Kathrine – 4.4/6.25 — 10.650
5. DAHLBY, Silje – 2.6/7.85 — 10.450
6. BUCH, Hannah – 4.0/6.15 — 10.150

Balance Beam

1. BUCH, Hannah – 4.6/7.75 — 12.350
2. LARSEN, Tina – 4.6/7.60 — 12.200
3. BOE, Lotte – 4.4/7.75 — 12.150
4. OSTAD, Sandra – 4.8/7.20 — 12.000
5. HANSSON, Julie –  4.6/6.70 — 11.300
6. DAHLBY, Silje – 4.8/5.40 — 10.200

Floor Exercise

1. SONDOV, Karoline – 4.9/8.45 — 13.350
2. BOE, Lotte – 4.6/8.30 — 12.900
3. BUCH, Hannah – 4.3/8.50 — 12.800
4. HANSSON, Kathrine – 4.4/8.05 [-0.1] — 12.350
5. OSTAD, Sandra – 3.8/8.05 — 11.850
6. HANSSON, Julie – 4.6/7.15 [-0.1] — 11.650

 

Men

All-Around (Top 15)

1. FJELD, Lars Jorgen – Elverum TF – 78.300
2. JANSEN, Espen – Njard – 75.950
3. SKRYPIN, Valentin – Sandnes TF – 75.500
4. GULBRANDSEN, Erik – Oslo TF – 74.050
5. ANDREASSEN, Hakon – Stavanger TF – 73.950
6. OLSEN, Joachim Hanche – Njard – 73.450
7. SKJAERAHAUG, Stian – Stavanger TF – 72.900
8. HAAVERSTAD, Marius Wirun – Trondhjems TF – 70.850
9. ULVEN, Peder – Oslo TF – 69.600
10. CONDRADI, Marcus – Oslo TF – 69.250
11. PLANKE, Lars – Njard – 67.350
12. KRISTENSEN, Steffen – Stavanger TF – 66.300
13. SEIERTUN, Jens Harald – Oslo TF – 65.250
14. ENERSEN, Erik – Elverum TF – 65.150
15. ENGEN, Hakon Wahl – Trondhjems TF – 64.950

Floor Exercise

1. GULBRANDSEN, Erik – 5.1/8.45[-0.1] — 13.250
2. FJELD, Lars Jorgen – 5.2/7.90 — 13.100
3. JANSEN, Espen – 5.1/7.75 — 12.850
4. OLSEN, Joachim Hanche – 5.1/6.75[-0.1] — 12.650
5. SKJAERAHAUG, Stian – 4.7/7.15 — 11.850
6. SKRYPIN, Valentin – 4.9/6.80 – 11.700
7. SKJORBERG, Thomas – 3.8/7.55 — 11.350

Pommel Horse

1. SKJAERAHAUG, Stain – 4.7/8.40 — 13.100
2. LARSEN, Daniel – 4.9/8.10 — 13.000
3. FJELD, Lars Jorgen – 4.0/8.35 — 12.350
4. SKRYPIN, Valentin – 5.1/7.20 — 12.300
5. LARSEN, Bjornar – 3.6/8.65 — 12.250
6. SOLEM, Kristian – 4.8/7.25 — 12.050
7. GULBRANDSEN, Erik – 3.3/8.45 — 11.750
8. ANDREASSEN, Hakon – 3.0/3.35 — 6.350

Still Rings

1. JANSEN, Espen – 5.2/8.45 — 13.650
2. HAAVERSTAD, Marius Wirum – 4.9/8.40 — 13.300
3. OLSEN, Joachim Hachen – 4.5/8.30 — 12.800
4. FJELD, Lars Jorgen – 4.7/7.90 — 12.600
5. EGGESBO, Christian – 4.1/8.20 — 12.300
6. ANDREASSEN, Hakon – 4.1/7.65 — 11.750

Vault

1. HAAVERSTAD, Marius Wirum – (6.2/9.20) 15.400 / (6.2/8.60) 14.800 — 15.000
2. ANDREASSEN, Hakon – (6.6/8.25)[-0.1] 14.750 / (5.4/8.95) 14.350 — 14.550
3. KRISTENSEN, Steffen – (5.8/9.25) 15.050 / (4.2/8.80) 13.000 — 14.025
4. GULBRANDSEN, Erik – (5.4/8.90) 14.300 / (4.2/9.15) 13.350 — 13.825
5. JANSEN, Espen – (5.4/8.80) 14.200 / (4.2/8.90) 13. 100 — 13.650
6. FJELD, Lars Jorgen – (5.4/9.10) 14.500 / (4.2/8.40) 12.600 — 13.550

Parallel Bars

1. GULBRANDSEN, Erik – (4.2/9.10) – 13.300
2. CONRADI, Marcus – (4.0/9.25) — 13.250
3. HAAVERSTAD, Marius Wirum – (4.6/8.65) — 13.250
4. ANDREASSEN, Hakon – (4.2/9.00) — 13.200
5. LARSEN, Bjornar – (3.8/9.30) – 13.100
6. OLSEN, Joachim Hanche – (5.3/7.50) 12.800
7. LARSEN, Daniel – (5.3/7.25) — 12.550

Horizontal Bar

1. JANSEN, Espen – (5.1/8.25) — 13.350
2. KRISTENSEN, Steffen – (4.6/7.90) — 12.500
3. SKRYPIN, Valentin – (4.0/8.15) — 12.150
4. ULVEN, Peder – (3.9/8.20) — 12.100
5. GULBRANDSEN, Erik – (3.9/7.60) — 11.500
6. SKJAERAHAUG, Stian – (3.6/7.50) — 11.100
7. FJLED, Lars Jorgen – (4.6/5.85) — 10.450

2009 Mediterranean Games : Event Finals Day 1

Danny Pinheiro (France) on the Still Rings

Day One of Event Finals for the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy have been contested.

Women’s champions include Youna Dufournet of France on the Vault and Uneven Bars,

Men’s champions include Kosmidis Eleftherios of Greece on the Floor Exercise, Alberto Busnari of Italy on the Pommel Horse, and Danny Pinheiro of France on the Still Rings.

 

 

FULL RESULTS – DAY 1

Women’s Vault

1. DUFOURNET, Youna – France – 13.975
2. UCTAS, Goksu – Turkey – 13.650
3. ZAFEIRAKI, Evgenia – Greece – 13.612
4. KYSSELEF, Tjasa – Slovenia – 13.275
5. SYRIGOU, Andriana – Greece – 13.162
6. EL ZEINY, Sherine – Egypt – 12.900
7. SELAJ, Riselda – Albania – 12.212

Women’s Uneven Bars

1. DUFOURNET, Youna – France – 14.675
2. MOREL, Pauline – France – 14.250
3. GALANTE, Paola – Italy – 14.000
4. MILLOUSI, Vasiliki – Greece – 13.675
5. ZAFEIRAKI, Evgenia – Greece – 13.275
6. DIMITRIOU, Nikoletta – Cyprus – 13.125
7. KAMNIKAR, Ivana – Slovenia – 12.775
8. GOLOB, Sasa – Slovenia – 11.575

Men’s Floor Exercise

1. KOSMIDIS, Eleftherios – Greece – 15.650
2. UDE, Filip – Croatia – 15.200
3. GONZALES, Fabian – Spain – 15.000
4. POZZO, Enrico – Italy – 14.850
5. BOUHAIL, Thomas – France – 14.825
6. MARKOVIC, Tomislav - Croatia – 14.550
7. BOUALLEGUE, Wajdi – Tunisia – 13.775
8. DOULKERIDIS, Michail – Greece – 13.550

Men’s Pommel Horse

1. BUSNARI, Alberto – Italy – 15.175
2. SABOT, Hamilton – France – 14.875
3. MUNOZ, Sergio – Spain – 14.550
4. SELIGMAN, Robert – Croatia – 14.400
5. BENY, Pierre-Yves – France – 14.175
6. HACIB, Mohamed Amir – Algeria – 14.000
7. FERDJANI, Sid Ali – Algeria – 13.825
8. POZZO, Enrico – France – 12.675

Men’s Still Rings

1. PINHEIRO, Danny – France – 16.075
2. MORANDI, Matteo – Italy – 15.825
3. BENY, Pierre-Yves – France – 15.225
4. OTTAVI, Paolo – Italy – 15.100
5. GEORGALLAS, Irodoto – Cyprus – 14.975
6. GOMEZ, Javier – Spain – 14.550
7. MARKOUSIS, Dimitrios – Greece – 14.425
8. CARBALLO, Manuel – Spain – 13.825

 

Competition in the Mediterranean Games concludes tomorrow with Day 2 of Event Finals. Events contested tomorrow are Men’s Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar, as well as Women’s Balance Beam and Floor Exericse.

2009 World University Games (Universiade)

Jiang Yuyuan (China) on the Balance Beam

After the qualification rounds of competition in Belgrade, the Chinese women are on top, winning the team final follwed by Russia and DPR Korea.

Chinese Olympian Jiang Yuyuan leads the individial competition in the All-Around going into the final. Jiang also leads Balance Beam with a 14.400.

Sitting in second place going into the Individual All-Around is Jiang’s teammate He Ning, who will also compete in the Uneven Bars and Balance Beam finals. In third is Japan’s Rie Tanaka, who will compete in all four event finals, and is the only gymnast who will do so.

British Olympian Beth Tweddle, the 2009 European Champion and 2006 World Champion on the Uneven Bars leads that apparatus with a 15.700. Tweddle also leads the Floor Exercise with a 14.800.

Olympic Vault champion Hong Un Jong of DPR Korea leads the event with a 14.150.

Japan’s Rie Tanaka qualified to all four event finals and the All-Around. She is the only female gymnast to do so, qualifying third on the Vault, seventh on the Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Floor Exericse, and third to the All-Around final.

FULL RESULTS

Women’s Qualification

TEAM FINAL*

1. China – 169.150
2. Russia – 162.150
3. DPR Korea – 161.450
4. Japan – 161.200
5. Ukraine – 161.150
6. Great Britain – 151.950
7. Korea – 142.100
8. Slovenia – 134.200

* The qualification round served as Team Finals for both Men and Women.

INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND

1. JIANG, Yuyuan – China – 58.550
2. HE, Ning – China – 55.700
3. TANAKA, Rie – Japan – 54.400
4. KLYUKINA, Svetlana – Russia – 54.200
5. PIHAN-KULESZA, Marta – Poland – 53.850
6. HONG, Un Jong – DPR Korea – 53.800
7. CHIBISKOVA, Maria – Russia – 53.600
8. OKABE, Sakiko – Japan – 53.200
9. KIM, Un Hyang – DPR Korea – 52.750
10. SERGIIENKO, Mhryna – Ukraine – 52.550
11. KYSLA, Angelina – Ukraine – 52.350
12. HYPOLITO, Daniele – Brasil – 52.300
13. GOMBAS, Laura - Hungary – 51.100
14. LITEWKA, Joanna – Poland – 51.150
15. GASSER, Barbara – Austria – 50.750
16. SIKULOVA, Jana – Czech Republic – 50.700
17. DEARMAN, Nina – Great Britain – 49.400
18. LIAK, Tali – Israel – 48.250
19. STAVRINAKI PANAYI, Athena – Cyprus – 49.650
20. GYRUSIOVA, Viktoria – Slovakia – 46.800
21. HORVAT, Carmen Astrid – Slovenia – 46.650
22. GEORGIU, Marilena – Cyprus – 46.500
23. GLAZAR, Tamara – Slovenia – 46.200
24. WONG, Hiu Ying Angel – Hong Kong – 45.450

 

VAULT

1. HONG, Un Jong – DPR Korea – 14.150
2. CHENG, Fei – China – 14.100
3. TANAKA, Rie – Japan – 13.900
4. SERGIIENKO, Mhryna – Ukraine – 13.850
5. KAZANTSEVA, Tatiana – Russia – 13.800
6. GOMBAS, Laura – Hungary – 13.700
7. KOSTIUCHENKO, Maryna – 13.650
8. KOMRSKOVA, Jana – Czech Republic – 13.550

 

UNEVEN BARS

1. TWEDDLE, Elizabeth – Great Britain – 15.700
2. CHA, Yong Hwa – DPR Korea – 15.350
3. JIANG, Yuyuan – China – 15.200
4. HE, Ning – China – 14.900
5. HONG, Un Jong – DPR Korea – 14.200
6. ZGOBA, Dariya – Ukraine – 13.950
7. TANAKA, Rie – Japan – 13.750
8. KLYUKINA, Svetlana – Russia – 13.650

 

BALANCE BEAM

1. JIANG, Yuyuan – China – 14.400
2. ZGOBA, Dariya – Ukraine – 14.300
3. PIHAN-KULESZA, Marta – Poland – 14.050
4. KLYUKINA, Svetland – Russia – 13.650
5. KOMRSKOVA, Jana – Czech Republic – 13.650
6. KIM, Un Hyang – DPR Korea – 13.650
7. TANAKA, Rie – Japan – 13.400
8. HE, Ning – China – 13.350

 

FLOOR EXERCISE

1. TWEDDLE, Elizabeth – Great Britain – 14.800
2. JIANG, Yuyuan – China – 14.450
3. CHENG, Fei – China – 14.100
4. PIHAN-KULESZA, Marta – Poland – 13.900
5. CHIBISKOVA, Maria – Russia – 13.450
6. ALEXEEVA, Olga – Russia – 13.450
7. TANAKA, Rie – Japan – 13.350
8. ERCEG, Tina – Croatia – 13.250

2009 World University Games (Universiade)

A complete roster of artistic male and female gymnasts has been released. Competition starts tomorrow in Belgrade, Serbia.

Competitors are:

WOMEN

Austria-
Barabra Gasser

Brasil-
Daniele Hypolito

Zhou Zhuoru (China) on the Floor Exercise.

China-

Cheng Fei
He Ning
Jiang Yuyuan
Liu Nanxi
Zhou Zhuoru

Croatia-
Tina Erceg

Cyprus-
Marilena Georgiu
Athena Stavrinaki Panayi

Czech Republic-
Jana Komrskova
Jana Sikulova

 

 

DPR Korea-
Cha Yong Hwa
Hong Un Jong
Kang Yong Mi
Kim Un Hyang
Pak Mi Hyang

Egypt -
Nourhan Ahmed Saad
Salma Mamoud El-Said
Heba Mostafa Abdel-Naby
Sarah Osman Shafei

Beth Tweddle (Great Britain) on the Uneven Bars

Great Britain-

Olivia Bryl
Nina Dearman
Bethan Mercer
Elizabeth Tweddle
Jenna Walters

Hong Kong-
Wong Hiu Ying Angel

Hungary-
Laura Gombas

Israel-
Tali Liak

Japan-
Shoko Furukawa
Sakiko Okabe
Serina Takeuchi
Kana Takeya
Rie Tanaka

Korea-
Baek Hwa Seung
Han Eun Bi
Han Youn Suk
Jeon Bo Ram
Yu Han Sol

Norway-
Mari Eliassen
Sandra Ostad

Marta Pihan-Kulesza (Poland) on the Floor Exercise.

Poland-
Joanna Litewka
Marta Pihan-Kulesza

Russia-
Olga Alexeeva
Maria Chibiskova
Tatiana Kazantseva
Svetlana Klyukina
Elena Zamodlochikova

Slovakia-
Vikotria Gyurusiova

Slovenia-
Tamara Glazar
Carmen Astrid Horvat
Katja Lamut
Tina Ribic

Ukraine-
Olesia Ishchenro
Maryna Kostiuchenko
Angelina Kysla
Mhryna Sergiienko
Olga Shcherbatykh
Tetvana Valova
Dariya Zgoba

 

MEN

Belgium-
Jeremy Bourgeois
Gilles Gentges
Jonas Toeback
Donna-Donny Truyens
Barend Verbecke

Diego Hypolito (Brasil) on the Floor Exercise

Brasil-
Francisco Barreto Junior
Sergio Eras
Diego Hypolito
Mosiah Rodrigues
Arthur Zanetti

China-
Fu Min
Huang Yuguo
Liu Zhanpeng
Wang Heng
Yan Mingyong

 

 

Chinese Taipei -
Huang Sheng-Meng
Huang Tai-I
Lin Hsiang-Wei
Lu Yan-Ting

Egypt-
Hesham Alaa El-Din El-Arky
Sherif Hosam El-Din Goudat
Mostafa Mohamed Khaled
Mohamed Soliman Dahab

Finland-
Aaron Hotanen
Jouko Koskinen
Markku Leinonen
Kalle Maatta
Tomi Tuuha

France-
Samir Ait Said
Damien Millot
Yann Rayepin
Quentin Signori
Cyril Tommasonne

Great Britain-
Steven Jehu
Robert Payne
Thomas Rawlinson
Tim Sanders
Ahmahd Thomas

Greece-
Charalampos Kalidis
Stavros Kekelos
Xenofon Kosmidis

Krisztian Berki (Hungary) on the Pommel Horse

Hungary-

Krisztian Berki
Laszlo Karoly Czingli
Marcell Hetrovics
Vid Hidvegi
Attila Racz

Japan-
Yokuse Hochi
Takuya Nakase
Takuya Nijima
Makoto Okiguchi
Kyoichi Watanabe

Kazakhstan-
Sadd Batisiyev
Stepan Gorbachev
Maxim Petrishko
Stanislav Vasilyev

Korea-
Ha Chang Ju
Kim Ji Hoon
Kim Sang Woo
Kim Soo Myun
Lee Sang Wook

Mexico-
Daniel Corral Barron
Joaquin Ramierz
Luis Alberto Sosa Abarca

Norway-
Lars Joergen Fjeld
Daniel Larsen Fredriksen
Marius Wirun Haaverstad

Roman Kulesza (Poland) on the Parallel Bars

Poland-

Mariusz Kaszmierczak
Adam Kierzkowski
Roman Kulesza
Maciej Labutin
Mark Lyszczarz

Portugal-
Simao Almeida
Luis Araujo
Tiago Camacho
Manuel Campos
Bernardo Graca

 

 

 

Romania-
Cristian Bataga
Marius Berbecar
Adrian Bucur
Ovidiu Flavius Buidoso
Flavius Kosczi

Russia-
Alexander Balandin
Dmitry Barkalov
Alexander Demin
Emin Garibov
Vladmir Olennikov

Serbia-
Aca Antic
Zarko Atanasovski
Robert Mester
Dimitrije Nicolic
Milos Panuovic
Marko Veljkovic

Slovenia-
Saso Bertoncelj
Andraz Lamut
Ziga Pecan
Ziga Silc
Sebastijan Straus

Switzerland-
Roland Hauptli
Jean-Philippe Hayoz
Oliver Nutzi
Claude-Alaine Porchet
Louis Thomann

Ukraine-
Dmytro Gyrenko
Oleksii Koltakov
Mykola Kuksenkov
Vitalyi Nakonechnyy
Anton Novosolov
Maksym Ovchynnikov
Viktor Stepanenko
Oleksandr Suprun
Oleksandr Vorbiov

2009 Mediterranean Games : Men’s and Women’s All-Around

Both the men and the women competed in the Individual All-Around competition today in Pescara, Italy.

France’s Youna Dufournet and 2008 Olympic All-Around Bronze Medallist  Benoit Caranobe were victorious, with Elisabetta Preziosa of Italy taking the silver and Dufournet’s French teammate Pauline Morel the bronze for the women. For the men, top qualifier Enrico Pozzo of Italy took the silver behind Caranobe, whose teammate Hamilton Sabot took the bronze.

FULL ALL-AROUND RESULTS

Youna Dufournet (France) on the Balance Beam

Women

1. DUFOURNET, Youna – France – 56.950
2. PREZIOSA, Elisabetta – Italy – 56.450
3. MOREL, Pauline – France – 54.950
4. LA SPADA, Andrea – Italy – 54.800
5. EL ZEINY, Sherine – Egypt – 53.500
6. MILLOUSI, Vasiliki – Greece – 53.450
7. UCTAS, Goksu – Turkey – 51.750
8. KAMNIKAR, Ivana – Slovenia – 51.000
9. GOLOB, Sasa – Slovenia – 50.950
10. ZAFEIRAKI, Evgenia – Greece – 49.850
11. MOHAMED, Salma – Egypt – 46.200
12. CUKA, Ornela – Albania – 41.500
13. SELAJ, Riselda – Albania – 39.050

 

 

 

 

Benoit Caranobe (France) on the Still Rings

Men

1. CARANOBE, Benoit – France – 88.500
2. POZZO, Enrico – Italy – 88.100
3. SABOT, Hamilton – France – 88.050
4. MORANDI, Matteo – Italy – 87.650
5. MUNOZ, Sergio – Spain – 87.200
6. MARKOUSIS, Dimitrios – Greece – 84.750
7. MARTINEZ, Rafael – Spain – 83.850
8. KRASIAS, Dimitris – Cyprus – 82.500
9. BREZ, Marko – Croatia – 82.150
10. DUDEK, Nikola – Croatia – 80.750
11. DIMIC, Alen – Slovenia – 80.450
12. ARISTOTELOUS, Panagiotis – Cyprus – 79.700
13. METTIDJI, Hillel – Algeria – 79.050
14. SANLI, Ozgur – Turkey – 78.450
15. BRITOVSEK, Ziga – Slovenia – 76.900
16. HASA, Alon – Albania – 76.850
17. UYAR, Unus Emre – Turkey – 73.750
18. SOBHY, Abdelrahman – Egypt – 73.700
19. BOUARI, Imad – Morocco – 66.200