Selection of Romania's WAG Team for London

Romanian Quadrilateral Gymnastics  Competition  will be held on Saturday, July 7, 2012, at 17:00, at the Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest,

Romanian gymnastics invites you to a unique event in Romania:

Romanian  women's artistic gymnastics l-Germany-Italy-France. Together  with these teams will play Europe's top gymnasts: Gaelle Mys of Belgium, Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland, and Greece Vasiliki Millousi Adlerteg Jonna from Sweden.

This competition is the last great test for Romanian before announcing  their WAG team for the Olympic Games in London. The girls will have to prove its value and impress the coaches Octavian Belu and Mariana Bitang, who will decide who gets the ticket from this competition for London.

Catalina Ponor, Sandra Izbasa, Larisa Iordache Bulimar Diana, Diana Chelaru, Raluca Haidu, Amelia Racea need an audience with high expectations to make a last rehearsal before the Olympics. The more the public will be excited, the more girls will be able to understand and face better atmosphere in London and the results will be comprehensive.
Meet the members of the team:
Catalina Ponor,  world known gymnast as the nickname "Queen of the beam". Famous for ambition, safety and beauty of exercise on beam. The multiple Olympic and European champion.

Sandra Izbasa, elegant, a true artist. That makes gymnastics look easy. It is called "Oscar" for the exercises they are true works of art. Multiple Olympic champion and European champion.

Larisa Iordache Nadia is new. Quick, energetic and a great ability to concentrate, Larisa promises to be a true star at the Olympics. Vice-Champion and multiple European champion.

Diana Bulimar. Didi has a small smile glued to the Judges. Base and pole man in difficult times. Runner –up  junior Olympic and European champion team this year.

Diana Chelaru. Elf team Romania. Energetic, ambitious and full of joy. World runner-up,  and European.

Raluca Haidu. The cute and beloved gymnast in the team, "Dwarf" manages to steal everyone's heart with a glance. European champion team.

Amelia Race. Elegant, with classic lines and gentle movements, Ama wants to earn his place in the team for London. European champion on beam.

Cel mai bun de noroc în România de la mine.  ( Best of luck to Romania from me )

OLYMPIC HOPES INTERNATIONAL GYM COMPETITION

The results of  "Olympic Hopes International held on  Friday at Penza's Sports School, Russia ,the Young Kenzo Shirai of Japan, winner of the all around competition, confirmed his individual superiority at this competition by taking a further three gold medals in event finals : high bar (13.05; shared with Serbia's Ilic Gavrilo), floor (15.1) and vault (15.55).  He also took a silver medal on parallel bars (13.15), behind Russia's Kirill Potapov (14.1).While, Uzbekistan's Abdylla Azimov won pommel horse (14.1) and Russia's Igor Lemeshenko took Russia's second gold of the day on rings (13.6).

All four members of the Russian A team managed to medal, with Potapov performing most strongly (silver all around, gold on parallel bars and bronze on vault).16 year old Artur Dalaloyan from Moscow won a bronze on high bar and silver on floor, while Victor Britan with  silver on vault and pommel horse in addition to Lemeshenko's rings gold.  The young Russians Gymnasts have shown some diversity of skill, though it's difficult to conclude much from a team that was far from Russia's top junior selection.

SPORTS SCHOOLS - MOSCOW

Here are some sports schools where athlete train in Artistic Gymnastics.Do visit these schools if you happen to be in Moscow.

GOUDOSN Sports School № 33 119331 Moscow ul. Kravchenko h.6 8-499-138-03-87

( Coach ) Maslennikov Hope Viktorov.)

"CSKA" 125167, Moscow Leningrad Prospekt d.39 8-( 495) -613-18-80, 613-73-22

( Coach )   Polygalov Vasily Georgievich

Anthem. club "Dynamo" Moscow 125167 Leningrad Prospekt d.36. 613-40-73

( Coach )  Zudin Andrew Goergivichc.

SEI DOD CYSS number 58 "RGUFKe" 105122 Moscow Lilac bulv.4 8-499-272-14-01

 ( Coach )  Astakhov, Denis Borisovich.

SEI DOD SDUSHOR № 72 "ATHENA" 125008 Moscow sailor Zheleznyak 22 building 2. 8- 962-904-29-25

( Coach )  Belyshev Vladimir Andreevich

SEI DOD SDUSHOR number 61 115088, Moscow Engineering-I ul.1 16 8-( 495) -675-76-69  

( Coach )  Valentina Savina, V Vice Mr. Nikolai Rozhkov

SDYUSSH RBM № 1 105203, Moscow 16th Street Park., 11, p.4 8-( 495) -461-56-92

 ( Coach )  Gaulle Vitaly.

Center for Summer Sports mos.obl. Moscow 125 171 5th Ave Voikovsky d.24 89166888009  

 ( Coach )

 Vladimir Koshelev, Alexei Davydov, Ivanovich
Sports Training Centre 129 090 Olympic Avenue d.16 Katkov,

( Coach )   Alexander Patrovich

Olympics Hopefuls - Russia

This is an annual competition for  Russian Juniors - MAG and WAG which will be held on the 21 - 25  June 2012 at the Burtasy School of Gymnastics in Penza, Russia. The actual competition is on the 22 and 23 June.

Maria Kharenkova, gold medalist in the team, beam and floor competitions at the recent Junior European Championships, features on the poster!
These are the Juniors at the WAG European Championships 2012 in Brussel.

Evgeniya Shelgunova 
Maria Kharenkova 
Yulia Tipaeva 
Ekaterina Baturina 
Viktoria Kuzmina  


Wishing all the gymnasts Good Luck !

Sandra Izbasa ( Romania ) is working on a new vault. Actually she upgraded her layout Podkopayeva to a round off flic-flac with 1/2 turn on - stretched salto forward with 1/1 turn (6.1 difficulty score). Maybe a Cheng is on the way? Only London will tell! 
She is the best vaulter of the team at the moment!  But what is more important is that I saw her supporting the girls and surprisingly being close to Catalina Ponor. It’s very clear that: Sandra, Catalina, Larisa and Didi are the most fierce competitors the Romanian  team could have!

Let's do it  Romania !