79th FIG Congress, Cancun, Mexico

Elected Members for 2013 - 2016 Olympic Cycle

FIG Vice Presidents

Slava Corn (CAN) Returing Vice President
Michel Leglise (FRA) Returning Vice President
Vasily Titov (RUS) New Vice President

Women’s Technical Committee President

Nellie Kim (BLR)
Kim was re-elected as Women's Technical Committee President for the 2013-2016 Olympic cycle

Women’s Technical Committee Members

Kym Dowdell (AUS)  Returning Member
Donatella Sacchi (ITA) Returning Member
Yoshie Harinishi (JPN)  Returning Member
Naomi Valenzo (MEX) Returning Member
Liubov Andrianova (RUS) Returning Member
Johanna Gratt (AUT) New Member
Qiurui Zhou (CHN) New Member

Men’s Technical Committee President

Steve Butcher (USA) has been elected Men’s Technical C President for the 2013-2016 Olympic cycle..

Men’s Technical Committe

Liping Huang (CHN) Returning Member
Julio Felip Marcos (ESP) Returning Member
Holger Albrecht (GER) New Member
Hiroyuki Tomita (JPN) New Member
Yoon Soo Han (KOR) New Member
Arturs  Mickevics (LAT) New Member

Executive Council Members: 

Morinari Watanabe (JPN) New Member
Peter Vidmar (USA) New Member
Chaoyl Luo (CHN) New Member
Saif Abouedel (KUW) New Member
Alejandro Peniche (MEX) New Member
Willam Wolfgang (GER) Returning Member
Al-Hitmi Ali Ahmad (QUT) New Member

FIG Council

Farid Gayibov

Rosa Guillamet

Brian Stocks

Walter Nyffeler

Jan Novak

Stoyan Dimitrov

Anne Martikainen

Lise Lorentzen Mandal

Mohamed Rached Gharbi

Hala Salama Youssef

Valereis Geldenhuys

William Garcia Benitez

Sonia Sequera

Enrique Salanitro

Maria Cacho Resende

Dong Min-Kim

Sawat Sopa

Mohamad A. Makki

Ahmad Zakaria Haji

R.A.K. Jeewantha

George Tatai

9th European Championships TeamGym 2012

 TeamGym competition is one of the latest new events within the European Gymnastics Union (UEG). The first official competition was held in Finland in 1996 and it takes place every even-numbered year.
It is a team competition for clubs/nations and consist of three sections: women, men and mixed teams.
The  9th Europeans 2012 took place in the NRGi Park of Aarhus, Denmark, from Oktober 17 – 20, 2012.
After the opening ceremony on Wednesday, October 17, more than 450 gymnasts will compete in teams, on floor, tumbling and trampet during three days of competition from Thursday, October 18 on,  to  Saturday, October 20: 

A total of 11 Nations  will compete in all categories:

- 5 for Men’s Senior Teams

- 10 for Women’s Senior Teams
- 9 for Mixed Senior Teams, but also

- 7 for Women’s Junior Teams

- 3 for Men’s Junior Teams

- 5 for Mixed Junior Teams

Good luck to the best team.

RESULTS - MEXICAN GYMNASTICS OPEN

MALE

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UCR) 89.00
2. David Belyavskiy (RUS) 88 900
3. Sergio Sasaki (BRA) 87 300
4. Jorge Hugo Giraldo (COL) 87 250
5. Daniel Purvis (GBR) 86 800
6. Donnell Whittenburg (USA) 84 900
7. Luis Sosa (MEX) 81 650
8. Loran Anderson (CAN) 81 150
9. Mattia Tamiazzo (ITA) 80 800
10. Axel Elías Jiménez (MEX) 75 800

WOMEN

1. Brenna Dowell (USA) 57,100
2. Yessenia Estrada (MEX) 56 150
3. Anna Dementyeva (RUS) 54 750
4. Georgia Rose Brown (AUS) 54,300
5. Chiara Gandolfi (ITA) 53 350
6. Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL) 52 600
7. Jessica Gil (COL) 50 850
8. Alexa Moreno (MEX) 49 600
9. Ana Lake (MEX) 11 700

Ditiatin Cup 2012, St Petersburg, Russia

October 12th 2012 Alexander Ditiatin Cup will start off  in St. Petersburg, Russia. The competition is held in honor of Alexander Dityatin, the all-around champion at the 1979 Worlds and 1980 Olympics. Dityatin was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2004. Last year two – time Russian Olympian Anna Pavlova won four of five gold medals at the event and is set to take to the competition floor again this year.

The Event Finals Qualification, All Around and Team Competition will be held on the 12th - Men’s (12.30pm – 3.00pm) and Women’s (4.40pm – 8.10pm) and the Event Finals held on the 13th from 12pm.

The results of this Junior and Senior competition (All Around & Individual) will be updated once they become available.

Mexico Open Gymnastics Championships 2012

The second Abierto Mexicano de Gimnasia (or Mexico Open meet) 

will kick off in Mexico on October 11th -13th.2012

MAG

·         Donnell Whittenburg (USA)

·         Sergio Sasaki Junior (BRA)

·         Daniel Purvis (GBR)

·         Anderson Loran (CAN)

·         Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez (COL)

·         David Belyavskiy (RUS) 

·         Luis Alberto Sosa Abarca (MEX)

·         Axel German Elias Jimenez (MEX)

·         Mattia Tamiazzo (ITA)

·         Oleg Verniaiev (UKR)

WAG

·         Brenna Dowell (USA)

·         Georgia Rose Brown (AUS) 

·         Jessica Gil Ortiz (COL)

·         Anna Dementyeva (RUS)

·         Ana Estefania Lago Serna (MEX)

·         Yessenia Estrada Martinez (MEX)

·         Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina (MEX)

·         Chiara Gandolfi (ITA)

·         Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL)

TUESDAY, 9TH OCTOBER:

·         All Day: Arrival of Delegations

·         21.30 – 23.00: Delegates’ Technical Meeting 

WEDNESDAY, 10TH OCTOBER:

·         10.00 – 13.00: Training

·         16.00 – 18.30: Training

·         19.00 – 20.00: Press Conference

THURSDAY, 11TH OCTOBER:

·         10.00 – 13.00: Training

·         16.00 – 19.00: Training

·         19.00 – 21.30: I Copa Juvenil de Gimnasia (AA)

FRIDAY, 12TH OCTOBER:

·         19.00 – 19.15: Opening Ceremony

·         19.15 – 21.00: First Part AA Competition (MAG: FX, PH, SR/WAG: VT, UB)

SATURDAY, 13TH OCTOBER:

·         18.00 – 20.00: Second Part AA Competition (MAG: VT, PB, HB/WAG: BB, FX)

·         20.15 – 21.00: Gymnastics Gala – Closing Ceremony

·         21.00 – 21.30: Awards Ceremony (AA and Mixed Team)

VERA CASLAVSKA THE LEGEND

Vera Caslavska  will make a public appearance at the Acapulco Open gymnastics meet in Mexico. This is an exciting little meet, which will feature international talents such as Anna Dementyeva of Russia, Brenna Dowell of the US and Georgia Rose Brown of Australia and hometown girl Ana Lago of Mexico.

Vera was the most successful gymnast from the nation formerly known as Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic).  To date she is (and will probably remain) the last gymnast to win two consecutive Olympic all-around titles.  She achieved this in Tokyo in 1964 and in Mexico in 1968. Caslavska was a three-time Olympian who won eleven medals- seven of them gold- making her the gymnast with the most individual Olympic titles in history.

Vera became a gymnast much beloved by the crowds in Mexico both for her performance to regional music “Jarabe Tapatío” during the floor exercise, and also for choosing the Mexico City Cathedral to wed runner   Josef Odlozil. She formed such a strong bond with the Mexican people that when she married Josef Odlozil, she was dubbed the ‘Bride of Mexico’.

Vera continues to live in the Prague, the city where she was born on May 3^rd 1942. She rarely makes public appearances but she will travel to Mexico as a VIP guest of the Second Mexican Open in 10 days time.

Mexico Loves You!