Jack Penny and Damien Axelsen overcome injury

Trampolinists Jack Penny and Damien Axelsen overcome injury in time for World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships.

Jack Penny and Damien Axelsen have been forced to overcome ankle and foot problems to take their places in the national team for the championships at Daytona Beach, Florida, starting next Monday.
Axelsen damaged some ankle ligaments about three months ago while Penny, who missed last year’s event through injury, fractured his left foot in a pre-competition training camp on the World Cup circuit in Portugal and Belarus.
Penny has only recently received medical clearance from Gymnastics Australia and the TIS medical team to compete in Daytona.
The duo leave for the US on Wednesday for an acclimatisation camp, with Axelsen hoping to contain the nerves on his debut performance in the men’s double-mini event.
“The 2015 World Championships is the qualification for the Olympics, so this edition is just the Australian team getting a foot in and seeing the field and where we are and what we need to do.”

Vasily Titov President of Russian Gymnastics Federation

Sports Minister Mutko has confirmed the election of Vasily Titov to the position of President of the RGF. Titov is replacing Andrei Kostin. Titov has been Vice President of the FIG for the last four years and, like Kostin, is senior in Russian gymnastics' sponsors VTB Bank.

54-year-old Titov is also chairman of the board of directors of the Moscow football club "Dynamo", and Vice President of Basketball VTB United League.

15th World Gymnastraeda 2015

256 days to go until the 15th World Gymnaestrada 2015 Helsinki - The biggest spotting event in the world. 

Be part of the Gymnaestrada spirit!

Remembering Larisa Andreea Iordache after Nanning

The World Gymnastics Championships just ended in Nanning and all I can say is this: “ Larisa  had so much more energy and she is so much more dynamic”.

She is the best balance between difficulty, artistry and joy out there. She posted the greatest total difficulty score of the competition (5.8 vault, 6.3 bars, 6.3 beam and 6.5 floor = 24.9 in total). However, her leaps are beautiful and very high, She always remembers how to smile Just look at the picture below,

She is the single one out there who smiles on the beam. I mean, really, you’re at the worlds, you’re just fighting for the bronze in the team final, your team mate just fell and you smile? How in love with gymnastics do you have to be to do that?

And in the end, when many other gymnasts say they are happy it all came to an end and when most of them think about a vacation, she amazes us by saying that she is very happy the autumn competitions are close. Larisa, you already proved us how much you love gymnastics but really now, no vacation? You really want to be THAT great again, after doing the same in 2013?

Good luck and see you in Rio.

Romanian Gymnast Larisa Andreea Iordache

At the recent world championships in Nanning, Romanian star Larisa Andreea Iordache, won two silver medals. She is looking ahead to next year's world championships in Glasgow and the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.I think she will able to do better in next year’s world and the coming Olympics.

She hopes her mental toughness will help her in her quest for gold in the next two years.

"In order to be the best, you have to be fearless because of course fear creeps in – everybody has them – but you have to love what you do very much in order to overcome those fears," she said.

Iordache began gymnastics at age 5, as many Romanian gymnasts do. She was spotted by coach, Mariana Campeanu-Silisteanu, while playing with her brother.

The 2014 World Championships in Nanning Iordache won silver medals in both the all-around and on floor exercise.

"My favorite gymnast was and still is Nadia Comaneci – the world's best gymnast," Iordache said. "Of course I appreciate and respect the others because they've contributed something to gymnastics, and they make me determined to become like them – and I am now trying to do better than them."

First World Trampoline Championships abit of history.

This year the World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships will be held at Daytona Beach, USA from 7th to 9th November 2014

The first World Trampoline Championships were held on Saturday, March 21, 1964 at the Royal Albert Hallin London, England, presented by the Nissen Trampoline Company and the British Amateur Gymnastics Association.
Thirty-two men and sixteen women from twelve countries competed in a double-elimination tournament facing off man-to-man (or woman-to-woman), winners advancing until there was one last man/woman standing. Each gymnast performed a 10-bounce routine for the judges to decide who advances to the next round.
The winners were Dan Millman and Judy Wills, both from United States. The silver and bronze went to Linda Ball from England, and Marikle van der Boogard from South Africa. For Men Gary Erwin from the US won the silver and third place was by Dave Smith from England.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history – Mahatma Gandhi.

10TH EUROPEAN TEAMGYM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Amazing floor exercise from Sweden, and Iceland did great on trampet. Championship in Iceland. 

Sweden stood up as winner of the 2014 European TeamGym Championships’ women’s final after a first-class performance in Reykjavík’s Laugardalshöll arena today. As Sweden narrowly beat Iceland in the qualifications, it was clear that the two teams would fight for the gold.

Both teams put on a great show with Sweden claiming the higher score for tumbling and trampet and Iceland scoring higher on the floor. With a final score of 60.150 against 59.466, Sweden proved the stronger team, beating the two-time European champion.

Denmark came third in the women’s final with a final score of 53.566 but have claimed the most gold medals throughout the competition.

Congratulations!

Mens Results

Womens Results

Mixed Pair

Glasgow 2015 - See you there

The 45^th World Gymnastics Championships in Nanning came to a close, 

The FIG flag was presented to the organisers of the 2015 World Gymnastics Champions.  

The eyes of the world will be on Glasgow in a year’s time!

(photo from FIG )

45th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Nanning China.

The final eight team showed great performance on the final day of the  45th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning China. 

China the gold medal, Japan was very close second place, while USA, bronze. Britain and Russia in the 4th  and 5th  place respectively,  Brazil,  6th  and Switzerland 7th  leaving the powerful German team in 8th. 

The Chinese team achieved their 6th  Consecutive   championship in World Gymnastics Championship, what an impressive record, and especially having a young team and they  are preparing their next steps to excel at the Olympics in  2016. 

The Gold Medal Chinese team;   Cheng Ran, Deng Shudi, Lin Chaopan, Rongbing Liu, Liu Yang.

Congratulations to all the finalists.

45th World Artistic Gymnastic Championships - 2014

Reigning World all-around champion Simone Biles scored 59.599  to  lead U.S.A. in World Gymnastics Championships qualifying in Nanning, China, on Sunday. Russian Olympic and World all-around bronze medallist  Aliya Mustafina scored 58.874 points earlier Sunday to make the all-around final.

FINAL TEAM RESULTS, Women’s Qualification:

1 USA 235.038
2 China 230.753
3 Russia 228.135
4 Great Britain 224.596
5 Italy 222.459
6 Japan 221.360
7 Romania 219.2618
8 Australia 218.134

FINAL RESULTS, Women’s Qualification:

ALL-AROUND (TOP 30)
1 Biles USA 59.599
2 Mustafina RUS 58.874
3 Iordache ROU 58.365
4 Yao CHN 58.032
5 Ross USA 57.941
6 Skinner USA 57.799
7 Ferrari ITA 57.231
8 Shang CHN 57.123
9 Harrold GBR 56.766
10 Sosnitskaya RUS 56.740
11 Popa ESP 56.398
12 Teramoto JPN 56.331
13 Fragapane GBR 55.999
14 Kocian USA 55.966
15 Kramarenko RUS 55.864
16 Pihan-Kulesza POL 55.665
17 Black CAN 55.532
18 Fasana ITA 55.398
19 Hill GER 55.233
20 Sasada JPN 55.132
21 Steingruber SUI 54.966
22 Lopez VEN 54.966
23 Garcia MEX 54.833
24 Stanila ROU 54.765
25 Brown AUS 54.698
26 Martins POR 54.532
27 Waem BEL 54.241
28 Onyshko CAN 53.899
29 Verschueren BEL 53.865
30 Bui GER 53.765

45th World Artistic Gymnastic Championships - 2014

Individual Around Finals Qualifications - Men's Artistic Gymnastics

Teams Qualification Men FX PH RI VT PB HB Total 1 CHN 61.398 58.106 61.365 60.915 62.182 58.732 362.698 2 JPN 62.882 58.840 60.532 60.357 61.766 57.232 361.609 3 USA 60.998 59.598 61.266 60.133 62.099 56.299 360.393 4 GBR 60.399 59.473 59.432 60.266 59.157 58.466 357.193 5 RUS 61.748 55.432 61.498 60.015 60.466 57.798 356.957 6 GER 59.800 53.932 58.840 59.466 60.340 56.265 348.643 7 BRA 59.832 54.765 59.149 59.924 57.998 56.432 348.100 8 SUI 57.899 58.432 56.665 57.865 59.066 56.066 345.993 9 UKR 57.465 55.999 57.832 59.165 59.081 55.998 345.540 10 KOR 60.116 55.716 56.032 59.499 57.732 54.499 343.594 11 FRA 57.766 55.565 58.890 57.800 59.799 53.565 343.385 12 ROU 58.865 56.099 58.298 57.932 57.490 52.832 341.516 13 ITA 58.632 55.831 57.599 58.165 55.740 54.632 340.599 14 CAN 58.899 56.340 58.132 56.699 55.999 54.499 340.568 15 BLR 54.632 57.165 56.924 57.882 57.665 56.099 340.367 16 ESP 59.332 52.149 57.332 59.799 53.915 54.233 336.760 17 COL 54.923 55.266 56.165 57.765 57.207 54.732 336.058 18 NED 56.365 53.666 55.199 56.165 56.924 56.732 335.051 19 BEL 55.433 55.132 54.233 57.265 57.124 55.198 334.385 20 HUN 55.132 58.698 56.766 53.899 54.974 51.733 331.202

45th World Artistic Gymnastic Championships - 2014

Teams  Qualification Results - Men's Artistic Gymnastics

All-Around Qualification Men			FX	PH	RI	VT	PB	HB	Total
1	UCHIMURA Kohei	JPN	15.800	15.166	15.266	15.400	15.333	15.200	92.165
2	BELYAVSKIY David	RUS	15.400	15.233	14.800	15.316	15.133	14.866	90.748
3	DENG Shudi	CHN	15.466	14.566	15.133	15.216	15.683	14.566	90.630
4	WHITTENBURG Donnell	USA	15.266	14.466	15.500	15.200	15.533	13.666	89.631
5	CHENG Ran	CHN	15.433	14.266	14.666	15.333	15.533	14.400	89.631
6	TANAKA Yusuke	JPN	15.133	14.508	15.300	14.600	15.700	14.266	89.507
7	KATO Ryohei	JPN	15.833	13.833	14.900	14.866	15.533	14.366	89.331
8	VERNIAIEV Oleg	UKR	14.700	13.366	15.166	15.466	15.766	14.766	89.230
9	KUKSENKOV Nikolai	RUS	14.966	13.866	15.266	14.533	15.400	15.133	89.164
10	PURVIS Daniel	GBR	15.433	14.641	14.433	14.966	15.133	14.100	88.706
11	NONOMURA Shogo	JPN	15.216	14.866	15.066	14.833	15.200	13.400	88.581
12	LIN Chaopan	CHN	15.366	14.341	14.133	15.233	15.300	13.966	88.339
13	WILSON Nile	GBR	14.966	14.266	14.766	14.900	14.525	14.900	88.323
14	WHITLOCK Max	GBR	13.766	15.233	14.533	15.200	14.866	14.600	88.198
15	LIKHOVITSKIY Andrey	BLR	14.833	15.333	14.258	14.083	14.933	14.400	87.840
16	HAMBUECHEN Fabian	GER	15.300	12.833	14.866	15.033	15.333	14.366	87.731
17	MIKULAK Samuel	USA	14.900	14.933	14.966	15.100	14.133	13.633	87.665
18	SASAKI JUNIOR Sergio	BRA	13.900	14.566	14.733	15.391	15.066	13.866	87.522
19	KEATINGS Daniel	GBR	15.000	15.333	13.933	14.400	14.633	14.166	87.465
20	PAKHNYUK Petro	AZE	15.000	14.033	14.300	14.933	15.333	13.733	87.332
21	HEGI Oliver	SUI	13.733	14.900	14.133	14.366	15.033	14.666	86.831
22	TOBA Andreas	GER	14.900	14.333	14.875	14.466	14.000	14.066	86.640
23	TOMMASONE Cyril	FRA	14.000	15.500	14.000	14.400	14.900	13.466	86.266
24	SHATILOV Alexander	ISR	15.300	13.833	13.700	14.533	14.133	14.633	86.132
25	OYAKAWA MARIANO Arthur	BRA	15.233	13.566	14.133	15.100	13.666	14.433	86.131
26	IGNATYEV Nikita	RUS	15.316	12.833	15.566	14.900	14.700	12.633	85.948
27	CALVO MORENO Jossimar Orlando	COL	14.433	14.033	14.266	14.833	13.466	14.866	85.897
28	BATAGA Cristian Ioan	ROU	14.766	14.433	14.833	14.533	14.191	13.133	85.889
29	LEE Hyeok Jung	KOR	14.600	14.633	13.766	14.233	14.333	13.866	85.431
30	EDALLI Ludovico	ITA	14.333	14.433	14.033	14.366	14.266	13.833	85.264
31	ARICAN Ferhat	TUR	14.400	13.500	14.000	14.733	15.266	12.966	84.865
32	YERMAK Mykyta	UKR	14.466	13.800	14.033	14.300	14.633	13.400	84.632
33	MUNTEAN Andrei Vasile	ROU	14.933	13.400	15.266	14.033	13.666	13.300	84.598
34	PRINCIPI Paolo	ITA	14.733	14.366	13.733	14.400	13.566	13.800	84.598
35	BAUMANN Christian	SUI	14.166	14.566	13.933	14.633	13.133	14.000	84.431
36	BARKALAU Dzmitry	BLR	13.366	13.966	14.200	14.566	14.366	13.966	84.430