Russian teams for European Championships:

The coaching staff of the Russian national team in gymnastics finally decided on the composition of the national team for the European Championship in France. This was reported by Tass senior coach Valentine Rodionenko.

 Aliya Mustafina to miss the European Championships Artistic Gymnastics

The Russian national team at the European Championships, which will take place from 13 to 19 April in Montpellier, will be represented by 10 athletes (6 men and 4 women). Selection of the tournament was held at the championship of Russia in Penza in early March, but the final composition at Euro became known only now.

The women’s team are, Afanasyeva, Kharenkova, Sosnitskaya, and  Spiridonova.

""We hope  Vicktoria Kamova  and Aliya Mustafina purposefully ready by the European Games to be held in June in Azerbaijan - continued Rodionenko. 

"As for the Russian men's team at the European Championship,  Ablyazin, Belyavskiy, Ignatiev, Kuksenkov, Nagorniy, and  Petrov

European Gymnastics Championships 2015 
Dates: 13-19 April 2015
Location: Montpellier, France | Time
Venue: Park&Suites Arena | Rue de la Foire, 34470 Pérolsominative

Photos - :Ablyazin and Afanasyev

(source: http://tass.ru/sport/1860144)

Gymnastics Legend - Zolatan Magayar

Dr. Zoltán Magyar (born 13 December 1953, in Budapest, Hungary was the premier  Pommel horse gymnast of the world in the 1970s. 
He had two elements named after him, the Magyar spindle (turning the body in the opposite direction from the circles) and the Magyar travel (crosswise circling travel down the horse).

He won the Olympic gold in 1976 and 1980 world championships gold in 1974, 1978 and 1979 European championships gold in 1973, 1975 and 1977; and World Cup gold in 1975 and 1978. His largest margin of victory came at the 1978 World Championships, which he won by 0.375 points. For his achievements he was named Hungarian Sportsman of the year in 1974, 1978 and 1980.

Magyar retired following the 1980 Olympics. Since his departure, he has focused on his lifelong goal as a veterinarian. He currently operates a vet hospital and still resides in Budapest.

In May 2012, Magyar was inducted to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Now the President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee and Vice President of the Hungarian Gymnastics Federation

Hungarian Championship 2015

Three golds for Böczögő at Hungarian Championships

Dorina Böczögő won three gold medals at the Hungarian apparatus championships in Budapest on 29 - 30 March 2015.

Alina Kozich (UKR), the 2004 European champion, has been working as a coach with the Hungarian women since January, after working in Japan for five years,

The current world and Olympic pommel horse champion Krisztian Berki, recovering from shoulder surgery  was  at the competition too as a spectator

Results Women

Vault
Dévai Boglárka 13.450
Honti Kitti 13.100
Al-Salty 12.800

Uneven Bars
Böczögő Dorina  12.900
Honti Kitti  12.500
Makra Noémi 12.300

Beam
Böczögő Dorina 13.100
Horváth Enikő 12.400
Al-Salty Dália 12.200

Floor Exercise
Csillag Tunde 13.100
Böczögő Dorina 12.400
Dévai Boglárka 12.200

11th World Challenge Cup in Artistic Gymnastic

11th World Challenge Cup in Artistic Gymnastic
3- 5 April 2015 
Sports hall Stožice, Vojkova 90, 1000 
Ljubljana

Belgian Gymnastics Championships 2015

The Belgian Gymnastics Championships 2015 held in Malmedy, Belgium from March 28 - 29.

Mens Individual All-around Results.

1 CLAEYS Ward Vaste Vuist Lauwe 76,150
2 VALCKE Thiemen Vaste Vuist Lauwe 75,100
3 TIEBOUT Emiel Kon. Turnkring Rust-Roest Brugge 73,300

Womens Individual All-around Results.

1 VANDENHOLE Cindy Vaste Vuist Lauwe 53,399
2 MYS Gaelle O.T.V. Nazareth vzw 52,933
3 VERSCHUEREN Lisa Sportiva Sint-Gillis-Waas vzw 52,649

8th Trofeo Citta di Jesolo

Results - Individual Event Finals ( Senior )

Vault
1 BILES SIMON 11 USA 15,525
2 ROCCA ARIANNA 31 ITALIA 14,500
3 BLACK ELISABETH 13 CANADA 14,200

Uneven Bars
1 ROSS KYLA - USA 15,250
2 KEY BAILIE -USA 15,150
 3 GILL SABRINA - CANADA 14,300

Balance Beam
1 BILES SIMON - USA 15,250
2 BAUMANN ALYSSA - USA 14,550
3 FERLITO CARLOTTA - ITALIA 14,300

Floor Exercise
1 BILES SIMON - USA  16,050
2 FASANA ERIKA - ITALIA 14,900
3 RAISMAN ALEXANDRA - USA 14,85

British Gymnastics Championships 2015

Daniel Purvis crowned the Men's Individual  All-around  champion at British Gymnastics Championships

1. Daniel Purvis 
2. Frank Baines 
3. Sam Oldham and James Hall

 Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

souce - theguardian.com/uk

International Junior Team Cup - Berlin

Japan wins MAG international junior team cup - Berlin

Team Result 2015
1. Japan
2. France
3. Russia

Individual Event

Age I
1. Felix Dolci (CAN)
2. David Schlüter (Bochum)
3. Karl-Ole Gäbler (Berlin)
Age II
1. Koki Maeda (JAP)
2. Kakuto Murayama (JAP)
3. Kanta Amano (JAP)
Age III
1. Andrei Makolov (RUS)
2. Kimitaka Yokoi (JAP)
3. Cameron-Lie Bernard (FRA)

8th Trofeo Citta di Jesolo - Women's Individual All around

Jesolo (ITALY)
2015 March 25-29

Artistic Gymnastics Results Women Individual All-around

1 BILES SIMONE USA - 62.100
2 KEY BAILIE USA - 59.500
3 RAISMAN ALEXANDRA USA - 59.100

Congratulations!

Photo Team USA

Sunday March 29 Apparatus Finals.

8th Jesolo Senior Competition Women

8th Trofeo Citta di Jesolo
Jesolo (ITALY)
2015 March 25-29
Artistic Gymnastics Results Women Team

1 - USA 241.300
2 - ITALY - 224-350
3 - CANADA - 221.750




Congratulations Team USA, Italy and Canada.

2015 British Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

The 2015 Artistic Gymnastic Championships taking place at Echo Arena from March 27 – 29.

2015 is set to be a major year for British top gymnasts and that all begins in Liverpool,  as the “ Road to Rio “ continues, and the senior gymnasts be to battle for places in the British team for the World Championships in Glasgow. 

Good Luck to all gymnasts taking part in this meet.

Watch @BritGymnastics Championships; video and live scoring athttp://www.british-gymnastics.org/…/mens-and-womens-artisti

c …‪#‎BattleOfTheBrits‬

8th Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup

Rings Final Men

Zanetti Arthur BRA 15.725
Tovmasyan Artur ARM 15.425
Muntean Andrei ROM 15.325
Vahgn Davtyan ARM 15.275
Colak Ibrahim TUR 15.225
Takeda Kayuzuk JPN 14.950
Stepko Oleg AZE 14.400
Yamamoto Masayoshi JPN 13.875

Floor Final Men
DALTON Jacob USA 15.475
HYPOLITO Diego BRA 15.425
SHIRAI Shotaro JPN 15.025
MARKOVIC Tomislav CRO 14.575
KLAVORA Rok SLO 14.350
KANEKO Kenzo JPN 14.100
PAKHNYUK Petro AZE 13.350
KOROSTELJEV Andrej CRO 12.325

Competition in Doha concluded on Friday.

8th Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup

Results Uneven Bars Final Women

8th Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup
Aspire Zone Doha (QAT)
2015 March 25-27

Dufournet Younam FRA 13.650
Bulimar Diana ROU 13.600
Diacci Jessica SUI 13.250
Jurca Laura ROU 13.175
Perdreau Lucie MF FRA 12.975
Mann Bianca Fallon RSA 12.625
Kaslin IIaria SUI 11.850
Martintch  Ana Filipa POR 10.750

8th Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup

Results Pommel Horse Final Men

8th Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup

Aspire Zone Doha (QAT)
2015 March 25-27

Merdinyan Harutyun ARM 14.775

Baron Matija CRO 14.600

Davityan Artur ARM 14.525
Trefilovs Dimitrijs LAT 14.450
Shirai Shotaro JPN 14.250
Bertongcelj Saso SLO 13.775
Arican Ferhat TUR 13.725
Stepko Oleg AZE 13.450
Aldayani Ahmed QAT 12.350

8th Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup

Results Vault  Women

8th Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup
Aspire Zone Doha (QATAR)
2015 March 25-27

Photo: Steingruber Guilia SUI

Steingruber Guilia SUI 14.575
Phan Thi Ha Thanh VIE 14.100
Belak Teja SLO 13.912
Timm Michelle GER 13.862
Kysselef Tiasa SLO 13.812
Tarabini Ayelen ARG 13.762
Wong Hui Ying HKG 13.737
Mcgregor Courtney Louise NZL 13.725

8th Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup

8th Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup

Aspire Zone Doha (QATAR)
2015 March 25-27

Results Floor Exercise Final Men.

DALTON Jacob USA 15.475 pts
HYPOLITO Diego BRA 15.425 pts
SHIRAI Shotaro JPN 15.025 pts
MARKOVIC Tomislav CRO 14.575 pts
KLAVORA Rok SLO 14.350 pts
KANEKO Kenzo JPN 14.100 pts
PAKHNYUK Petro AZE 13.350 pts
KOROSTELJEV Andrej CRO 12.325 pts

Doha World Challenge Cup Artistic Gymnastics Championships

THE Seventh World Challenge Cup Artistic Championships,

Doha World Cup Qualifications.

WAG - Giulia Steingruber (SUI) leads Vault  Laura Jurca (ROU) Uneven Bars

MAG - Diego Hypólito (BRA) Floor Ex ;, Arthur Zanetti (BRA) Rings and Harutyum Merdinyan (ARM) Pommel Horse.

Photos
Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
Harutyum Merdinyan (ARM)

Flower Cup Trampoline Competition 2015

Clare Johnson of Huntsville, USA won the bronze medal in the women’s trampoline competition this weekend at the Flower Cup in Amsterdam. Johnson posted a 50.715 in the finals for third place, behind Uzbekistan’s Anna Kasparyan, 53.040, and the Netherlands’ Bo Bet, 51.160.

Congratulations to  the winners of the Flower Cup Trampoline Championships. 

Thorsdottir wins first Dutch trials for Europeans

 

The Netherlands held its first European Championships trials this past weekend with the elegant Eythora Thorsdottir winning the all-around with 53.500, followed by Noel van Klaveren(53.250). 

The second and final trial for European Championships will be this Saturday, while the selection process for European Games begins in late April 

The European Championships will be held 15-19 April in Montpellier.

7th World Challenge Cup Artistic Championships. Doha

The Seventh World Challenge Cup Artistic Championships, to be held at the Aspire Dome from March 26 to 28, will see some of the world’s top stars in action.

Germany’s 26-year-old Marcel Nguyen is the latest big name to have confirmed his participation in the three-day event, which will have more than 200 gymnasts from 37 countries.

Nguyen, born to a German mother and a Vietnamese father, is a silver medallist in parallel bars and artistic team all-round events at the 2012 London Olympics.

Brazil will be one of the favorites of the competition in Doha.

The male gymnasts are : Arthur zanetti, Diego Hypolito and pericles Silva
The female gymnasts are :  Daniele Hypolito and  Lorrane Oliveira 

Good luck to all the participants at this championships.

39th Turnier der Meister - 2015

The 2015 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup and World Challenge Cup series on individual apparatus ended on Monday. A top class field of 173 gymnasts from 36 nations, which included numerous World and Olympic champions, participated in the popular tournament.

Remaining Results. 

MAG -Vault

SHIRAI, Kenzo JPN - 15,100

VERNIAIEV, Oleg UKR - 15,012

 YAMAMURO, Koji JPN - 15,000

MAG -Parallel Bars

VERNIAIEV, Oleg UKR-- 16,250

CALVO MORENO, Jossimar Orlando COL -15,725

ZONDERLAND, Epke NED - 15,650

The 2015 FIG Artistic Gymnastics series continues with the Challenge Cup in Doha (QAT) this week. 

The Kind Of Routine We Want To See.

The Soviet gymnast Natalia Kalinina performed a floor routine during the all- around competition of the Goodwill games in 1990, She danced according to the music's rhythm, she did difficult tumbling passes, stuck her landing and had a perfect execution. She truly deserved the perfect 10. She performed the kind of routine that we are all MISSING nowadays.

If this wasn't the best and most beautiful floor routine in the entire gymnastics history, then it will be at least one of the top 5.

She earned gold in the all-around. She also won two extra gold medals on floor exercise and balance beam, and two silver medals on uneven bars and vault.

Kalinina was a member of the last Soviet team who won World gold, in 1991. She as well was a European champion on bars and European all around and balance beam silver medalist, in 1990.

She retired in 1995 after her participation at the University games. Kalinina migrated with her husband to the USA where she works as a coach..

Tomi Tuuha -Tsukahara triple!

Finnish National Team gymnast and the 2010 European Vault Champion

Believe in yourself.

39th Turnier der Meister - 2015

Gymworld Challenge Cup Cottbus (GER) at Lausitz Arena

MAG Results

Floor Exercise
1 SHIRAI, Kenzo ( JPN )
2 FAHRIG, Matthias  (GER )
3 DEURLOO, Bart  ( NED )
Pommel Horse
1. VERNIAIEV, Oleg (UKR)
2. TRUYENS, Donna-Donny (BEL)
3. TOMMASONE, Cyril (FRA
Rings
1. NABARRETE ZANETTI, Arthur (BRA)
2. PETROUNIAS, Eleftherios (GRE)
3. COLAK, Ibrahim (TUR)

WAG Results
Vault
1. CHUSOVITINA, Oksana (UZB)
2. KYSSELEF, Tjasa (SLO)
3. BELAK, Teja (SLO)
Uneven Bars
1 ADLERTEG, Jonna SWE
2 PRAVDINA, Kristina AZE
3 MARTINS, Ana Filipa POR
Photos
Shirai Kenzo
Chusovitina Oksana

The rest of the events are still running

Sport Hero and Sportswoman of the Year

Come on friends of Gymnastics

Show your support for ‪#‎Gymnastics‬ and vote for them at -
https://awards.sportaccord.com/vote !

Kohei Uchimura (JPN) - Artistic Gymnastics - and Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS) - Rhythmic Gymnastics - have been nominated for Sport Hero and SportsWoman of the Year respectively at the Sport Accord Awards 2015..

Artistic Gymnastics European Championships 2015 - Montpellier - FRANCE.

2014 worlds medalist and without Mustafina competing in Montpellier, Larisa Iordache could be the next European all-around Champion. She is dynamic, expressive, and great on the floor exercise as all the other  Romanian gymnasts ! 

She is only 18 years old but has already won 1 Olympic, 3 World and 11 European medals including 5 titles! The little Romanian gymnast is the big favorite for these European Championships.... 

Will you support the Romanian princess ?

39TH GYMWORLD-CHALLENGE CUP

QUALIFICATION WOMEN ( Top 10 to watch )

 Vault
1  CHUSOVITINA, Oksana UZB 14,799
2.BELAK, Teja SLO 14,216
3  KYSSELEF, Tjasa SLO 13,966
4 PLICHTA, Paula POL 13,866
5 PEREZ CAMPOS, Ana ESP 13,849
6 DEVAI, Boglarka HUN 13,766
7 AFRATI, Argyro GRE 13,750
8 TRATZ, Pauline GER 13,700
9 MADER, Jasmin AUT 13,666
10 JEROFEJEVA, Diana LAT 13,49


Uneven Bars
1  ADLERTEG, Jonna SWE 15,033
2 MARTINS, Ana Filipa POR 13,833
3 PLYTA, Evangelia GRE 13,466
4 RAYA I ARTIGAS, Paula ESP 13,266
5 BOCZOGO, Dorina HUN 13,200
6 BARLOGGIO, Caterina SUI 13,100
7 BELAK, Teja SLO 13,033
8 PRAVDINA, Kristina  AZE 13,000
 9YILMAZ, Tutya TUR 12,833
10 PIHAN-KULESZA, Marta POL 12,833

Photos
1  CHUSOVITINA, Oksana UZB
2.BELAK, Teja SLO
3  ADLERTEG, Jonna SWE
4 MARTINS, Ana Filipa POR

Happy birthday Emilia Eberle

 Gertrude Emilia Eberle was born born 4 March 1964, in Arad, Romania. When she was 12 years old, in 1976, she joined the Romanian National Team and by 1977 she was already part of big meets.

In 1978 she was the Romanian National Champion and attended the Worlds in Strasbourg where she earned a team silver and three bronzes: on bars, beam and floor. 

1979 was also a very successful year for Emilia as she earned three silvers at Europeans in the AA, bars and beam. Later that year she was part of the World Team that earned gold in Fort Worth, Texas.  

Individually she took a bronze on the uneven bars and became World Champion on the Floor Exercise. At the Olympics in Moscow she earned a silver with her team and a silver on the uneven bars.

She left Romania in 1989 and in 1991 she went to live to the United States. She’s now known as Trudi Kollar, as Gertrude is her first name and Kollar her married name.

Happy Birthday Emilia!

2015 World Challenge Cup in Doha

The state of Qatar is set to host the FIG World Challenge Cup 2015, which will be held from March 25 to 27 at the Aspire Zone.

Qatar’s challenge will be spearheaded by Mahmoud Mohamed al-Saadi and Ahmad Saleh al-Dayani in men’s and Farah Tareq Mahmoud Redha in women’s. Al-Saadi and al-Dayani are in Malaysia  for a training camp, while Farah has been training in Doha.

The annual event which started in 2008, has attracted 128 gymnasts, including 84 males and 44 females from 34 countries this year. This year’s event will hold more significance, as this will be the first event Qatar will be hosting after it won the bid to conduct the 2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.

Good luck to all the competitors.

Steve Butcher, President of the FIG Men’s Technical Committee.

The President of the International Gymnastics Federation Men’s Technical Committee, Mr. Steve Butcher is here. Yes, the Nelli Kim of men’s gymnastics talks about spring board thieves, fashion rules, Execution score data analysis (nerdgasm!), tons of Code of Points nerdtastic details, gymnastics jail and if he would want his own son to do elite gymnastics. This is important to you women’s gymnastics fans becuase MAG and WAG rules must now inform each other. What happens in men’s effects the women’s rules! 

Just a few of the discussions:

The FIG’s analysis of Execution score parity between men’s and women’s judges.
The downfall of having too many examples of Execution scores on the FIG Helpdesk.
Bruno Grandi’s statement that biomechanics will become a bigger part of the Code of Points versus the medical aspect of athlete health.
Artistry in men’s gymnastics: What President Butcher’s female friends say they want to see on men’s floor exercise.
How closely he works with Nelli Kim to make sure women’s and men’s gymnastics inform each other.The rule making process — concnesus or majority.
Fixing the Broken Grip Rule! Can the FIG regulate the manufacture of grips like they do the equipment?
Bringing back the 10.0 and making it Execution score more visible during competitions

2015 Elite Canada Rhythmic Gymnastics meet

Bezzoubenko sweeps gold at Elite Canada rhythmic gymnastics meet


Patricia Bezzouneko  two-time Canadian champion, who has dual citizenship and splits her time between Toronto and Moscow, swept all four events and the all-around title in another dominant performance on Sunday at Elite Canada.with a total score of 132.450 points.

Carmen Whalen of Toronto won the silver medal with 118.450 points and Katherine Uchida of Toronto took the bronze with 115.700.

The top 15 competitors in both the junior and senior events earned a spot at 2015 Canadian championships.