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18 DECEMBER - BRITISH GOVERNMENT FAILS TO INCREASE FUNDING GB TEAM’S PROGRAMS FOR LONDON 2012! BLAIR GIVES UP ONE BILLION POUNDS PER YEAR EU REBATE, BUT FAILS TO INCREASE FUNDING OUR FUTURE OLYMPIAN’S BID FOR GOLD! Britain’s Sports leaders reacted with anger and accused the British Government of damaging Britain’s chances of achieving fourth place in the medal’s table at the London 2012 Olympics, after the Government failed to declare any increase in funding for athletes preparing for the Games. The British Olympic Association has been seeking up to £100 million a year for a 720-strong team across all 26 sports included in the Olympics. At present the figure is about £48 million. Tessa Jowell, the Olympics Minister, is understood to have been lobbying the Treasury for assurances on the money that will become available for the preparation of competitors. Instead, the Chancellor repeated his announcement of a year ago of the setting up of a national sports foundation, but failed to give any details. The BOA said that the lack of the expected details was “devastating news” for national governing bodies wanting to plan budgets for the next seven years. Simon Clegg, the BOA chief executive, said that the present situation was “like entering an Olympic race with one hand tied behind our back. This is because of the lack of understanding that the period of time for preparation is so short if we are to aspire to success. Every day that we lose now is vital.” Mr Clegg said that if Britain is to reach its hoped-for fourth place in the medals table in 2012, the highest likely position behind China, the United States and Russia, it needs “sustained and consistent funding”. He said: “We will now have lost ten months in the 85-month period until the Games.” David Sparkes, chief executive of the Amateur Swimming Association, said: “We are arguably too late already. We need cash in the bank by April 2006 at the very latest because we need to start recruiting the best foreign coaches.” Brian Stocks, the president of British Gymnastics, said he was “astounded” at the lack of news. GYMNASTICS ONLINE’S VIEW This news is compounded today after Tony Blair announced that Great Britain will give up a ONE BILLION POUNDS A YEAR EU rebate every year to help enlarge the EU! Whilst politics should not become entwined with sport, our elite programs, and our sports men, women and Coaches depend on adequate funding from the British Government and U.K. Sport if they are going to mount a realistic challenge for Olympic Medals. This is even more important when we see at first hand other countries investing heavily in their programs. Sadly it seems that Blair is happy for high profile media photo opportunities in the East End, and needs to save face in Brussels as he nears the end of his 6 month Presidency of the E.U, but when it comes to major investment in Britain’s elite athletes, it is a different matter. The investment of an additional 52 million pounds per year represents just over 5% of what he has given up in Brussels and is equal to one million pounds a week. Our athletes and Coaches have proved in World competition that they deserve the Government’s support which means funding must be released immediately! After our gymnast’s best ever performance at the Melbourne World Championships despite massive funding cuts, particularly in the Men’s Artistic program, just imagine what we could achieve if the money was released to our elite programs now! Whilst the Government claims to be alarmed by child hood obesity and lack of fitness, our Schools continue to see school playing fields being sold off and we lose future generations of sportsmen and women. The British Government should hang their heads in shame at this continuing betrayal of our young Olympic hopefuls. What do you think? E-mail us now and we will publish a selection of your views! |
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16 DECEMBER - TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY FOR AMERICAN CUP IN PHILADELPHIA! LIVE TV COVERAGE ON NBC SPORTS CONFIRMED! Tickets for the 2006 American Cup, one of the most prestigious international gymnastics events, go on sale on Friday, Dec. 16, at 10 a.m., just in time for Christmas shopping. Showcasing the world’s top gymnasts, the American Cup will take place on March 4 at the Global Spectrum's Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia. The American Cup, which has a fabulous legacy of showcasing the world’s top gymnasts. For 2006, the American Cup returns to its traditional format featuring the all-around competition. The participating athletes will be announced closer to the event. The 2006 American Cup will be the first international event in the United States, and one of the first in the world, to use the new scoring system for gymnastics that allows gymnasts to earn scores above the traditional 10.0. Competition on March 4 will be televised live on NBC Sports at 1 p.m. ET. Former American Cup all-around gold medalists are a veritable who's who of gymnastics: Amongst the men -- Jason Gatson, Blaine Wilson, John Roethlisberger, Vitaly Scherbo (Belarus), Tim Daggett, Peter Vidmar, Mitsuo Tsukahara (Japan), Kurt Thomas and Bart Conner; and women -- Olympic Champion Carly Patterson, Elena Zamolodchikova (Russia), Kerri Strug, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Kim Zmeskal, Kristie Phillips, Mary Lou Retton, Julianne McNamara, Stella Zakarova (USSR) and Nadia Comaneci (Romania). In 2005, the American Cup was a World Cup event and its format named individual event champions; the USA's Alexander Artemev, Alicia Sacramone, Chellsie Memmel and Nastia Liukin won gold medals. Tickets are $25, $35 and $75 and may be purchased through several different avenues: via phone at 888.OWLS.TIX; online at liacourascenter.com; or in person at the Liacouras Center Box Office. Ticket-holders for March 4 may also attend the preliminary rounds on March 3. |
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15 December - BRITISH GYMNASTICS ANNOUNCE MAG JUNIOR AND SENIOR SELECTION POLICIES FOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. British Gymnastics announced today the selection criteria for the 27th European Championships. BG state on their Web Site tonight that "The selection policies will use a trial process over three dates between January and April for the Seniors, and February and April for the Juniors. For those competing in the Commonwealth Games their scores from the all around competition will be a factor when it comes to wildcard selections. All gymnasts not competing in the Commonwealth Games will be expected to be present for the second trial. However the average will be taken from the first and the third trials for the Juniors and Seniors. British Gymnastics currently have planned a training camp in Greece in late April. This is subject to budget and confirmation from the Greek Federation. To download JUNIOR Selection policies click here. |
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15 DECEMBER - REDBRIDGE SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS MAY HAVE TO CLOSE IF NEW HOME CANNOT BE FOUND BY AUGUST. 800 GYMNASTS AND 26 COACHES AFFECTED DESPITE 300 CHILDREN ON GYM’S WAITING LIST! Redbridge School of Gymnastics may be forced to close unless new premises can be found by next August leaving 800 gymnasts and 26 staff without a home after the land was sold for housing. Redbridge have been based in Pulteney Road, South Woodford for over 20 years, and currently have over 800 children aged between 2 and 18, with a waiting list of another 300 children for the popular school. But the Site has been sold to a property developer for housing, after planning permission was granted by Redbridge Council despite the Gym representing the same Council in the London Youth Games. Now the Club face having to find new premises by August next year, or all the children will be without a gym, and 26 teachers, some of whom attended the same school as youngsters, will lose their jobs. Rebecca Gibson, is co-manager of the Redbridge School of Gymnastics with Julie Ewenson. She said “ Redbridge Council has said there aren't that many places around. We represent the council at the London Youth Games but will not be able to in future unless we find somewhere to go. The kids will not be able to progress their careers, and there are some really good gymnasts here, and 28 staff will lose their jobs." The council's regional planning committee recently granted permission for 11 new houses - seven two bedroom, two three bedroom and two four bedroom on the site. It was also agreed that a scout hall, which will also have to be demolished due to the redevelopment, will be relocated at the new site. But the Redbridge School of Gymnastics was not so fortunate. The site will be the second new housing development in Pulteney Road after permission was granted by the planning inspectorate to build 11 flats on the site of a car breakers yard which was burned out in October. Suzanne Phipson, whose daughter Hannah, 14, attends the gymnastic school, is furious. She said: "Tessa Jowell, the Secretary for Culture, Media and Sport and the Government want kids to be fit and healthy yet these kids will be left with nowhere to carry out the sport they love. There is also the issue of the London Olympics. Sport England and Seb Coe want us to have the best sporting teams in every field by 2012 but how can that happen if places for the kids of today are closing? The gym also keeps kids off the streets and sport in general helps prevent them from getting into crime and drugs." We are aware this has happened to other Clubs recently both in the U.K. and abroad, who continue to struggle to find new premises to provide gymnastics facilities in their areas. We wish the School and gymnasts the very best of luck in their search. The local newspaper the Guardian Series for East and West London are also backing the gymnast’s quest to find a new home, and if anyone can help to find new premises for the School, please email cstong@london.newsquest.co.uk. or us at Gymnasticsonline and we will be pleased to pass details to the School. We also appeal to the Council to do their utmost to help find new premises for the School and it’s dedicated staff to prevent the Gym closing and enable them to continue to provide gymnastics for the whole community. |
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14 DECEMBER - U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HONOURS CHELLSIE MEMMEL AND USA WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM. The U.S. Olympic Committee today named gymnast Chellsie Memmel as a joint November Athlete of the Month. The USOC Team of the Month honour was awarded to the U.S. Women’s World Gymnastics Team following their superb performance at the World Championships in Melbourne last month. |
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14 DECEMBER - OUTSTANDING RESULTS FOR BRITISH MEN’S JUNIORS AS THEY WIN MULTIPLE MEDALS ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. The British Men’s Artistic Team have achieved excellent results in the first 5 of a series of Junior European and Age Group Squad International Events winning multiple medals on the International stage. It is an incredible achievement for our Junior Team after swinging cuts from the Sports Councils earlier this year, forced Men’s Gymnastics to reduce it’s program., and at one stage had to shut down British Men’s and Junior’s training. The MTC developed a new plan which involved targeting our British Juniors with 60% of the funds which the MTC and BG can provide. Despite the cut backs, the GB Juniors produced unprecedented results , and great credit must go to the investment in World Class Start, and the support given by Neil Burton, Gheorghe Predescu and Andrew Popov to the Clubs, and the immense dedication of the personal coaches who have worked so hard to earn these results.
A fantastic result and a historic result for the British Boys, with lots of new faces making their debuts at this level, the technical strength and performance of the GB Team won a well deserved Team Gold Medal for the first time in the Event’s history.
Another excellent achievement in difficult circumstances after GB were unable to include one of our Judges but Team Gold and three Individual Gold Medals for Reiss Beckford, including the All Around Title, to cap a superb performance from the GB Team. Another superb performance included a joint Gold Medal for 12 year old Sam Oldham in the Under 14 Event, despite competing against gymnasts 2 years older than him. Daniel Purvis also won a joint Gold, and a Silver for the British Team against a very strong field including the Japanese Team who have dominated the medal’s podium in the past. The age group rankings of each team member are added together to give the team result, lowest score wins, which was a very testing format emphasising the scale of the GB Results. The younger boys groups were awash with talent with some tremendous performances in the older age group competitors. Team Results Congratulations to our fabulous juniors and their Coaches on some fantastic results! |
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12 DECEMBER - BRITISH GYMNASTICS ANNOUNCE LAUNCH OF TALENTED ATHLETE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME! Some exciting news today as BG released details of new funding from the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS). The programme is aimed at supporting talented gymnasts enabling them to combine their sporting aspirations with academic study at school, college or University. The Scheme is open to those aged between 18 and 25 years, who are following a recognised course. TASS will provide up to £3000 in support services as part of the Association’s Service Agreement with TASS, with two thirds of the award allocated to coaching costs with the final third being allotted to medical and lifestyle support. Gymnastics Online’s View After all the recent setbacks with funding, the launch of the TASS Scheme to support our elite gymnasts comes as a welcome relief. It provides financial support to compliment studies for gymnasts to enable them to pursue long term qualifications at 3 top class dedicated facilities, with excellent coaching and support services on site. Whilst more investment still needs to be made on a wider scale to enable our gymnasts to compete on a level playing field against the best in the World, it will be very interesting to see the success of this program as the Scheme develops. Congratulations to British Gymnastics, Loughborough, Leeds Metropolitan and Durham on this great initiative |
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11 DECEMBER - GYMNASTICS ONLINE LAUNCH EXCLUSIVE POLLS FOR YOUR FAVOURITE GYMNASTS, CLUBS, ACROBATS & TUMBLERS OF 2005! We are proud to announce the successful launch of our exclusive Polls tonight on Gymnastics Online where you can voote for your favourite Artistic Gymnasts, Clubs, Sports Acrobats and Tumblers of 2005! We have also included ctegories for your favourite International Gymnasts plus your All Time favourites in Men and Women’s Artistic, so will it be Nastia Liukin, Catalina Ponor, Cheng Fie or one of our other great choices who gets your vote? Or Nadia, Svetlana, Lilia or Carly in your All Time Favourites Vote! And in the British Women’s Artistic poll, will it be Beth, Rhian, Becky, Abi or Laura or one of the other 5 fantastic GB gymnasts you can vote for! And we have not forgotten our fabulous Sports Acrobats and Tumblers as Spelthorne, Wakefield, King Edmunds, Deerness Valley and many others are nominated for your favourite Acrobatics Club of 2005! You can also vote for your favourite Mixed Pairs, Women’s Pairs and Groups, plus Men’s Pairs and Groups plus our World Class Tumblers! Polls close midnight on New Year’s Eve! Go to our home page now and vote every day for your favourites! |
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8 DECEMBER - 3 GB TUMBLERS INCLUDING DOUBLE WORLD AGE GROUP’S CHAMPION SAMANTHA PALMER MOVE TO LYNX 18 year old Samantha Palmer has joined Lynx in its new Sports Acrobatics Tumbling Squad. Samantha came 3rd in the recent 2005 World Tumbling Championships, and gained the only medal for Great Britain at the World Championships. Samantha has been trained by International Performance Coach Vladimir Podobin from Milton Keynes since she was 5. She will also be trained by Chris Adams who is also an International Performance Coach at Lynx. Sam won the 2001 and 2003 World Age Group Championships, and was the European Junior Champion in 2002. She will also train at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre most Wednesdays. Sam hopes to compete in the World Cup 2005 / 06 series which includes Meets in China, Russia, America and France, before the World Cup Finals head to Birmingham next year. She has made a good recovery from a torn ACL injury at the British Championships in 2004 which kept her out of competition for 18 months. She competed against the reigning Ukranian World Champion, and former Russian World Champion in Eindhoven. Two fellow GB Internationals have also joined Lynx from Milton Keynes. Megan Green was crowned a British Tournament Champion last weekend, and won a Silver Medal in the International Age Group Games 2005 in Eindhoven in the Age 11-12 Category. And Connor Maloney who also won Gold at the British Tournament narrowly missed a place in the Finals in the 11 -12 Men’s Category in Eindhoven. Dale Green has also joined the Lynx Squad, and was a finalist in the British Tournament. Their next competition will be in March 2006. Lynx are based in Aylesbury and use a dynamic carbon fibre tumbling track into loose foam pits or resi landings. They hope to expand the Tumbling Squad in the coming weeks, and the Tumblers are now working on new elements and transitions for 2006, and have also increased their conditioning regimes. The Club also enjoyed a successful competition at the Cumbernauld Classic in Scotland at the weekend where the Women’s Artistic Team placed an impressive 4th place in a competition which included gymnasts from Hungary, Belgium, and Monaco. The Lynx Team consisted of Polly Shingler, Katrina Cella, Emily Braund and Harriet Lymer-Smith. The event also included top British Artistic Clubs and was won by the giants of Women’s Artistic in the UK, the ever impressive City of Liverpool. |
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8 December - AUSTRALIA TO REBUILD FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES. PEGGY RIDDICK PREDICTS ANOTHER CLOSE COMPETITION BETWEEN MONETTE RUSSO AND BETH! After the hugely successful World Championships in Melbourne, the stage is now set for a terrific Commonwealth Games which will also take place in the Victorian capital. For the first time in Commonwealth Games’ history two of the top four competitors in the All Around World Championships Finals, were from Commonwealth Nations! Russo will again have the advantage of huge home support, where her face appeared on all the promotional posters in a pulsating atmosphere which Monette responded to. Riddick said "There was an absolutely huge amount of pressure on her with all that hoopla. She learned a lot and it will do a lot for her confidence. She is relishing the challenge." Russo's consistency across the four apparatus - floor, vault, beam and uneven bars - gave her the a slight edge at World’s but Beth will start as favourite to win the Uneven Bars after she claimed the bronze medal at World’s, and her newly improved Floor Routine which includes a number of difficult tumbling combinations. Liddick also confirmed that she will present a new look Australian Team at the Games where she expects to introduce several of the brilliant junior competitors, including Hollie Dykes, Alyce Arrowsmith, Chloe Sims and Russian-born Daria Joura. She commented “I am anticipating that 75 per cent of our team will be made up of juniors that no one has seen yet, so they will be untested on the competition floor". She expects the English team to have an edge in experience with the inclusion of Imogen Cairns, who finished 8th on Vault in the World Championships Apparatus Final last month, and former American gymnast Shavahn Church, who finished 20th in the all-around ranks last month. Rhian Pugh should also be fit for selection in what promises to be a strong British challenge for Gold. The men's competition will offer Australian team leader Philippe Rizzo an opportunity for redemption after a nervous performance at World’s. After winning a World Cup gold medal on the high bar leading into the competition, Rizzo was regarded as Australia best medal chance, but he fell in the qualifying round and did not make the final. However, his teammates Damian Istria (high bar) and Prashanth Sellathurai (pommel horse) did reach individual finals and Josh Jefferis equalled the best performance by an Australia man when he finished 19th in the all-around competition. They will form the strongest Australia men's Commonwealth team where the Canadians, who are reigning Commonwealth champions, are set to provide the biggest obstacle. It was also confirmed that the Melbourne Games will also see the return of rhythmic gymnastics competition after it was excluded from the program in Manchester, in 2002. |
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8 December - WCSN BROADCASTS COMPLETE ARTISTIC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON THE NET AROUND THE WORLD! Fantastic news for gym fans around the World as the World Championships Sports Network ( WCSN ) extended their excellent coverage of the World Championships to Gym fans around the World today! The coverage was previously limited to the USA due to broadcasting live footage restrictions but is now available to most countries for just $9.99 for complete coverage of the 4 Day’s World Championships! Expert commentary is provided by gym legend Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner. I purchased coverage earlier this evening and even though I am a huge fan of rival NBC Sports excellent gymnastics’ coverage, I was very impressed with the quality and depth of the event. I was slightly frustrated that it is not possible to skip directly to specific parts of the Championships, but for less than 10 bucks for terrific coverage which you can watch whenever you want to, this is a minor drawback. Don’t miss Nastia and Chellsie create US Gymnastics History including a record 9 medals for the US Team plus the best ever performance at a World Artistic Championships from the GB Team! As an extra bonus, for all you Rhythmic Fans, WCSN are including the entire coverage of the World Rhythmic Championships for a total of $14.95 if you purchase both events! Click here now! |
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7 DECEMBER - SPELTHORNE ELITE ACROBATICS CHRISTMAS DISPLAY THIS WEEKEND! Spelthorne Elite Acrobatics are holding their Annual Christmas Display on Saturday 10 December with 2 performances at 11-30 AM and 4-30pm. Spelthorne have an outstanding record as one of Great Britain’s leading Acrobatics Clubs with an incredible record of over 30 World and European Medalist’s, and we are really looking forward to being there to see amazing choreography and terrific group routines as well as individual work from members of the British Team. Funds raised will be used to help subsidise the travelling costs and training camps in 2006. We saw Spelthorne’s fabulous Display Work at the World Cup Finals in Birmingham last year which was absolutely stunning and really helped to showcase the amazing talent we have in the U.K. We will bring you photos, news and great coverage from the Event and we also hope to feature profiles of leading British Acrobats and Tumblers from all of Britain’s top Acrobatics Clubs here on Gymnastics Online soon! |
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1st December - OCTAVIAN BELU CONSIDERS COACHING IN CHINA OR THE USA! Legendary Gymnastics coach Octavian Belu who led the Romanian women to more than 250 medals in major championships is thinking of moving to China or the USA. Belu began coaching Romania in 1981 after Bela Karolyi defected to the United States, and has led the team to 272 medals - including 104 golds - at Olympic, world, European and other top class competitions. But Belu and his assistant Mariana Bitang asked the Romanian gymnastics federation to cancel their contracts in August after Catalina Ponor and Florica Leonida left their Training Camp to attend a party without permission . They said they had been left without a team to train after Monica Rosu and Alexandra Eremia were sent back to their clubs because he felt that they needed to lose weight. Earlier this week, Belu said he and Bitang no longer had "any option'' to stay in Romania, and would look to take their medal-winning credentials elsewhere. "After nearly 25 years of working here in Romania with the high level, the national team ... I think we will find a way to work in gymnastics somewhere,'' he said. "We can't escape from this obsession to have the gold medals.'' Belu confirmed that he is in talks with the Chinese gymnastics federation about a possible coaching deal ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. "I expect maybe in January to go to China for ... a few weeks to discuss with the officials of the federation about this proposition. I want to know exactly what they want and for how long. Any contract has a lot of things to discuss. It's important to know what the Chinese want to do.'' Belu refused to speculate on how the Chinese women's gymnastics team might fare at Beijing in 2008, but praised China's superb record in big competitions . "It has a big tradition, big facilities. In every competition in the last maybe 20 years, China was between ... the best countries fighting for first place.'' Belu and Bitang had resigned in January amid criticism of their methods and a lawsuit from gymnast Oana Petrovschi, who claimed she was forced to train while injured, allegations which were completely denied. The coaches returned to the team in March, but the team was disbanded in August after top gymnasts Catalina Ponor and Florica Leonida violated their contracts by leaving a training camp to attend a birthday party. |
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1 DECEMBER - TOTAL GYMNAST MAGAZINE FOLDS BEFORE LAUNCH Sad news for gym fans everywhere as Total Gymnast have announced on their Web Site that they will be unable to honour orders after their financial backing was withdrawn. It is a huge shame that the Magazine has folded before it was able to launch successfully as the Web Site contained some excellent articles and features by very knowledgeable contributors and a superb photo gallery. Unfortunately it seems to be another case of the magazine not receiving enough advance orders to make it viable, and sadly highlights the danger of good quality products not being adequately financially supported by the public. I know only too well how time consuming and expensive it is to maintain my own Site as I regularly spend up to 8 hours every day updating the Site as well as driving hundreds of miles to attend competitions etc. I am delighted that we have now had over 120,000 visitors to Gymnastics Online in our first 9 months. However without adequate financial support from visitors including buying products through gym Sites where possible to help meet the huge costs and time involved, there is a danger that some gym Sites and Resources may also face an uncertain future. Please do not let this happen and give us your support! |
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1st November - Czech Mates Win Gold in Slovenia Catalina wins Beam as Mel & Beth qualify for GB Just two days after the Glasgow Grand Prix, the third FIG World Cup event in nine days took place at the 38th Salamunov Memorial in Slovenia featuring many former Olympians and World Champions. With less than a fortnight before the delegations from countries around the World arrive in Melbourne, this was a final opportunity for many of the gymnasts to nail their claim for a spot on the National Team for the World Championships, but three World Cup Tournaments in 9 days meant a different line up to Glasgow and the DTB Event in Stuttgart just one week ago. Great Britain were represented by City of Liverpool’s pair Beth Tweddle fresh from her triple medal performance in Glasgow , and team mate Melanie Roberts plus Rhian Pugh who had also performed superbly with her innovative Bars routine winning admiration from both fans and the media. Sadly World Championship’s hopefuls Imogen Cairns and Shavahn Church did not compete but both girls have already been named as nominative entries by British Gymnastics for the World Championships. Suzanne added to her medals collection in superb fashion winning Gold on Floor with 9.050 with GB’s Melanie Roberts just outside the medal positions as she finished 4th with 8.775, just 0.025 behind Romania’s Florica Leonida who won Bronze. Romanian team mate Marian Dragulescu won men's vault, with Slovenian gymnasts Mitja Petkovsek and Aljaz Pegan winning Gold on parallel bars and high bar with excellent routines. 2005 Salamunov Memorial
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VOTE FOR YOUR ALL TIME FAVOURITE GYMNASTS! It’s neck & neck in our fantastic new feature where YOU can vote for your all time favourite gymnasts! Your favourite female gymnast is currently Svetlana Khorkina with Nadia and Lilia who are tieing for second place just behind! In the Men’s your all time favourites so far are Alexei with Marian in second position! I have selected 10 of the greatest female gymnasts of all time including Olga Korbut, Nadia Comaneci, Lilia Podkapayeva, Svetlana Khorkina, Dominique Moceanu, Mary Lou-Retton, Kim Zmeskal, Shannon Miller, Elena Zamolodchikova or Lavinia Milosovic! Now you can vote for your all time favourites! Who are your favourite male gymnasts? Will it be Alexei Nemov, Paul Hamm, Marian Dragulescu, Li Xiaoshuang, Vitaly Sherbo, Ivan Ivankov, Valeri Liukin, Alexander Tkatchev Andreas Wecker or Alexei Bondarenko? Who will win our top male and female gymnasts of all time votes? It’s your chance to vote every day for YOUR favourites! VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE BRITISH GYMNAST TOO! WILL IT BE BETH, RHIAN, IMOGEN OR SAM? OR PERHAPS SPORTS ACROBATS TUMBLERS, OR RHYTHMIC GYMNASTS? CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE ALL TIME GYMNASTS AND FAVOURITE BRITISH GYMNASTS NOW! |
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