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	*LATEST NEWS FROM GYMNASTICS ONLINE!* - ALL THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE GB CAMP - CLICK HERE NOW! ! - TABLE OF PREVIOUS ALL AROUND WORLD CHAMPIONS --Stunning performances in Women’s Podium Training from the World’s best! - GB Girls in excellent form, but Rhian hurt after fall from Bars. Fears she may have to withdraw from Championships. - Marius Urzica to retire after World Championships! - GB Acro Clubs achieve excellent results at Freedom Cup, report and great photos from Washington here now!

	NOVEMBER GYM HEADLINES FROM GYMNASTICS ONLINE WORLD ARTISTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS - NEWS SPECIAL ON GYMNASTICS ONLINE! CLICK HERE NOW! 18th November - World Championships Special launched on Gymnastics Online! Table of previous AA World Champions. 17th November - Controversy over Chinese Gymnastics grows as Daily Mail publishes photos of young Chinese Gymnasts. Chinese Olympic Committee deny allegations. 16th November - BBC broadcasts disturbing report on Chinese Gym, Olympic legend Matthew Pinsent shocked by Chinese training. F.I.G. to meet Chinese Officials at World Championships and our views. 15th November - Freedom Cup, GB Acrobatics Clubs to compete in 5 nation International Meet including top Acrobats from Australia, Kazakstahn, Puerto Rico plus USA National Champions! 14th November - USA Team named for World Championships, Chellsie, Jana, Nastia & Alicia ready for World’s, USA Profiles here! British Championships Rhythmic Apparatus Finals, Triple Gold joy for Hannah! full report coming soon! 13th November - Photos of our new New British Rhythmic Champions now here! Hannah Chappell wins Senior British Title after winning Junior Title last year! Full results from Overall Championships plus photos are now here! 10th November - TV Coverage of World Championships confirmed! The British Rhythmic Championships take place this weekend and we will be there bringing you all the news, results & photos from the Championships! 9th November - Great Britain announce World Championships Team! Beth, Shavahn, Imogen, Rhian, Louis & Ross set to compete in Melbourne as the count down to World’s begins! 7th November - Full results from British Age Groups Championships 2005 Individual , Overall & Team Finals now online. China announce 10 gymnasts to compete at World Championships. 5th November - LG Electronics sign 7 year Sponsorship deal for British Gymnastics and they become British Gymnastics National Sponsor! LG also now Sponsor of the British Rhythmic Gymnastics Squad. 4th November - FIG RELEASE LIST OF NOMINATIVE ENTRIES FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! The FIG have released details of nominative entries for the World Championships later this month. The list is NOT DEFINATIVE as some names are still to be confirmed, but the nominative entries include Romanian Catalina Ponor, Russia’s Yelena Zamolodchikova & Anna Pavlova. China include Cheng Fei, Fan Ye & Zhang Nan. Great Britain’s nominative entries include Beth Tweddle, Imogen Cairns, Rhian Pugh, Shavanh Church, Ross Brewer & Louis Smith. The FIG list is dated 28 October and more names are still to be confirmed as further Trials take place. 3rd November - The British Men’s Artistic Championships will be broadcast on Sky TV 4 times this weekend plus 2 broadcasts next week! 2nd November - Zhang Nan wins All Around at East Asian Games, Fan Ye collects Silver, as Cheng Fei attempts new vault to be named after her. China win the Men & Women’s Team Events as Japan win Silver medals in both events. 1st November - Six gymnasts to trial for USA for place in World Championships! Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Jana Bieger, Alicia Sacramon, Kassi Price & Annie DiLuzio will take part in a final Selection Camp from 9-13 November. The final USA Team will be named on 14 November. 1st November - Double Gold for Czechoslovakia in Slovenia World Cup, Catalina wins Gold again on Beam as GB’s Mel Roberts collects bronze on Floor! Complete World Cup Medal Table for 2004/05 now here! 1st November - World Championships to be broadcast live on the Web for USA Fans!

		CONTROVERSY OVER CHINESE GYMNASTICS GROWS AS DAILY MAIL PUBLISHES PHOTOS OF YOUNG GYMNASTS The Daily Mail news paper today published disturbing photographs of young children from the Chinese Gym featured in Matthew Pinsent’s article on BBC News which was broadcast last night. I find it very difficult not to question my love of a sport that I have had since first seeing Olga Korbut in the Olympics almost 30 years ago as the haunting images stare at me from the paper. The Mail describes how children are talent spotted by Officials as their desperately poor families are keen to have them sent to board at one of China’s 3,000 “Schools of Sport” where the Government pays for their education and upkeep. According to the Mail, the parent’s then dream of International stardom for their child and huge financial rewards after each Chinese Gold medallist at the 2004 Olympic Games received £15,000 which is equivalent to 23 times an average Beijinger’s annual income. The President of British Gymnastics Brian Stocks commented “ The thought of the Chinese beating children is abhorrent. I can’t believe they would do this as a nation”. The Chinese Olympic Committee today totally rejected any allegations of abuse. The reports in the newspaper and the BBC must also be balanced against the comments from the IOC who stated that last week a group of international journalists had spoken to athletes, including gymnasts, at Beijing's national training centre and had been "very impressed with the people they met and the training they saw". However we feel that after seeing these photos, these allegations must be fully investigated urgently by the IOC and the FIG and anyone found guilty of abuse must be severely punished. BBC BROADCASTS DISTURBING SCENES FROM CHINESE GYM MATTHEW PINSENT DESCRIBES HIS SHOCK AT CHINESE TRAINING METHODS Just three days after the International Olympic Committee’s medical commission published guidelines on the treatment of elite child athletes, the BBC tonight broadcast a disturbing report by Olympic legend Sir Matthew Pinsent on Chinese gymnasts aged between 4 and 8 at a Gymnastics School in Beijing. Children study in the mornings and some groups train for upwards of 3 hours a day in the afternoon. Pinsent said he was shocked by the constant repetitions and lack of praise or encouragement from the Coaches. He described the school as a “ having one goal, to win Olympic Medals, the School is a medals factory”. The four-times gold medallist rower assessed China's preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games for BBC Radio Five Live and described children in pain while training and claimed a boy had been beaten by his coach, said: "It was a pretty disturbing experience." The report showed a boy with marks on his back and Matthew questioned the Deputy Director who said “ I think generally beating children is not a proper way to improve performance but it is unavoidable to some degree since Coaches are under great pressure. It depends on the personality of the coaches so those problems might happen if the children behave badly”. Pinsent also questioned other young boys who described being hit by their coaches. Matthew then questioned an Official from the Beijing Olympic Committee who denied the claims that children are abused. Olympic officials said it would be inappropriate to comment on "third hand" remarks at this stage. "It is important that people do not jump to conclusions on this important issue, but make judgements on clear facts. It would be inappropriate to comment on Matthew Pinsent's remarks which the IOC has only heard third hand and understands are more a personal interpretation," said International Olympic Committee communications director Giselle Davies. Pinsent, a former IOC and current British Olympic Association member, felt children were being pushed beyond acceptable limits in pursuit of excellence. He was disappointed that this appeared to be regarded as necessary. He said "I know it is gymnastics and that sport has to start its athletes young, but I have to say I was really shocked. I was wondering whether the Western approach compared to the Eastern approach is a bit different, but I do think those kids are being abused. When I talked to the vice-principals, they said hitting was against the law, but then there were parents who want you to do it. They said this is what they needed to do to make them hard." The choice of Beijing to host the Games has been condemned in some quarters because of the country's poor human rights record. Davies added that last week a group of international journalists had spoken to athletes, including gymnasts, at Beijing's national training centre and had been "very impressed with the people they met and the training they saw". The International Gymnastics Federation has also promised to raise the issue with China's gymnastics officials during the World Championships in Melbourne later this month. Gymnastics Online’s View - Whilst we understand the need for countries to achieve success at International Level, there can never be any excuse for hitting a child because they have made a mistake or not performed a move correctly. Some years ago it was claimed that a Romanian Coach was jailed for hitting a young girl so hard that she died from her injuries. Sadly there have also been a number of cases in the USA recently where coaches have been convicted of sexual abuse. This must never be allowed to happen anywhere again, and we totally condemn any form of abuse of gymnasts or any child. With the eyes of the World on Beijing as we move closer to the Olympic Games in 2008, any wrongdoing should be exposed and severely punished by the Officials who are responsible for implementing the IOC’s own directives. Gymnastics is a sport which millions enjoy watching and participating in. Let us hope that this is an isolated case which will now be stopped. We must never again return to the dark days of Eastern European and Chinese methods which bring shame to the sport and cause unnecessary suffering to young children whom we must all protect and encourage.

14th November - USA TEAM NAMED FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!

NASTIA, CHELLSIE, ALICIA & JANA SET FOR WORLD’S!

USA Gymnastics have confirmed details of the 4 gymnasts who will compete in Melbourne at the Artistic World Championships which begin on 22 November. The 6 gymnasts selected to trial at a final Selection Camp at Karoyli’s Gym from 9-13 November were Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Jana Bieger, Alicia Sacramon, Kassi Price & Annie DiLuzio. And we can now confirm that Nastia, Chellsie, Jana and Alicia have made the final four and will travel to Melbourne later tomorrow!

Chellsie Memmel who won the All Around Title at the 2005 Pan Am Championships won the Individual All Around Title at the Pan Am Championships last week and will be determined to make up for the disappointment of missing out on selection for the Athens Olympics due to injury.

At the 2005 Visa Championships, Nastia Liukin won the all-around, uneven bars and balance beam titles, as well as finishing second on the floor exercise. Sacramone claimed the vault and floor exercise titles and was third on the balance beam. Memmel was second in the all-around, uneven bars and balance beam, with a third in the floor exercise. Bieger was third in the all-around at the Visa Championships, followed by Sacramone and Price in fourth and fifth, respectively. Bieger was also third in the vault and uneven bars, while DiLuzio was second on vault.

Since the Visa Championships, Memmel, Sacramone, Price and Bieger have had success internationally. At last month’s Pan Am Championships, Memmel and Sacramone split the available gold medals, with Memmel topping in the all-around, uneven bars and balance beam and Sacramone winning on the vault and floor exercise. Bieger claimed the vault silver and the floor exercise bronze at the Pan Am Championships. At the Massilia Cup, Price won the all-around, uneven bars and floor exercise gold medals, as well as the silver medal on vault.

Held at Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park, this year’s World Championships features all-around and individual event competition. Qualification rounds determine advancement to the all-around and apparatus finals. The top 24 compete in the all-around finals on November 24-25th. For individual events, the top eight on each apparatus from the qualification rounds advance to the finals which take place from November 26-27th.

CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILES OF NASTIA LIUKIN, CHELLSIE MEMMEL, ALICIA SACRAMONE & JANA BIEGER!

The U.S. Men’s Team for the World Championships has already been named and consists of Jason Gatson of Mesa, Ariz./Team Chevron; Sean Golden of Houston/Houston Gymnastics Academy/GymMasters; Justin Spring of Burke, Va./University of Illinois; Kevin Tan of Fremont, Calif./Penn State University; Todd Thornton of Pearland, Texas/Team Chevron; and Yewki Tomita of Tucson, Ariz./Team Chevron. David Sender who competes for Stanford University, is the reserve.




	Content removed - Ken Summerfield, 25th August, 2008

15 NOVEMBER - TOP INTERNATIONAL ACROBATS IN FREEDOM CUP

FANTASTIC LINE UP INCLUDES USA CHAMPIONS, KAZAKHSTAN PLUS HARROW, CHERMOND AND OXFORD

Terrific news for Acro fans today as USA Gymnastics have just confirmed that six members of the US Senior National Team plus Junior Olympic national team members to a 3 day International Freedom Cup from November 17-19th at the Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex in Landover, MD.. The meet includes acrobatic gymnasts from Australia, England, Kazakhstan, Puerto Rico and Wales.

The six members of the senior national team are: Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif., and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., mixed pair; Julian Amaro of Pleasanton, Calif., and Tyler Spray of Livermore, Calif., men's pair; and Andre Solodar of San Jose, Calif., and Xiau-Ling Wee of Monte Sereno, Calif., mixed pair. Earlier this year, the mixed pair duo of Brunson and Rodrigues, the reigning national champions, won the Machuga Cup in Krasnodar, Russia, and placed fourth at the World Games in Duisburg, Germany. Solodar and Wee finished behind Brunson and Rodrigues at the 2005 U.S. Championships. Amaro and Spray are the current U.S. men's pair champions.

Among the competitors from Kazakhstan are the men's pairs team of Yevgeniy Drozdov and Rafael Aliyev, who were third at the World Cup event in Puurs, Belgium, and fourth at the World Games in Duisburg, Germany. The event also includes Gaukhar Akhmetova and Alexandra Yenina, who were part of the women's group that earned a bronze medal at the 2005 World Games. A complete roster of international competitors is listed below.

Harrow School of Gymnastics, Chermond, Oxford and a Welsh Team will represent the U.K. at the Freedom Cup in what promises to be a superb competition and a fantastic opportunity for the British Acrobats to gain top class International competition experience as they head towards the British Tournament later this month..

The Freedom Cup will feature competition in women's pairs, men's pairs, mixed pairs, women's group and men's group on both the senior and junior levels. Tickets are available on day of competition at the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex. Ticket prices are: adults, $15 per day or $40 for a three-day pass; and children, $7 per day or $15 for a three-day pass; children under seven are admitted free. The schedule is: Nov. 17, 3-5 p.m., age group competition, and 6-9 p.m., Freedom Cup Opening Ceremony and competition; Nov. 18, 4-6 p.m., age group competition, and 7-9 p.m., junior and senior competition; and Nov. 19, 2-3:30 p.m., age group finals, and 4-6 p.m., junior and senior finals.

International competitors for the Freedom Cup
(listed by country)

Australia (Lynette Ward Acrobatic Gymnastics)

Renee Blake, age group, women's pair
Monique Boswell, junior, women's group
Rachel Cook, age group, women's group
Rebecca Gilmore, junior, women's group
Michelle Hughes, age group, women's group
Melissa McWilliams, junior, women's group
Korynn Morrison, age group, women's group
Lauren Paull, age group, women's group
Emily Sullivan, age group, women's group
Keryn Swadling, age group, women's pair
Jade Waterfield, age group, women's group

England

Chermond School of Gymnastics and Dance

Stacey Aldous, age group, women's pair
Sophie Aldous, age group, women's pair
Tara Betts, age group, women's pair
Kylie Hart, age group, women's pair
Lucy Ladbrooke, age group, women's pair
Laura Ladbrooke, age group, women's pair

Harrow School of Gymnastics

Grace Blacklock, senior, women's group
Jessica Dangerfield, junior, women's group
Joanna Fisher, junior, women's pair
Erin Jameson, senior, women's group
Hannah Kennedy, junior, women's pair
Kelly Mannion, junior, women's pair
Ciara McGrath, junior, women's group
Laura Noone, age group, women's pair
Deborah Owen, junior, women's pair
Rachael Prest, age group, women's pair
Katherine Smith, junior, women's group
Poppy Spalding, age group, women's pair
Ellya Thomas, age group, women's pair

Claire-Louise Thompson, senior, women's group

NB - Full USA Team will be added!


	Harrow School of Gymnastics who are competing in the Freedom Cup this week in the USA! Photos copyright of Ken Summerfield

Oxford School of Gymnastics

Catherine Aitchison, age group, women's group
Rosie Burr, age group, women's group
Elizabeth Gant, age group, women's group
Rosie Green, age group, women's group
Charmaine Le-Saux, age group, women's group
Ellie Newitt, age group, women's group
Kristie Nurse, age group, women's group
Joanne White, age group, women's group
Laura Woodley, age group, women's group

Kazakhstan

Gaukhar Akhmetova, senior, women's group
Rafael Aliyev, senior, men's pair
Yevgeniy Drozdov, senior, men's pair
Roman Kenzhayev, senior, men's group
Konstantin Kostin, senior, men's group
Olga Lunyova, senior, women's group
Alexei Puzyryov, senior, men's group
Nurat Smagulov, senior, men's group
Alexandra Yenina, senior, women's group

Puerto Rico (Acro Aerial Gymnastics Club)

Migsabet Camara, age group, women's pair
Grisel Carmenaty, age group, women's group
Emmanuel Davila, senior, men's group
Janna Galindez, age group, women's group
Ishyra Garcia, age group, women's pair
Sherimar Garcia, age group, women's group
Joshua Gerena, senior, men's group
Veronica Montano, age group, women's group
Maricel Negron, age group, women's group
Deborah Quiñones, age group, women's group
Ivan Santos, senior, men's group
Ivan Torres, senior, men's group

Wales

Sue Bayley, senior, women's group
Dominic Hodge, junior, mixed pair
Leanne Keryakoplis, senior, women's group
Ashleigh Lavender, senior, women's group
Charlotte Thomas, junior, mixed pair

12th November - BRITISH RHYTHMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW BRITISH RHYTHMIC CHAMPIONS 2005

CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL RESULTS FROM THE OVERALL COMPETITION. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS AND HERE FOR FULL APPARATUS RESULTS!

BRITISH RHYTHMIC OVERALL CHAMPIONS 2005

Rosie Cossar, Hannah Chappell, Rachel Maguire and Rachel Smith.

Photos copyright of Ken Summerfield Gymnastics Online

7th November - Great Britain Name Six Gymnasts for World Championships as the Count Down Begins!

British Gymnastics have announced the 6 gymnasts who will represent Great Britain at the World Championships in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne from 21st until 28th November.

Over 300 gymnasts representing 54 counties are set to compete including seven of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games gold medallists, the first post - Olympic World Championships will be a thrilling event with new names set to prove their talent on the World stage in font of a global TV audience of millions of gymnastics fans who can’t wait for the Championships to begin! .

The Team is led by Beth Tweddle from Liverpool, the 2003 World Bronze medallist on A. Bars in Anaheim (USA), who had added a number of victories and medals in the most prestigious international competitions ever since. In Melbourne she will be a strong challenger not only on her favourite A. Bars, but also in the All-around and Floor.

Imogen Cairns from The Academy Gym Club has a good chance to make the Finals on Floor and Vault in her first year as Senior Level. Imogen won the English Championships All Around Title last month, plus Bronze medals on these two apparatus at the Glasgow World Cup Grand Prix.

The newcomer in the National Team, the British-American Shavahn Church, from Tarzana, California, is a very athletic and competitive gymnast and could surprise the world elite, particularly on Vault and A. Bars.Shavahn is set to make her debut for GB at the World Championships after recovering from a slight foot injury.

The 2004 Junior European Champion on A. Bars, Rhian Pugh from Bristol Hawks Gym Club was 5th in Glasgow, and Rhian will make her Senior début in Melbourne and has a great chance of reaching the Final if she can hit top form & demonstrate her unique bars routine to the World! .

In the Men’s Events, triple British Champion Ross Brewer (26), from Sutton School of Gymnastics, is the only Brit to compete in the All-around of the Men’s event. It would be a wonderful to see Ross make the Event Finals as a fitting tribute to a great role model for younger gymnasts and an ambassador for our Sport.

While ten years younger Louis Smith, aged 16 from Huntingdon Gym Club, will defend his reputation as an up-and-coming threat to the world’s leading gymnast’s on Pommels. He is the 2004 Junior European Champion and was Bronze medallist in Glasgow with an outstanding performance..

The Head of the British Delegation in Melbourne, Brian Stocks, President of British Gymnastics said: “British Gymnastics have marked an incredible progress over the last few years and we hope that our competitors will prove this in Melbourne. Winning the bids to host the 2009 World Championships and the 2012 Games in London has given a huge boost to our morales and ambitions, and Melbourne will be the stage for the new Olympic cycle to make them known to the rest of the world”.

GB Delegation in Melbourne

Gymnasts:
Ross Brewer MAG Gymnast
Louis Smith MAG Gymnast
Elizabeth Tweddle WAG Gymnast
Shavahn Church WAG Gymnast
Imogen Cairns WAG Gymnast
Rhian Pugh AG Gymnast

Coaches:
Paul Hall MAG Coach
Andrei Popov Observer

Amanda Kirby WAG Coach
Don Peters WAG Coach
Helen Potter WAG Coach
Liz Kincaid WAG Coach
Feng Yu WAG Personal Coach

Individual Best Achievements for GB at World Championships to date:

Men
Neil Thomas MBE - World Silver medallist on Floor in 1993 & 1994
Women
All-around: Holly Murdock - 14th place at the World Championships in Ghent (BEL), 2001
Apparatus: Beth Tweddle- Bronze medal on A. Bars at the World Championships in Anaheim (USA) 2003

GB Participants in the previous World Championships in Anaheim (USA) 2003

Beth Tweddle
Ross Brewer

CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE BRITISH TEAM!


	Content removed - Ken Summerfield 25th August, 2008


		U.K. AND AUSTRALIAN T.V. DETAILS FOR ARTISTIC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CONFIRMED! And UK and European fans are set for great coverage as major TV Networks confirmed details of the World Championships. Details are as follows:- USA Fans see news story at the bottom of this page to find out how you can watch the World Championships live on the Web! BBC TV Thursday, 24th Nov. - Men’s All-around BBC-2 1300-1400 + 1 hour loop on CBBC TV from 1500 Friday, 25th Nov. - Women’s All-around BBC-2 1330-1430 + 1 hour loop on CBBC from 1500 + slot in Blue Peter Saturday, 26th Nov. - Apparatus Finals (M & W) 1 hour loop on Children’s Interactive TV from around 0900 (of Apparatus finals) BBC-1 Grandstand 1325-1405 highlights of the competition on Thurs. 24/11 and Friday 25/11 (All-around) Sunday, 27th Nov. - Apparatus Finals (M & W) 1 hour loop on CBBC from approximately 0900 (of Apparatus finals) BBC-2 Sunday Grandstand 1335-1500 highlights of all Apparatus finals Eurosport Thursday 24/11/05 : 9.00 - 11.30 am (live) Friday 25/11/05 : 10.45 - 12.30 am Saturday 26/11/05 : 6.00 - 7.30 pm Sunday 27/11/05 : 4.15 - 6.15 pm Channel 7 (AUSTRALIA ) Thursday 24/11/05 : 8.30 - 10.30 pm (local time) Friday 25/11/05 8.30 - 10.30 pm (local time) Saturday 26/11/05 : 8.30 - 10.30 pm (local time) Sunday 27/11/05 : 8.30 -10.30 pm (local time)

7th November - CHINA ANNOUNCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM! China have announced a 10-member squad for the 2005 World Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia. Olynpian’s Fan Ye and Cheng Fei will join Zhang Nan in a highly experienced Team and All Around standout Zhang Yufei completes a very strong Chinese team. The men's team sprang some surprises when it was announced that Feng Jing who was the World Champion in 2001 and won the All Around at last week’s East Asian Games and Lu Bo who won the Chinese National Games last month, have both been left out of the Team. The 6 man team includes only two Olympians Li Xiaopeng and Xiao Qin. Liang Fuliang will compete in his second world championships, and Chen Yibing, Yan Mingyong and Zhang Hongtao are making their world’s debuts. Chinese officials stated they are using the competition to test their less experienced gymnasts. Gao Jian, head of the Chinese Gymnastics Association told a packed press conference "Each team has gone through adaptation and reorganization after the Olympic Games and is more or less out of form. So the real competition will kick off next year, when the new rules are formally implemented."

	5-February 2006 – DAVID DURANTE WINS AA TITLE AT USA WINTER CUP CHALLENGE AS USA NATIONAL TEAM NAMED! USA SENIOR MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM NAMED AFTER WINTER CUP! USA Gymnastics have announced the names of 12 members of the USA Men’s Senior Team based on results from the US Winter Cup Challenge! The Men's Senior National Team consists of 14 members based on results from the Winter Cup Challenge. The team members listed below were selected based on the following: 1. Top six athlete from the all around competition 2. Six athletes selected based on a points system 3. Two athletes to be selected by the Men's Program Committee Men's National Team Members: Guillermo Alvarez Alexander Artemev David Durante Sean Golden Jonathan Horton Brett McClure Tim McNeill David Sender Michael Reavis Kevin Tan Yewki Tomita Jimmy Whickham Amongst the gymnasts who now face an anxious wait to see if they have retained Men’s National Squad Status are Olympic Silver Medallist Jason Gatson from Tean Chevron, who placed 3rd on P Bars, 7th on Rings and 13th on Floor but was unable to take part in the High Bar final, and finishing 35th in the AA. Other surprise omissions included Raj Bhavsar from Ohio State University who was the Team Alternate for the 2004 Olympic Team, D.J Bucher who won Gold on P - Bars at the 2005 Visa Championships, and Justin Spring who also won Gold at the Visa Championships on the High Bar and is ranked number 3 in the USA on P Bars and number 4 on High Bar. Jason also won the NCAA P Bars Title scoring 9.737, and also achieved a career high near perfect score of 9.90 on High Bar in the NCAA Team Championships. New members of the Team are Tim McNeill from UC Berkeley who placed 3rd in the Pommels Apparatus Final, and Jimmy Wickham from Ohio State who won Gold in the Vault Final with a combined score of 32.45.

The 12 current members of the men's senior national team who are seeking to retain National Squad places are:-

· Guillermo Alvarez of Team Chevron, the floor exercise champion at the 2005 Visa Championships;
· Alexander Artemev also of Team Chevron, who is competing for the first time since shoulder surgery last summer;
· Raj Bhavsar of Ohio State University, the alternate for the 2004 U.S. Men's Olympic Gymnastics Team;
· D.J. Bucher of Mason from Ohio State University, the parallel bars gold medalist at the 2005 Visa Championships;
· David Durante from Team Chevron, the defending Winter Cup champion and the all-around bronze medalist at the 2005 Visa Championships;
· 2004 Olympic silver-medalist Jason Gatson of Team Chevron;
· Sean Golden of Team Chevron, the rings and vault champion at the 2005 Visa Championships;
· Jonathan Horton from the University of Oklahoma, who competed on the two teams that won gold medals at the 2005 Pan American Championships and the NCAA Championships.
· 2004 Olympic silver-medalist Brett McClure of Team Chevron;
· David Sender from Stanford University, who was second in the all-around, floor exercise and vault at the 2005 Visa Championships;
· Justin Spring of University of Illinois, the horizontal bar Champion at the 2005 Visa Championships;
· Yewki Tomita also from Team Chevron, who won the Pommel Horse Title at the 2005 Visa Championships.


	Raj Bhavsar and Jason Gatson both USA Team Members who await news on whether they have been selected for the USA Men’s National Team for 2006. Photos are copyright of Steve Lange / USA Gymnastics and must not be copied or reproduced without permission.

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