2008 July 5 ♣ 2008 Russian Cup - All-Around Finals Women
1 AFANASEVA Ksenia (Khimki-Tula) 60.850
2 SEMENOVA Ksenia (Khimki-Tula) 59.925
3 KRAMARENKO Ekaterina (Sankt-Peterburg) 59.875
4 PAVLOVA Anna (Orechovo-Tzuevo-Khimki)59.600
5 LOZHECKO Yulia (Bryansk) 58.275
6 GORYUNOVA Kristina (Velikij Novgorod) 57.550
...
10 GREBENKOVA Liudmila (Khimki) 56.025
12 ZAMOLODCHIKOVA Elena (Moscow) 55.700
2008 July 4 ♣ 2008 Russian Cup - All-Around Finals Men
1 DEVIATOVSKI Maxim (Leninsk-Kuzneckij) 90.950
2 KHOROKHORDIN Sergei (Barnaul-Khimki) 90.750
3 RYAZANOV Yury (Vladimir) 90.725
4 GOGOTOV Dimitri (Moscow) 89.000
5 BARKALOV Dimitri (Vladimir) 88.125
6 LOBACHOV Anton (Ekaterinburg) 88.100
2008 July 3 ♣ 2008 Russian Cup - Qualification Women
1 AFANASEVA Ksenia (Khimki - Tula) 60.800
2 SEMENOVA Ksenia (Khimki - Tula) 60.750
3 KLYUKINA Svetlana (Severodvinsk) 60.275
4 PAVLOVA Anna (Orechovo-Tzuevo - Khimki) 59.975
5 KRAMARENKO Ekaterina (Sankt-Peterburg) 59.125
6 PRAVDINA Kristina (Voronezh) 57.925
2008 July 2 ♣ 2008 Russian Cup - Qualification Men
1 KHOROKHORDIN Sergei 90.300
2 RYAZANOV Yury 89.350
3 GOGOTOV Dimitri 89.200
4 BARKALOV Dimitri 88.700
5 DEVIATOVSKI Maxim 88.250
6 OLENNIKOV Vladimir 88.250
Dasha Joura, Olivia Vivian, Lauren Mitchell in Beijing gymnastics team
Sunday Times.au - Perth, WA, Australia - Mon June 30, 2008
Australian coach Peggy Liddick named six Olympic first-timers in the team after the final selection trials at the AIS in Canberra
at the weekend. Joura, Vivian, both 18, and Mitchell, 16, will be joined in Beijing by Victorian trio Shona Morgan, Ashleigh
Brennan, both 17, and 18-year-old Georgia Bonora.
Tweddle leads medal hopes
Sportinglife.com - UK - Sun June 29, 2008
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Beth Tweddle will lead Great Britain's medal hopes after being named in a six-strong women's
artistic gymnastics team for the Beijing Olympics. Hannah Whelan and Marissa King will travel to the Far East for their first
Olympics and will also be joined by Becky Downie, Laura Jones and Rebecca Wing.
Olympics-Gymnastics-Izbasa and Nistor head Romania team
Thomson Reuters - Thu June 26, 2008
European champions Sandra Izbasa and Steliana Nistor will head Romania women's team at the Beijing Olympics in August, coach
Nicolae Forminte said on Thursday. Anamaria Tamarjan, Gabriela Dragoi, Andreea Acatrinei and Gabriela Grigore were also appointed
in the team, while Daniela Druncea was picked as a substitute, he said.
Johnson, Liukin nominated to 2008 U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team
USA-Gymnastics.org - USA - Sun June 22, 2008
Shawn Johnson of West Des Moines, Iowa, and Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, automatically qualified for nomination to the 2008
U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team following the conclusion of the women’s competition at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials –
Gymnastics at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Ten women were also selected to attend a final selection camp on July
16-20, where the balance of the squad will be nominated to the U.S. Olympic Team pending approval from the U.S. Olympic Committee.
2008 June 22 ♣ U.S. Olympic Men’s Gymnastics Team
Joe Hagerty, Rio Ranchero, N.M./Team Chevron
Morgan Hamm, Waukesha, Wis./Team Chevron
Paul Hamm, Waukesha, Wis./Team Chevron
Jonathan Horton, Houston/Team Chevron
Justin Spring, Burke, Va./Team Chevron
Kevin Tan, Fremont, Calif./Team Chevron
The three replacement athletes are:
Alexander Artemev, Lakewood, Colo./Team Chevron
Raj Bhavsar, Houston/Team Chevron
David Durante, Garwood, N.J./Team Chevron
2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Men’s All-Around - Day 1
2008 June 19
| Men Day 1 |
FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB | Total |
| 1 | Jonathan Horton
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
| 15.500
15.300
15.000 | 13.400
14.050
13.750 | 15.800
16.050
15.800 | 16.050
16.000
15.600 | 14.750
15.550
15.200 | 13.950
14.050
15.200 | 89.450
91.000
90.550
63.255 |
| 2 | Joseph Hagerty
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
| 15.200
15.400
15.400 | 13.900
14.300
14.300 | 14.150
14.200
14.000 | 15.750
16.000
15.700 | 15.450
14.950
15.400 | 15.300
15.700
15.550 | 89.750
90.550
90.350
63.165 |
| 3 | Alexander Artemev
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
| 14.250
14.200
14.550 | 14.200
14.950
15.650 | 14.450
14.350
14.550 | 15.850
16.100
15.950 | 15.050
15.600
15.350 | 14.800
14.350
14.600 | 88.600
89.550
90.650
62.825 |
| 4 | Raj Bhavsar
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
| 14.650
14.200
14.900 | 14.400
13.400
14.400 | 15.650
15.450
15.600 | 16.200
15.900
16.000 | 14.750
15.500
15.600 | 14.050
14.100
14.000 | 89.700
88.550
90.500
62.800 |
| 5 | David Durante
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
| 14.200
14.800
14.750 | 13.550
14.000
13.800 | 15.100
15.500
15.400 | 15.350
15.650
15.600 | 15.500
15.100
15.500 | 15.100
15.100
13.750 | 88.800
90.150
88.800
62.430 |
| 6 | Guillermo Alvarez
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
| 15.050
15.000
14.950 | 14.400
14.850
14.500 | 14.850
14.750
14.650 | 15.500
15.500
15.650 | 14.750
14.900
14.650 | 14.250
14.150
13.950 | 88.800
89.150
88.350
62.095 |
| 7 | Tim McNeill
Berkeley
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
| 14.600
14.700
14.050 | 14.500
15.400
14.050 | 14.450
14.800
14.950 | 15.400
15.450
15.400 | 13.600
15.400
15.250 | 13.300
14.000
| 85.850
89.750
73.700
57.230 |
| 8 | Justin Spring
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
|
15.200 |
| 14.800
14.750
14.700 | 15.750
16.200
16.050 | 15.350
15.550
15.700 | 14.900
13.800
15.400 | 60.800
60.300
77.050
47.335 |
| 9 | Morgan Hamm
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
| 15.750
15.600
14.750 | 14.250
14.150
14.900 |
| 16.400
15.700
16.000 |
| 14.650
15.450
15.200 | 61.050
60.900
60.850
42.645 |
| 10 | Kevin Tan
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
|
| 14.550
14.400
13.900 | 16.650
16.700
16.550 |
| 15.000
15.550
15.150 | 12.550
14.750
15.050 | 58.750
61.400
60.650
42.225 |
| 11 | Yewki Tomita
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
|
12.700 | 14.800
15.350
13.950 |
|
0.000 | 14.950
13.550
14.400 | 14.000
12.850
14.850 | 43.750
41.750
55.900
33.870 |
| 12 | Sean Golden
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
| 14.650
15.150
15.000 |
| 15.400
15.700
15.550 | 16.100
16.250
16.200 |
|
| 46.150
47.100
46.750
32.675 |
| 13 | Sean Townsend
Team Chevron
| #1:
#2:
#3:
Total:
|
14.950 |
13.450 |
14.400 |
15.950 |
15.200 |
14.100 | 0.000
0.000
88.050
26.415 |
|
#1 = (20%) 2008 Men's Visa Championships - Day 1
#2 = (20%) 2008 Men's Visa Championships - Day 2
#3 = (30%) 2008 Olympic Team Trials - Day 1
|
Gymnastics Champion Will Miss at Least First Day of U.S. Trials
New York Times - USA - Thu June 19, 2008
As it turns out, David Sender, the all-around champion at the men’s gymnastics nationals last month, will not compete Thursday in the first
day of Olympic trials. Sender sprained his right ankle Wednesday afternoon while warming up on the high bar at the Wachovia Center. He may
still compete in the final day of trials on Saturday.
Johnson returns to gym
ESPN - USA - Sun June 15, 2008
About 100 volunteers spent 17 hours at Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute on Saturday, cleaning out the gym and building a new
gymnastics floor so Johnson can train there. The floor isn't an Olympic regulation floor, but with the Olympic trials only a few
days away, Johnson's coach, Liang Chow, is trying to disrupt her routine as little as possible. Johnson trained Friday and Saturday
at Iowa State, about 30 miles north of her hometown.
Britain's young Olymmpic hopefuls
Times Online - UK - Sun June 15, 2008
Beth Tweddle, Gymnast. “Without question, she is the best British gymnast ever,” says Vera Atkinson, head of media for British Gymnastics.
Iowa Flooding Hits Shawn Johnson’s Gym
New York Times - New York, NY, USA - Sat June 14, 2008
So instead of trying to keep the adrenaline at bay with Olympic trials about one week away, Johnson and her coach, Liang Chow, had new
things to worry about. Liang’s gym, Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, is filled with about one foot of water,
with so much water in the parking lot from the adjacent Raccoon River that fish are swimming where cars used to be.
U. gymnast qualifies for German Olympic team
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT, USA - Tue June 10, 2008
After finishing fourth in the all-around at her country's national gymnastics championships on Saturday in Chemnitz, Germany,
University of Utah gymnast Daria Bijak was informed Tuesday morning that she has made the German Olympic team for the Beijing
Games in August.
Oxana’s battle to save her son’s life
Reuters India - Mumbai, India - Mon June 9, 2008
The fact that the 32-year-old — who began her career for the Soviet Union before its demise and then for her native Uzbekistan
before moving to Germany — is twice the age of some of her rivals in a sport long the domain of teenagers is another feat on
its own.
33rd Memorial Joaquim Blume 2008 Barcelona (ESP) Finales Day 2
GymnasticsResults.com - USA - Mon June 9, 2008
2008 June 7 - 33rd Memorial Joaquim Blume 2008 Barcelona (ESP)
| Men’s Floor Exercise Finals | Score | Gap |
|---|
| 1 | Kosmidis Eleftherios | GRE | 15.450 | |
| 2 | Devyatovskiy Maxim | RUS | 15.400 | -0.050 |
| 3 | Martinez Rafael | ESP | 15.275 | -0.175 |
| 4 | Thomas Kristian Gran | GBR | 15.150 | -0.300 |
| 5 | Markovic Tomislav | CRO | 15.000 | -0.450 |
| 6 | Bouallegue Wadji | TUN | 14.800 | -0.650 |
| 7 | Markousis Dimitros | GRE | 14.675 | -0.775 |
| 8 | Piasecky Samuel | SVK | 14.200 | -1.250 |
| Men’s Pommel Horse Finals | Score | Gap |
|---|
| 1 | Zhang Hongtao | CHN | 16.250 | |
| 2 | Berki Krisztian | HUN | 15.675 | -0.575 |
| 3 | Truyens Donna Donny | BEL | 15.500 | -0.750 |
| 4 | Smith Louis Gran | GBR | 15.325 | -0.925 |
| 5 | Sligman Robert | CRO | 14.750 | -1.500 |
| 6 | Bertoncelj Saso | SLO | 14.625 | -1.625 |
| 7 | Trefilovs Dimitri | LAT | 13.750 | -2.500 |
| 8 | Palgen Sascha | LUX | 11.950 | -4.300 |
| Men’s Rings Finals | Score | Gap |
|---|
| 1 | Yan Mingyong | CHN | 16.500 | |
| 2 | Pluzhnikov Konstantin | RUS | 16.000 | -0.500 |
| 3 | Tampakos Dimosthenis | GRE | 15.700 | -0.800 |
| 4 | Molinari Federico | ARG | 15.500 | -1.000 |
| 5 | Van Damme Koen | BEL | 15.050 | -1.450 |
| 6 | Ramos Tommy Puerto | PUR | 15.025 | -1.475 |
| 7 | Torkeel Olli | FIN | 14.875 | -1.625 |
| 8 | Nigmdzyanovz Ruslan | RUS | 14.700 | -1.800 |
| Women's Vault Finals | Score | Gap |
|---|
| 1 | Garcia Ericka | MEX | 13.825 | |
| 2 | Pulgarin Melodie | ESP | 13.688 | -0.137 |
| 3 | Tarabini Ayellen | ARG | 13.613 | -0.212 |
| 4 | García Elsa | MEX | 13.438 | -0.387 |
| 5 | López Jessica | VEN | 13.338 | -0.487 |
| 6 | Sanabria Sidney | PUR | 13.163 | -0.662 |
| 7T | Lima Zoë | POR | 13.113 | -0.712 |
| 7T | Florencia | ARG | 13.113 | -0.712 |
| Women's Uneven Bars Finals | Score | Gap |
|---|
| 1 | Cantú Marisela | MEX | 14.100 | |
| 2 | Alcaide Mercedes | ESP | 13.775 | -0.325 |
| 3 | García Elsa | MEX | 13.750 | -0.350 |
| 4T | Bismpikou Stefani | GRE | 13.450 | -0.650 |
| 4T | Gaelle | BEL | 13.450 | -0.650 |
| 6 | López Jessica | VEN | 13.350 | -0.750 |
| 7 | Campos Laura | ESP | 12.850 | -1.250 |
| 8 | Nussbacher Kathrin | AUT | 12.225 | -1.875 |
2008 June 7 - Women's U.S. Visa Championships
| Day 1 + 2 |
VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Shawn Johnson
Chows | 16.000
16.000 | 15.400
15.550 | 16.000
16.300 | 16.050
16.200 | 63.450
64.050
127.500 |
| 2 | Nastia Liukin
WOGA | 14.900
14.900 | 17.050
17.100 | 16.100
16.350 | 14.250
15.850 | 62.300
64.200
126.500 |
| 3 | Chellsie Memmel
M-n-M | 13.900
14.750 | 16.000
16.300 | 16.050
15.450 | 15.100
15.600 | 61.050
62.100
123.150 |
| 4 | Samantha Peszek
DeVeaus | 15.000
14.950 | 15.150
15.550 | 15.400
16.000 | 15.200
14.750 | 60.750
61.250
122.000 |
| 5 | Ivana Hong
GAGE | 14.500
14.850 | 14.950
15.100 | 15.250
15.800 | 15.150
15.150 | 59.850
60.900
120.750 |
| 6 | Jana Bieger
Biegers | 14.500
14.350 | 15.450
15.550 | 14.950
15.000 | 15.050
15.250 | 59.950
60.150
120.100 |
| 7 | Mattie Larson
All Olympia | 14.900
14.550 | 14.200
15.250 | 14.100
14.800 | 15.450
15.600 | 58.650
60.200
118.850 |
| 8 | Corrie Lothrop
Hills | 14.700
14.800 | 14.000
15.100 | 14.600
14.800 | 14.650
15.000 | 57.950
59.700
117.650 |
| 9 | Randy Stageberg
Excalibur | 14.700
14.800 | 13.250
13.800 | 14.500
14.900 | 14.600
15.450 | 57.050
58.950
116.000 |
| 10 | Mackenzie Caquatto
Aerials | 14.800
14.400 | 14.400
14.550 | 14.800
13.400 | 14.100
14.400 | 58.100
56.750
114.850 |
To reach Beijing, gymnasts must hold up under Martha Karolyi's gaze
Dallas Morning News, TX - USA - Sat June 7, 2008
The two-day national championships resume with the final round today at Boston University, with Shawn Johnson solidly ahead of
second-place Nastia Liukin, of Parker, in the all-around. Today's scores will be added to Thursday's to determine the winner.
U.S. gymnastics title not Shawn Johnson’s primary concern
Boston Herald, MA - USA - Sat June 7, 2008
"I definitely want to keep the (U.S.) title, and I think everybody wants to have (it) . . . but it’s not the most important
thing for me to have right now," Johnson said after Thursday’s preliminary round. "This is definitely just a test run
and a test drive. I’m certainly out there to make an impression on the (selection) committee and build confidence in myself going
into the trials and into Beijing."
Wong, Hopfner-Hibbs win gymnastics titles
CBC.ca - Canada - Fri June 6, 2008
Adam Wong won the men's all around title at the Canadian gymnastics championships in Calgary on Thursday. On the women’s side,
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs of Toronto clinched first place with 57.900 points. She won on the vault, beam and uneven bars, while
Kristina Vaculik of Whitby, Ont., placed first in the floor exercise.
Olympians | Where are they now?
Miami Herald - USA - Sun June 1, 2008
Kerri Strug is still tiny, 4-10 and size 2 business suits, and capitalizing on one of the more courageous moments in recent Olympic
history. The image of legendary coach Bela Karolyi carrying Strug in his arms after her vault was indelibly etched in the minds
of everyone who saw it.
Canadian gymnast Shewfelt racing to recover from broken legs
The Star Online - Malaysia - Sun June 1, 2008
If Kyle Shewfelt thought winning Canada's first artistic gymnastics gold in 2004 was tough, he now faces an even greater
challenge - to recover from two broken legs in time for the Beijing Games.
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|
World Stars World Cup - Apparatus Finals. Moscow (RUS) 2008 May 30
| Men’s Floor Finals |
|---|
| 1 | GOLOTSUTSKOV Anton | RUS | 15.650 |
| 2 | HYPOLITO Diego | BRA | 15.625 |
| 3 | WAMMES Jeffrey | NED | 15.050 |
| 7 | PIASECKY Samuel | SVK | |
| Pommel Horse Finals |
|---|
| 1 | KEATINGS Daniel | GBR | 15.975 |
| 2 | SMITH Louis | GBR | 15.850 |
| 3 | BERKI Krisztian | HUN | 15.725 |
| Rings Finals |
|---|
| 1 | PLUZHNIKOV Konstantin | RUS | 16.325 |
| 2T | VOROBYOV Olexander | UKR | 16.275 |
| 2T | RODRIGUES Danny | FRA | 16.275 |
| Men’s Vault Finals |
|---|
| 1 | GOLOTSUTSKOV Anton | RUS | 16,362 |
| 2 | WIGNANITZ Raphaël | FRA | 16,300 |
| 3 | VASILIEV Anatoli | RUS | 16,150 |
| Parallel Bars Finals |
|---|
| 1 | CUCHERAT Yann | FRA | 16.225 |
| 2 | PETKOVSEK Mitja | SLO | 15.750 |
| 3 | RYAZANOV Yury | RUS | 15.650 |
| 4 | PIASECKY Samuel | SVK | |
| Horizontal Bar Finals |
|---|
| 1 | VASILIEV Anatoli | RUS | 15.700 |
| 2 | ZONDERLAND Epke | NED | 15.250 |
| 3 | SABOT Hamilton | FRA | 15.200 |
|
| Women’s Vault Finals |
|---|
| 1T | PAVLOVA Anna | RUS | 14.750 |
| 1T | BARBOSA Jade | BRA | 14.750 |
| 3 | KAESLIN Ariella | SUI | 14.587 |
| Uneven Bars Finals |
|---|
| 1 | SEMENOVA Ksenia | RUS | 16.075 |
| 2 | PANG Panpan | CHN | 15.400 |
| 3 | ZGOBA Dariya | UKR | 15.325 |
| Balance Beam Finals |
|---|
| 1 | LINLIN Deng | CHN | 15.825 |
| 2 | LIU | CHN | 15.400 |
| 3 | PAVLOVA Anna | RUS | 15.350 |
| Women's Floor Exercise Finals |
|---|
| 1 | LINLIN Deng | CHN | 14.800 |
| 2 | AFANASEVA Ksenia | RUS | 14.775 |
| 3 | JOURA Daria | AUS | 14.300 |
|
A star on vault, Sacramone discusses life outside gym
USA Today - USA - Wed May 28, 2008
At 20, Alicia Sacramone is already an accomplished veteran on the U.S. women's national gymnastics team. Last year she helped the
USA win team gold at the world championships. Individually, she took silver on floor and bronze on vault at worlds.
Miles Avery voted 2008 USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year
BigTenNetwork.com - USA - Wed May 28, 2008
Miles Avery, Ohio State men's gymnastics head coach and personal coach for Paul and Morgan Hamm and Blaine Wilson, was awarded
the 2008 USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year honor after a vote by his peers at the 2008 VISA Championships last weekend in Houston.
Paul Hamm successfully underwent hand surgery
USA Gymnastics - USA - Tue May 27, 2008
Paul Hamm successfully underwent hand surgery earlier today. Hamm broke the fourth metacarpal of his right hand on May 22 during
his parallel bars routine at the 2008 Visa Championships in Houston, Texas.
Paul Hamm fractured the fourth metacarpal on his right hand
USA Gymnastics - USA - Fri May 23, 2008
Based on X-rays taken this morning at Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine, Paul Hamm fractured the fourth metacarpal on his right hand.
The injury occurred on the parallel bars during the first night of men’s competition at the 2008 Visa Championships in Houston.
Hamm has withdrawn from the Visa Championships. He will have the opportunity to petition to the Men’s Program Committee for the
U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics.
Paul Hamm leads men’s all-around at 2008 Visa Championships
USA Gymnastics - USA - Thu May 22, 2008
2004 Olympic all-around champion Paul Hamm of Waukesha, Wis., leads the men’s all-around competition at the 2008 Visa Championships
at Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas, after the first of two days of competition. The final round is Saturday, May 24, at 6 p.m. CT.
Scores from both days of competition are combined to determine the final all-around and individual event rankings. All athletes
who competed today advanced to Saturday’s final day of competition. Gymnasts will advance to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials –
Gymnastics based on performances at the 2008 Visa Championships.
Olympic selection trials and 2008 australian championships
Gymnastics Australia - AUS - Tue May 20, 2008
The 2008 edition of the Championships will be held from May 22-25 at Vodafone Arena. This years championships will include the
Olympic Selection trial for Women's Artistic and a special National Apparatus Challenge on Sunday 25th May.
Chinese athletes contribute to earthquake relief efforts
ChinaDaily.com - Xinhua, CHN - Fri May 16, 2008
Chinese national teams responded quickly. The table tennis team offered 980,000 yuan (140,000 U.S. dollars) and the gymnastics squad
gathered one million yuan (US142,800).
Beigin 2008 - Men Start Order Qualification C-I
| MEN | Subdivision |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|
| FX | ITA | CHN | BLR |
| PH | ESP | MG 4 | MG 5 |
| SR | USA | CAN | KOR |
| VT | MG 2 | RUS | GER |
| PB | MG 6 | JPN | MG 1 |
| HB | MG 3 | FRA | ROU |
|
| M | Mixed Groups |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|
| 1 | LUX | ISR | POL | HUN | SLO | EGY |
| 2 | BUL | GBR | SUI | CRO | UKR | GRE |
| 3 | VEN | GBR | SUI | CZE | UKR | GEO |
| 4 | PUR | UZB | NED | BRA | BEL | YEM |
| 5 | AUS | COL | | | | |
|
Beigin 2008 - Women Start Order Qualification C-I
| WOM | Subdivision |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|
| VT | ROU | GBR | RUS | MG 1 |
| UB | MG 4 | JPN | GER | MG 2 |
| BB | CHN | ITA | UKR | FRA |
| FX | MG 3 | USA | AUS | BRA |
|
| W | Mixed Groups |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|
| 1 | KOR | SWE | EGY | SVK |
| 2 | MEX | COL | VIE | CRO |
| 3 | CZE | NED | HUN | VEN |
| 4 | POL | BUL | CAN | ESP |
| 5 | PRK | BLR | SUI | LTU |
| 6 | BEL | GRE | CAN | ESP |
| 7 | PRK | FIN | | |
|
Gymnasts capture national crowns
Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek, MI, USA - Mon May 12, 2008
Kellogg Arena was witness to the crowning of new champions over the weekend as the 2008 Men's Junior Olympic Nationals gymnastics
event came to a close on Sunday.
GYMNASTICS: Mining for gymnastics gold at a Texas ranch
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA - Sun May 11, 2008
There are no lions and tigers and bears (probably) at the Karolyi Ranch deep inside Sam Houston National Forest. No, but these
2,000 acres are full of camels, red deer, cows, bulls, peacocks, white swans, black ones too, seven dogs and loads of gymnasts
who tumble off the buses that bring them here to live in cabins, navigate the wildlife and listen to the plain-spoken criticism
of USA Gymnastics national team coordinator Martha Karolyi.
28th European Championships - Juniors Apparatus Finals 2008 May 11
| Juniors’s Floor Exercise | A | B | Pen | Score |
|---|
| 1 | KOSMIDIS Eleftherios | GRE | 6.300 | 9.225 | | 15.525 |
| 2 | BAZAN Christian | ESP | 6.100 | 9.000 | | 15.100 |
| 3 | KEATINGS Daniel | GBR | 5.800 | 9.200 | | 15.000 |
| Juniors’s Pommel Horse | A | B | Pen | Score |
|---|
| 1 | KEATINGS Daniel | GBR | 6.400 | 9.250 | | 15.650 |
| 2 | PETROV Matvey | RUS | 6.000 | 9.075 | | 15.075 |
| 3 | STEPANENKO Viktor | UKR | 6.100 | 8.750 | | 14.850 |
| Juniors’s Rings | A | B | Pen | Score |
|---|
| 1 | BAZAN Christian | ESP | 6.100 | 9.050 | | 15.150 |
| 2 | SIMOES Gustavo | POR | 6.000 | 8.975 | | 14.975 |
| 3 | PETROV Matvey | RUS | 5.400 | 9.100 | | 14.500 |
| Juniors’s Vault |
VT | A | B | Pen | Score | Final |
|---|
| 1 | JORDAN Mathieu | FRA |
1 | 7.00 | 9.200 | | 16.200 | 15.837 |
| 2 | 6.20 | 9.375 | 0.1 | 15.475 |
| 2 | BELYAVSKIY David | RUS |
1 | 6.60 | 9.425 | 0.1 | 15.925 | 15.812 |
| 2 | 6.20 | 9.500 | | 15.700 |
| 3 | BAZAN Christian | ESP |
1 | 6.60 | 8.850 | | 15.450 | 15.550 |
| 2 | 6.20 | 9.450 | | 15.650 |
| Juniors’s Parallel Bars | A | B | Pen | Score |
|---|
| 1 | KEATINGS Daniel | GBR | 6.100 | 9.200 | | 15.300 |
| 2 | GARIBOV Amin | RUS | 5.900 | 9.125 | | 15.025 |
| 3 | BAZAN Christian | ESP | 5.900 | 8.675 | | 14.575 |
| Juniors’s Horizontal Bar | A | B | Pen | Score |
|---|
| 1 | GARIBOV Amin | RUS | 5.800 | 8.825 | | 14.625 |
| 2 | WITTENBERGVOGES Max | GER | 5.700 | 8.675 | | 14.375 |
| 3 | IGNATENKOV Kirill | RUS | 5.500 | 8.825 | | 14.325 |
28th European Championships - Men’s Teams Finals 2008 May 10
| Seniors |
FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB | Total |
|---|
| 1 | RUS | 45.050 | 42.575 | 45.925 | 47.650 | 46.550 | 44.700 | 272.450 |
| 2 | GER | 44.950 | 43.550 | 42.975 | 47.275 | 45.150 | 45.675 | 269.575 |
| 3 | ROU | 45.175 | 43.800 | 43.925 | 48.725 | 44.800 | 42.525 | 268.950 |
| 4 | BLR | 43.025 | 41.950 | 45.125 | 47.400 | 45.225 | 43.725 | 266.450 |
| 5 | FRA | 44.475 | 39.500 | 44.750 | 48.475 | 46.775 | 42.375 | 266.350 |
| 6 | UKR | 42.625 | 41.600 | 45.650 | 47.550 | 45.400 | 43.050 | 265.875 |
| 7 | SUI | 44.575 | 42.350 | 42.450 | 47.850 | 44.800 | 42.875 | 264.900 |
| 8 | ITA | 43.375 | 41.900 | 44.550 | 46.475 | 43.050 | 44.125 | 263.475 |
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