Winners of the 'FRIENDSHIP CLASSIC 2004', held this weekend in Pottsville, PA./USA were Gymnasts from Russia and Ukraine in the the junior and senior all-around and event titles.
Ukraine's Olga Scherbatykh won the senior all-around over Russian Polina Miller, who fell off balance beam. Sherbatykh won beam and floor exercise, Miller the other two events. Third was American Grace Taylor of Aiken, South Carolina.
Svetlana Klyukina (RUS) won the junior all-around over teammate Anna Grudko. Canadian Leslie Mak...
Japanese victory in the men’s all-around final
Japan’s Kensuke Murata presented the most stable performance today at the Pre-Olympic test events in the Olympic Hall in Athens. He won the all-around with the score of 54.499 in front of Maxim Deviatovski (56.011) and Yang, Tae Young from Korea (55.698)…
Russia wins the team event
Compared to their performance in the qualification Russia had improved today and this brought them the victory (111.970) in front of China (110.460) and Spain (109.322).
Results Team Final
The results in yesterday's qualification were different:
A strong Chinese team won this qualification (148.258) in front of Russia (145.058) and Spain (144.295).
Moutier/FIG. The Olympic Movement Tripartite Commission has allocated its invitation for the Olympic Games Athens 2004.
Men's Artistic Gymnastics : TAMPAKOS Dimosthenis (GRE)
Women's Artistic Gymnastics : DE LA FUENTE PARADA Maria Jose (BOL)
Rhythmic Gymnastics : VICENTE MONTEIRO Vania (CPV)
Men's gymnastics opened Pre- Olympics...!
A few months before the actual highlight take place traditionally the 'Pre- Olympic Competitions' are starting the countdown to the Olympic Games. As well for the athletes as also for the organisers and the official equipment suppliers they are an important test for the individual kinds of sports.