The number 9 of the 2004 US all-around championships, David Durante was the winner of the 2005 USA national start event of artistic gymnastics, the WINTER CUP, held in Las Vegas last weekend.
The 24 years old Durante (USOTC) topped Minnesota's Guillermo Alvarez and Houston's Todd Thornton.

International Gymnast reported, that the competition followed the updated FIG Code of Points, with each routine starting from a base score of 8.4. ...

Gymnastics head coach Octavian Belu resigned Monday amid criticism of his training methods and a lawsuit by a former gymnast after leading Romanian women to more than 250 medals in major championships.

Belu, who coached the women's team to gold medals at the last two Olympics, blamed attacks on his professional and private life and said he wanted to clear his name. 'It's a responsible gesture so that my problems do not affect the sport,' he said....