Elite Canada 2007 - Artistic Gymnastics
Nearly 200 gymnasts in eight age categories, including top-ranked Olympic contenders Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs of Toronto and Nathan Gafuik of Calgary, are set to compete December 14-16 at the 2007 Elite Canada competition in Abbotsford, British Columbia/CAN.
After second day Nathan GAFUIK from Calgary was th best in all-around...
FASZINATION TURNEN ("Fascination Gymnastics")
(bilingually: English & German)
The FIG Official Photographer, German Volker MINKUS, signed an illustration of the “The Beauty of Gymnastics”, a superbly unique album dedicated to the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships of Stuttgart 2007.
Written by Andreas GOTZE and Michael WEBER, designed by the former German world champion on rings, Andreas AGUILAR (1989), the book is available at
>> www.turn-wm-buch.de
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Oksana Chusovitina (GER) on vault), Iryna Krasnianska (UKR) on uneven bars, Steliana NISTOR (ROU) on beam and Chellsie MEMMEL (USA) on floor were the winners of the 2007 TOYOTA INTERNATIONAL, which was held in Toyota City (Prov. Aichi), last weekend.
On men's side the Japanese host won on parallel bars with Shun KUWAHARA and by Hisashi MIZUTORI on high bar followed by two strong Germans Weber and Gladow.
KIM, Dae-Eun (KOR)...
Japanese Shogo OTSUKI (87.300) won the all-around competition of the 12th "LIUKIN INVITATIONAL 2007", held Saturday at the "World Olympic Gymnastics Academy" (WOGA) in Plano, Texas. On second place of men's all-around came Hojo YODAI with 86.900 points. U.S. junior national team member Danell LEYVA placed third all-around with 86.850, edging Japan's Yamamoto Masayoshi (86.750) and Ito Go (86.650).
The Houston Gymnastics Academy (WOGA)
won a close team competition, edging the Japanese national team, 177.800-177.350. Team USOTC and...
A very strong British U16 selection of artistic gymnastics won the traditional meet in Sitzerland with 410.650 points with a clearly difference to the Swiss hosts, scoring 392,050 points. Team Germany came on third (391,650) and team France on fourth place (389,650).
Best in all-around were four British gymnasts: The 15-years old
Pearson REECE with 83,850, followed by Sam OLDHAM (14 years; 83,300), Beckford REISS (82.800) and by Max WHITLOCK (81,800).
Best of Switzerland...