On the first day of the Challenge Cup in Anadia (POR) the athletes from Latin America left a strong impression and won all 5 apparates of the first part of finals. A strong delegation from Cuba won the men's floor final by Manrique LARDUET and the women's vault final by Marcia VIDEAUX.
After final day two Cuba's Manrique LARDUET won the vault and also the high bar final and was the most successful gymnast of this...

Also the 54th NHK Trophy 205 was an event of great national importance in the year of World championships, because it was national trialsof qualifications for this highlight. Once again Kohei UCHIMURA dominated this competition at will; overall twice all-around had to be completed during the weekend. Uchimura scored at the end of these two days 184,250 points, followed by "Konami" club colleague Yusuke TANAKA with 181,325 points and Ryohei KATO ("Juntendo") with 179,850 points. At the parallel...