* Intern. gymnast reports about the "BOGINSKAYA INVITATIONAL 2011", which was held last weekend in Houston, Texas (USA).
The competition was organized by and named for three-time Olympian Svetlana BOGINSKAY of Belarus.
Boginskaya, the 1989 world all-around champion, has lived in Texas since 1993. Competing under Level 10 scoring, Daria YELIZAROVA captured the senior title with 38.850.
* usoc-pressbox --: << Frank BARE of Warner Springs, Calif., the first executive director for the U.S. Gymnastics Federation now doing business as USA Gymnastics, died earlier today of pneumonia at the age of 80.
Following a decorated collegiate gymnastics career at the University of Illinois that included a national NCAA pommel horse title, Bare went on to become one of the most influential men in gymnastics in the United States.
Bare was a member of the FIG’s...
Winner of the women's all-around at the 15. Sidijks Intern. Gymnastics Tournament in Heerenveen (NED) was the Dutch Céline van GERNER with a score of 53,000 points (<< photo, left)
On the next places came three Germans, with Pia TOLLE on second (52,050) and the sisters Giulia and Marie Sophie HINDERMANN (both 51,750), followed by the Polish Marta Pihan-Kulesza.
The Danish Helge VAMMEN was the winner on men's side (83,600), second...
European Start into the Pre-Olympivc Season 2011
After successes of Dutch gymnastics in the last decade - firstly by the women and more and more by the men, like the reigning vice-world-champion on highbar, Epke ZONDERLAND, (< photo, left) artistic gymnastics grown up not only in the Netherlands but found also a world-wide interest.
After the big success of the 2010 WORLDS in Rotterdam this weekend is the starting date into the European saeson...
The former Cuban gymnast Charles Leon "Charlie" TAMAYO (30) is currently the most prominent displaced top sportsmen in the USA. Ten years ago, at the age of 20 he won the vault bronze medal at the Worlds in Ghent 2001 behind Marian Dragulescu ((ROU) and Evgeniy Sapronenko (LAT) and a half year later his first world cup event in Cottbus, Germany (2002).
At the 2003 Worlds in Anaheim he deserted the Cuban team and...