EYOF 2005: Ferrari wins All-around and floor exercice Gold

Vanessa Ferrarie (ITA)

Italian Vanessa Ferrari wins the gold in the individual all-round competition and also a second title on floor exercises at the final day of the artistic gymnastics events in Lignano.

Yesterday, the second day of the gymnastics competitions of Lignano 2005 has been marked by the great accuracy of Vanessa Ferrari who has won the gold medal with 37.925 points, followed by Karina Myasnikova and Ksenia Afanasyeva from Russia. ...

Big surprise: 4th place in Lignano for the German EYOFTeam

Friday, 08-July-2005
Apparatus Finals

Results, Apparatus Finals

>> VAULT // >> U: BARS // >> BEAM // >> FLOOR EXERC:

Thursday, 07-Juli-2005
All-around Final
The indoor stadium of Latisana was crowded and there were a lot of fans to support Federica Macr? from Trieste and Vanessa Ferrari from Lombardy. The present European vault title-holder Federica Benolli, currently injured, has been among the public and has never stopped to cheer on her two friends with her Italian flag. After the prize-giving ceremony a lot of budding gymnasts have surrounded Vanessa Ferrari asking for an autograph and hoping to take a picture with her.

RESULTS, All-around
1. Vanessa Ferrari ITA 37,925
2. Karina Myasnikova RUS 37,000
3. Ksenia Afanasyeva RUS, 36,550

4. Izbasa, Sandra ROM 35,450
5. Sdanesku, Andreea ROM 35,425
6. Sergienko, Maria UKR 35,025
7. Brinker, Anja GER 35,000
8. Palesova, Kristina CZE 34,975
9. Mys, Gaelle BEL 34,875
10. Wong, Lichel NED 34,675
11. Macri, Frederike ITA 34,600
12. Hindermann, Marie-Sophie GER 34,275

Today, Ferrari’s performance does not need many comments: it has been neat and at top-level. After the first exercise, without much problems, she hesitated at the end of the balance beam exercise (9.625 points), in vault she has scored 9.250 points and 9.550 points in the uneven bars. During the floor exercise, she made a little mistake which cost her 0.100 points. In the end she scored 9.500 points. Macr? has been more unlucky. She has started with 8.950 points in vault, then 8.375 in the uneven bars and 8.100 in the balance beam from where, after a couple of hesitations, she has fallen at the end of the exercise. She has recovered in the last part, the floor exercises, scoring 9.175.
Source: lignano2005.it

Tuesday, 05-Jul-2005
EYOF Team Competitions: Russia won Team Gold
Russian girls were the best team at the VIII. European Olympic Youth Festival which is held in Lignano, Italy.
With a score of 73,750 points the Russians beats Romanian team (72,475), the bronze medal went to host Italy (72,425).

It was a little surprise, that Germany came on fourth place (69,750), followed by France (69,150), the Ukraine and the Netherlands...