05. November 2005  
Ljubljana/ Slovenia  
Artistic Gymnastics

ŠIŠKA Gym International 2005 - First Day s qualifications

Floarea Leonida
3rd-ranked in the all-around today

Everyone was welcomed warmly by mouse “Miška” for the qualifications of the 9th ŠIŠKA Gym International.

The last test before the World Championships in Melbourne didn’t go too well for the two Romanians Leonida and Eremia who had quite a few problems today.

Far better presented themselves the girls from the Netherlands Lichelle Wong (35.900) and Danila Koster (34.800) who reached the ranks 1 and 2 in the all-around of this qualification.
Floarea Leonida (ROM) (photo. left) ended up only on rank 3 (34.125)…
For the gymnasts of 12 different countries from all over the World it was a great experience to present their routines at this international tournament in Ljubljana. Although the most difficult elements were missing and a few inconsistencies could be seen, therefore scores about 9.00 were rare, the audience got to see some nice routines.

Alexandra Eremia with an unlucky day today

Romania's Floarea Leonida started badly with a fall on her 1st vault and an also not perfectly executed Yurchenko 1/1 twist as 2nd vault (8.300).
No falls or major errors but a few insecurities and not perfectly executed elements then followed on uneven bars and beam. Her floor routine included a tucked full-in, double somersault bw. piked (landed out of bounds) and a triple twist of which the rotation was not finished (8.000/ SV 9.400).

Her teammate Alexandra Eremia competed only on beam where she fell after her combination of ff – ff - split layout bw. and then also touched the floor with her hands on her double somersault bw. tucked dismount (7.900/ SV 9.400).

The two Dutch gymnasts on the top 2 all-around ranks

The two 15- and 16- year old gymnasts from the Netherlands Danila Koster and Lichelle Wong had a better day:
They continued with the Dutch tradition of beautifull routines on uneven bars and also the rest of the competition went quite well for them. With an especially strong performance on beam (9.300/ SV 9.700) Lichelle Wong secured herself the victory in the all-around ranking of this qualification.


The gymnasts from Canada had the longest trip to arrive in Ljubljana, Brittnee Habbib entertained the crowd with her funky floor routine to “Toxic” by Britney Spears.

Slovenia's young talent Alenka Dolničar

The hosts from the “ŠIŠKA Gim Klub” could be happy with the performance of their young talent Alenka Dolničar. In front of home crowds the 14-year-old gymnast presented an energetic competition. Coach Mitija Samardžija was visibly relieved after she stuck the dismount of her beam routine (somersault fw. tucked with 1/1 turn) which included the nice combination of split leap – somersault bw. tucked and a strong somersault fw. tucked.
reporting from Ljubljana: Lisa Worthmann

1st Day's Results
>> Siska 2005, All-around Results
App. qualifications:
>> - Vault / >> - Bars / >> - Beam / >> - Floor


>> Tomorrow’s apparatus finals start at 10.00 am CET. The best 7 gymnasts per apparatus have qualified for them, not more than 2 per country and the hosts of ŠIŠKA Gim Klub have the option for a wild card in every final. That means the audience will get to see 7 or 8 gymnasts in every final.

>>GYMmedia’s report on the finals will follow after the end of the competition around 12.30 pm

>> Apparatus finals

>> ... read more about the ŠIŠKA Gym International 2005 (preview)