Kunst-/Gerätturnen

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13. Dezember 2015

Toyota-City, JPN

Artistic Gymnastics

TOYOTA CUP 2015 with dominant Japanese Men and Russian girls

Kenzo Shirai

The Japanese hosts of the "International TOYOTA Cup 2015" at the car city near Tokyo also dominated last weekend also on the final day of this invitation competition all men's finals: World champion and champion of the quadruple-twist Kenzo SHIRAI sat on floor exercises with 15,700 the highest mark in front of compatriot Naoto Hayasaka and won the vault final (15.225) before the Vietnamese LE Tanh Tung.
At the pommel horse won Kazuma KAYA (15.675) before Ryohei Kato and gleaming on the rings Koji YAMAMURA (15,250) before Keisuke OGURA. and against Germany's Marcel Nguyen (14,650) as a third party, together with the Vietnamese Dang Nam.
Winner on parallel bars and on hig bar victory was Yusuke TANAKA (15.525 / 15.425) also from Japan - in addition to the second double winner of the competition, the Japanese Shirai.

Die japanischen Gastgeber des "International TOYOTA Cups 2015" in der Autostadt nahe Tokio beherrschten auch am Abschlusstag dieses Einladungswettbewerbes alle Männergeräte: Weltmeister und Meister der Vierfach-Schraube Kenzo SHIRAI setzte am Boden mit 15,700 die höchste Marke vor Landsmann Naoto HAYASAKA und gewann auch die Sprungkonkurrenz (15,225) vor dem Vietnamesen LE Tanh Tung. Am Pferd gewann Kazuma KAYA (15,675) vor Ryohei KATO und an den Ringen glänzte Koji YAMAMURA (15,250) vor Keisuke OGURA. und vor Deutschlands Marcel NGUYEN (14,650) als Dritter, gemeinsam mit dem Vietnamesen DANG, Nam.
Barren- und Recksieg gingen an Yusuke TANAKA (15,525 / 15,425) - neben Shirai der zweite japanische Doppelsieger dieses Wettkampfes. Andreas Toba vom TK Hannover belegte 5. Ränge an Ringen und Barren und wurde Vierter am Reck.

Oksana Chusovitina: a quarter of a century, world leader!

Intern. TOYOTA Cup 2015
- Toyota City, 12/13 Dec -

♦ FRAUEN:
Russia's Maria PASEKA best on vaulting table and Daria SPIRIDONOVA as winner on uneven bars stole each Japanese local heros May Murakami and Asuka Teramota the show, which occupied the second rank and the last day secured Viktoria KOMOVA (beam: 14.600) and Ksenia AFANASIEVA (Floor: 14,500) Complete Russian winning streak from.

* The Doyenne of the international artistic gymnastics ... (>)
... the 40-year-old Oksana Chusovitina, works diligently on her all-around profile overlooking a successful Olympic qualification in April 2016 in order to qualify as n individual starter on Uzbekistan for her 7th (!!) Olympics: She occupy one time on fifth place, 2x 6th and 7th rank on all apparatus in Toyota City occupy - by the way, with all her rankings here she was the exceptional athlete on all four apparaus in each case before the two young German gymnasts Sarah Voss (2x rank 6) and Antonia Ahlicke who could be both her daughters in age. ...!..!