DTL-Final

In four days (28 November) the Deutsche Turnliga final competition will be held in Karlsruhe including some famous gymnasts. The German clubs KTV Straubenhardt (Marian Dragulescu, Fabian Hambüchen, Marcel Nguyen, Niki Böschenstein), SC Cottbus (Philipp Boy, Robert Juckel), TG Saar (Anton Fokin, Eugen Spiridonov) and EnBW Turn-Team Stuttgart (Thomas Andergassen, Sebastian Krimmer) will fight for the mens title.

Desiree Baumert, Maike Roll, Katja Roll (TG Karlsruhe)

On the women´s side EnBW TT Stuttgart-Ulm (Kim Bui, Marie-Sophie Hindermann, Sanne Wevers) TG Karlsruhe-Söllingen (Adela Sajn, Maike Roll, Desiree Baumert) TuS Chemnitz-Altendorf (Joeline Möbius) and TG Mannheim (Elisabeth Seitz) qualified for the final.

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Very cute Gymbo :-)

The Dutch Gymnastics Federations harbors the a little gymnastics crocodile named Gymbo.

Okay, he needs to work a little bit on his technique for the flic-flac, but isn´t he cute?

Click here for more Gymbos (& download him)!

WOW – The young Japanese girls are damn strong, too!

“this is sick…whatta amaizing skills she got…and insane combinations…awsome”

“She’s a baby!!!!!!”

“Is that really an Okino? It looks like double turn to me. She has great difficulty but that doesn’t mean a thing till she can clean it up. I hope she can make it to 2012.”

These are some of the comments under the YouTube-video of the 13 year-old Mai Murakami doing her balance beam routine at the 2009 Japan Nationals.

Mai mounts with a round-off layout, she does a full twisting layout, a switch ring leap, a triple turn (has to stop after 2.5) & I think she wanted to connect it into a layout step-out, a free aerial cartwheel connected with a sheep jump, dismount: triple full. Yes, she has some wobbles, but hey, she is capable of stuff other gymnasts just can dream about. (D: 6.4)

And she perfects the quickness of all “near-the-beam-poses” I´ve seen.

Check it out for yourself:

Her floor isn´t bad either: double layout, double twisting double back, full twist fw. into 1.5 twists fw., triple twist… (D: 5.9)

Click play or watch it on YouTube.

But back in my mind, I´m nevertheless thinking about all the hours of hard training she already must have spent in the gym at her young age. Let´s hope she is talented, consistent and passionated about the sport she grew up with. So we will actually see her in London.

Berlin Masters / Final Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix

Next weekend (28/29. November) I´m going to see the final of the 2009 Grand Prix season in rhythmic gymnastics, the Berlin Masters. On Saturday, the group and individual qualifications will be held in the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin. On Sunday, the finalists will fight for the medals as well as the overall winner of the series.

Russias Evgenia Kanaeva, the Russian group, Israels Irina Risenson, Austrias Caroline Weber as well as Aliya Garayeva (AZE) among others will participate. Let´s guess who will win?! Or better, let´s guess who will be second after Kanaeva?!

I´m excited to see the best rhythmic gymnast in the World, Evgenia Kanaeva, who holds the Olympic title, all World titles, all European titles and wins nearly all medals at every competition she attends (World Games, World Cups, Grand Prix series…).

Look out for the competition report!

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DTB-Cup photos

GymnasticsUnited has some new photo galleries from the recent DTB World Cup in Stuttgart.

Ana Porgras won beam.

Maike Roll (GER) got 2nd.

Final Champions Trophy – results

Final Ranking:

1. Maxim Deviatovski (RUS) – 15.000 Euros

2. Fabian Hambüchen (GER) – 11.000 Euros

3. Matthias Fahrig (GER) – 8.500 Euros

4. Marcel Nguyen (GER) – 6.000 Euros

5. Flavius Koczi (ROU) – 4.500 Euros

6. Daniel Keatings (GBR) – 3.500 Euros

7. Joseph Hagerty (USA) – 2.500 Euros

8. Roman Gisi (SUI) – 2.000 Euros

Overall Ranking:

1. Maxim Deviatovski (RUS): 25 (winner of the 50.000 Euros Mercedes)

2. Fabian Hambüchen (GER): 23 (15.000 Euros)

3. Joe Hagerty (USA): 17 (10.000 Euros)

3. Daniel Keatings (GBR): 17 (10.000 Euros, or both third places receive 5.000 Euros?!)

UPDATE: Watch German tv broadcast (46:13 min.)!

Liveticker (German) & official website (German)

The competition is over. The gymnasts competed in the order of the acutal ranking. Hagerty and Deviatovski are the only gymnasts, who competed at all four stations of the Champions Trophy.

FLOOR

Matthias Fahrig – double twist fw. + double somersault fw.; double arabian tucked and piked; good start – 15.275

Roman Gisi – triple twist; 2,5 twists bw.; some steps – 13.775 (5.4)

Marcel Nguyen – tsukahara layout (high); double tsukahara tucked; tsukahara – 14.900

Flavius Koczi - twist combination; triple twist;  steps out once – 14.725

Daniel Keatings – very clean; double arabian (oob with the toes); 2,5 twists bw. – 14.600 (5.8)

Joseph Hagerty – good routine – 15.075

Fabian Hambüchen – double tsukahara; falls after 2,5 twists dismount – 14.725 (6.0)

Maxim Deviatovski – tsukahara layout; tsukahara; good routine – 15.025 (6.0)

Hambüchens score is pretty though he had a fall. Is he really that clean?

Event Finals: DTB World Cup

Click here again for the liveticker (German) of the event finals at the last World Cup this year, here for the results of yesterdays qualification, here for the official results of todays finals, here for some photos & here for a short video/tv report about the quali for the Germans.

China was the most successful country winning four titles, Kim Bui (GER) the most successful gymnast winning a gold, silver and bronze medal! Congratulations to all winners who earn next to the medal and the title about 1.000 Euros prizemoney – nothing against the 50.000 Euros prize money of the Champions Trophy. Look out for the competition report tomorrow!

UPDATE: DrMtzLiama on YouTube has all the routines (men and women)! Worth to watch is Ana Porgras´ BB, Maike Rolls BB (a bit shaky but have you ever seen a better toepoint?) & Gaelle Mys´ FX (good choreo, but bad ending)…

These are the results of all ten event finals today. The gymnasts touched the apparatus before every final. The male and female gymnasts compete alternately, which avoided the long breaks between two routines. After their routines, they had to wait in the “kiss&cry-area”.

PARALLEL BARS

1. Guanyin Wang (CHN) – world champion; dimitrenko; belle piked; tippelt very high; a real flight show!; clean dismount – 15.950 (6.8)
2. Hamilton Sabot (FRA) – bent arms; overall nice routine – 15.375
3. Marcel Nguyen (GER) – dimitrenko; belle (high); tsukahara dismount! – 15.150 (6.2)
4. Epke Zonderland (NED) – tippelt; pegan; great dismount – 15.100 (6.1)
5. Wesley Haagensen (USA) – short handstands but overall good routine – 14.800 (6.2)
6. Roman Kulesza (POL) – problemes after tippelt; low dismoung – 14.575 (6.1)
7. Samuel Piasecky (SVK) – somersault fw.; little step after dismount – 14.125 (5.5)
8. Adam Kierzkowski (POL) – fall after first handstand; inconsistent – 13.325 (5.9)

Guanyin Wang wins easily over Hamilton Sabot and Marcel Nguyen!

FLOOR (women)

1. Lu Sui (CHN) – world bronze medalist; layout in triple twist (clean); 2.5 twists bw.; double back piked; great routine for her – 14.125 (5.7)
2. Kim Bui (GER) – tsukahara; double twists fw. + leap; 2.5 twists bw. + layout 1/2 twist good – 14.000
3. Elisabeth Seitz (GER) – tsukahara nice; 2.5 twists; double back piked; double back; gets a lot of support – 13.775 (5.5)
4. Bruna Leal (BRA) – tsukahara (little step); double back piked; oriental music – 13.175 (5.1)
5. Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL) – double arabian (legs apart); 2.5 twists good; double twist fw. (step) – 13.100 (5.2)
6. Natasja Blind (NED) – double back piked; out of bounds; 2,5 twists bw. – 13.050 (5.0)
7. Gaelle Mys (BEL) – double twist fw. + layout 1/2 twist; double back piked; 2,5 twists bw. – fall! – 12.150
8. Priscila Cobello (BRA) – double arabian (oob); tsukahara nice; double back; music: “black cat, white cat” – 11.575 (4.6)

Lu Sui wins followed by Kim Bui and Elisabeth Seitz!

Liveticker & Qualification Results: DTB World Cup

Click here for the liveticker (German). The women´s & men´s qualifications are over.

Here´s a new post about the first results of the event finals on Saturday!

Yesterday was a good day for the German girls on UB: Elisabeth Seitz got 14.100 (5.9) and Kim Bui 14.200 (6.0) (2nd & 1st in qualifications) – hopefully they cleaned their routines a bit since the Swiss Cup.

IG posted an article as well as the men´s and women´s roster.

Sui Lu and Hu Yuhong (CHN) both fell on BB. Ana Porgras (ROU) fell (still 13.175 (5.9)!) and Ksenia Semenova (RUS) nearly fell (12.975 (5.5)) on UB.

Former Russian gymnast Yelena Zamolodchikova was just announced as a judge…

RESULTS – Womens Qualification (Click here for the official & complete qualification results.)

VAULT

1. Jana Komrskova (CZE) – 14.225 (5.0/5.0) – Highest score of the qualification.
2. Marissa King (GBR) – 13.800 (5.5/5.0)
3. Kim Bui (GER) – 13.800 (5.4/5.0)
4. Ariella Kaeslin (SUI) – 13.737 (4.8/5.0) – Obviously she didn´t show everything.
5. Aagje Vanwalleghem (BEL) – 13.550 (5.3/4.8)
6. Tijana Tkalcec (CRO) – 13.550 (5.0/5.0)
7. Valeriia Maksiuta (ISR) – 13.412 (5.0/5.3)
8. Bruna Leal (BRA) – 13.300 (5.0/4.6)

Good to see 16 female gymnasts overall who tried to get into the final!

UNEVEN BARS

1. Kim Bui (GER) – 14.200 (6.0) – highest D-Score; second highest score
2. Elisabeth Seitz (GER)- 14.100 (5.9) – It seems as if the German girls used their home field advantage very well.
3. Bruna Leal (BRA) – 14.075 (5.6)
4. Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL) – 13.925 (5.7) – I´m curious to see her hair style for this competition. Blue, red, green?
5. Aagje Vanwalleghem (BEL) – 13.925 (5.9) – Her second final, good job, Aagje!
6. Jana Sikulova (CZE) – 13.475 (5.5)
7. Ethiene Franco (BRA) – 13.450 (5.3)
8. Luisa Galiulina (UZB) – 13.275 (5.6)

Annika Urvikko is first (13.225), Ana Porgras second (13.175), Marissa King third (13.025) and Ksenia Semenova “fourth” (12.975) reserve.

Gymnastics movie about Ronny Ziesmer

2003

The quadriplegic former gymnast Ronny Ziesmer, who injured himself in 2004 training for the Olympics, will have a movie about his life. Spring 2011 is the intended starting date for the film in German cinemas.

This year he celebrated his sportive comeback at the Berlin marathon. His time: 2:09:22 with the handcycle.

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EnBW World Cup & Championstrophy / Stuttgart

The 27th DTB-Pokal / EnBW World Cup, a category A World Cup, is coming up. This weekend a lot of gymnasts will travel to Stuttgart, the hosting city of the 2007 Worlds. FIG published the nominative entry list & as usual, many countries (34 to be exact) send their gymnasts to this competition. It´s definitly very well attended: 92 men & 47 women will compete.

I had the impression, that some countries send one or two well known gymnasts together with three or four “newer” ones.

Ana Porgras is the only female gymnast competing for Romania (on UB & BB). Russia has Ksenia Semenova and Kristina Goryunova both doing all four apparatus (UPDATE: Only Ksenia competed on UB and BB).

The big country who ignores this World Cup as every World Cup are the USA. Even China and Brazil let their gymnasts experience another big competition. And you cannot tell me that Brazil is nearer to Europe or that their gymnastics federation is richer than the American federation!

Italy is another country I´m missing.

There´s a good summary on the FIG-site as well as the complete entry list.

That´s for Friday (qualifications) and Saturday (all 10 finals). On Sunday the last competition of the Champions Trophy will be held in the Porsche-Arena, too. Here´s the ranking after three of four events:

1.	Maxim Deviatovski (RUS)	17
2.	Fabian Hambüchen (GER)	16
3.	Joseph Hagerty (USA)	15
4.	Daniel Keatings (GBR)	14
5.	Flavius Koczi (ROM)	12
6.	Marcel Nguyen (GER)	11
7.	Enrico Pozzo (ITA)	7
8.	Nicolas Böschenstein (SUI)	6
8.	Helge Liebrich (GE)	6
10.	Philipp Boy (GER)	2
11.	Benoit Caranobe (FRA)	1
11.	Cyril Tommasone (FRA)

Fabian Hambüchen wants to compete after he just injured his foot during podium training at the Worlds. Well, it´s about a lot of money (15.000 Euros) and a new Mercedes SLK 200 worth 50.000 Euros.

On the left: The cup for a single victory and the overall victory. Whom do you want it to win?

I´m pretty sure there will be a German Live-Ticker for both competitions and a part of the Champions Trophy will be transmitted by national TV. So look out for a competition report!