Gymnastics
World champion Diego Hypolito to miss Olympic training due to surgery
World champion gymnast Diego Hypolito from Brazil has to undergo knee surgery.
The operation is a right-knee arthroscopy which will put him out of action for four weeks.
“We don’t know exactly when the injury happened,” his coach Renato Araujo said. “He began feeling the pain last Friday and medical exams showed the surgery was […]
Kevin Mazeika to head US men’s gymnastics team
Kevin Mazeika from Houston has been selected as head coach of the US men’s gymnastic team that will be going to the Beijing Olympics.
Mazeika coached the team to a silver medal in Athens.
“It’s a tremendous honor,” Mazeika said. “I look forward to going to Beijing with a strong team and contending for medal […]
Champion Bulgarian gymnast Yordan Yovchev is planning to retire after the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It will be his fifth consecutive games and he will be hoping to add another medal to his collection of four Olympic medals.
It won’t be easy in Beijing, but I’ll be fighting for gold, Yovchev told media.
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Russia topped the tables again in the group event.
2007 Rhythmic Gymnastics Invitational Tournament - Group Results
Country
Score
Russia
35.075
Italy
34.600
China
34.050
Belarus
33.825
Bulgaria
33.100
Israel
32.550
Ukraine
31.950
Spain
31.850
Here is Russia performing in the hoops event.
Here are the results for the 2007 Rhythmic Gymnastics Invitational Tournament - Individual Results.
2007 Rhythmic Gymnastics Invitational Tournament - Individual Results
Name
Country
Results
Olga Kapronova
Russia
73.825
Anna Bessonova
Ukraine
70.25
Aliya Garayeva
Azerbaijan
69.775
Aliya Yussupova
Aliya Yussupova
67.575
Lyubov Cherkashina
Belarus
66.875
Almudena Cid
Spain
65.400
Irina Risenzon
Israel
65.400
Alexandra Orland
Canada
64.175
Stela Sultanova
Bulgaria
63.375
Yidan Ding
China
62.925
Here is Olga Kapranov in the final appearing with the ribbon.
The Rhythmic Gymnastics Invitational is currently being held in Beijing as part of the Good Luck Beijing Series. It is being held at the newly completed stadium at the Beijing University of Technology.
Olga Kapranova from Russia is currently leading the individual event. Here is a video of her performance with the ribbon.
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Women’s vault final - video
Here is a video I took of the women’s vault final at the recent International Gymnastics Invitational event which is a warm-up event for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The order of competitors are as follows:
Martina Kaslin - SUI
Anastasia Marachkovskaya BLR
Fei Cheng - CHN
Kristina Vaculik - CZE
Sujong Hong - PRK
Marissa King - GBR
Fei Cheng from China won […]