Gymnastics - the competitions continue.

Normally the weeks after a world championships are a quiet time, when athletes and teams have a chance to rest and regroup.

Not so it seems in the world of gymnastics 2010.

Within 2 weeks from the competition finishing in Rotterdam, some of the world's top gymnasts were competing again at the Swiss Cup, a mixed pairs event where a female and male gymnast from each country compete for the highest combined total. Elizabeth Seitz and Fabian Hambuchen took top honours, making up for Seitz's disappointment in the bars final in Rotterdam.

The top 5 teams were
1. Elizabeth Seitz & Fabian Hambuchen (Germany)
2. Vanessa Ferarri & Matteo Morandi (Italy)
3. Ariella Kaeslin & Claudio Capelli (Switzerland)
4. Sandra Izbasa & Flavius Kocki (Romania)
5. Anastasia Koval & Nikolai Kuchenkov (Ukraine)
Ful results and report at International Gymnast (here)

That's not all here's a list of some more major competitions coming up in November. No rest for the wicked it seems.

Men's British Championships (Leicester Nov 5-7)
Osijek World Cup (Croatia Nov 5-7)
DTP World Cup (Stuttgard, Germany Nov 12-14)
Glasgow Grand Prix (Scotland Nov 18-21)


2010 world championships gold medalists Lauren Mitchell (Australia), Thomas Bouhail (France), Eleftherios Kosmidis (Greece) and Krisztian Berki (Hungary) are each slated to compete in at least one World Cup in November.

 Imogen Cairns, Becky Downie, Jennifer Pinches, Hannah Whelan, Ruslan Panteleymonov, Daniel Purvis and Louis Smith are all due to compete for GB in Glasgow, a few weeks after the city (which is already hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games) announced a bid for the 2015 world championships.

Also in November, World Champion Aliya Mustafina is due to face off against the Youth Olympic gold and silver medallists, Viktoria Komova and Tan Sixin at the Italian Grand Prix (or 'Freddy Cup') on November 13. Both Komova and Sixin were too young to compete in Rotterdam but will be eligible for senior competition in 2011.