Sunday, November 14, 2010

Tumbles and Titles

It's quite the busy weekend in the wider world of Gymnastics.

The Trampolining and Tumbling world championships concluded with Gold and Silver to China in the women's trampoline (Li Dan took gold over team-mate Huang Shanshan) Rosie MacLennan of Canada took Bronze and GB's Bryony Page was just outside the medals in 4th.

China also took gold in the men's synchro (Xiao To & Dong Dong) ahead of France and Belarus. Ukraine's Viktor Kyforenko won the men's tumbling and Canada's Corissa Boychuk took home gold in the Women's double mini trampoline- Full results and reports here.

At the Gymnastics World Cup in Stuttgart Laura Mitchell dominated taking gold on Bars Beam and Floor. Imogen Cairns won gold on Vault. See results and a full report here.

The Chinese men easily won the team final at the Asian Games by almost 10 points over Japan with South Korea taking bronze. The chinese ladies also took gold with Japan second and Uzbekistan third. Results here and videos on youtube here.  

The Russian gymnasts have also been globetrotting this weekend. World Champion Aliya Mustafina and Youth Olympic Champion Viktoria Komova took gold on beam and bars respecively at the Italian grand prix. The pair will also compete in Japan at the Toyota cup in December and Komova becomes an international senior in January. Tatiana Nabieva won the all around, bars and vault at the Massila cup in France. Ksenia Afansyeva won floor and Aurelie Maussalena of France won beam.

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