Gymmin' Miel!

Germany's own Marcel Nguyen triumphed over the field at the 2012 Stuttgart World Cup competition held today. Great Britain's Daniel Purvis and Russian David Belyavskiy rounded out the top three. Switzerland's Claudio Capelli did not compete due to injury. Top scorers on each event were: Great Britain's Kristian Thomas on the Floor Exercise and Vault, Fabian Gonzalez of Spain on the Pommel Horse, Nguyen on the Still Rings and Parallel Bars, and American Danell Leyva on the Horizontal Bar. 

RESULTS:

American upstart Elizabeth Price has taken out her first major title - the 2012 Stuttgart World Cup All Around competition. Price top scored on the Vault and Uneven Bars to seal the win over Germany's Elisabeth Seitz and Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber. Seitz achieved the highest mark on the Balance Beam whilst Italian Vanessa Ferrari shone on the Floor. Price's routines can be seen at the following playlist (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJBt-Bl-D7nYiIxcPh45b07vC_SlbBtZG) courtesy of USA Gymnastics on Youtube. Some more videos can be seen here thanks to Youtube user Rodolfo Ramos. The videos are much appreciated!

WOMEN'S ALL AROUND:

1. Elizabeth Price (USA) (15.733, 14.933, 13.166, 14.266) 58.098
2. Elisabeth Seitz (GER) (14.533, 14.033, 13.700, 13.300) 55.566
3. Giulia Steingruber (SUI) (15.400, 13.433, 12.866, 13.866) 55.565
4. Kim Bui (GER) (13.966, 14.033, 13.600, 13.566) 55.165
5. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) (13.633, 12.633, 13.433, 14.366) 54.065
6. Rebecca Tunney (GBR) (14.466, 13.966, 12.000, 13.400) 53.832
7. Kristina Goryunova (RUS) (13.433, 13.433, 12.633, 12.733) 52.232
8. Niamh Rippin (GBR) (13.800, 11.766, 12.133, 12.366) 50.065

Qualification at the 2012 Ostrava CIII World Cup has begun in the Czech Republic. On the Men's Floor Exercise, Greek star Eleftherios Kosmidis topped the rankings with Belarussian Andrey Likhovitskiy and Dutchman Glenn Smink tying for second. Croatian Robert Seligman easily topped the Pommel Horse standings with Hungary's Zoltan Kallai and Likhovitskiy rounding out the top three. Brazilian Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti and Greece's Eleftherios Petrounias were joint top scorers on the Still Rings with Japan's Kazayuki Takeda in third. Vietnam's NGUYEN Ha Thanh shared the top spot on Vault with Dutchman Bart Deurloo with Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev in third. Ha Thanh also topped the Parallel Bars rankings with Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine and PHAM Phuoc Hung of Vietnam rounding out the top three. Whilst on the Horizontal Bar, Japan's Kazuyuki Takeda and Deurloo tied for the top spot with Likhovitskiy in third. 

In the Women's Qualification, Chile's Barbara Achondo Andino has top scored on the Vault with Slovenian Teja Belak in second and Makarena Pinto Adasme of Chile and Jennifer Khwela of South Africa tying for third. Sweden's Ida Gustafsson topped the Uneven Bars over Great Britain's Ruby Harrold and Czech Republic's Kristyna Palesova. Dutch gymnast Sanne Wevers made a successful comeback in achieving the highest score on the Balance Beam. Ukraine's Krystyna Sankova and Poland's Monika Frandofert rounded out the top three on the event. Whilst on the Floor Exercise, Chile's Makarena Pinto Adasme and Barbara Achondo Andino were one-two respectively with Austria's Lisa Ecker in third. 

QUALIFICATION (QUALIFIERS TO THE FINALS IN BOLD):

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

UNEVEN BARS:

BALANCE BEAM:

1. Sanne Wevers (NED) 13.250
2. Krystyna Sankova (UKR) 12.950
3. Monika Frandofert (POL) 12.750
4. Lisa Ecker (AUT); Ida Gustafsson (SWE) 12.600
5. 
   
6. Rosanna Ojala (FIN) 12.350
7. Anastasiya Miklashevich (BLR); Kristyna Palesova (CZE) 12.150
8. 
   
9. Dorina Jelencsics (HUN) 12.100 RESERVE ONE
10. Jana Sikulova (CZE) 12.050 RESERVE TWO
11. Tinna Odinsdottir (ISL) 12.000 RESERVE THREE
12. Gabriela Janik (POL) 11.750
13. Dorina Boczogo (HUN) 11.650
14. Teja Belak (SLO) 11.550
15. Alina Sotnikava (BLR) 11.500
16. Melany Cabrera Figueroa (CHI) 11.100
17. Lisa Top (NED) 11.000
18. Stella Petran (CRO) 10.700
19. Jennifer Khwela (RSA) 10.250
20. Johanna Jonasdottir (ISL) 9.900

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

FLOOR EXERCISE:

POMMEL HORSE:

1. Robert Seligman (CRO) 15.050
2. Zoltan Kallai (HUN) 14.900
3. Andrey Likhovitskiy (BLR) 14.850
4. Takuto Kakitani (JPN) 14.750
5. Petro Pakhnyuk (UKR) 14.600
6. Vasili Mikhalitsyn (BLR) 14.450
7. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 14.400
8. Donna Donny Truyens (BEL) 14.300
9. Andrii Sienichkin (UKR) 13.850 RESERVE ONE
10. Xheni Dyrmishi (AUT) 13.750 RESERVE TWO
11. Adam Rzepa (POL) 13.650 RESERVE THREE
12. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 13.600
13. Glenn Smink (NED); Henrik Petterson (FIN) 13.550
14. 
    
15. Vinko Kirinic (CRO) 13.300
16. Juho Kanerva (FIN) 13.200
17. Kazuyuki Takeda (JPN) 13.000
18. Matias Silva (ARG) 12.550
19. Nestor Rodriguez Colon (PUR) 12.500
20. Maciej Labutin (POL) 12.350
21. Andrew Smith (IRL) 12.100
22. Richard Brablik (CZE); Bart Deurloo (NED) 11.800
23. 
    
24. Rafael Morales Casado (PUR) 11.300
25. Jiri Bomer (CZE) 8.500

1. Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA); Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.800
2. 
   
3. Kazayuki Takeda (JPN) 15.300
4. Oleksandr Vorobiov (UKR) 15.250
5. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.000
6. Shota Hisanaga (JPN) 14.700
7. Anthony van Assche (NED) 14.650
8. Markku Vahtila (FIN) 14.350
9. Ali Ramadan Abouel Kassem (EGY) 14.150 RESERVE ONE
10. Gregor Saksida (SLO) 14.050 RESERVE TWO
11. Maciej Labutin (POL) 13.900 RESERVE THREE
12. Pham Phuoc Hung (VIE) 13.850
13. Dennis Goossens (BEL) 13.800
14. Dariusz Pisarek (POL) 13.750
15. Michael Fussenegger (AUT) 13.400
16. Lars Joyce Planke (NOR) 13.050
17. Xheni Dyrmishi (AUT) 12.800
18. Fadi Bahlawan (SYR) 12.750
19. Nestor Rodriguez Colon (PUR) 12.350
20. Rafael Morales Casado (PUR) 11.750

1. NGUYEN Ha Thanh (VIE) (16.400, 15.100); Bart Deurloo (NED) (15.900, 15.600) 15.750
2. 
   
3. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) (16.000, 15.250) 15.625
4. Vitalijs Kardasovs (LAT) (15.350, 15.250) 15.300
5. Marek Lyszczarz (POL) (14.900, 15.500) 15.200
6. Michael Fussenegger (AUT) (15.000, 15.100) 15.050
7. Andrey Likhovitskiy (BLR) (14.950, 14.600) 14.775
8. Angel Ramos Rivera (PUR) (15.000, 14.150) 14.575
9. Petrus Laulumaa (FIN) (14.400, 14.600) 14.500 RESERVE ONE
10. Rafael Morales Casado (PUR) (15.150, 13.200) 14.175 RESERVE TWO
11. Matias Silva (ARG) (13.700, 13.500) 13.600 RESERVE THREE 
12. Eetu Lahti (FIN) (13.800, 13.000) 13.400
13. Oleg Stepko (UKR) (14.500, 11.850) 13.175
14. Lars Joyce Planke (NOR) (13.850, 12.400) 13.125

1. NGUYEN Ha Thanh (VIE) 15.600
2. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.100
3. PHAM Phuoc Hung (VIE) 15.050
4. Oleg Stepko (UKR) 14.750
5. Kazuyuki Takeda (JPN) 14.700
6. Alen Dimic (SLO); Adam Kierzkowski (POL) 14.400
7. 
   
8. Roman Kulesza (POL) 14.250
9. Anthony van Assche (NED) 14.050 RESERVE ONE
10. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 13.950 RESERVE TWO
11. Nestor Rodriguez Colon (PUR) 13.750 RESERVE THREE
12. Matthias Schwab (AUT) 12.950
13. Marko Brez (CRO) 12.850
14. Markku Vahtila (FIN) 12.700
15. Jorian Ilbrink (NED) 12.650
16. Vasili Mikhalitsyn (BLR) 12.450
17. Aliaksandr Tsarevich (BLR) 12.300

1. Kazuyuki Takeda (JPN); Bart Deurloo (NED) 15.150
2. 
   
3. Andrey Likhovitskiy (BLR) 14.850
4. Aliaksandr Tsarevich (BLR) 14.750
5. Marijo Moznik (CRO) 14.650
6. Nicolas Cordoba (ARG) 14.550
7. Maksym Semiankiv (UKR) 14.150
8. Roman Kulesza (POL) 14.000
9. Adam Rzepa (POL) 13.950 RESERVE ONE
10. Matthias Schwab (AUT) 13.600 RESERVE TWO
11. Petro Pakhnyuk (UKR) 13.150 RESERVE THREE
12. Martin Konecny (CZE) 13.050
13. Juho Kanerva (FIN) 12.700
14. Martin Argalas (SVK) 12.600
15. Angel Ramos Rivera (PUR); Alen Dimic (SLO) 12.100
16. 
    
17. Lars Joyce Planke (NOR) 12.050
18. Nestor Rodriguez Colon (PUR) 11.000

Qualification Rounds have been completed for the FIG Category B Aerobic Gymnastics World Cup in Kufstein, Austria. Austria's own Lubov Gazov topped the Individual Women's qualification with Russian Oxana Trukhacheva and France's Aurelie Joly rounding out the top three. In the Individual Men's qualification, Benjamin Garavel of France dominated with CHE Lei (CHN) and France's Maxime Decker-Breitel making up the top three qualifiers. France's Aurelie Joly and Julien Chaninet combined to top the Mixed Pairs. In the absence of the French Trio, China's trio consisting of WU Yongjun, CHE Lei and TAO Ie came out on top, whilst 

INDIVIDUAL MEN:

1. Benjamin Garavel (FRA) 21.150
2. CHE Lei (CHN) 20.925
3. Maxime Decker-Breitel (FRA) 20.600
4. WANG Zizhuo (CHN) 20.350
5. Igor Trushkov (RUS) 19.600
6. Balazs Farkas (HUN) 19.500
7. Anton Shishlgin (RUS) 18.950
8. Tlhakiso Mafona (RSA) 18.600
9. Samrat Paul (IND) 15.150

1. Aurelie Joly/Julien Chaninet (FRA) 21.575
2. Elena Rosca/Tiago Faquinha (POR) 20.350
3. MA Xiang/YU Yangyang (CHN) 19.300
4. TAO Ie/SHI Deli (CHN) 18.850

1. WU Yongjun, CHE Lei, TAO Ie (CHN) 21.550
2. ZOU Yan, WANG Zizhou, MA Xiang (CHN) 20.800
3. Kristyna Bernatova, Andrea Cvachova, Monika Gerzova (CZE) 18.853
4. Sagar Jagiwala, Vasu Bidiwala, Sagar Bidiwala (IND) 10.000

1. SHI Wei, XIONG Deliang, FANG Shiwei, HUANG Zijing, JIA Shuodong, JIANG Erhu (CHN) 19.250
2. TAO Le, CHE Lei, WU Yongjun, Qin Yong, TU Zitong, DENG Xiaoxiao (CHN) 18.300

Twelve nations are sending gymnasts to the final Aerobic Gymnastics World Cup event for 2012, which will be held from the 27th to the 28th of October in Kufstein, Austria. The Arena Kufstein places host to the event which is the fifth Category B event in the series. Look for Benjamin Garavel of France who leads the Individual Men's World Rankings to dominate the competition. After the competition in Liberec, Czech Republic, Aurelie Joly of France has the Women's Individual title all but sealed but look for some intense competition between her and Austria's own Lubov Gazov. Whilst in the Mixed Pairs, Joly and her compatriot Julien Chaninet are set to impress as too is the French trio of Benjamin Garavel, Nicolas Garavel and Maxime Decker-Breitel. 

INDIVIDUAL WOMEN:

INDIVIDUAL MEN:

MIXED PAIRS:

TRIOS:

GROUPS: