Gymmin' Miel!

Spain's Carolina Rodriguez Ballesteros won the Rhythmic Gymnastics All Around title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. Rodriguez top scored with the Hoop, Clubs and Ribbon and tied with Varvara Filiou of Greece for the high mark with the Ball. Filiou earned the silver medal whilst Frenchwoman Kseniya Moustafaeva won the bronze medal. 

ALL AROUND FINAL RESULTS (IN ORDER HOOP, BALL, CLUBS, RIBBON):

The Spanish Men's team consisting of Nestor Abad SanJuan, Christian Bazan Jaime, Javier Gomez Fuertes, Fabian Gonzalez Vidal and Ruben Lopez Martinez were triumphant in Mersin, Turkey last night. The Italian contingent (Enrico Pozzo, Paolo Principi, Paolo Ottavi, Ludovico Edalli and Andrea Cingolani) managed to hold off the French team (Kevin Antoniotti, Guillaume Augugliaro, Quentin Signori, Arnaud Willig and Jim Zona) to earn the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games.

MEN'S TEAM FINAL:

1. Spain (43.532, 42.233, 43.833, 43.932, 44.766, 42.933) 261.229
2. Italy (43.165, 41.366, 42.665, 43.499, 42.900, 43.233) 256.828
3. France (42.400, 38.565, 42.099, 42.899, 41.733, 42.765) 250.461
4. Turkey (41.032, 37.199, 42.999, 41.032, 42.866, 42.166) 247.294
5. Greece (42.232, 36.365, 42.832, 41.766, 40.698, 39.499) 243.392
6. Cyprus (39.065, 38.032, 42.066, 41.266, 41.666, 40.266) 242.361
7. Egypt (38.632, 37.865, 42.766, 40.532, 41.633, 40.766) 242.194

Italian mainstay Vanessa Ferrari triumphed in the Women's All Around final at the Mediterranean Games which are being hosted in Mersin, Turkey. Spain's Maria Paula Vargas Mota earned second place with Frenchwoman Valentine Sabatou earning the bronze medal. Spain's Roxana Daniela Popa Nedelcu did not compete due to injury. Spain's Javier Gomez Fuertes won the Men's All Around title over team mate Fabian Gonzalez Vidal and Guillaume Augugliaro of France. 

MEN'S ALL AROUND:

1. Javier Gomez Fuertes (ESP) (14.766, 13.466, 14.633, 14.900, 14.533, 14.666) 86.964
2. Fabian Gonzalez Vidal (ESP) (14.933, 14.233, 13.400, 15.233, 14.766, 14.000) 86.565
3. Guillaume Augugliaro (FRA) (14.566, 13.533, 14.066, 14.533, 14.666, 14.166) 85.530
4. Paolo Principi (ITA) (14.633, 13.933, 13.900, 14.400, 13.900, 14.633) 85.399
5. Kevin Antoniotti (FRA) (14.233, 13.666, 13.400, 14.233, 14.866, 14.500) 84.898
6. Ferhat Arican (TUR) (14.100, 13.466, 14.133, 14.633, 14.666, 13.600) 84.598
7. Paolo Ottavi (ITA) (12.966, 13.500, 14.366, 14.133, 13.700, 14.066) 82.731
8. Amr Essam Mohamed Ahmed (EGY) (14.166, 13.033, 13.433, 13.533, 14.166, 13.100) 81.431
9. Panagiotis Aristotelous (CYP) (13.500, 12.766, 12.866, 14.200, 13.766, 14.000) 81.098
10. Xenios Papaevripidou (CYP) (13.133, 13.433, 12.866, 13.633, 13.933, 13.600) 80.598
11. Mohamed Sherif El Saharty (EGY) (13.866, 12.933, 13.566, 13.333, 12.966, 13.600) 80.264
12. Charalampos Kailidis (GRE) (13.833, 13.400, 12.366, 13.433, 13.533, 13.533) 80.098
13. Baris Pek (TUR) (14.133, 12.600, 12.933, 13.700, 13.466, 12.766) 79.598
14. Hellal Metidji (ALG) (10.800, 13.233, 12.800, 13.833, 14.000, 13.433) 78.099
15. Ioannis Tougkas (GRE) (11.533, 12.600, 13.566, 13.966, 12.800, 12.533) 76.998
16. Alon Hasa (ALB) (13.033, 12.933, 12.866, 13.200, 12.766, 12.166) 76.964

Women's Vault Podium (Image courtesy of Italian Gymnastics Federation)

Okay so I have quite a few events to catch up on. Firstly the Artistic Gymnastics competition at the 2013 Mediterranean Games has concluded with the Event Finals. Egypt's Fadwa Mohamed Abdellatif Mahmoud earned a well deserved gold medal on the Vault with Frenchwoman Johanna Cano and Italian Giulia Leni rounding out the top three. Italians earned the remaining three Women's Event Titles with Chiara Gandolfi, Giorgia Campana and Vanessa Ferrari earning the Uneven Bars, Balance Beam and Floor Exercise titles respectively. Spain's Maria Paula Vargas Mota and Campana won the silver and bronze medals respectively on the Uneven Bars. On the Balance Beam, it was Vasiliki Millousi of Greece who won the silver over Vanessa Ferrari with Valentine Sabatou of France and Elisabetta Preziosa of Italy earning the remaining medals on the Floor Exercise. 

Greece superstars Eleftherios Kosmidis and Eleftherios Petrounias won the Floor Exercise and Still Rings titles respectively. This was Kosmidis' second consecutive Floor Exercise title at the Mediterranean Games having won the honor in 2009. Spaniard Fabian Gonzalez Vidal and Tunisia's Wadji Bouallegue won the silver and bronze medals on the apparatus. Saso Bertoncelj of Slovenia triumphed on the Pommel Horse over Croatia's Robert Seligman and Gonzalez Vidal. Petrounias dominated on the Still Rings with Turkey's own Ibrahim Colak and Spain's Javier Gomez Fuertes finishing in second and third. Spain's Nestor Abad Sanjuan was the Vault winner with Italian Paolo Principi and Bouallegue concluding the top three places. Kevin Antoniotti of France won the Parallel Bars title over Ruben Lopez Martinez of Spain and Ferhat Arican of Turkey while on the Horizontal Bar, Umit Samiloglu won the honors over Croatian Marijo Moznik who earned silver and Italy's Enrico Pozzo who took the bronze. 

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

1. Chiara Gandolfi (ITA) 14.200
2. Maria Paula Vargas Mota (ESP) 14.100
3. Giorgia Campana (ITA) 13.700
4. Valentine Sabatou (FRA) 13.533
5. Roxana Daniela Popa Nedelcu (ESP) 13.300
6. Maelys Plessis (FRA) 13.066
7. Mai Ahmed Saaed (EGY) 10.300
8. Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) 5.500

1. Giorgia Campana (ITA) 14.533
2. Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) 14.200
3. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) 14.166
4. Valentine Sabatou (FRA) 14.066
5. Maelys Plessis (FRA) 13.133
6. Maria Paula Vargas Mota (ESP) 12.066
7. Ozlem Ozkan (TUR) 12.000
8. Nancy Mohamed Taman (EGY) 11.133

1. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) 13.900
2. Valentine Sabatou (FRA) 13.200
3. Elisabetta Preziosa (ITA) 13. 166
4. Sasa Golob (SLO) 12.866
5. Farida Ahmed Shokry (EGY) 12.600
6. Maria Paula Vargas Mota (ESP) 12.433
7. Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) 11.933
8. Maelys Plessis (FRA) 11.500

1. Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE) 15.366
2. Fabian Gonzalez Vidal (ESP) 14.733
3. Wadji Bouallegue (TUN) 14.566
4. Guillaume Augugliaro (FRA) 14.533
5. Kevin Antoniotti (FRA) 14.400
6. Nestor Abad Sanjuan (ESP); Paolo Principi (ITA) 14.166
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8. Ludovico Edalli (ITA) 13.266

1. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 15.266
2. Robert Seligman (CRO) 15.100
3. Fabian Gonzalez Vidal (ESP) 14.833
4. Paolo Principi (ITA) 14.766
5. Ludovico Edalli (ITA) 14.333
6. Alen Dimic (SLO) 13.733
7. Oualid Hacib (ALG) 13.400
8. Javier Gomez Fuertes (ESP) 12.600

1. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.700
2. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 15.133
3. Javier Gomez Fuertes (ESP) 14.866
4. Ali Ramadan Abouelkassem Zahran (EGY); Ruben Lopez Martinez (ESP) 14.833
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6. Irodotos Georgallas (CYP) 14.800
7. Paolo Ottavi (ITA) 14.766
8. Guillaume Augugliaro (FRA) 14.033

1. Nestor Abad Sanjuan (ESP) (14.933, 14.733) 14.833
2. Paolo Principi (ITA) (14.500, 14.666) 14.583
3. Wadji Bouallegue (TUN) (14.266, 14.566) 14.416
4. Fabian Gonzalez Vidal (ESP) (13.666, 14.400) 14.033
5. Ferhat Arican (TUR) (13.766, 13.766) 13.766
6. Mohamed Sherif El Saharty (EGY) (14.166, 13.200) 13.683
7. Mohamed Azaiez Trabelsi (TUN) (13.433, 13.766) 13.599
8. Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE) (13.033, 13.400) 13.216

1. Kevin Antoniotti (FRA) 15.033
2. Ruben Lopez Martinez (ESP) 15.000
3. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 14.866
4. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 14.700
5. Ludovico Edalli (ITA); Alen Dimic (SLO) 14.666
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7. Dimitris Krasias (CYP) 14.400
8. Javier Gomez Fuertes (ESP) 13.666

1. Umit Samiloglu (TUR) 15.366
2. Marijo Moznik (CRO) 15.166
3. Enrico Pozzo (ITA) 14.866
4. Jim Zona (FRA) 14.666
5. Nestor Abad Sanjuan (ESP) 14.500
6. Paolo Principi (ITA) 14.266
7. Javier Gomez Fuertes (ESP) 14.200
8. Alen Dimic (SLO) 14.033

The Italian Women's team (Vanessa Ferrari, Giorgia Campana, Giulia Leni, Chiara Gandolfi, Elisabetta Preziosa) were triumphant at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Women's Team Final. The French team consisting of Johanna Cano, Manon Cormoreche, Valentine Sabatou, Maelys Plessis, Mira Boumejmajen) topped the gymnasts from Greece for the silver medal. The team from Greece consisted of Vasiliki Millousi, Magdalena Trichopoulou, Maria Simou and Myropi Christofilaki. Ferrari topped the Women's All Around qualification over team mate Giorgia Campana and Frenchwoman Valentine Sabatou. Vasiliki Millousi, who qualified fourth to the All Around final will not be participating in Sunday's All Around final, choosing to focus on the Event Finals.

The 2013 Mediterranean Games will be taking place from the 18th to the 30th of June in Mersin, Turkey. Over the ten days, competitors from 24 different nations will be competing in 27 different sports. In terms of Gymnastics - competition in Rhythmic Gymnastics and Artistic Gymnastics will be held. Artistic Gymnastics will be seen from the 19th to the 22nd with Rhythmic Gymnastics on the 29th and 30th. Participants can be found below as they are announced.

According to the DEFINITIVE REGISTRATIONS:

• WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS: 37 Gymnasts from 11 Nations. Of these Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia and Turkey are expected to field full teams, whilst Individual Gymnasts from Albania, Cyprus, Lebanon, Macedonia and Spain are on the Definitive Roster.
• MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS: 56 Gymnasts from 16 Countries. Of these Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey are expected to field full teams. Whilst Individual Gymnasts from Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Lebanon, Libya, Monaco, Syria and Tunisia are scheduled to compete.
• RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS: 27 Gymnasts from 10 Nations are expected to participate. (Andorra, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey)

2013 MEDITERRANEAN GAMES - PARTICIPANTS:
WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:
QUALIFICATIONS - 19TH JUNE:
SUBDIVISION ONE - 10.00am - 12.00pm:
STARTING ON VAULT:

• ITALY:
• Giorgia Campana 
• Vanessa Ferrari
• Chiara Gandolfi
• Giulia Leni 
• Elisabetta Preziosa 
• CYPRUS:
• TBA

STARTING ON UNEVEN BARS:

• FRANCE:
• Valentine Sabatou
• Mira Boumejmajen
• Maelys Plessis 
• Manon Cormoreche
• Johanna Cano
• RESERVE: None. If a gymnast needs replacing then the team will remain at four.
• MACEDONIA:
• TBA

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:
QUALIFICATIONS - JUNE 20TH:
SUBDIVISION ONE - 9.30am - 12.00pm:
STARTING ON FLOOR EXERCISE:

• EGYPT:
• Mohamed Sherif El Saharty 
• Islam Mohamed Shahin
• Ali Ramadan Abouelkassem Zahran 
• Amr Essam Mohamed Ahmed 
• Ashraf Nashaat Mostafa 
• CROATIA:
• Marijo Moznik
• Robert Seligman

FRANCE:

• Guillaume Augugliaro
• Quentin Signori 
• Arnaud Willig
• Jim Zona
• Kevin Antoniotti 
• ALBANIA:
• Alon Hasa 

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS:
ANDORRA:

• Fiona Pallares

EGYPT:

• Sara Mohamed Rostom 
• Heba Khaled Elbourini 
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FRANCE:

• Kseniya Moustafaeva 
• Lucille Chalopin
• Ambre Chaboud
• RESERVE: Gillian Leopold

LOOKING BACK TO 2009:

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Italy (Enrico Pozzo, Paolo Ottavi, Alberto Busnari, Matteo Morandi, Andrea Cingolani) won the Team Title over France (Pierre-Yves Beny, Thomas Bouhail, Benoit Caranobe, Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues, Hamilton Sabot) and Spain (Javier Gomez, Sergio Munoz, Rafael Martinez, Fabian Gonzalez, Manuel Carballo)
• Benoit Caranobe (FRA) won the All Around title over Enrico Pozzo (ITA) and Hamilton Sabot (FRA)
• Greece's Eleftherios Kosmidis won the Floor Exercise title.
• Frenchmen Pinheiro-Rodrigues and Bouhail won the Still Rings and Vault titles respectively.
• Italians Busnari and Pozzo won the Pommel Horse and Horizontal Bar honors respectively.
• Spain's Manuel Carballo won the title on the Parallel Bars.

• Italian Julieta Cantaluppi won the Individual All Around over France's Delphine Ledoux and Spain's Carolina Rodriguez.