Gymmin' Miel!

Russian starlet Anna Pavlova and Spaniard Javier Gomez were the All Around Champions at the 2nd Tournoi International de Schiltigheim. Pavlova won  the All Around title by a margin of 1.266 over France's Amelie Pauffert, with Manon Comoreche also of France finished in third place. Anna also top scored on the Vault, Balance Beam and Floor Exercise, whilst the highest score on the Uneven Bars was achieved by Kristyna Palesova. On Vault Frenchwomen Pauffert and Johanna Cano rounded out the top three whilst on the Uneven Bars Pauffert and Cormoreche were in the top three. On the Balance Beam, Ukraine mainstay Maryna Kostiuchenko had the second highest score with Cormoreche achieving the third highest. Cormoreche also had the second top score on the Floor Exercise with Palesova the third top score.

In the Men's competition, Gomez triumphed over 0.750 from Frenchman Kevin Antoniotti with Czech Republic's Martin Konecny. France's Jim Zona had the top score on the Floor Exercise, Vault and Parallel Bars, whilst Gomez was top on the Pommel Horse and Still Rings with Antoniotti taking out the honors on the Horizontal Bar. Antoniotti and Gomez were the second and third highest scorers respectively on the Floor Exercise, whilst on the Pommel Horse it was Bastian Peter of France and Swiss gymnast Severin Rohrer who rounded out the top three. On the Still Rings, it was Mathias Philippe of France and Ignacio Losantos of Spain who concluded the top three on the event, while on the Vault, Bulgarian Martin Angelov and Monaco's Julien Gobaux were the second and third high scorers on the event. Spaniard Gomez and Frenchman Antoniotti were part of the top three scorers whilst on the Horizontal Bar, it was Lithuanian Robert Tvorogal and Martin Konecny who rounded out the top three high scorers. 

Youtube user Ninalfee has uploaded some videos from this competition, including videos of Italian Vanessa Ferrari's Balance Beam and Floor Exercise exhibition pieces. 

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

ALL AROUND:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

ALL AROUND:

1. Javier Gomez (ESP) (14.350, 13.800, 14.900, 14.050, 14.450, 13.750) 85.300
2. Kevin Antoniotti (FRA) (14.550, 12.750, 12.950, 15.100, 14.400, 14.800) 84.550
3. Martin Konecny (CZE) (14.350, 13.350, 13.250, 15.050, 13.250, 14.550) 83.800
4. Mathias Philippe (FRA) (14.200, 11.850, 14.600, 15.250, 13.800, 13.600) 83.300
5. Ignacio Losantos (ESP) (13.300, 13.100, 14.600, 14.450, 14.250, 13.400) 83.100
6. Mark Ramseier (SUI) (13.750, 13.300, 14.350, 14.450, 13.850, 13.200) 82.900
7. Bastian Peter (FRA) (13.650, 13.750, 13.700, 14.750, 13.900, 12.800) 82.550
8. Jim Zona (FRA) (15.050, 11.800, 12.000, 15.600, 14.500, 13.300) 82.250
9. Julien Gobaux (MON) (13.850, 13.150, 14.150, 15.350, 13.100, 12.300) 81.900
10. Severin Rohrer (SUI) (12.650, 13.750, 12.850, 14.850, 13.750, 13.900) 81.750
11. Christian Bazan (ESP) (14.100, 11.800, 14.100, 14.650, 12.800, 12.900) 80.350
12. Robert Tvorogal (LTU) (12.650, 10.450, 13.500, 15.250, 13.450, 14.600) 79.900
13. Tomasso Frigerio (ITA) (13.450, 12.900, 12.600, 14.200, 13.150, 12.850) 79.150
14. Thomas Pagni (ITA) (13.650, 12.550, 13.300, 14.450, 12.700, 10.800) 77.450
15. Aleksejs Pajada (LAT) (13.900, 11.800, 13.200, 14.600, 12.500, 10.600) 76.600
16. Martin Angelov (BUL) (13.750, 10.000, 12.550, 15.400, 11.450, 13.050) 76.200
17. Pietro Giachino (NOR) (12.200, 13.250, 12.450, 13.700, 12.100, 12.400) 76.100
18. Lars Joyce Planke (NOR) (13.050, 10.950, 12.750, 14.150, 11.350, 13.250) 75.500
19. Odin Kalvo (NOR) (12.750, 11.050, 11.500, 13.800, 12.950, 12.550) 74.600
20. Marco Mayr (AUT) (12.250, 12.000, 12.250, 13.600, 12.400, 11.350) 73.850
21. Kevin Crovetto (MON) (11.400, 8.850, 12.800, 14.300, 12.000, 11.500) 70.850
22. Benjamin Dekeyene (FRA) (11.250, 12.400, 11.850, 13.250, 9.750, 11.900) 70.400
23. Peter Egge (NOR) (0.000, 10.750, 9.550, 13.700, 9.300, 11.700) 55.000
24. Velislav Valchev (BUL) (12.950, 10.750, 14.050, 14.100, 0.000, 0.000) 51.850
25. Antonello Compagnoni (ITA) (13.550, 9.650, 13.400, 14.500, 0.000, 0.000) 51.100

The 2nd edition of the Abierto Mexicana de Gimnasia will be taking place from the 9th to the 14th of October in Acapulco, Mexico. The competition is being held at The Fairmont Acapulco Princess (in the Exhibition Center 'Diamante') and is an All Around competition being held over two days, plus an additional prize for the winning Mixed Team (One MAG Gymnast and One WAG Gymnast) will be awarded with the Teams to be drawn at a Press Conference on the 10th of October. Also being held for the first time, is the inaugural Copa Juvenil Gimnasia. The initial roster was trickled out as of the 11th of September with the major roster being published on the 15th of September. Since then there have been a couple of changes: The US is no longer sending Kennedy Baker, with exciting Men's up-and-comer Donnell Whittenburg to be making the trip instead. Mexico has added Axel German Elias Jimenez to their participants, with Ukraine sending Oleg Verniaiev and Poland's Marta Pihan-Kulesza has also added to the participants. And now 27/09/2012 Canadian Anderson Loran has been added to the roster. Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina of Mexico added as at 30/09/2012

PARTICIPANTS:
WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTS:

• Brenna Dowell (USA)
• Georgia Rose Brown (AUS) 
• Jessica Gil Ortiz (COL)
• Anna Dementyeva (RUS)
• Ana Estefania Lago Serna (MEX)
• Yessenia Estrada Martinez (MEX)
• Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina (MEX)
• Chiara Gandolfi (ITA)
• Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL)

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Donnell Whittenburg (USA)
• Sergio Sasaki Junior (BRA)
• Daniel Purvis (GBR)
• Anderson Loran (CAN)
• Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez (COL)
• David Belyavskiy (RUS) 
• Luis Alberto Sosa Abarca (MEX)
• Axel German Elias Jimenez (MEX)
• Mattia Tamiazzo (ITA)
• Oleg Verniaiev (UKR)

SCHEDULE:

TUESDAY, 9TH OCTOBER:

WEDNESDAY, 10TH OCTOBER:

• 10.00 - 13.00: Training
• 16.00 - 18.30: Training
• 19.00 - 20.00: Press Conference

• 10.00 - 13.00: Training
• 16.00 - 19.00: Training
• 19.00 - 21.30: I Copa Juvenil de Gimnasia (AA)

• 19.00 - 19.15: Opening Ceremony
• 19.15 - 21.00: First Part AA Competition (MAG: FX, PH, SR/WAG: VT, UB)

• 18.00 - 20.00: Second Part AA Competition (MAG: VT, PB, HB/WAG: BB, FX)
• 20.15 - 21.00: Gymnastics Gala - Closing Ceremony
• 21.00 - 21.30: Awards Ceremony (AA and Mixed Team)

• All Day: Departure of Delegations