Gymmin' Miel!

The 2015 Grand Prix Brno and TART Cup will be held at the City Sports Hall in Brno, Czech Republic from the 16th to 18th of October. The Tart Cup will see Juniors from 15 nations competing in an All Around competition on the 16th (3.00pm to 6.00pm Brno local time) with Finals taking place on the 18th at 11.00am to 12.00pm (Brno local time). The Grand Prix qualifications will occur on the 17th from 2.00pm to 5.30pm (Brno local time) with the Finals on the 18th at 1.30pm to 3.30pm (Brno local time) followed by the Gala at 3.45pm (Brno local time). 

BRNO GRAND PRIX PARTICIPANTS:

TART CUP PARTICIPANTS:

The Sokol Grand Prix de Gymnastique takes place on the 23rd of November with competition getting underway at the Sportovni Hall at 4.30pm (Brno local time). Competing as "couples" the competition is divided into three rounds. All couples compete in the first round with the gymnasts each competing on two apparatuses each. After the conclusion of the round, the eight teams with the highest combined scores move on to the next round, where each gymnast will compete on a third apparatus. The results from the first round do not carry forward. At the end of this second round, the top four ranked teams move onto the Final. In this Final, each gymnast of the pairing competes on one event - the Women are allowed to pick which of the four apparatuses they will compete on, whilst the fourth apparatus for the Men is to be one they have yet to compete on during the day. Six gymnasts in the field for this year competed last year - a competition that was won by Ukrainians Maksym Semiankiv and Mariya Livchikova. 

COMPETITORS:

The Sokol Brno Grand Prix took place on the 10th of November at the Sportovni Hala TJ Sokol Brno I in the Czech Republic. The competition, which is a Mixed Pairs event, similar to that of the Swiss Cup which was held in Zurich earlier this month. All pairs competed in the first two rounds choosing two different apparatuses each, with the pair with lowest combined total being eliminated after the qualification. Remaining pairs then competed in the Semi Final, with each team member competing on one event each with their scores added once more. At the end of the round, the top four teams advance to the Final where once again they competed on one event each. At the conclusion of the competition, the highest scoring team was declared the winner. 

This year, Ukrainians Mariya Livchikova and Maksym Semiankiv were triumphant, with the pairing of Kristyna Palesova of the Czech Republic and Ignacio Losantos of Spain coming in second. In third place was Jana Sikulova (Czech Republic) and Mark Ramseier (Switzerland). 

FINAL ROUND:

SEMI-FINAL ROUND:

QUALIFICATION ROUND: