Gymmin' Miel!

The Italian 1 team consisting of Vanessa Ferrari, Carlotta Ferlito, Francesca Deagostini, Elisa Meneghini, Chiara Gandolfi and Alessia Leolini dominated over Germany, earning the team honors with a massive 7.45 point victory. Italians also earned the top three All Around scores with Vanessa Ferrari earning the title by 2.65 points over Carlotta Ferlito. Elisa Meneghini finished in third with Germany's Elisabeth Seitz in fourth. Ferrari earned the top score on the Vault, Balance Beam and Floor Exercise with Sophie Scheder of Germany top scoring the Uneven Bars. Ferlito and compatriot Giulia Paglia tied for the second highest scores on the Vault whilst on the Uneven Bars, Ferrari and Gandolfi earned the second and third top scores respectively. Elisa Meneghini scored the second top mark on the Balance Beam with Francesca Deagostini (ITA) receiving the third highest. On the Floor Exercise, it was Meneghini and Ferlito who rounded out the top three scores on the apparatus.

The German representatives for the 2013 World Championships are set to be named on Monday, the 16th of September.

TEAM RESULTS:

ALL AROUND RESULTS:

1. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA 1) (14.500, 14.200, 14.500, 14.400) 57.600
2. Carlotta Ferlito (ITA 1) (14.300, 13.400, 13.650, 13.600) 54.950
3. Elisa Meneghini (ITA 1) (12.900, 13.500, 14.300, 13.950) 54.650
4. Elisabeth Seitz (GER) (14.250, 13.350, 13.700, 13.300) 54.600
5. Sophie Scheder (GER) (14.250, 14.350, 13.700, 11.850) 54.150
6. Cagla Akyol (GER) (14.000, 13.100, 13.500, 12.750) 53.350
7. Pauline Schaefer (GER) (13.950, 12.250, 13.850, 13.000) 53.050
8. Alessia Leolini (ITA 1) (14.000, 13.350, 12.300, 12.950); Martine Buro (ITA 2) (14.250, 12.300, 13.300, 12.750) 52.600
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10. Giulia Paglia (ITA 2) (14.300, 12.450, 12.550, 13.150) 52.450
11. Chiara Gandolfi (ITA 1) (13.900, 13.850, 12.300, 12.300) 52.350
12. Francesca Deagostini (ITA 1) (13.850, 11.550, 13.950, 12.750) 52.100
13. Arianna Rocca (ITA 2) (14.050, 0.000, 13.050, 12.750) 39.850
14. Michelle Timm (GER) (13.750, 0.000, 11.750, 12.050) 37.550
15. Alessia Praz (ITA 2) (0.000, 11.200, 13.150, 12.150) 36.500
16. Giulia Leni (ITA 2) (13.150, 0.000, 0.000, 11.100) 24.250
17. Adriana Crisci (ITA 2) (13.750, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000) 13.750

The 8th Trofeo Andrea Massucchi is set to be held on the 14th of September at the Palazzeto dello Sport di Vigevano. Competition will begin at 5.00pm (local time) and will see a squad of gymnasts from Germany compete against a team from Italy as well as some Italian gymnasts competing as individuals. For both nations this competition will be the final occasion to see how the gymnasts perform before naming the final selections of those lucky ladies who will be representing their countries at the 2013 World Championships. Good luck to all competing! 

ITALY - TEAM:

ITALY - INDIVIDUALS:

• Adriana Crisci 
• Giulia Paglia
• Arianna Rocca
• Giulia Leni
• Martine Buro
• Alessia Praz 

On the final day of competition at the Pesaro World Cup, the Italian Group took home both Event Finals gold medals whilst in the Senior Individual Finals competition, Belarussian Melitina Staniouta took out the Ball, Clubs and Ribbon titles. The Hoop title went to Russia's Daria Svatkovskaya. In the Group competitions, Italy topped Ukraine and Bulgaria for the 5 Clubs honors, with Bulgaria and Belarus rounding out the top three with the 3 Balls/2 Ribbons. Staniouta and Ukraine's Ganna Rizatdinova rounded out the top three with the Hoop, whilst it was Russian Maria Titova and Israel's Neta Rivkin who rounded out the top three with the Ball. Svatkovskaya added a silver with the Clubs with Rizatdinova picking up the bronze, whilst Korean SON Yeon Jae and Ukrainian Rizatdinova finished second and third respectively with the Ribbon. 

EVENT FINALS RESULTS:

GROUPS:

5 CLUBS:

3 BALLS/2 RIBBONS:

1. Italy 17.833
2. Bulgaria 17.367
3. Belarus 17.200
4. Switzerland 16.317
5. Germany 15.717
6. Azerbaijan 15.600
7. France 15.433
8. Ukraine 14.917

HOOP:

1. Daria Svatkovskaya (RUS) 18.033
2. Melitina Staniouta (BLR) 18.017
3. Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR) 17.817
4. Neta Rivkin (ISR) 17.750
5. Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR) 17.583
6. Alina Maksymenko (UKR) 17.467
7. Maria Titova (RUS) 17.183
8. Marina Durunda (AZE) 16.950

1. Melitina Staniouta (BLR) 17.783
2. Maria Titova (RUS) 17.750
3. Neta Rivkin (ISR) 17.667
4. Alina Maksymenko (UKR) 17.600
5. Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR) 17.517
6. Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR) 17.233
7. Daria Svatkovskaya (RUS) 16.667
8. Maria Durunda (AZE) 16.467

1. Melitina Staniouta (BLR) 17.967
2. Daria Svatkovskaya (RUS) 17.933
3. Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR) 17.800
4. Maria Titova (RUS) 17.767
5. SON Yeon Jae (KOR) 17.067
6. Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR) 17.000
7. Marina Durunda (AZE) 16.333
8. Neta Rivkin (ISR) 15.967

1. Melitina Staniouta (BLR) 17.850
2. SON Yeon Jae (KOR) 17.483
3. Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR) 17.417
4. Alina Maksymenko (UKR) 17.400
5. Marina Durunda (AZE) 17.350
6. Neta Rivkin (ISR) 17.167
7. Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR) 16.400
8. Maria Titova (RUS) 15.833
9. Federica Febbo (ITA) 15.650

The Junior Group from Bulgaria won the 5 Hoops Event Final over the teams from Russia and Azerbaijan as part of the 5th International Tournament "Citta di Pesaro". Ukraine's Viktoria Mazur won the Hoop title over Israel's Alona Koshevatskiy. Bulgarian Neviana Vladinova and Latvia's Jelizaveta Gamalejeva tied for third. Russian Yana Kudryatseva added the Ball, Clubs and Ribbon titles to her All Around title. Mazur earned second place with the Ball whilst Belarussian Maria Kadobina finished in third. Kadobina and Koshevatskiy added silver and bronze medals respectively with the Clubs, whilst Koshevatskiy, Gamalejeva and Vladinova all tied for second place with the Ribbon. 

SENIOR INDIVIDUALS:

HOOP:

1. Viktoria Mazur (UKR) 17.650
2. Alona Koshevatskiy (ISR) 16.800
3. Neviana Vladinova (BUL); Jelizaveta Gamalejeva (LAT) 16.400
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5. Yana Kudryatseva (RUS) 16.150
6. Carmel Kallemaa (EST) 15.600
7. Maria Kadobina (BLR) 15.250
8. Iina Linna (FIN) 14.900

1. Yana Kudryatseva (RUS) 18.000
2. Viktoria Mazur (UKR) 17.400
3. Maria Kadobina (BLR) 17.250
4. Neviana Vladinova (BUL) 16.550
5. Julieta Cantaluppi (ITA) 16.500
6. Jelizaveta Gamalejeva (LAT) 16.350
7. Carmel Kallemaa (EST) 16.150
8. Alona Koshevatskiy (ISR) 15.550

1. Yana Kudryatseva (RUS) 17.600
2. Maria Kadobina (BLR) 16.750
3. Alona Koshevatskiy (ISR) 16.500
4. Liana Tsebadze (GEO) 16.350
5. Jelizaveta Gamalejeva (LAT) 16.300
6. Julieta Cantaluppi (ITA) 16.100
7. Carmel Kallemaa (EST) 15.850
8. Viktoria Mazur (UKR) 15.750

1. Yana Kudryatseva (RUS) 17.900
2. Alona Koshevatskiy (ISR); Jelizaveta Gamalejeva (LAT); Neviana Vladinova (BUL) 17.050
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5. Viktoria Mazur (UKR) 16.000
6. Julieta Cantaluppi (ITA) 15.900
7. Liana Tsebadze (GEO) 15.700
8. Carmel Kallemaa (EST) 14.150

The Junior Russian Group took out the Group All Around title of the 5th International Tournament "Citta di Pesaro". Israel finished second and Belarus finished in third. Yana Kudryatseva of Russia top scored with all four apparatus on the way to taking out the Senior All Around as part of the "Citta di Pesaro". Ukraine's Viktoria Mazur and Latvia's Jelizaveta Gamalejeva finished second and third respectively. 

RESULTS ALL AROUND:

JUNIOR GROUPS:

1. Russia 16.450
2. Israel 15.967
3. Belarus 15.900
4. Azerbaijan 15.600
5. Bulgaria 15.400
6. Italy 15.217
7. Hungary 14.883
8. Estonia 14.800
9. Finland 14.683
10. Uzbekistan 14.267
11. France 14.200
12. Austria 13.933
13. Switzerland 13.317
14. Latvia 13.083
15. Norway 13.067
16. Poland 12.867
17. Czech Republic 12.733
18. Cyprus 9.567

1. Yana Kudryatseva (RUS) (17.800, 17.900, 17.900, 17.700) 71.300
2. Viktoria Mazur (UKR) (17.100, 17.100, 17.750, 16.250) 68.200
3. Jelizaveta Gamalejeva (LAT) (16.450, 16.150, 16.550, 16.650) 65.800
4. Alona Koshevatskiy (ISR) (16.300, 16.750, 15.600, 16.850) 65.500
5. Julieta Cantaluppi (ITA) (14.800, 16.450, 15.900, 16.150) 63.300
6. Liana Tsebadze (GEO) (14.950, 15.500, 16.550,  16.000) 63.000
7. Carmel Kallemaa (EST) (15.750, 15.950, 15.450, 15.450) 62.600
8. Maria Kadobina (BLR) (15.000, 16.400, 15.500, 14.600) 61.500
9. Neviana Vladinova (BUL) (15.350, 16.000, 13.800, 15.700) 60.850
10. Giulia Pala (ITA) (13.550, 15.150, 14.700, 15.750) 59.150
11. Lina Linna (FIN) (15.500, 14.700, 15.200,  13.550) 58.950
12. Anna Afuxenidi (KAZ) (11.800, 15.250, 14.600, 15.200) 56.850
13. Elena Milenkovic (CRO) (14.600, 14.650, 13.400, 13.800) 56.450
14. Aziza Mamadjanova (UZB) (13.200, 15.000, 14.300, 13.650) 56.150
15. Pantelitsa Theodoulou (CYP) (13.350, 14.800, 14.000, 13.650) 55.800
16. Fatin Zakirah Zain Jalany (MAS) (13.650, 14.450, 13.550, 13.200) 54.850
17. Ksenya Judeikin (CAN) (11.350, 14.100, 13.700, 13.850) 53.000
18. Cassandra Pettersson (SWE) (10.500, 13.600, 14.800, 13.000) 51.900
19. Martine Ege Vangsal (NOR) (11.900, 12.350, 11.300, 11.750) 47.300
20. Ashleigh O'Neill (NZL) (11.850, 13.450, 9.400, 10.150) 44.850
21. Giulia Di Lorenzo (SMR) (9.750, 12.450, 0.000, 0.000) 22.200

The 2012 edition of the Category B Pesaro Cup will be held in conjunction with the 4th Pesaro Tournament for Juniors. Held at the Adriatic Arena from the 13th to 15th of April. The complete schedule of the competition, can be seen here: http://www.rgwcup2012pesaro.com/EN/Competizione.aspx?ref=1. The Senior Competition boasts a huge line up of stars, with the most notable being the Russian Individuals, Evgenia Kanaeva, Daria Dmitrieva and Daria Kondakova. And for the Juniors, look for Canadian upstart Patricia Bezzoubenko to make an impact. In the Senior Groups portion of the competition in Pesaro, Italy will be the one to beat. Huge good luck especially to the British and Canadian Rhythmic Groups that will be competing at this event. 

PARTICIPANTS:

SENIOR INDIVIDUALS:

SENIOR GROUPS:

• AZERBAIJAN: Aliya Pashayeva, Sabina Abbasova, Siyana Vasileva, Irada Ahadzade, Aelita Khalafova, Aynur Jabbarli
• BELARUS: Maryna Hancharova, Anastasiya Ivankova, Nataliya Leshchyk, Yana Lukavets, Kseniya Sankovich, Aliaksandra Narkevich
• BULGARIA (Listed on Official website, not on FIG): Mihaela Maevska, Reneta Kamberova, Elena Todorova, Hristiana Todorova, Katrin Velkova, Tsvedelina Naydenova
• CANADA: Rose Cossar, Alexandra Landry, Anastasiya Muntyanu, Anjelika Reznik, Kelsey Titmarsh, Katrina Cameron
• SPAIN: Elena Lopez, Sandra Aguilar, Lourdes Mohedano, Alejandra Quereda, Lidia Redondo, Loreto Achaerandio
• FRANCE: Samantha Ay, Lea Peinoit, Jeanne Isenmann, Noemie Balthazard, Oceane Charoy, Elena Chabert
• GREAT BRITAIN: Francesca Fox, Georgina Cassar, Lynne Hutchison, Rachel Smith, Louisa Pouli, Jade Faulkner 
• GERMANY: Mira Bimperling, Camilla Pfeffer, Cathrin Puhl, Sara Radman, Regina Sergeeva, Nicole Mueller
• GREECE: Eleni Doika, Stavroula Samara, Alexia Kyriazi, Marianthi Zafeiriou, Evdokia Loukagou, Vasileia Zachou
• ISRAEL: Eliora Zholkovsky, Moran Buzovski, Noa Palatchy, Polina Zakaluzny, Viktoriya Koshel, Marina Schults
• ITALY: Elisa Blanchi, Elisa Santoni, Romina Laurito, Anzhelika Savrayuk, Andreea Stefanescu, Marta Pagnini
• JAPAN: Yuka Endo, Airi Hatakeyama, Nina Saeedyokota, Rie Matsubara, Natsuki Fukase, Kotono Tanaka
• RUSSIA: Uliana Donskova, Anastasia Nazarenko, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Ksenia Dudkina, Karolina Sevastyanova, Alina Makarenko
• SWITZERLAND (NOT ON FIG ROSTER): Carol Rohatsch, Souheilya Yacoub, Nathanya Kohen, Marine Perichon, Lisa Tacchelli
• UKRAINE: Viktoria Lenyshyn, Olena Dmytrash, Svitlana Prokopova, Viktoria Mazur, Valeria Gudym, Yevgenia Gomon
• UZBEKISTAN: Luiza Ganieva, Olga Kiryakova, Zarina Kurbonova, Marta Rostoburova, Ekaterina Safronova

PARTICIPANTS:

• Martina Nadal (ARG)
• Virginia Pucheta (ARG)
• Nicole Weinl (AUT)
• Anastasiya Detkova (AUT)
• Nilufar Niftaliyeva (AZE)
• Gulsum Shafizada (AZE)
• Yekaterina Prokopenko (AZE)
• Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR)
• Alena Bolotina (BLR)
• Maria Kadobina (BLR)
• Ksenya Cheldishkina (BLR)
• Pavlien Boone (BEL)
• Tess Mogensen (BEL)
• Radina Filipova (BUL)
• Zhenina Trashlieva (BUL)
• Patricia Bezzoubenko (CAN)
• Kiah Dick (CAN)
• Petra Zavrski (CRO)
• Leonarda Kunstic (CRO)
• Myrofora Shiamptani (CYP)
• Anna Valentina Kelis (CYP)
• Evelyn Daniela Alas Moran (ESA)
• Karina Jerygina (EST)
• Carmei Kallemaa (EST)
• Ekaterina Volkova (FIN)
• Nada Jennane (FRA)
• Ambre Chaboud (FRA)
• Gabriela Khvedelidze (GEO)
• Sophie Pharulava (GEO)
• Elizaveta Bakradze (GEO)
• Kristina Durbanova (GER)
• Anastasia Kempf (GER)
• Laura Ludanyi (HUN)
• Bianka Borolz (HUN)
• Saroita Toth (HUN)
• Dorina Koska (HUN)
• Greta Merlo (ITA)
• Carmen Crescenzi (ITA) 
• Sofia Lodi (ITA)
• Martina Centofanti (ITA)
• Emilia Zabeo (ITA)
• Stefania Bigi (ITA)
• Ginevra Parrini (ITA)
• Arianna Malavasi (ITA)
• Cecilia Re (ITA)
• Aliya Assymova (KAZ)
• Sabina Ashirbayeva (KAZ)
• Tai Qing Tong (MAS)
• Shak Yuki (MAS)
• Nagaraian Shasangari Silvanesw (MAS)
• Marta Kulesza (POL)
• Malwina Koslowska (POL)
• Maria Bandeira Canilhas (POR)
• Tania Dominguez (POR)
• Rafaela Valente (POR)
• Lucia Castiglioni (SMR)
• Giulia Cecchetti (SMR)
• Corina Lupu (ROU)
• Diana Pavel (ROU)
• Luiza Filiorianu (ROU)
• Diana Borisova (RUS)
• Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS)
• Yulia Sinitsyna (RUS)
• Olga Soldatova (RUS)
• Maria Titova (RUS) (O.C)
• Dina Averina (RUS) (O.C)
• Arina Averina (RUS) (O.C)
• Olga Belkova (RUS) (O.C)
• Spela Kratochwill (SLO)
• Carmen Petran (SLO)
• Zala Dornig (SLO)
• Monija Cebasek (SLO)
• Chun Song E (KOR)
• Lee Na Kyung (KOR)
• Lisa Rusconi (SUI)
• Nicole Turuani (SUI)
• Ekin Guler (TUR)
• Poyraz Derinsu (TUR)
• Kir Guler (TUR)
• Anastasia Mulmina (UKR)
• Eleonora Romanova (UKR)
• Evliya Shakirova (UKR)
• Valeriya Davidova (UZB)
• Anora Davlyatova (UZB)
• Roza Muminova (UZB)

Here are the results from the 2012 City of Jesolo Trophy which was held this weekend in Italy. The United States of America won both the Junior and Senior Team titles, with Senior Kyla Ross taking out the All Around, and top scoring on the Uneven Bars and Balance Beam. 2011 World Vault Champion, McKayla Maroney topped the Seniors on Vault, whilst Russian Anastasia Grishina was top on Floor over American Alexandra Raisman. In terms of the Juniors, Lexie Priessman took out the All Around and was top on the Vault with fellow American Katelyn Ohashi taking out the top marks on the Uneven Bars and Balance Beam. Russian up-and-comer Maria Kharenkova topped the Floor Exercise. 

SENIOR RESULTS:

TEAM:

ALL AROUND:

1. Kyla Ross (USA) (15.550, 15.050, 15.500, 13.750) 59.850
2. Alexandra Raisman (USA) (15.400, 14.450, 14.550, 14.650) 59.050
3. Sarah Finnegan (USA) (14.900, 14.150, 15.000, 14.600) 58.650
4. McKayla Maroney (USA) (16.000, 13.950, 14.050, 13.950) 57.950
5. Anastasia Grishina (RUS) (14.800, 13.200, 15.050, 14.800) 57.850
6. Elizabeth Price (USA) (15.700, 14.150, 12.700, 14.300) 56.850
7. Brenna Dowell (USA/MIXED GROUP) (14.650, 14.600, 13.800, 13.600) 56.650
8. Carlotta Ferlito (ITA) (14.400, 13.200, 15.200, 13.750) 56.550
9. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) (14.500, 14.300, 13.700, 13.400) 55.900
10. Mykayla Skinner (USA/MIXED GROUP) (15.250, 13.200, 12.150, 14.350); Brianna Brown (USA/MIXED GROUP) (14.100, 13.650, 13.400, 13.800) 54.950
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12. Francesca Deagostini (ITA) (13.700, 13.100, 14.650, 13.450) 54.900
13. Giorgia Campana (ITA) (12.950, 14.300, 14.450, 13.150) 54.850
14. Anna Rodionova (RUS) (13.800, 13.000, 14.100, 13.400) 54.300
15. Yulia Inshina (RUS) (13.700, 14.300, 12.750, 13.300) 54.050
16. Giulia Leni (ITA) (14.000, 13.750, 11.300, 13.500) 52.550
17. Jessica Helene Mattoni (ITA/MIXED GROUP) (12.900, 13.050, 13.200, 12.900) 52.050
18. Yulia Belokobylskaya (RUS) (13.550, 13.700, 13.000, 11.350) 51.600
19. Sara Ricciardi (ITA) (13.700, 12.300, 12.100, 12.500) 50.600
20. Rebecca Bross (USA) (0.000, 13.950, 14.150, 0.000) 28.100

TEAM:

1. United States of America 226.850
2. Italy 217.200
3. Russian Federation 215.800
4. Romania 208.400

1. Lexie Priessman (USA) (15.850, 14.700, 12.200, 14.200) 56.950
2. Enus Mariani (ITA) (13.900, 14.650, 14.400, 13.050) 56.000
3. Bailie Key (USA) (14.900, 13.900, 12.600, 14.250); Maria Kharenkova (RUS) (13.800, 13.750, 13.800, 14.300) 55.650
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5. Madison Desch (USA) (14.350, 14.200, 13.650, 13.300) 55.500
6. Lara Mori (ITA) (13.250, 13.700, 14.050, 13.850) 54.850
7. Amelia Hundley (USA) (14.650, 14.200, 13.650, 12.100) 54.600
8. Maria Bondareva (RUS) (13.800, 12.550, 14.250, 13.550) 54.150
9. Ekaterina Baturina (RUS) (13.500, 13.300, 13.650, 13.500) 53.950
10. Tea Ugrin (ITA) (13.750, 12.900, 13.300, 13.200) 53.150
11. Stefania Stanila (ROU) (13.650, 12.300, 13.000, 13.850) 52.800
12. Victoria Kuzmina (RUS) (12.800, 13.850, 12.400, 13.000); Laura Guatelli (ITA) (13.900, 12.800, 11.850, 13.500) 52.050
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14. Nicole Terlenghi (ITA) (13.700, 12.650, 12.350, 12.750) 51.450
15. Martin Buro (ITA) (13.250, 12.300, 12.550, 13.050) 51.150
16. Lavina Marongiu (ITA/EXTRA) (13.600, 10.700, 12.950, 13.000) 50.250
17. Miriam Aribasoiu (ROU) (12.300, 11.350, 12.950, 12.150) 48.750
18. Bianca Ciobanu (ROU) (0.000, 12.450, 14.350, 13.300) 40.100
19. Maria Rauta (ROU) (13.250, 0.000, 13.650, 12.800) 39.700
20. Silvia Zarzu (ROU) (13.550, 0.000, 12.600, 13.300) 39.450
21. Katelyn Ohashi (USA) (0.000, 15.150, 15.100, 0.000) 30.250
22. Paula Tudorache (ROU) (0.000, 12.350, 12.900, 0.000) 25.250