Gymmin' Miel!

The Romanian duo of Larisa Andreea Iordache and Andrei Vasile Muntean took out the title at the 2013 Swiss Cup competition which was held on the 3rd of November at the Zurcher Hallstadion in Zurich, Switzerland. The German team of Fabian Hambuechen and Elisabeth Seitz finished second with the Swiss pairing of Claudio Capelli and Giulia Steingruber. The Ukrainian duo of Angelina Kysla and Oleg Verniaiev where the other team to make the Finale round. 

FINALE ROUND: 

HALF-FINALE ROUND:

1. ROMANIA: Larisa Andreea Iordache (BB: 14.950, UB: 14.700, FX: 14.550); Andrei Vasile Muntean (VT: 14.350, PB: 15.000, SR: 15.050) 88.550
2. GERMANY: Elisabeth Seitz (UB: 14.300, FX: 14.100, BB: 14.150); Fabian Hambuechen (SR: 14.850, HB: 15.350, PB: 15.100) 87.850
3. SWITZERLAND 1: Giulia Steingruber (UB: 14.150, VT: 15.000, FX: 14.500); Claudio Capelli (VT: 14.800, PB: 14.650, FX: 14.950) 88.050
4. UKRAINE: Angelina Kysla (FX: 13.800, VT: 13.775, UB: 11.700); Oleg Verniaiev (PH: 14.750, SR: 15.150, PB: 15.700) 84.875
5. CANADA: Maegan Chant (FX: 13.250, VT: 14.175, BB: 13.650); Kevin Lytwyn (SR: 15.000, FX: 14.400, HB: 13.550) 84.025
6. ITALY: Chiara Gandolfi (UB: 13.650, BB: 13.450, FX: 13.150); Paolo Principi (FX: 14.800, HB: 14.600, SR: 14.250) 83.900
7. GREAT BRITAIN: Raer Theaker (FX: 13.450, UB: 13.750, BB: 13.700); Reiss Beckford (FX: 14.450, HB: 14.400, SR: 14.150) 83.900
8. SWITZERLAND 2: Ilaria Kaeslin (UB: 12.300, BB: 13.850, FX: 13.400); Oliver Hegi (PB: 14.300, PH: 14.500, HB: 13.700) 82.050

1. ROMANIA: Larisa Andreea Iordache (BB: 14.950); Andrei Vasile Muntean (VT: 14.350) 29.300
2. GERMANY: Elisabeth Seitz (UB: 14.300); Fabian Hambuechen (SR: 14.850) 29.150
3. SWITZERLAND 1: Giulia Steingruber (UB: 14.150); Claudio Capelli (VT: 14.800) 28.950
4. UKRAINE: Angelina Kysla (FX: 13.800); Oleg Verniaiev (PH: 14.750) 28.550
5. ITALY: Chiara Gandolfi (UB: 13.650); Paolo Principi (FX: 14.800) 28.450
6. CANADA: Maegan Chant (FX: 13.250); Kevin Lytwyn (SR: 15.000) 28.250
7. GREAT BRITAIN: Raer Theaker (FX: 13.450); Reiss Beckford (FX: 14.450) 27.900
8. CHINA: SHANG Chunsong (UB: 14.550); ZHANG Chenglong (VT: 12.450) 27.000
9. FRANCE: Manon Cormoreche (FX: 12.700); Arnaud Willig (PB: 14.150) 26.850
10. SWITZERLAND 2: Ilaria Kaeslin (UB: 12.300); Oliver Hegi (PB: 14.300) 26.600

The German pairing of Elisabeth Seitz and Fabian Hambuechen were triumphant at the 30th Swiss Cup which was held at on the 4th of November. Whilst hometown favorites Giulia Steingruber and Claudio Capelli narrowly holding on in the final round for second place. The second German team of Kim Bui and Marcel Nguyen finished third. As the format goes, after the first two rounds the two lowest scorers teams were eliminated with the top eight moving onto the Semi-Final. During the Semi Final, each member competes on another apparatus with their totals then being combined so that the top four teams move onto the final round where each member of the pair competes on another event (this time they are able to chose an apparatus they have already competed on) with the scores added to determine the winners. Poor Niamh Rippin had a bad day on the Floor Exercise crashing three of her four tumbling lines. Videos can be seen at RodolfoCrazyBrasil's Youtube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/rodolfocrazybrasil/videos?view=0. Thanks so much for uploading!!

RESULTS:

FINAL ROUND:

1. Elisabeth Seitz/Fabian Hambuechen (GER): 30.200 (Seitz - UB 14.350; Hambuechen - HB 15.850)
2. Giulia Steingruber/Claudio Capelli (SUI): 29.650 (Steingruber - VT 14.600; Capelli - PB 15.050)
3. Kim Bui/Marcel Nguyen (GER): 29.550 (Bui - UB 14.600; Nguyen - PB 14.950)
4. Nastassia Marachkouskaya/Andrey Likhovitskiy (BLR): 27.850 (Marachkouskaya - VT 13.200; Likhovitskiy - PB 14.650)

Yulia Belokobylskaya (RUSSIA) - Image by Thomas Schreyer for Intlgymnast.com 

(From 2011 DTB Team Cup. See here)

This year see the Swiss Cup head into it's 30th year. The competition will be held on the 4th of November, 2012 at the Hallstadion Zurich in Switzerland. The competition rounds out a busy four day programme which includes the Swiss Cup Kids Day and for the first time will see the 1st Junior Swiss Cup which will take place as a 3-nation tournament with Switzerland, Belgium and Netherlands sending participants.

For those unfamiliar with The Swiss Cup, it is a Pairs competition - usually with a MAG and WAG Gymnast from the same Nation, however in some cases it may be a WAG Gymnast from one Nation and a MAG Gymnast from another. All pairs compete in the first two rounds on two apparatuses of their choice, with the two gymnasts' scores combined at the end of the second round with the top eight pairs moving onto the Half-Final. Each Gymnast in the pair then competes on another apparatus of their choice (cannot be an apparatus they competed on in the first two rounds). At the conclusion of the round the scores from the Half-Final are added to the combined total from the first two rounds to receive a "Team All Around Score" with the four highest scoring teams moving onto the Finale. In the Finale, scores go back to zero with each member of the Pair competing on one apparatus of their choosing (can be an apparatus they have already competed on), with the two apparatus totals combined to come up with the winning pair.

ANNOUNCED PAIRS:

• TEAM SWITZERLAND 1: Giulia Steingruber, Claudio Capelli
• TEAM SWITZERLAND 2: Jessica Diacci, Nils Haller
• TEAM GERMANY 1: Elisabeth Seitz, Fabian Hambuechen
• TEAM GERMANY 2: Kim Bui; Marcel Nguyen
• TEAM KOREA: Ji Hye Sung; Yang Hak Seon
• TEAM RUSSIA: Yulia Belokobylskaya; Igor Pakhomenko
• TEAM UKRAINE: Mariya Livchikova; Oleg Stepko
• TEAM GREAT BRITAIN: Niamh Rippin; Sam Oldham
• TEAM ITALY: Carlotta Ferlito, Paolo Ottavi 
• TEAM BELARUS: Nastassia Marachkouskaya; Andrey Likhovitskiy 

Four days after the conclusion of the Arthur Gander Memorial in Morges (the 6th November), most of the participants will head to Zurich to compete at the 2011 Swiss Cup. The event will be taking place at the Hallstadion and I am sure that last year's champions, the German pairing of Elisabeth Seitz and Fabian Hambuechen will be looking to repeat their success. This competition features a pre-round, half-final and final round to determine the winning pairing. The gymnasts from each team will compete one after the other and receive their team score based on the individual scores. The events that the gymnasts compete on are chosen by the gymnasts, within certain constraints. In the final round, the four team finalists will begin with a score of zero, with the team qualifying in fourth leading off and the champion team being that who scores the highest in the final round.
N.B. UPDATED 3/11/2011. 2nd team included from Germany and only one from Romania

TEAMS:

SWITZERLAND:

GERMANY:

• Elisabeth Seitz and Fabian Hambuechen
• Kim Bui and Sebastian Krimmer

• Elizabeth Beddoe and Ruslan Pantelemonov 

• Jessica Helene Mattoni and Paolo Principi

• Hyunjoo Jo and Hak Seon Yang

• Ana Porgras and Flavius Koczi

• Anna Dementyeva and Nikita Ignatyev

• Angelina Kysla and Mykola Kuksenkov

The 2010 Swiss Cup will be held in Zurich on the 31st of October. It is the 32nd edition of the event, and we shall be looking for some new champions! The Swiss Cup is a mixed pairs event. Gymnasts choose the order of the apparatus they compete, however after the second round the four lowest scoring teams will be out of the competition. The remaining teams then select the next apparatus and the four best teams then qualify for the final. During the final, all teams start from zero and choose from all four of the apparatus, where before the couldn't recompete the apparatus.

ETA: Germany has added another team (Hill/Krimmer), Rebecca Downie of Great Britain is being replaced by compatriot Imogen Cairns, the Mexican duo of Elsa Garcia Rodriguez Blancas and Daniel Corral Barron will not be in attendance, instead a team from Bulgaria (Mileva/Jovtchev) have been added, and Yana Demyanchuk will be substituted for Anastasiia Koval to compete instead for the Ukranian team.