prelim gymnastics results – European’s

2008 European Championships – April 3, Clermond-Ferrand, France

Team Qualification round:

1. Romania 181.350 … hmmm
2. Russia 176.425
3. Italy 175.450
4. France 174.600
5. Great Britain 174.050
6. Germany 173.650
7. Ukraine 173.375
8. Netherlands 165.425
9. Greece 163.150
10. Czech Republic 159.850

Vault Finalists
1. Oksana Chusovitina (Oksana Tschussowitina) GER 15.000
2. Carlotta Giovannini ITA 14.837
3. Anna Pavlova RUS 14.712
4. Francesca Benolli ITA 14.462
5. Ariella Käslin SUI 14.325
6. Becky Downie GBR 14.275
7. Enikoe Korcsmaros HUN 14.087
8. Anastasia Marachkovskaya BLR 14.075
R1. Verona van de Leur NED 14.050
R2. Marissa King GBR 14.050
R3. Valeria Maksyuta ISR 13.762

Oksana Tschussowitina and coach Shanna Poljakowa: heading foward toward the finals on vault and floor! – GYMmedia

Uneven Bar Finalists
1. Beth Tweddle GBR 15.925
2. Ksenia Semyonova RUS 15.875
3. Anastasia Koval UKR 15.575
4. Becky Downie GBR 15.425
5. Steliana Nistor ROM 15.400
6. Daria Zgoba UKR 15.375
7. Lia Parolari ITA 15.250
8. Karina Myasnikova RUS 15.125
R1. Marie-Sophie Hindermann GER 14.850
R2. Kristina Palesova CZE 14.800
R3. Lichelle Wong NED 14.775

Balance Beam Finalists
1. Sandra Izbasa ROM 15.875
2. Steliana Nistor ROM 15.800
3. Pauline Morel FRA 15.475
4. Marina Proskurina UKR 15.300
5. Vanessa Ferrari ITA 15.225
6. Lenika de Simone ESP 15.200
7. Alina Kozich UKR 15.100
8. Ksenia Semyonova RUS 15.025
R1. Oksana Chusovitina GER 14.975
R2. Laura Jones GBR 14.900
R3. Marta Pihan POL 14.825

Floor Exercise Finalists
1. Sandra Izbasa ROM 15.700
2. Beth Tweddle GBR 15.475
3. Cassy Vericel FRA 15.325
4. Anamaria Tamarjan ROM 15.125
5. Oksana Chusovitina GER 15.000
6. Alina Kozich UKR 14.900
7. Anna Pavlova RUS 14.875
8. Marine Petit FRA 14.875
R1. Vanessa Ferrari ITA 14.850
R2. Lia Parolari ITA 14.750
R3. Suzanne Harmes NED 14.650

Coverage:

Romanians lead European Championships qualification – Amanda Turner – IG

European Championships 2008 (English) – GYMmedia – German

European Championships Qualifications – difficulty plus execution (the most interesting commentary)

Sadly, much of the talk is about the number of injuries. More evidence we need to reduce the number of counting skills from 10 to 8 or 6.

Oddly, there is no all-around competition this year. Why is that?