Tweet It was a proud moment for Giulia Steingruber and Claudio Capelli when they came top of the bunch on home turf at the Swiss Cup today. Many had expected the German team of Elisabeth Seitz and Fabian Hambuchen to take gold but following a fall from Seitz on bars, they had to settle for second place. Ana Porgras also suffered a fall on bars which seemed to be unfortunate for the gymnasts as Anna Dementyeva also took a fall.
 
GymNiceTic has already begun uploading videos from the competition on YouTube.Check …

Tweet Something old from the 80′s, Gymnastics Fun with Bela Karolyi.

Can you notice any future stars in the making??

Tweet The first day of the Event Finals took place on Saturday at the Osijek Challenger Cup.Results are below. The Chinese continued to do well securing a gold on Pommel Horse, silver on Rings and gold and silver on Uneven Bars. Ireland earned it’s second ever FIG medal when Kieran Behan, who qualified first, placed second on floor. Videos of some routines have been linked below.

Men’s floor:
1. Tomislav Markovic, CRO, 14.925
2. Kieran Behan, IRL, 14.85
3. Kas van Weelden, NED, 14.35
4. Sascha Palgen, LUX, 14.325
5. Rok Klavora, SLO, 14.25
6. Jad Mazahreh, …

Tweet The results are starting to emerge from today’s Qualifications at the Osijek Challenger Cup in Croatia.  The results are available on PDF format here.
In the MAG Competition, Gymnastics Ireland continued their exciting week with yet another great result from Kieran Behan who qualified first on Floor.
Floor

Kieran Behan 15.100
Tomislav Markovic 14.950
Rok Klavora 14.750

Vault

Matthias Fahrig
Igor Radivilov
Marek Lyszczarz

Rings

Luo Xuan 15.450
Junlin Liao 15.350
Oleksandr Vorobyov 14.800

Parallel Bars

Guanyin Wang 15.700
 Roman Kulesza 15.250
 Mitja Petkovšek 15.250

Pommel Horse

Hongtao Zhang 16.150
Max whitlock 15.200
Donna Donny Truyens 15.150

High Bar

Marijo Moznik 15.050
Nathan Gafuik 14.950
Xuezhang Chen 14.700

WAG
Uneven Bars

Liu Fang Wu (14.850)
Tan Sixin (14.350)
Marta Pihan-Kulesza (13.800)

Floor

Tan Sixin 14.000
Marta Pihan-Kulesza …

Tweet The Stuttgart World Cup 2011 will be held next weekend, November 12th – 13th. The  line up is pretty great although note that Daniel Groves has chosen to retire, I also wonder is “Lisa Stampfli” meant to be Linda Stampfli who has also retired. Links are provided below to watch the live streams from a far!
Women’s team competitors:
Austria:

Lisa Ecker
Katherine Fa
Elisa Hammerle
Jasmin Mader

Australia:

Nikki Cheung
Emily Little
Lauren Mitchell
Larrissa Miller

Germany I:

Kim Bui
Oksana Chusovitina
Lisa-Katharina Hill
Pia Tolle

Germany II:

Anja Rheinbay
Adina Hausch

Netherlands:

Yvette Moshage
Marlies Rijken
Lieke Wevers
Ayla Wilbrink

Switzerland:

Nadia Baerisywl
Nadia Mulhouse
Linda Staempfli

Russia:

Aliya Mustafina
Alyona Polyan
Maria Paseka

Uzbekistan:

Dilnoza Abdusalimova
Daria Elizarova
Iroda Sobirova

Men’s team competitors:
France:

Axel …

Tweet It’s all about Gymnastics Ireland this week. On the back of the new identity launch, Kieran Behan is set to compete in the Osijek Grand Prix today.  Kieran will be aiming for Ireland’s second ever FIG medal when he takes to the arena. You might remember that in September, the 22 year old secured Ireland’s first ever FIG medal at the Salamunov Memorial Cup in Slovenia.

Best of luck to Kieran, everyone is rooting for you!
Find out more about Kieran’s bid for a medal here.
Find out more about the Osijek …

Tweet Louis Smith is in Ireland today doing some media and press for the new Gymnastics Ireland brand launch. At 6.30pm tonight he will be on the air on Today FM with Anton Savage on “The Last Word” discussing London 2012, Gymnastics Ireland, Men’s Gymnastics and living in constant pain.
You should be able to listen live online here.

Tweet Today Irish Gymnastics revealed it’s new identity as Gymnastics Ireland,the governing body for gymnastics in Ireland, a 32 county organisation spanning 8 administrative regions.

 The new look website is fantastic, full of great content, up to date and features which are especially important in this day and age – social media links. Louis Smith was on hand in Dublin to assist with the launch. The new brand has been a long time coming for Gymnastics Ireland but Full Twist is delighted that it has all finally come together, just upset that we …

Tweet Ana Porgras comes back on top by winning the Women’s Competition at the 2011 Arthur Gander Memorial Cup while Russia’s Nikita Ignatyev wins gold in the Men’s competition. Full scores below, click to enlarge:

Tweet The Osijek Grand Prix takes places in Croatia this weekend, Friday 4th – 6th November. 68 male and 25 female gymnasts from 26 different countries have been registered to participate in tis Challenger Cup event. Below is a list of the gymnasts attending as of 2nd November. If you look closely you will notice a few well known names amongst the entrants.
MAG

Lukas Kranzlmueller – AUT
Fabian Leimlehner – AUT
Matthias Decker – AUT
Thomas Neuteleers – BEL
Donna Donny Truyens – BEL
Martin Wiebel – BEL
Nathan Gafuik – CAN
Ian Galvan – CAn
Xuezhang Chen – CHN
Hongtao Zhang – …

Tweet Only three weeks ago Jordyn Wieber became the new All Around World Champion and last week it was announced that she is to turn pro, giving up her NCAA eligibility. On the back of this, Rita Wieber, Jordyn’s mother is set to pen a book titled “Gym Mom — Surviving your daughter’s gymnastics career” for which she has secured a publisher and distributor.

Mrs Wieber says that the book won’t as such be a “how to” guide for Gym Moms but observations and insights from her  experience as a gymnastics …

Tweet Last week we posted an FAQ on the London 2012 Test Event to take place in January – you can read that here. Today it was announced that tickets for the events will range between £5 and £20 – an excellent price. Remember to get your tickets on November 17th at 10am.