GYMN-L Digest - 12 Mar 1996 to 13 Mar 1996 - Special
issue
There are 11 messages totalling 644
lines in this issue.
Topics in this special issue:
1. 1996 France Telecom Women Finals
results
2. 1996 France Telecom
RSG Finals results
3. 1996
France Telecom Men Finals results
4. 1996 France Telecom report (1/7)
5. 1996 France Telecom report (2/7) Men
Semis
6. 1996 France Telecom
report (3/7) Women Semis
7.
1996 France Telecom report (4/7) Men's Finals
8. 1996 France Telecom report (5/7) Women's
Finals
9. 1996 France Telecom
report (6/7) Rhythmic
10. 1996
France Telecom report (7/7) Other notes
11. Memories of 93 American Cup -
long
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:57:01 -0600
From: ***@SASKNET.SK.CA
Subject:
1996 France Telecom Women Finals results
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*
7th INTERNATIONAUX FRANCE TELECOM DE GYMNASTIQUE *
* PARIS,
FRANCE - MARCH 2 & 3 - 1996 *
*
PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY
*
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WOMEN'S
HORSE VAULT FINALS
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1st V
2nd V
Aver.
1. Rozalia Galieva
RUS 9.775 + 9.700 = 9.737
2. Marilou Cousineau CAN 9.637 + 9.612 = 9.624
3. Simona Amanar
ROM 9.812 + 9.362 = 9.587
4. Cecile Canqueteau FRA 9.675 + 9.337 = 9.506
5. Yelena Piskun
BLR 9.000 + 9.575 = 9.287
WOMEN'S
UNEVEN BARS FINALS
--------------------------
1. Lilia Podkopayeva UKR 9.887
2. Elvire Teza
FRA 9.862
3. Dina Kochetkova
RUS 9.850
4. Yelena Piskun
BLR 9.812
5. Simona Amanar
ROM 9.737
WOMEN'S
BALANCE BEAM FINALS
---------------------------
1. Gina Gogean
ROM 9.762
2. Lilia Podkopayeva UKR 9.262
3. Ludivine Furnon
FRA 9.250
4. Rozalia Galieva
RUS 9.075
5. Zhu Suiting
CHN 8.987
WOMEN'S
FLOOR EXERCISE FINALS
-----------------------------
1. Gina Gogean
ROM 9.712
2t Lilia Podkopayeva UKR 9.700
2t Dina Kochetkova
RUS 9.700
4. Cecile Canqueteau FRA 9.637
5. Annika Reeder
GBR 9.537
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:57:08
-0600
From: ***@SASKNET.SK.CA
Subject:
1996 France Telecom RSG Finals results
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*
7th INTERNATIONAUX FRANCE TELECOM DE GYMNASTIQUE *
* PARIS,
FRANCE - MARCH 2 & 3 - 1996 *
*
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RHYTHMIC
ROPE FINALS
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1t Yanina Batyrchina
RUS 10.000
1t Larissa Lukyanenko BLR 10.000
1t Ekaterina Serebrianskaya UKR 10.000
4. Diana Popova
BUL 9.833
5. Eva Serrano
FRA 9.766
RHYTHMIC
BALL FINALS
--------------------
1. Larissa Lukyanenko BLR 10.000
2. Yanina Batyrchina
RUS 9.933
3. Elena Vitrichenko
UKR 9.900
4. Almudena Cid
Tostado
ESP 9.800
5. Eva Serrano
FRA 9.783
RHYTHMIC
CLUBS FINALS
---------------------
1t Ekaterina Serebrianskaya UKR 10.000
1t Amina Zaripova
RUS 10.000
3. Eva Serrano
FRA 9.950
4. Diana Popova
BUL 9.750
5. Almudena Cid
Tostado
ESP 9.733
RHYTHMIC
RIBBON FINALS
----------------------
1. Larissa Lukyanenko BLR 10.000
1. Ekaterina Serebrianskaya UKR 10.000
3. Amina Zaripova
RUS 9.933
4. Diana Popova
BUL 9.916
5. Eva Serrano
FRA 9.800
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:57:17
-0600
From: ***@SASKNET.SK.CA
Subject:
1996 France Telecom Men Finals results
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7th INTERNATIONAUX FRANCE TELECOM DE GYMNASTIQUE *
* PARIS,
FRANCE - MARCH 2 & 3 - 1996 *
*
PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY
*
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MEN'S
FLOOR EXERCISE FINALS
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1. Grigori Misutin
UKR 9.712
2. Thierry Aymes
FRA 9.625
3. Alexei Demianov
CRO 9.550
4. Vitali Sherbo
BLR 9.325
5. Evgeni Podgorni
RUS 9.300
MEN'S
POMMEL HORSE FINALS
-------------------------
1. Eric Poujade
FRA 9.800
2. Marius Urzica
ROM 9.737
3. Yoshiaki Hatakeda JPN 9.712
4. Li Donghua
SUI 9.662
5. Valentin Mogilny INV 9.650
MEN'S
STILL RINGS FINALS
------------------------
1. Yuri Chechi
ITA 9.812
2. Alexei Demianov
CRO 9.687
3t Ivan Ivankov
BLR 9.675
3t Andreas Wecker
GER 9.675
5. Sebastien Tayac
FRA 9.450
MEN'S
HORSE VAULT FINALS
------------------------
1st V
2nd V
Aver.
1. Samuel
Dumont
FRA 9.500
+ 9.637 = 9.568
2. Grigori Misutin
UKR 9.300
+ 9.675 = 9.487
3. Vitali Sherbo
BLR 9.350
+ 9.562 = 9.456
4. Qiu Sui Rong
CHN 9.600
+ 9.225 = 9.412
5. Dmitri Karbonenko RUS 9.175 +
9.375 = 9.275
MEN'S PARALLEL BARS
FINALS
--------------------------
1. Ivan Ivanov
BUL 9.700
2. Rustam Charipov
UKR 9.662
3. Alexei Voropayev RUS 9.612
4. Yuri Chechi
ITA 9.512
5. Eric Poujade
FRA 8.975
MEN'S
HORIZONTAL BAR FINALS
---------------------------
1. Aljaz Pegan
SLO 9.825
2t Yoshiaki Hatakeda JPN 9.787
2t Samuel Dumont
FRA 9.787
4. Andreas Wecker
GER 9.737
5. Ivan Ivankov
BLR 9.725
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:57:21
-0600
From: ***@SASKNET.SK.CA
Subject:
1996 France Telecom report (1/7)
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*
7th INTERNATIONAUX FRANCE TELECOM DE GYMNASTIQUE *
* PARIS,
FRANCE - MARCH 2 & 3 - 1996 *
* PALAIS
OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY
*
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La
Federation Francaise de Gymnastique
(FFG) and their major sponsor,
France Telecom, took on the task of the 7th Internationaux France
Telecom competition. The venue for the event was the
impressive
Palais Omnisports
de Paris-Bercy (POPB) which included the
training
gym, meal and banquet facilities, and
press facilities all within
the building.
A
unique competition format was used for the two days of competition
which was event finals only. Saturday afternoon, semi-finals for
half
of the apparatus took place (M - FX,PH,R / W
- V,UB / R - Rope,Ball).
Then, after a two hour break, the balance of the events were
competed.
This was perhaps a bit taxing, particularly for athletes
competing all
events, however the athletes seemed
to be in continued good spirits
when the
competition finished at 11:00pm.
The apparatus finals on Sunday
featured the top 5 athletes on each
apparatus ---
one per country including one French athlete on each
event.
Most
of the competition was run one routine at a time, with only a
select number of exercises occurring at the same time.
The
event finals featured $100,000 US in prize money being divided
as follows over 14 events (6 M, 4 W, 4 R):
1st - 20,000 French
Francs (FFR)
2nd - 10,000 FFR
3rd - 5,000 FFR
This kind of
prize money attracted most of the world's best gymnasts,
with
event medalists from Brisbane and Sabae being
personally invited,
plus several event specialists.
The
semi-finals used Competition II rules while Sunday's finals were
Competition
III.
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:57:27
-0600
From: ***@SASKNET.SK.CA
Subject:
1996 France Telecom report (2/7) Men Semis
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* PARIS,
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*
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*
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MEN'S
SEMI-FINALS
-----------------
FLOOR EXERCISE
Grigori Misutin (UKR) topped the
floor prelims with a 9.675
routine which opened
with a double layout. Vitaly Sherbo (BLR)
dismounted with a double layout for a 9.637, tied with Evgeni
Podgorni (RUS). Thierry Aymes of France included a tucked
double-double
(9.562) for 4th. Also worth noting
is Brisbane floor
medalist Ioannis
Melissanidis (GRE) who mounted with RO whip
double-
layout punch-front. However, his double layout dismount took
off
low, forcing him to put his hands down. He sustained a slight foot
injury on the landing but assures it is nothing serious and
that he
will compete at the Cottbus International
at the end of March.
POMMEL HORSE
1995 World Champion Li Donghua (SUI) hit a 9.775 pommel horse routine
to tie for first in prelims with France's Eric Poujade. Marius
Urzica
(ROM - 9.725) was in third, following by Valentin Mogilny (9.700)
competing on an independent invitation. Eric Casimir
(FRA), Patrice's
younger brother, was 5th with
9.675 but unable to compete finals due
to the
one-per-country rule. Yoshiaki Hatakeda of Japan was next in
line
at 9.587.
STILL RINGS
Italy's Yuri Chechi
rocked his legendary rings routine for 9.762 and
first
place. He was following by another
rings-master, Andreas Wecker
(GER
- 9.637). 1994 World
All-Around Champion Ivan Ivankov (BLR) hit
a 9.612, following be Croatia's Alexei Demianov
(inverted, iron, and
Olympic crosses - 9.575) and Alexei Voropaev (RUS - 9.562) who was
replaced
by Sebastien Tayac of
France in finals.
HORSE VAULT
Dmitri Karbonenko
threw a 9.637 handspring 2.5 tucked front for
Russia
(small step forward). The balance of finalists was composed of
Samuel
Dumont (FRA), Qiu Sui Rong
(CHN), Vitaly Sherbo (BLR),
and Alexei
Voropaev (RUS).
PARALLEL BARS
Yuri Chechi
(ITA) surprised many with his first place (9.612) in the
parallel
bars prelims. He was following
closely by Ivan Ivanov (BUL)
who
showed a fast paced routine with original elements. Ukraine's
Rustam
Charipov hit for 9.587 and third place. Voropaev also
showed
an original routine and a 4th place
9.575. Eric Poujade
(FRA) tied
for 5th (9.550) ith
Evgeni Podgorni of Russia
(double front half
dismount off the side). Poujade was
clean with his long legs and
arms and also threw a
double front dismount. Jesus Carballo (ESP)
must be
commended for his incredible shoulder flexibility. His two
back
tosses, which nearly dislocated his shoulders before releasing,
drew gasps of appreciation from the knowledgeable audience.
HORIZONTAL
BAR
Aljaz Pegan (SLO)
rocked his amazing HB set for a 9.712 which
included
a tucked Gaylord half out. Ivan Ivankov
was clean and polished in 2nd
at 9.687, ahead of Wecker and Hatakeda (9.650 each)
and Samuel Dumont
(FRA) - 9.612. Voropaev
peeled on a Kovacs for 8.100 and 20th.
Vitaly
Sherbo's
four release combination (hop full to 1 arm piked Tkatchev
repeated) was a bit laboured, dropping his score to a 7th place 9.525.
Charipov threw a piked Gaylord,
two mile-high Tkatchevs, and a triple
back dismount, but with no connected releases he had to
settle for
9.437 and a tie for 11th place with Chechi.
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:57:33
-0600
From: ***@SASKNET.SK.CA
Subject:
1996 France Telecom report (3/7) Women Semis
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7th INTERNATIONAUX FRANCE TELECOM DE GYMNASTIQUE *
* PARIS,
FRANCE - MARCH 2 & 3 - 1996 *
*
PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY
*
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WOMEN'S
SEMI-FINALS
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HORSE VAULT
Simona Amanar (ROM) won the vault
prelims with Yurchenko double fulls
and a 9.849 average.
Rozalia Galieva
(RUS) threw RO half-on piked
front-half
off two times netting 9.812 (2nd), ahead of Gogean
(9.806)
who took a hefty step back on her first Yurchenko 1.5 twist.
Gogean,
along
with Dina Kochetkova (RUS) in 4th (9.675) were also
victims of
the one-per-country rule and had to
stay out of finals. Yelena Piskun
(BLR) seemed a little off but pulled Yurchenkos (full and double full)
earning
a 9.668 average and spot to finals.
With Cecile Canqueteau
going
to finals for France, the next spot went to Marilou Cousineau
(CAN) who vaulted clearn
Yurchenko halfs in
semi-finals (9.581).
UNEVEN BARS
Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) scored a 9.850 in UB prelims despite her
usual
minor split legs on her hopfull-hopfull-Gienger
combintation.
She was
followed closely by Elvire Teza (FRA) who pulled off
an incredible and
lengthy combination: giant-half to invert to piked Jaeger, stoop through
to
rear circle, German giant to reverse hecht. Piskun rocked
her usual
set (2 hopfulls
to Deltchev to shoot half to handstand and a stuck
double
layout) for a 3rd place 9.812 tied with Kochetkova (wrong-way giant full
to
Tkatchev to layout Pak). Simona Amanar (6th tie) was next in line for
finals since Galieva (5th) and
Isabelle Severino (FRA - 6th tie) had
teammates ahead of them. Amy Chow (USA) hit an incredible set
with
several amazing combinations and elements
(Endo-full to Endo-half to
Staldered-Shaposhnikova
with a half (!) and a tucked double-double
dismount).
Unfortunately, Amy was the first gymnast up in and this kept
her score down to 9.637 (12th). Adrienn Nyeste's (HUN) straddled
Gienger
is always worth mentioning.
BALANCE BEAM
Podkopayeva
also led the balance beam after prelims.
A 9.800 routine
included brand new
choreography; more flowing and graceful with less of
the
flexed-feet type poses. Acrobatics
included a punch front mount,
ff
ff piked-Chen, and a double
tuck dismount. Gogean
hit a token set
for 9.787 in front of Ludivine Furnon of France (9.737
- punch front
mount; ff
layout layout Korbut;
double tuck dismount). Amanar in 4th
(9.725) and Laetitia Begue in 6th (9.550)
were bumped from finals,
while Galieva
(5th - 9.550) and young Zhu Suiting (CHN - 7th - 9.500)
went
on to Sunday. Must-mentions are Severino's front aerial 1.5 twist
to
straddle down, Teza's full-twisting Yurchenko loop, and Vasiliki
Tsavdaridou's (GRE) RO Rulfova
mount and switch side leap immediate
Yurchenko
loop.
FLOOR EXERCISE
It was Gina Gogean
who led the floor prelims (double layout mount) with
a
9.775. Cecile Canqueteau
hit RO whip ff triple-full mount and a triple
full dismount along with intricate choreography (9.687 -
2nd). Kochetkova's
9.612
(also a double layout mount) put her in third, whilt
4th place (9.600)
Laetitia Begue's
new routine (whip to full-in mount) was bumped from finals.
Podkopayeva (also a new FX, to ethnic music) and Annika
Reeder (GBR) went on
to Sunday with a 9.575 and
9.500 respectively. Also sporting
new routines
were Yelena Piskun
(same music as Podkopayeva!) and Ludivine
Furnon, who
unfortunately
fell to her knees on her opening double layout.
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:57:37
-0600
From: ***@SASKNET.SK.CA
Subject:
1996 France Telecom report (4/7) Men's Finals
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7th INTERNATIONAUX FRANCE TELECOM DE GYMNASTIQUE *
* PARIS,
FRANCE - MARCH 2 & 3 - 1996 *
*
PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY
*
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MEN'S
FINALS
------------
FLOOR EXERCISE
Misutin
retained his first place ranking from the semi-finals to win
the floor final (9.712). France's Thierry Aymes
had only a slight hop
on his tucked double-double
and merited a 9.625. Third and
fourth went
to Demianov
and Sherbo respectively, while Podgorni
claimed 5th at
9.300. Podgorni nailed his triple back in warm-up, but come
competition
he put his hands down. Interestingly, he used the triple as his
second
tumbling line (first pass being
front-layout front-layout front-full)
which perhaps affected his energy level for the triple.
POMMEL
HORSE
The five pommel horse finalists were definitely specialists and
the
competition would be close. A variety of different styles were
on
display ranging from Mogilny's
long, clean lines to Li Donghua's
marathon-long routine, to Hatakeda's
rapid elements and connections.
Mogilny had a
marathon routine of his own, which caught up to him in
the
end as he had to muscle up into his handstand dismount. The same
happened
to Li Donghua as well, leaving him in 4th (9.662)
ahead of
5th place Mogilny (9.650). Eric Poujade
nailed a fantastic exercise
for 9.800 and first
place, much to the delight of the home fans.
Romania's Marius Urzica displayed some difficult elements and
combinations, but lacked a bit on the execution side, thus a
9.737
and second place. Yoshiaki Hatakeda
whipped through a fast-paced
difficult routine for
3rd (9.712).
STILL RINGS
The rings final also featured some
specialists, most notably Chechi,
Demianov, and Wecker. In the end, it was Chechi
who rocked his
routine the most and his 9.812 was
comfortably ahead of Demianov's
9.687. Close behind Demianov
were Ivan Ivankov and Andreas Wecker
at
9.675, followed by Sebastien
Tayac of France (9.450).
HORSE
VAULT
The vault final surprisingly went to France's Samuel Dumont with
a
9.568 average. Misutin followed in the ranks at 9.487, narrowly
ahead of Sherbo (9.456) and Qiu Sui Rong of China
(9.412). Russia's
Dmitri Karbonenko faultered
in 5th (9.275).
PARALLEL BARS
Bulgaria's Ivan Ivanov hit a 9.700 routine in the parallel bars final.
His
routine moved quickly and featured several exciting elements.
Charipov was as clean and precise as ever, but only merited
a second
place 9.662. Alexei Voropaev
grabbed 3rd (9.612) over Chechi (9.512)
and Poujade (8.975).
HORIZONTAL
BAR
Retaining his first place prelims finish, Aljaz
Pagan nailed his routine
for 9.825, first place,
and 20,000 French francs. His
exciting tucked
Gaylord half-out plus triple back dismount earned the
reward. Hatakeda
also hit, but with slightly less pizazz than Pagan, thus a
9.787 tied
with Samuel Dumont. Dumont's exercised included a wild
layout Tkatchev
full to Gienger and a Markelov to Gienger. Wecker (two Kovacs) was not
far
behind in 4th at 9.737. Ivan Ivankov showed good lines and form,
but
lacked on the difficulty side (tucked Kovacs, layout Tkatchev)
resulting in 9.725 and 5th place.
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:57:41
-0600
From: ***@SASKNET.SK.CA
Subject:
1996 France Telecom report (5/7) Women's Finals
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7th INTERNATIONAUX FRANCE TELECOM DE GYMNASTIQUE *
* PARIS,
FRANCE - MARCH 2 & 3 - 1996 *
*
PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY
*
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WOMEN'S
FINALS
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HORSE VAULT
Women's vault featured five
strong finalists. If memory serves
correctly,
Galieva hit a RO half on piked-front-half off and a handspring piked-
front-half for a 9.737 average. Marilou Cousineau (CAN) hit a clean
Yurchenko
half and handspring piked front, both with minimal
landing
deductions, which were rewarded with a
silver medal (9.624). Simona
Amanar incurred a 0.3
wrong vault deduction for tucking her Tsukahara
layout half, leaving her with a 9.587 average and 3rd
place. Cecile
Canqueteau hit a neat Yurchenko
half (9.675) but her layout Tsukahara
second vault (9.337) kept her average down to 9.506
(4th). Yelena
Piskun had an off day in 5th (9.287).
UNEVEN
BARS
Podkopayeva won the bars title with a
9.887. Teza
was close in second
at 9.862 and perhaps should
have won, having more difficulty and
originality
than Lilia. Although Teza does not exhibit Podkopayeva's
toe point and form, Lilia did have obvious form breaks on
her hopfulls
and Gienger, whereas Teza had no
serious form breaks. Kochetkova hit
for 3rd (9.850)
followed by Piskun (9.812 - 4th) and Amanar in 5th (9.737).
Interestingly, all five routines
had a 10.0 start value and all five
gymnasts hit,
so the deciding factor was execution.
BALANCE BEAM
Gina Gogean won beam as she was the only
gymnast not to fall (9.762).
Podkopayeva
(9.262), Furnon (9.250), Galieva
(9.075), and Zhu Suiting
of China (8.987) placed
second through fifth, respectively.
FLOOR EXERCISE
Gogean won the floor finals as well again relying on the
mistakes of
others, despite stepping out of bounds
herself on her opening double
layout. Podkopayeva
also incurred the 0.1 out of bounds deduction,
this
time for standing in the corner for her last pass [note - not
visible from my view].
When the line judge raised the flag, the
crowd
jeered with disapproval. While they
silenced themselves to
let Lilia complete her
final tumbling run, after she finished the
routine
the jeering and booing recommenced when the line judge got
up to deliver the note to the head judge. The noise reached a peak
when the line judge placed the note in the hands of the head
judge,
much to the disapproval of the
audience. Lilia's final score,
a
9.700, tied for second with Kochetkova . Canqueteau showed a dramatic
routine,
but lacked the really big tumbling.
A 9.637 put her in 4th
over Annika Reeder
of Great Britian (9.537).
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:57:45
-0600
From: ***@SASKNET.SK.CA
Subject:
1996 France Telecom report (6/7) Rhythmic
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* PARIS,
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RHYTHMIC
SEMI-FINALS
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The rhythmic scores went much higher
than the artistic, even with
slight errors in some
exercises. It was obvious that the
former
Soviet Union would dominate, with Serebrianskaya
and Vitrichenko
from Ukraine,
Zaripova and Batyrchina
from Russia, plus Larissa
Lukyanenko from Belarus.
Bulgaria, Spain, and France were slightly
overshadowed
but showed many excellent exercises.
However, even
the ex-Soviets were not
without errors having the odd drop or two.
Serebrianskaya
was in fine form, taking first place outright with
clubs
and ribbon (9.966 and 9.983 respectively) and sharing first
with rope (9.95 with Batyrchina
and Lukyanenko) and ball (9.95 with
Batyrchina and Vitrichenko). Ekaterina seemed to attract the
most
crowd support, along with Eva Serrano of
France. Although, every
routine was appreciated by the crowd.
RHYTHMIC
FINALS
---------------
After the very first routine of the rhythmic
finals scored a 10.000,
one knew what kind of day
it was going to be score-wise in the
rhythmic
finals. Every apparatus was won
with a 10.000 and the
lowest medalling score was
9.900.
Lukyanenko won every final she
entered, taking the ball title outright,
sharing
rope with Batyrchina and Serebrianskaya,
and ribbon with
Serebrianskaya. Zaripova and Serebrianskaya both won the clubs title.
The most
innovative routine would have to be Diana Popova's
(BUL)
ribbon exercise. With a green ribbon, she performed to
"Standing
in Motion" from Yanni's 'Live at the Acropolis' album. She created
very
distinct and unique patterns with the ribbon combined with her
smooth, silky choreography.
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:57:48
-0600
From: ***@SASKNET.SK.CA
Subject:
1996 France Telecom report (7/7) Other notes
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* PARIS,
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OTHER
NOTES
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-Elvire Teza (FRA) trained ff 4 layouts,
with room for more.
-Adi Peer (ISR) mounted
beam with a piked front salto
(fell in
competition) and has an amazing facial
resemblance to former
Canadian team member Lisa Simes.
-Krisztian
Jordanov (HUN) performed a tucked Guczoghy
to tucked
half-in-half-out off rings.
-In
the press conference, Vitali Sherbo
(BLR) apologized for his poor
performance saying
that because of his wife's December car accident
he
was only able to train for one month prior to the meet. He advised
he
will be training in Belarus with his teammates for 4 months before
Atlanta.
-Valentin Mogilny is still waiting
to find out if he will compete for
France at the Atlanta
Olympics. His passport has
been accepted but he
is not sure if he will
receive it in time for the Games. Mogilny's
coach, former French
team member Laurent Barbieri, assures that Valentin
would compete
all-around but that he is lacking slightly on rings.
-For French
gymnast Samuel Dumont, this was one of his first major
events
after back surgery. The French
Federation was pleased to
prove that even after
major surgery, an athlete can return to the
top
level of the sport.
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:20:41
EST
From: ***@COMPUSERVE.COM
Subject:
Memories of 93 American Cup - long
Hello to all,
With all the
commentary concerning the 1996 American Cup, I took a look at a
tape of my favorite American Cup - 1993. I admit I have only
seen four A.C.
competitions (93, 94, 95, 96) so
there may have been better, but this one still
is
a stand out. If for no other reason it is the best just because of the
competitors: Shannon Miller, Kerri Strug,
Louisa Portocarrerro, Elena Piskun,
Mari
Kosuge, He Xuemei for the
women and Vitaly Scherbo,
Lance Ringnald, Andreas
Wecker,
Rustam Sharipov, Chris
Waller, Marius Gherman, and Zoltan
Supola for the
men.
And
there was a lot more balance of coverage in this American Cup: 11
performances by the women and 13 performances by the men
were shown. Also, there
was a bio feature of one
woman (Shannon) and one man (Vitaly).
Some
highlights in the 93 American Cup include:
1.Shannon Miller's dismount from
the beam - full twisting double back in a pike
position
2.Vitaly
Scherbo's totally perfect pike double back dismount
from the p-bars
3.Louisa Portocarrerro doing the Portocarrerro on the beam
Other memorable things
about the 93 American Cup:
1.Very good explanation of the new code of
points at the beginning of the
program
2.Both Elfi Schlegel and Tim Daggett did a very good job of
pointing out where
the D and E elements were in
the routines
3.The commentators kept quiet during Shannon's floor
routine
4.There was a good level of camaderie
among all the competitors. It seemed
pretty laid
back since it was a post Olympics competition. Lance Ringnald
and
Vitaly Scherbo were
very chummy, which was good to see.
5.In an interview, Mary Lou Retton expressed her concerns about the new code of
points saying it was making the sport more dangerous.
More
noteworthy things about the 93 AC:
1.Scherbo's wife, Irena, had given birth
to their daughter Christina only a day
before the
American Cup (March 3 I believe).
2.The commentators mentioned the engagement
of Chris Waller and Cindy to be
married in June of
93.
3.Poor Kerri kept her stone-faced expression throughout the
competition. I don't
think she smiled once while
on camera. I'm glad to see her smile in 96!
4.Scherbo had his, fortunately,
short-lived mustache. And in an interview he
described
babies as pieces of beef and pork. I don't know what idea he was
trying to get across.
5.Dare I say it, no feature on Karolyi.
Glitches
in the '93 broadcast:
1.On the current standings tote board that was posted
on camera He Xuemei was
identified
as a Guatemalan, Mari Kosuge was identified as
French, and Andreas
Wecker was identified as
Romanian.
2.Athletes were made to wait between routines while the
commentators in the
studio announced upcoming
basketball games.
3.Commentary could not be heard during Shannon Miller's
uneven bar routine.
4.No picture transmission during Scherbo's
hi-bar routine.
5.Lance Ringnald had to motion
for a cameraman to move out of his way so he
could
mount the parallel bars!
Sorry this is so long, but there was a lot
happening in this broadcast of the
'93 American Cup which made it
memorable.
Dana
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