Mens Artistic Gymnastics News
11th International Junior Team Cup 2006
The '11th International Junior Team Cup' (also popular as
the OBI Cup) held over the last weekend in Berlin (GER), drawing
particular attention in view of the approaching European Junior
Championships in Volos (Greece), in May 2006.
In a very strong field including 20 Junior Teams from 17
countries of 4 different continents, the British boys achieved
excellent results, in spite of the fact that, together with
Australia, they were the youngest competitors in Berlin.
They took the 9th place in the Team event with a total of
234.40 pts. As expected, Japan won the Gold medals (255.40),
followed by KTV Chemniz, Germany (245.25), Silver and Switzerland
(244.6), the Bronze. Spain was fourth, Berlin (GER) fifth
and Belarus sixth.
All the British gymnasts, apart from Nathan Jones (Dynamo),
who had to replace the injured Sam Hunter, come from the Nottingham
School of Gymnastics and are coached by Barry Winch.
Under 14:
Reece Pearson competed on all six pieces winning the overall
Title (83.75). He was best on Floor (13.60), P. Horse (14.85),
Rings (13.80), P. Bars (13.80) and H. Bar (13.20) and fourth
on Vault (14.50).
Sam Oldham competed on Rings, Floor and Vault, coming second
on Rings (13.25) and Floor (13.20), and second on Vault (15.05).
15/16 years:
Lukas Fischer from Switzerland won the individual All-around
ranking (80.80) with Andrew Smith taking the 20th position
(35.35). He did only 3 apparatus for the team competition
and was third on P. Horse (13.85).
17/18 years
Sergio Munoz from Spain took the All-around Gold medal with
the remarkable score of 85.00. Nathan Jones (Dynamo) was 15th
(73.45).
'I am delighted with these results'. said the National Coach
Andre Popov. 'Had we taken part with our Junior National Team,
we could have finish this event on the Team rostrum. Considering
the fact that these are our 2008 and 2012 Olympic hopefuls,
this is indeed a very inspiring result'.
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