Tenth Year of Gymnastics Fiestas in Glasgow
Top gymnasts from the leading gymnastics nations of China,
Japan, Romania and Russia and a record 29 countries represented.
The possibility to see in the flesh the British stars Beth
Tweddle, 2006 World and European Champion on A. Bars, Louis
Smith, 2007 World Bronze medallist and Daniel Keatings, 2007
European Silver medallist on Pommels.
All this and a lot more, which only “the cream of the
cream” of World gymnastics can offer, can be witnessed
in the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow on Friday and Saturday, 9/10
November 2007.
Twenty of the male gymnasts who won medals, or reached the
Finals in the last years’ edition, are coming back to
Scotland - a convincing proof of respect and continuity for
this great competition.
Some of the brightest names in the gymnastics constellation:
On the Men’s side: Mitja Petkovsek (SLO), twice World
Champion on P. Bars (2005 and 2007), Lou Bin (CHN), 2002 and
2004 World Cup Final Vault champion, Aljaz Pegan (SLO), 2005
World Champion on High Bar, Yuri Van Gelder (NED), 2005 World
Champion on Rings; Evgeni Sapronenko (LAT), 2004 Olympic Silver
medallist on Vault, Krisztian Berki (HUN), twice European
Champion on Pommels (2005 and 2007), Silver medallist in the
World Championships 2007, Regulo Carmona (VEN)- 2006 World
Cup Final Champion on Rings, Euchi Sekiguchi and Takehito
Mori (JPN), 2006 World Team Bronze medallists, to name but
of a few.
On the Women’s side: Steliana Nistor (ROM), 2007 World
Silver medallist All-around and Beam; Daria Zgoba (UKR), 2007
European Champion on A.Bars, Zhang Nang (CHN), 2004 Olympic
and 2003 World All-around medallist, along her team mates
Fan Ye, 2003 World Champion on Beam and Zhou Zhuoru, 2007
World Student Team Champion; the gymnast who wrote history
for Canada by winning the first ever world medal for her country
(bronze on Beam in 2006), Elyse Hopfner- Hibbs (CAN), the
2006 World Team Silver medallist from the USA Natasha Kelly;
multiple World Cup events winner/medallist on Vault Jana Sikulova
(CZE).
Great Britain will be represented by three gymnasts from
Huntingdon Gym Club: Daniel Keatings, Louis Smith and Luke
Folwell, two gymnasts from Leeds: Adam Cox (originally from
Edinborough!) and Stephen Jehu, and Kristian Thomas from Earls
Gymnastics, Wolverhampton.
On the women’s side, two gymnasts from Liverpool, the
seven-time British Champion Beth Tweddle and Hannah Clowes
and two gymnasts from Huntingdon G.C, Marissa King and Kayleigh
Cooke. Beth, Hannah and Marissa were members of the 2007 World
Squad in Stuttgart who reached the Team Final and finished
in a record 7th position at the beginning of September, while
Kayleigh, the youngest, was reserve to the squad.
Launched exactly ten years ago, in 1997, the Glasgow Grand
Prix quickly won its place as one of the most attractive gymnastics
events worldwide and since 1999 won the status of a FIG World
Cup event.
The competition consists of Apparatus Qualifications on Friday,
9/11 and Apparatus Finals on Saturday, 10/11. It is a Category
A event and based on the ongoing 2007/2008 World Cup Rules
of the FIG. The Finals on Saturday, 10 November will be filmed
and shown on BBC TV.
Competition Venue
Kelvin Hall International Arena
Argyle Street, Glasgow Tel: 01 41 337 18 06
Competition Schedule
Friday, 9 November 2007: Qualification round (14.45- appr.19.15)
Saturday, 10 November: Finals (13:30- 17.30)
13.30 Start
13:36- 14:16 Men's Floor & Women's Vault
14:22- 14:49 Men's Pommels & Women's A/Bars
14:55- 15:12 Men's Rings
15:12- 15:24 Medal Ceremony
15:28- 16:06 Men's Vault & Women's Beam
16:12- 16:48 Men's P/Bars & Women's Floor
16:54- 17:16 Men's High Bar
17:17- 17:29 Medal Ceremony
17:30 End
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