HYPOLITOS RULE BRAZIL
Daniele and Diego Hypolito won the
women’s and men’s Brazilian championships in
Vitoria, Aug. 6-7. The siblings also won two individual events, each: Daniele won uneven bars
and floor exercise, and Diego was tops on floor
and vault.
•Russia’s Afanasyevasizzlesinsummer
• Uchimurasuperiorat Japan Cupin Tokyo
• 2004Olympicchamp Paul Hammisback
Women’s AA: 1. Daniele Hypolito 55.100; 2. Bruna
Leal 54.150; 3. Jade Barbosa 52.900.
Men’s AA: 1. Diego Hypolito 85.233; 2. Victor Rosa
84.899; 3. Mosiah Rodrigues 84.433.
AFANASYEVA, SEMYONOVA 1-2
Russian clubmates Ksenia Afanasyeva and
Ksenia Semyonova won the gold and silver at
the 2nd Summer Youth Spartakiada, held in late
July in Saransk. The event featured 33 sports.
Dmitry Stolyarov won the men’s competition.
Women’s AA (two-day total): 1. Ksenia Afanasyeva
RUS 116.750; 2. Ksenia Semyonova 115.500; 3.
Yekaterina Kurbatova 113.000; 4. Anastasia Novikova
109.950; 5. Daria Yelizarova 109.650; 6. Irina
Sazonova 108.650.
Men’s AA (two-day total): 1. Dmitry Stolyarov
177.250; 2. David Belyavsky 175.200; 3. Pavel
Russinyak 173.300; 4. Eldar Yunusov 170.900; 5.
Nikita Lezhankin 167.200; 6. Alexander Fafashkin
167.150.
BORN IN SEPTEMBER
Tracee Talavera USA....................9/1/66
Shona Morgan AUS .....................9/1/90
Luis Rivera PUR .........................9/4/86
Tatiana Gutsu UKR ......................9/5/76
Jorge Giraldo COL.......................9/5/79
Anna Pavlova RUS ......................9/6/87
Raj Bhavsar USA ........................9/7/80
Daniele Hypolito BRA...................9/8/84
Marcel Nguyen GER.....................9/8/87
Sho Nakamori USA......................9/9/85
Wang Guanyin CHN .....................9/9/86
Vasileios Tsolakidis GRE...............9/9/79
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN.............9/12/89
Kathy Johnson USA....................9/13/59
Kyle Bunthuwong USA ................9/13/89
Steliana Nistor ROM ..................9/15/89
Denis Savenkov BLR ..................9/17/83
Fabian Leimlehner AUT...............9/17/87
Sanne Wevers NED ....................9/17/91
Yelena Zamolodchikova RUS ........9/19/82
Elisabetta Preziosa ITA ...............9/21/93
Kevin Tan USA..........................9/24/81
Paul & Morgan Hamm USA...........9/24/82
Danut Grecu ROU ......................9/26/50
Mohini Bhardwaj USA.................9/28/78
Koko Tsurumi JPN .....................9/28/92
Marius Urzica ROU ....................9/30/75
Dominique Moceanu USA ............9/30/81
BY JOHN CRUMLISH
RUSSIA, JAPAN DOMINATE
2009 European all-around silver medalist Ksenia Afanasyeva (Russia) and 2009 world all-around champion Kohei Uchimura (Japan)
won the women’s and men’s all-around title,
respectively, and helped their teams place first as
well at the Japan Cup, held July 3-4 in Tokyo.
Women’s Team: 1. RUS 173.85; 2. JPN 169.85; 3.
KOR 150.65.
AA: 1. Ksenia Afanasyeva RUS 58.35; 2. Koko Tsurumi JPN 57.75; 3. Aliya Mustafina RUS 57.10; 4. Yuko
Shintake JPN 56.85; 5. Joo Jo Hyun KOR 53.85; 6.
Mee Moon Eun KOR 50.20; 7. Thi Thu Do VIE 46. 35;
8.Thi Ha Phan VIE 43. 40. ( 8 all-arounders only.)
Men’s Team: 1. JPN 276.10; 2. GER 266.90; 3. USA
265.40.
AA: 1. Kohei Uchimura JPN 93.45; 2. Koji Yamamuro
JPN 91.10; 3. Kim Soo Myon KOR 89.85; 4. David
Belyavsky RUS 89.15; 5. Daniel Purvis GBR 88.95; 6.
Fabian Hambüchen GER 88.70; 7. Marcel Nguyen
GER88.55; 8. Igor Pakhomenko RUS87.35; 9. Chris
Cameron USA 86.95; 10. Arnaud Willig FRA 86.85;
11. Paul Ruggeri USA 86.40; 12. Samuel Hunter GBR
85.65.
WORLD CUP OF PORTO
Double event winners at the World Cup of Porto,
Portugal, held June 18-20, were Brazil’s
Daniele Hypolito, Venezuela’s Jessica
Lopez, Romania’s Flavius Koczi and China’s
Feng Zhe. Lopez was the only gymnast, male or
female, to win a medal on every event. Siblings
Daniele and Diego Hypolito won five medals
between them.
Thi Ha Phan of Vietnam won two medals in
the women’s meet. Born Oct. 16, 1991, in the
northern port city of Hai Phong, Phan competed
on three events at the 2009 world championships in London. Her best finish in London
was 29th place on vault.
Women’s VT: 1. Daniele Hypolito BRA 13.962; 2. Thi
Ha Phan VIE 13.762; 3. Jessica Lopez VEN 13.562.
UB:1. Lopez 13.70; 2. Nathalia Sanchez COL 13.375;
3. Hypolito 13.275. BB: 1. Sanchez 14.025; 2. Phan
13.475; 3. Lopez 13. 45. FX: 1(t), Hypolito, Lopez
13.575; 3. Hannah Whelan GBR 13. 40.
Men’s FX: 1. Flavius Koczi ROU 15. 40; 3. Diego
Hypolito BRA 15.325; 3. Santiago Lopez MEX 14.625.
PH: 1. Guo Weiyang CHN 15. 20; 2. Koczi 14.825; 3.
Rafael Martinez ESP 14.70. SR:1. Chen Yibing CHN
15.575; 2. Liao Junlin CHN 15.225; 3. Ivan San
Miguel ESP 15. 20. VT: 1. Koczi 16.175; 2. Hypolito
16.167; 3. San Miguel 15.95. PB: 1. Feng Zhe 15.70;
2. Guo 15.375; 3. Jorge Giraldo COL 14.975. HB: 1.
Feng 15. 25; 2. Martinez 15.05; 3. Samuel Piasecky
SVK 14.90.
LOPEZ, RIVERA TAKE GOLD
Venezuela’s Jessica Lopez and Colombia’s
Jorge Giraldo won the women’s and men’s all-around title, respectively, at the 21st Central
American and Caribbean Games, held July 25-
30 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Elsa Garcia of
Mexico earned three gold medals and two silver
medals, and led Mexico to the women’s team
title. Gymnasts from Puerto Rico won half of the
men’s medals, including a controversial share of
the rings gold. (For details, see IG Online’s July
29 report on the scoring controversy.)
Women’s Team: 1. MEX 210.45; 2. VEN 206.80; 3.
PUR 197.25.
AA: 1. Jessica Lopez VEN 56.55; 2. Elsa Garcia MEX
55.95; 3. Nathalia Sanchez COL 55.10; 4. Monica
Yool GUA 53.40; 5. Ana Lago MEX 51.85; 6. Sidney
Sanabria PUR 51.75; 7. Nicolle Vazquez PUR 50.75;
8. Adriana Ruano GUA 50.35; 9. Thema Williams TRI
49.00; 10. Ivet Rojas VEN 48.85; 11. Mariana
Sanchez CRC 47.45; 12. Karina Regidor CRC 46. 25.
VT: 1. Garcia 13.812; 2. Alexa Moreno MEX 13.687; 3.
Lopez 13.862. UB: 1. Lopez 14.025; 2. N. Sanchez
13.75; 3. Yool 13.075. BB: 1. N. Sanchez 14.125; 2.
Garcia 13.675; 3. Lopez 13. 30. FX: 1. Garcia 14.00; 2.
Lago 13.60; 3. Vazquez 13.55.
Men’s Team: 1. PUR 356.425; 2. MEX 342.093; 3.
COL 337.759.
AA: 1. Jorge Giraldo COL 89.831; 2. Luis Rivera PUR
89.097; 3. Luis Vargas PUR 88.299; 4. Jose Fuentes
VEN 87.065; 5. Didier Lugo COL 86.23; 6. Daniel Corral MEX 85.899; 7. Santiago Lopez MEX 84.765; 8.
Jhony Parra VEN 80.798; 9. Mynor Juarez GUA
79.198; 20. Oscar Cañas ESA 77.13; 11. Tarik Soto
CRC 74.031; 12. Jesus de Leon DOM 73.999.
FX: 1. Rivera 15.075; 2. Lopez 14.575; 3. Alexander
Rodriguez PUR 14. 45. PH: 1. Rivera 14.90; 2. Rafael
Morales PUR 14.50; 3. Jorge Peña COL 14.225. SR:
1(t). Giraldo, Tommy Ramos PUR, Regulo Carmona
VEN 14.775. VT: 1. Rivera 15.775; 2. Rodriguez
15.762; 3. Corral 15.712. PB: 1. Giraldo 15. 10; 2.
Vargas 14.925; 3. Fuentes 14.75. HB: 1. Giraldo
