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From CovasnaMedia:

Catalina Ponor, the 2004 Athens Olympic Champion, gives us a lesson of will and strength in everything she does. At an age when many gymnasts are giving up the sport, Catalina, 24, decided to come out of retirement and reconfirm her position in elite gymnastics.

After a 4 year break, a coaching experience in the US and having taken in the possibility of failure, the gymnast is now part of the Romanian Olympic team, preparing for London.

- Every story starts with “once upon a time”. If you had the possibility to choose, how would you like to start the Catalina Ponor story?

- My story would probably begin with “Once upon a time there was a restless child who would not be still.” (laughs)

- And how would it end?

- With “and that child we were previously talking about managed to surpass any problem and obstacle and is now a fulfilled woman.”

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Sandra had to go through 2 other surgeries last year but says she will go till the end and get to her second Olympics.

She has experienced all possible emotions from the joy of the Olympic, World and European medals to the disappointment of failures and injuries but she is still anxious for the London Olympic Games. She is Sandra Izbasa, 22 in June, who has been in gymnastics for 18 years now and still finds motivation to keep going.

(Sandra Izbasa @ 2011 Europeans -(c) Aurelia)

- Sandra, are you healthy now? What was the problem with your foot after all?
- I am fine now. The doctors didn´t know why the hematoma kept appearing either. In the end they said it was the strain, nothing to do with the 2009 surgery. After I had surgery again, it disappeared.

- You had to have surgery again?
- Yes, around September - October, on the left foot´s Achilles and the right leg. I am strictly following a program now and I hope everything will go well. With only 6 months to go till the Olympics I will hang on till the end. I am careful not to push it too much and we all hope everything will be ok.

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Gimnastica ritmica isi desemneaza zilele acestea ultimele reprezentante pentru Jocurile Olimpice de vara de la Londra. Printre ele se afla si reprezentanta noastra, Alexandra Piscupescu.  La jumatatea concursului, in urma evolutiilor de la minge si cerc, Alexandra se claseaza pe locul al saptelea, iar maine va trebui neaparat sa mai urce minim un loc pentru a fi top5. De mentionat este faptul ca printre participante se numara si multipla medaliata mondial, Daria Kondarova, care este deja calificata pentru Olimpiada, deci pozitia ei nu afecteaza clasamentul final al competitiei preolimpice.

Rezultatele de astazi:

Concursul va continua maine cu exercitiile la maciuci si panglica. Sa-i tinem pumnii Alexandrei si sa avem incredere ca ea se va califica la Olimpiada. Pana atunci va invit sa vedeti exercitiul ei de azi, de la cerc:

An interview with Ana Porgras about her retirement, via Prosport:

Prosport: Ana, how are you?

Ana: I’m fine, at home with my sister.

Prosport: With or without gymnastics?

Ana: Without. I retired from gymnastics.

Prosport: Why did you make this decision?

Ana: I had my reasons and I would like not to speak about them. But I reached one point where I felt I couldn’t do it anymore. There were many injuries, I was feeling tired. And after the last elbow injury from December I realized I can’t do it anymore.

Prosport: There was no info about the elbow injury…

Ana: At the beginning of December I was training on vault and while I was performing a round-off my hand just snapped. I went to the doctor and he told me it’s a left elbow fracture. I had to use a cast..

Prosport: Were you already thinking about retiring?

Ana: Yes, but I was not 100% decided. The doctor said I could train, but my hand was still hurting. After we came back from France I realized I could not go on anymore.

Prosport: Your sister and your mum…what are they saying?

Ana: Everybody talked with me and tried to make me change my mind. Even Mr. Stoica and Mrs. Grigoras talked with me, but my decision is final.

Prosport:How is life without gymnastics?

Ana: I don’t know yet. At the moment I’m ok, I started school here in Barlad, where I live with my sister.

Prosport:Don’t you feel sorry about the decision?

Ana: No, I don’t regret I retired. Life goes on.

Prosport:But there were other comebacks….

Ana: From the moment I made this decision there is no turning back. I said stop and I’m not coming back.

From GSP:

There´s snow and sun. And there has been snow and sun since Tuesday at the National Sports Complex in Piatra Arsa, in the Bucegi mountains. “Only the rainbow is missing!” says one of the employees.

- Where do the snow flakes come from when the sky is blue?
- I think the window blowing up there brings them, someone explains….

You can see the clouds in the distance, white and puffy. One of them lost his way over here. The only colors lost in the white of Piatra Arsa are the gymnasts. The Men´s National team, who is training up here, begin their day early in the morning. With -5 degrees Celsius, the 9 gymnasts begin running on the slopes around the Complex dressed in their running gear, but wearing 3 more t-shits underneath.

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La multi ani, tuturor! Speram ca 2012 sa fie un an de succes pentru gimnastica romaneasca. Le dorim multa bafta gimnastilor nostri in perspectiva Europenelor (Bruxelles si Montpellier) si a Jocurilor Olimpice de la Londra.

Colega noastra, Cristina, a compus o varianta personalizata a plugusorului pentru a face cateva urari pentru anul 2012:

Aho, aho, gimnaste si gimnasti,
Si fanilor din lumea intreaga,

Sa ne dea Dumnezeu de toate,
Un an bun cu sanatate,
Si medalii cat se poate!!!

Si sa ne mai dea acuma,
Si ambitie, bat-o vina,
Ca sa-i aratam lui Grandi,
Ca tot ne luptam cu granzii.

Iar la sfarsit de an,
Sa zicem ca amu’ cativa ani,
“Rau o fost!!!” - aur si argint,
Bronz si-arbitrii ne-au ocolit.

Dup’ atatea ghinioane,
Tineti minte ca la Londra,
La ce echipa mai are,
Romania-i cea mai tare!

Urati, mai, flacai!!!
Hai, hai!!!

Anul 2011 a fost, oarecum, unul de rascruce pentru gimnastica romaneasca. Au fost foarte multe lucruri frumoase, dar in acelasi timp si unele care nu au functionat asa cum ar fi trebuit. Un an al turismului medical, daca e sa-l citez pe domnul Bellu, dar in acelasi timp il putem numi un an al reinventarii Sandrei Izbasa sau anul revenirii in gimnastica a Catalinei Ponor. Tot ceea ce putem face este sa speram ca Noul An, 2012, va fi mult mai bun si ca gimnastica romaneasca va straluci asa cum ne-a obisnuit.

Pentru acest final de an, am pus mana de la mana cu toti cei implicati in mediul online al acestui sport si am organizat o gala virtuala a gimnasticii romanesti. Cinci reprezentanti online media au participat la aceasta gala, iar acestia sunt: GymnasticsNoCeiling, GymFever, Romanian Gymnastics Fans, revista TARE si nu in ultimul rand blogul Fangymnastics! In ultima saptamana am stat la discutii, am nominalizat, am centralizat si am votat pana cand am reusit sa ajungem la o varianta finala.

Astfel, din punctul nostru de vedere, premiantii Galei Gimnasticii Romanesti, editia 2011, sunt urmatorii:

FEMININ

Cea mai completa gimnasta a anului 2011:

1. Larisa Iordache;
2. Ana Porgras;
3. Amelia Racea;

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TARE, in dictionarul gimnasticii artistice romanesti:

1. incurajare specifica gimnasticii artistice din Romania, utilizata atat de gimnasti/antrenori, cat si de suporteri.
2. numele primei reviste online dedicata fanilor gimnasticii din Romania;

Revista noastra preferata, revista TARE, a ajuns deja la cel de-al treilea numar. Daca ne urmariti pe pagina noastra de Facebook sau pe Twitter, atunci cred ca ati aflat deja de lansarea celui mai recent numar, care a avut loc chiar in noaptea  Ajunului de Craciun.

TARE progreseaza de la numar la numar, articolele cresc din punct de vedere calitativ si parca totul arata din ce in ce mai bine. Fara indoiala materialul meu preferat este reprezentat de interviul cu Alina Alexoi si Ramona Micu (pag. 45).  Pe cele doua le-am ascultat cu sufletul la gura pe timpul Campionatelor Europene de la Berlin, iar acum avem posibilitatea sa citim un interviu foarte bine gandit si structurat. De asemenea, la capitolul recomandari ar mai fi si interviul cu si despre fanii gimnasticii romanesti (pag. 77), unde si echipa Fangymnastics are cateva interventii. Nu va spun mai multe, ci va las sa descoperiti singuri.

Si nu in ultimul rand va recomand materialul despre Festivalul Olimpic al Tineretului European, concurs prezentat sub forma unui jurnal scris de catre Andrei (pag. 115). Un articol scris din suflet care transmite foarte mult. O adevarata placere sa citesti asemenea materiale. Mai vrem!!!

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Ce reprezinta gimnastica pentru sportul romanesc? Cred ca toata lumea stie raspunsul la aceasta intrebare. Gimnastica artistica este regina sportului romanesc, este ramura care ne-a adus cele mai multe medalii si care a creat povesti si legende. Televiziunea Romana a fost alaturi de sportul romanesc, si implicit de gimnastica, inca de la inceput. Acum, la 55 de ani de la prima emisie, nu putea sa nu dedice o emisiunea in care sa ne putem aduce aminte de toate acele momente care ne-au umplut inima de bucurie si care ne-au facut sa ne simtim mandri ca suntem romani.

Fara alte comentarii, va invit sa urmariti inregistrarile cu gimnastica artistica din cadrul Galei Sportului Romanesc! (multumim Anicia)

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Componentele lotului olimpic al Romaniei si-au petrecut Craciunul intr-un cantonament in Franta, organizat de catre clubul de gimnastica de la Dijon. Scopul acestui cantonament a fost acela de a le scoate putin pe fete din atmosfera de la Izvorani, de a schimba aerul, dar si de a incerca aparatele Gymnova - aceleasi aparate care vor fi si la Jocurile Olimpice de la Londra.

Presedintele clubului din Dijon a afirmat pentru site-ul francez Bienpublic ca “este ca si cum l-am avea Usain Bolt in sala de sport“, referindu-se bineinteles la gimnastele noastre.

Gimnastele se vor intoarce in tara pe data de 28 decembrie, urmand sa petreaca Revelionul la Izvorani.

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