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The Medal Factory (translation):

Ana Porgras: It was difficult for me to get myself together.

Diana Chelaru: I can´t say I´m happy with myself, I could have done better.

Lucian Sandu: We still have problems.

Adrian Stoica: Romania is not a bars specialist, neither in the women nor in the men´s competition.

The team trained by Marian Bitang and Octavian Bellu had good performances at the World Championships but the uneven bars did not allow us to make the podium. Romania finished this year´s competition in 4^th place, but there are high expectations for London.

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Concursul masculin de calificare este in plina desfasurare si va continua pana maine dupa-amiaza. Insa baietii nostri au concurat in aceasta dimineata, in cadrul celei de-a doua subviziune. Echipa, formata din Marian Dragulescu, Flavius Koczi, Marius Berbecar, Ovidiu Buidoso, Cristian Bataga si Vlad Cotuna, a obtinut urmatoarele punctaje:

PARALELE

• Marius Berbecar: 15.366 (6.4);
• Marian Dragulescu: 14.433 (5.6);
• Flavius Koczi: 14.400 (5.9);
• Vlad Cotuna: 13.900 (6.2);
• Ovidiu Buidoso: 13.566 (6.0);

(c) Brigid McCarrthy

Ultimele doua zile au fost, poate, cele mai grele si lungi din ultimii ani pentru gimnastica feminina din Romania. Emotii, ambitie, dezamagire, lacrimi si speranta. Acestea cred ca au fost sentimentele traite de gimnaste, antrenori, dar si de suporteri. In final, putem spune ca Romania a terminat calificarile cu fruntea sus, chiar daca perfomanta gimnastelor noastre a fost presarata cu greseli, dar si cu multa nesansa. Da, in sport ai nevoie atat de sansa, cat si de noroc, iar cel mai rau este atunci cand ajungi la mana adversarilor.  Dar nu este un capat de tara, pentru ca fiecare sportiv mai trece prin astfel de momente. Important e sa stii cum sa te ridici si sa o iei de la zero, iar asta vom face noi incepand de marti. Poate atunci va fi mai bine! HAI ROMANIA!

Tabloul calificarilor arata astfel:

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In aceasta dimineata o noua veste despre fetele noastre ne-a lasat fara cuvinte. Anne, de la Gymnastike, a publicat un articol prin care ne anunta ca exista posibilitatea unei accidentari in cazul Catalinei Ponor. Mai jos am facut o scurta traducere a articolului publicat de Anne:

Catalina Ponor - (c) Brigid McCarthy

“Am intrat in sala de antrenament a Romaniei si le-am gasit pe fete, bineinteles, la barna, dar Catalina Ponor statea pe margine alaturi de medicul echipei. care ii analiza piciorul/glezna. Apoi a parasit sala de antrenament alaturi de medic si cu o punga de gheata. Nu parea a fi ceva grav, atata timp cat putea sa mearga singura, fara probleme.

Cateva minute mai tarziu, a revenit in sala de antrenament, a vorbit cu antrenorii si a plecat de tot impreuna cu medicul. Accidentarea pare sa se fi intamplat la barna, imediat dupa ce au inceput antrenamentul…..”

Oare este ceva grav? Nici nu vreau sa ma gandesc ceea ce ar insemna pierderea Catalinei Ponor. Dar sa speram ca vestile, ce urmeaza sa le primim, vor fi unele bune!

Tare Catalina!!!!!

UPDATE

Federatia Romana de Gimnastica, prin Adrian Stoica, a confirmat faptul ca a existat un mic incident, dar Catalina nu este in pericol sa fie retrasa din concurs. “Se afla sunt tratament inflamatoriu. A facut o radiografie si nu are nimic osos” -  a spus Adrian Stoica pentru ziarul Adevarul.

Cateva poze din timpului antrenamentului oficial al fetelor noastre din aceasta dimineata, de la Mondiale. Pozele sunt realizate de catre Brigid McCarthy - The Couch Gymnast. Thank you, Brigid!!!

Diana Bulimar

Ana Porgras

Ana Porgras si Catalina Ponor

Octavian Bellu, via Gymnastics Examiner:

“Cred ca a fost un test bun si, fiind pentru prima data in arena de concurs, am asteptat multe lucruri de la gimnastele cu experienta, precum Catalina Ponor sau Amelia Racea. De la cele debutante, ca Diana Bulimar, cea mai mica din echipa, astept sa progreseze mai mult, dar sper sa fie totul bine in ziua calificarilor.”

“Pentru mine, sa revin pe suprafata de concurs este un lucru normal. Daca ma uit inapoi, nu am nimic sa-mi reprosez sau sa regret din perioada in care am avut alt job, dar politica nu a fost pentru mine. Nu m-am simtit bine in lumea politicii si astfel m-am intors cu bucurie la jobul meu obisnuit.”

Despre Catalina Ponor: “Cred ca este importanta revenirea ei deoarece, din pacate, nu o avem pe Sandra Izbasa si avem nevoie de un alt star, un lider pentru echipa noastra. A revenit in activitate si cred ca este un bun exemplu pentru cele mai tinere. Nu ma uit la Catalina ca la o gimnasta de 24 de ani - ea este foarte dinamica si si-a pastrat aceleasi calitati ca inainte. Acest Mondial reprezinta doar un pas pentru ea, dar sper ca la Londra sa fie in ceea mai buna forma!”

Despre Ana Porgras: “Este cu totul alta Ana Porgras. Daca ne uitam la cateva poze sau filmulete de la Rotterdam, vom vedea ca s-a schimbat. Este o fata foarte frumoasa, a crescut si are o cu totul alta fata si o noua atitudine.  Sper sa fie suficient de inteligenta, sa lucreze mai mult ca inainte ca sa-si pastreze nivelul, in special la barna, dar sper ca si la sol si paralele.”

Campionatul Mondial de gimnastica artistica de anul acesta, de la Tokyo, va putea fi urmarit in Romania pe postul de televiziune DigiSport. Transmisiunile se vor realiza dupa urmatorul program:

• Marti, 11 octombrie: finala feminina pe echipe (13:00 - 15:00);
• Miercuri, 12 octombrie: finala masculina pe echipe (12:30 - 14:30);
• Joi, 13 octombrie: finala feminina la individual compus (12:00 - 13:45);
• Vineri, 14 octombrie: finala masculina la individual compus (13:00 - 15:30);
• Sambara, 15 octombrie: finalele pe aparate, ziua 1 (07:30 - 10:30);
• Duminica, 16 octombrie: finalele pe aparate, ziua 2 (08:00 - 10:35);

From Adevarul:

Octavian Bellu, head coach of the Romanian gymnastics team, said on Friday he didn´t want to take chances with Sandra Izbasa, who is still feeling some pain in the foot she had surgery on, so he didn´t include her in the World team.

“Sandra Izbasa will not go to Tokyo because we don´t want to take any risk. We want to remove any pain she feels in the injured foot. Any health problem, as minor as it may seem, can grow worse and do even more damage. When the doctors will give her the ok to start training again, she will be looking directly to the Olympic Games. We have to adjust as best we can to this situation.” said Octavian Bellu at the Henri Coanda airport.

He also stated that Romania must ensure qualification to the Olympics at Worlds: “Our goal is the Olympic Games qualification, then the World final. It is important to be among the top 8 so that we don´t waste winter on training for the January qualifying stage. We trained for this World Championship taking into consideration the girls´ health status, but we didn´t have many problems there. They are eager to compete, training was not easy as we tried to add in difficulty and clean execution.“

Ana Porgras declared that the members of the National team are truly a team: “I am going there to perform my routines as well as possible, without mistakes. Lately I´ve focused on execution more than on difficulty. We are a true team, we support each other and I hope we do our best. Our objective is to qualify for the Olympic Games.“

Amelia Racea´s personal objective is to win a medal with the team: “I am positive and I have a good feeling about this. We have a good relationship and there is no rivalry among us. I want to win a medal with the team and, if possible, I´d like another medal in the all-around and beam final.”

The Romanian National team left for Japan on Friday to perform at the World Championships. The Women´s team includes Ana Porgras, Catalina Ponor (she will officially be able to compete starting Saturday), Diana Chelaru, Daniela Andrei, Amelia Racea, Raluca Haidu and Diana Bulimar (alternate).

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In aceasta dimineata, Federatia Romana de Gimnastica a anuntat componenta oficiala a echipelor de gimnastica artistica, care ne vor reprezenta incepand din 7 octombrie la Campionatele Mondiale de la Tokyo. Anuntul a adus, insa, si o veste trista. Liderul echipei feminine, Sandra Izbasa, nu va concura la Mondiale din cauza problemei pe care o are la unul dintre piciore, antrenorii alegand sa o protejeze.

Astfel, echipele Romaniei arata dupa cum urmeaza:

FEMININ

• Ana Porgras
• Catalina Ponor
• Amelia Racea
• Raluca Haidu
• Diana Chelaru
• Daniela Andrei
• Diana Bulimar

MASCULIN:

• Flavius Koczi
• Marius Berbecar
• Marian Dragulescu
• Ovidiu Buidoso
• Vlad Cotuna
• Cristian Bataga
• Andrei Ursache

A coach’s best moments are those when his gymnast achieves great performances. There cannot be greater satisfaction than seeing his pupil on the podium at the World Championships or Olympic Games. We must also consider those gymnasts who get to guide other champions on the path to success. What could be more beautiful than seeing a great gymnast be a great coach too?

This could also be valid for Teodora Ungureanu and Sorin Cepoi – two of the most important Romanian gymnasts at the end of the 70s. Teodora Ungureanu, 1976 Olympic silver medalist on bars and bronze medalist on beam, is now working on helping new gymnasts follow on her footsteps or even surpass her performance. Together with Sorin Cepoi – an important member of the 1976 and 1980 Romanian Olympic teams – she has created Dynamic Gymnastics, a new New York based gymnastics club, and the first results are starting to show.

Sabrina Vega is both a member of the US National Senior team and the gymnast Teodora and Sorin have coached in the last few years. In her first senior year, she has already earned her spot in the team representing US at the Tokyo Worlds.

We have been talking to the two coaches about Sabrina Vega and this is what they had to say:

Fangymnastics: Hello and congratulations to Sabrina! This morning (the 22^nd of September) the official announcement that she had been selected for the Tokyo team was made public. What does this mean to you? It’s definitely a great performance…

Sorin&Teodora: Thank you! Sabrina’s selection for Worlds comes as a reward for all the effort and work we’ve put in daily together with her in the gym.

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