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Two tangle for the title in the women's competition-Kim Zmeskal and Shannon Miller. For the men, Jarrod Hanks hangs on to the title by hitting high bar and defeating Dmitri Karbonenko.

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u.s. women's teom-Jullet Bangerter, Stephanie Woocls, Wendy Bruce, Helcll Hombeek, Michelle Campi, Dominique Dawe., ancl Kristin McDermo".

DODGE CHALLENGE: USA-JAPAN PRESENTED BY TEXACO The men's competition was Ahh-So Close! The teams were tied many times dwing the competition, but the u.s. came out on top.

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NEW SYSTEM, LONGER PARTICIPATION IN GYMNASTICS

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he sport of gymnastics made history in April by a series of "firsts." For the first time ...

.fThe World Championships were held in the Olympic year.

.fAn individual event-only World Championships was conducted (this allowed specialists to compete). .fThe FIG paid prize money at the World Championships (100,000 Swiss francs split among the finalists). .fThe World Championships were conducted in the Spring. .fThe World Championships did not include compulsories.

Needless to say, we are excited about this new event which took place April 15-19 in Paris. Perhaps you caught the telecast of the event on ABC Sports, April 19 and April 25 for one-and-a-half hours each day.

The Indianapolis World Championships was the first time that this prestigious event was televised live. Usually, the event is held in the fall and we have to wait until football season is over (end of January) to see the broadcast. The FIG moved the event to the spring so that it would not conflict with football and the event could be televised either live or tape delayed by a day, but certainly no more than a week! So, with all these changes, what will this do for us?

The World Championships is now an annual event. That's very exciting since it will hopefully keep our best athletes in the sport longer. The next World Championships is scheduled for April, 1993 in Birmingham, England. That event will feature an all-around competition and individual event finals for men and women. Once again, no compulsories! The first time the new Olympic compulsories will be performed will not be until the first ever team championships in the fall of 1994 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Rhythmic gymnastics will also be moving to an annual event as well as modifying

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their rules for more equality and the opportunity to compete in an environment that will be more open and encouraging!

A closer analysis of this new system should excite the die-hard gymnastics fan and the aspiring athlete. In the past, we always lost some of our best and most famous athletes to the "Olympic Cycle." That is, the fact that you must learn a complete new set ofcompulsories right after the Olympic Games and be prepared to do eight events or twelve events for women and men respectively. That's awfully tough to plan after just finishing the Olympic Games competition! Most athletes don't want to think about having to start over immediately following the excitement of the Olympics. This new format allows an athlete plenty of time to work on compulsories. In the meantime, there are two World Championships in individual events and all-around in which an athlete can compete, possibly only on his or her best event!

In Paris, the USA men's team featured two of our very best collegiate specialistsMark Sohn from Penn State on the pommel horse and Paul O'Neill, who attended both Houston Baptist and University of New Mexico, on the still rings. Without these new rule changes, these great performers would never have had a chance to compete in a World Championships.

It is the hope of the FIG tha tthe new rules will encourage more athletes to participate.

It is also their hope that the rules will encourage our best athletes and our more famous athletes to stay involved in the sport longer and keep competing. Just when these great champions reach the top, they have been forced to retire or their performances decline. Just think about having a Nadia, Mary Lou or Mitch Gaylord around for eight to ten years instead of just one or two!

Other sports obviously do this and one can see what it does for them.

The USGF is looking forward to these new ideas and seeing them come to fruition.

There are many more on the horizon that will continue to allow our sport to grow and prosper. New ideas or suggestions should be sent to the USGF. You never know .. .the FIG might just listen!

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Editor LuanPeszek Men's Program Administrator Robert Cowan Women's Program Administrator Kathy Kelly Rhythmic Program Administrator Nora Hitzel United States Gymnastics Federation Board of Directors Executive Director. Mike Jacki; President: Mike Donahue; President Emeritus: Bud Wilkinson; Athlete Representa路 tives: Brian Babcock, chair; Wendy Hilliard, vice chair; Michelle Dusserre, sec; Sheryl Dundas; Tim Daggett;]im H a rtun ~; Karyn Lyon; Tanr.a Service; Wendy Hilliard, USOC Athlete s Ad visory Council; Nancy Marshall, Admin. Advisor; Ama路 teur Athletic Union: Stan Atkinson; American Sokol Organization: Jerry Milan; American Trampoline & Tumbling Association: Wayne Downinp; American Turners: Bruno KJaus; Junior Boys Gymnashcs Coaches Association: Bill Foster; Men's EliteCoachesAssociation: Fred Roethlisberger; National Association for Girls and Women in Sports: Dr. Mimi Murray; National Assocation of Collegiate Gymnastics Men: Able Grossfeld;National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Women: Ga il Davis; National Associaton of Women's Gymnastics Judges: Yvonne Hod ge; National Collegiate Athletic Association: Cheryl Levick, Fred Turoff; National Federation of State High School Associations: Sharon Wil ch, Susan True; National Gymnastics Judges Association: Harry Bjerke; National High School Gymnastics Coaches Associahon: John Brinkworth; National Jew ish Welfare Board: Courtney Shanken; Rhythmic Coaches Assocation: Suzie DiTullio; Special Olympics, Inc.: Kate Faber-Hickie; U.S. Association of Independent Gym Club: La nce Crowley; U.S. Elite Coaches Association for Women: Tony Gehman, Chere Hoffman; U.s. Sports Acrobatics Federation: Bonnie Da vidson; Young Men's Christian Association: Ri ck Dodson; USGF National Membership Representatives: Men's: Da ve Strobel, Bob Wuornos; Women's: Joan Moore Rice,JeffM etzger; Rhythmic: Marina Davidovich,Jolie Barretta-Keyser.

United States Gymnastics Federation Executive Committee President: Mike Donahue; Secretary: Mike Milidonis; Vice President-Women: Sue Ammerman; Vice President-Men: Jim Howard; Vice President-Rhythmic: Norma Zabka; Executive Director: Mike Jacki; FIG Women's Technical Committee: Jackie Fie; FIG Rhythmic Technical Committee: Andrea Schmid-Shapiro; FIG Men's Technical Committee: Bill Roetzheim; Members-At-Large: Roe Kreutzer; Nancy Ma rshall; Athlete Representatives: Bria n Babcock, Michelle Du sse rre, We nd y Hillia rd ; President Emeritus: Bud Wilkinson.

Associate Content Editors Sports Science Advisory Committee: William Sands, PhD., Chainnan, Sports Ad visory Committee Patty Hacker, PhD., Cha irman, Educati on Sub-committee Stephen W. Whitlock, Liaison Unless expressly identified to the contrary, all articles, statements and views printed herein are attnbuted soley to the author and the United States Gymnastics Federa tion ex presses no opinion hereon and assumes no responsiblity thereof. .

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Dear Mary Lou, I am 11 years old and a Level 6 gymnast. I am very scared of doing a tuck flyaway dismount off bars. I will do it with the belt but not by myself. Did you ever go through that, and if you did, what did you do to get over the fear?

belt until you and your coach • feel you are ready to do it • alone. Trust your coach. He/ • she really knows best.

feel good about a certain skill • and your coach thinks you're • ready, then go for it. Good • Luck!

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I am 9 years old and in Level 7 optional. I want to know how long it took you to learn some of your really hard tricks.

Erin Sherrard Virginia Beach, Virginia

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I am 11 years old and a Level 7 optional. I've been competing for three years and I ask myself the same question over and over again. Why on earth do we have to wear long sleeved leos in meets? They are hot and it is hard to take • them off when going to the • restroom.

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• • • • this-if you know you have a • meet coming up on a weekend, wear a long • sleeved leo in workout so • you get used to it. They're really not that bad! And, I must admit, they do look • terrific during competitions.

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Since the first competition back in the early days, the gymnasts have performed in long sleeved leotards. I guess it's just gymnastics etiquette.

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Judging Training 芦and the Code of Points) and On-TheFloor Judging Presenters will be asked to provide sessions for the judges to assist in making good application of the Code by utilization of guided practice judging sessions from video-taped performances.

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The Olympians and YOU Congress in Anaheim will include an Exhibition Performance by our 1992 Olympic Teams and special guest performers. The exhibition will be conducted in the Anaheim Convention Center which is adjacent to the host hotel. Special seating will be provided for all Congress participants. The Exhibition will be followed by the annual USGF Awards Banquet and Dance that will toast and recognize all of the Olympians and their coaches.

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DODGE RETURNS AS MAJOR USGF SPONSOR

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s can be seen by the coverage in this issue, Dodge has returned to gymnastics with a significant level of support in 1992. Both the Chrysler and Dodge divisions of Chrysler Corpora- • tion were sponsors of the U.S. teams at the 1991 World Championships, held last September in Indianapolis.

Because of the success in competition will be the first of the USGP relationship with many events where sponsors Dodge from 1985-1988 and team up to promote our sport and their involvement in the the 1991 World Gymnastics Championships, the Dodge Olympic movement.

Division renewed and A senior member of Dodge increased their level of management was at a public support in 1992. function a few years ago when a woman questioned if he was You will see the Dodge logo on the competition with Dodge management. He apparel of our national team replied yes, and the mother of at several major televised a young gymnast thanked events this year and Dodge him and praised Dodge will be the presenting sponsor profusely for their support of our nine-city post-Olympic and the successful sponsortour that will begin in late ship program shared with August.

Dodge from 1985 through In addition, Dodge 1988. provided support for the Unsolicited thank you's production of the "Dodge can have a profound effect on Guide to Gymnastics" for sponsorship decision makers.

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After all, sponsors are hard working human beings that Dodge will also provide a significant number of official need to know that they have vehicles at major USGP events done the right thing by supporting the sport of this year. gymnastics and the many The Dodge Challenge: young gymnasts nationwide.

USA-Japan presented by Texaco is the first event where • Next time you have the chance, thank a USGP sponsor two major USGP sponsors have joined together to for their support.

We thank Dodge wholesupport the USGF's need to have a major international heartedly for the level of dual meet in preparation for support they are providing the upcoming Olympic the USGP and the sport of gymnastics this year and we Games. We appreciate these hope this relationship will two sponsors coming to our continue in the years to come. assistance and hope this dual

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USGF Dnicial Airline "Best Airline" Says Quality Study In the Money section of USA Today on March 5, there was a report on the results of a comprehensive study that ranked American Airlines as the number one airline in the United States based on 19 quality factors.

The study, conducted by the Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research, gave American Airlines the top score among 10 other big airlines.

According to monthly evaluations, American Airlines consistently outscored their competitors on issues like on-time flights, complaints, overbooking~, etc.

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The USGP is very proud to have this relationship with the number one airline in the United States. We feel it's only fitting that the best airline be associated with the best sport-gymnastics!

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RHYTHMIC SELECTION PROCEDURES AMENDED

DR. CHARLES R. JOHNSON Dr. Charles R. "Chic" Johnson, 59, died of cancer on February 7, 1992 in Springfield, Mo. Chic, professor of Health and Physical Education at Southwest Missouri State University, was well known for his work as a teacher, gymnastics coach, sports psychologist and ordained minister.

Chic taught at CSU-Chico from 1964-1968, where he also coached the men's and women's gymnastics teams.

He headed the women's gymnastics team at Southwest Missouri State University from 1969-1979 and his teams

committees, Chic traveled extensively, giving workshops for coaches and athletes.

In 1978, he was the American Delegation leader to the World Games in France, and was the women's coach for the first American contingent to compete in East Germany.

He is survived by his mother, Winnifred Harlow; two sons, Todd and Tyler; two daughters, Elizabeth Bartko and Laura Johnson; a sister, Joanne Miller; and a grandson, Michael J. Harter.

Chic will be missed by the entire gymnastics community.

were consistently in the top 10 nationally. He was instrumental in the development of gymnastics in the U.S. through his participation with the USGF. In addition to his work with numerous USGF

The Rhythmic Selection Procedures for the 1992 Olympic Games have been sligh tly amended since they were printed in the July/ August 1991 issue of USA

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The scores from the U.S. Championships do not carry over. The two athletes w ith the highest combined score from the two days

1992 Olympic Trial s wi ll be named to the 1992 Olympic Team.

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Nominations For USOC Athletes Advisory Council The USGF is now accepting nominations for the United States Olympic Committee's Athletes Ad visory Council.

The USOC Athletes Advisory Council representative will serve for the 19931996 quadrennium. The nominees will be elected by the USGF National Team Members this fall.

USGF National Team Members are eligible to nominate any current or former USGF National Team Member (such representation must have occurred within the preceding 10 years) for

this position.

Send nominations to the USGF, Attn: Kathy Brown, Pan American Plaza, 201 S. Capitol Ave., Ste. 300, Indpls., IN 46225.

All nominations should be submitted by September 1, 1992. Please contact your nominee before submitting his/her name.

For more information contact Wendy Hilliard, U.s.

OlympiC Committee Athletes AdviSOry Council Representative or Nancy Marshall, U.S. Gymnastics Federation Athlete's Council Administrative Advisor.

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KIM ZMESKAL SULLIVAN AWARD NOMINEE For the second consecutive year, Kim Zmeskal was nominated for the prestigious AAU James E. Sullivan Award.

This award has been presented annually since 1930 by the AAU to the nation's outstanding amateur athlete.

Based on the qualities of leadership, character, sportsmanship and ideals of amateurism, the AAU Sullivan Award is voted on by about 2,200 persons representing the AAU Sullivan Award Committee, AAU Sullivan Award recipients, AAU life Members, AAU Board of Directors, United States Olympic Committee Board of Directors and selected sports media.

Athletics superstar, Mike Powell, was the winner of this year's Award. Other finalists were: Michael Barrowman, Swimming; Kent Ferguson,

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here was an over whelming sense of history and new hope of Olympic proportions at the Hilton's Superstars of Gymnastics exhibition in Los Angeles where Olympians and current hopefuls shared

daring and emotional routines as a star-struck audience of 7,000 watched. What more appropriate time to be starstruck, as Olga Korbut, Nadia Comaneci, and Mary Lou Retton shared the same stage (or floor exercise mat) for the

Senior Vice President of Hilton Hotels Corp., Mike Ribero, and Vice President of the USOC, Michael Lenard.

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first time in history. Added to the glitz of the evening were Olympians Bart Conner, Mitch Gaylord, and Peter Vidmar, whose performances brought back memories of the 1984 Olympics, known to some as the Golden Games.

Performing alongside the Olympians were World Championships team members, Michelle Campi, Elisabeth Crandall, Hilary Grivich, Shannon Miller, Betty Okino, Kerri Strug, Kim

Zmeskal, Jarrod Hanks, Patrick Kirksey, Lance Ringnald, Tom Schlesinger, and Chris Waller. The sport of rhythmic gymnastics treated the audience with performances by Heather Lovell and Bianca Sapetto.

A donation from Hilton of $225,000 to the United States Olympic Committee was a welcome highlight during intermission. Hilton is a corporate sponsor of the USOC.

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Champions All is the premier British Amateur Gymnastics Association gymnastics event and over the years it has attracted top international athletes from all over the world including Olympic and World Champions. Participating in this year's competition were men and women representing the Community of Independent States, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Canada, Great Britain and the United States.

The Champions All meet took place on April 4 at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. Representing the U.S. was Stephanie Woods, accompanied by her coach, Jim Jarrett. Acting as head of delegation and judge was Dale Brown.

Highlights of the competition included outstanding performances by Gina Gogean (ROM), Stephanie Woods (USA) and Tatiana Ignatova (CIS), finishing in that order.

All three gymnasts executed a full twisting Yurchenko vault scoring a 9.85, 9.75, and a 9.8 respectively. Uneven parallel

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Stephanie Woods bars proved to be the most difficult event for the Romanian and the Soviet gymnast, as each scored less than a 9.3 due to a fall. USA's Stephanie Woods proved her ability to remain calm and consistent as she averaged a 9.7 on the same event.

Gogean amazed the crowd with her flic flac twist on balance beam only to be matched by Ignatova (9.85).

Once again Woods' steady and elegant performance kept her in the race for first place with a solid 9.6. Floor exercise was, without a doubt, the most impressive event with the highest mark of 9.925 going to the Romanian for a routine consisting of a whip full in, whip to a double back, and a full-in dismount.

Gogean took the lead for the gold medal with a 38.90, while Woods edged out the Soviet for second with a 38.725 over her 38.70.

The U.s. delegation was pleased to be a part of such a prestigious event and also to be guests of the British Amateur Gymnastics Association.

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Larissa Fontaine, coach Don McPherson and judge Linda Beran set out for the III International Invitational Anne Dupuch competition in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Africa on March 7-8.

Fontaine placed first in the all-around and earned the silver medal on both vault and bars. Unfortunately, Fontaine was injured during her bar routine during finals and had to withdraw from beam and floor .

Italy's Elena Marcelloni and Selene Celotto earned the silver and bronze medals in the all-around competition.

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Larissa Fontaine earned the gold medal in the allaround at the Anne Du puch Competition.

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The Open Division competition saw 32 teams of five girls each compete for a share of $20,000 in prize money donated by the USGF and for the title of the first USGF National Club Champion.

The competition was divided into four equally balanced qualifying sessions on Friday and Saturday. The winner of each preliminary session qualified to the championship round on Sunday, where they were joined by the next four highest scoring teams.

All of the qualifying sessions were hotly contested. The American Twisters

Larissa Fontaine, Junior Champion USA

Elisabeth Crandall, Senior Champion

Parkettes-National Club Champions. From left to right: Sarah Balogach, Kim Kelly, Kristin McDermott, Jennifer McKenna, and Jennifer Mercier. qualified Friday night (Atlanta School of Gymnastics just missed). Queen City, Great Lakes, and the Desert Devils B team qualified Saturday morning, Cincinnati and Illinois Academy qualified Saturday afternoon, and the Parkettes and Desert Devils qualified Saturday night. (North Stars, second after two rotations, had their bid interrupted by injuries.)

During the Championship round on Sunday, the lead see-sawed all afternoon and the result wasn't settled until the final routine.

Parkettes edged out the Desert Devils to win the Club Championship by the slimmest of margins (154.525 to 154.30; four scores counting). The American Twisters took third (150.65). The battle for the remaining five spots was incredibly tight and the standings shuffled after each rotation.

The huge crowds (over 7000 people at times) were treated to an incredible display of gymnastics at its highest level.

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ne of the U.s.'s top gymnasts, Sandy Woolsey, announced her retirement from international competition.

Woolsey, 19, was a member of two World Championships Teams in 1989 and 1991. She finished eighth all-around at the 1989 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany and placed seventh in the uneven bars event final.

Stormy Eaton and Sandy Woolsey Finishing second at the 1991 U.s. Championships, Woolsey won silver medals on the vault and uneven bars, and a bronze on floor exercise--the most medals won at this event. She was also named Gymnast of the Year in 1991, an honor she shares with Parkettes' Kim Kelly.

Woolsey's decision to retire was based on a recurring hip injury that is prohibiting her from training for the

Olympic Trials which are June 11-13 in Baltimore.

Desert Devil's coach Stormy Eaton feels that Woolsey could have made the Olympic Team only if she could have started training at 100% this week which she was unable to do. "Our entire club is saddened by Sandy's decision, but because she is the one that has to endure the pain on a daily basis, she is the one that must make the final decision," said Eaton.

Currently, Woolsey attends Arizona State University but plans to transfer to the University of Utah to compete for the Utah gymnastics team in the fall.

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ormer coach of the University of Nebraska gymnastics team, Jacob "Jake" Geier, has been elected to the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles' Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Two former Olympians, Richard "Dick" Beckner and William "Bill" Tom, were also honored. The fourth inductee, Jeff Hennessy, is a pioneering

trampoline coach from Louisiana who has trained a number of World Champions.

The awards were announced at a ceremony conducted each year by the National Association of Collegiate Coaches (NACGC) on the eve of the NCAA's Division I National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships held this year in Lincoln.

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he youngest member of the U.s, Junior National Team, Lanna Apisukh from Brown's Gymnastics, brought home four silver medals in the City of Pope Jr. International Competition, April 4-5, in Avignon, France.

Apisukh, 12, finished second in the all-around with 38.65 to Elodie Lussac from France. Apisukh also earned second on bars (9.825), beam (9.725) and floor (9,725). Karin Lichey from Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy earned a bronze medal on bars (9.775).

The talent among the junior gymnasts was incredible at this competition, Apisukh and Lichey competed against gymnasts from 11 countries, including the Community of Independent States.

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Lanna Apisukh and Karin Lichey Not only was it Apisukh and Lichey's first international competition but it was also their first time to compete on a podium. Both gymnasts did an outstanding job.

Other delegation members included: Carolyn Bowers as delegation leader and judge, Mary Lee Tracy from Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy and Kevin Brown from Brown's Gymnastics.

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Zmeskal WOMEN'S RESULTS VAULT 1. Henrietta Onadi 2. S. Baguinskaia 3. O. Tchusovitina 4. lavinia Milosovici 5. Silvia Mitova 6. Kerri Strug 7. Gina Gogean 8. Stella Umeh 9. Elvira Becks

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9.950 9.943 9.937 9.906 9.862 9.818 9.600 9.556 9.481

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9.950 9.900 9.887 9.875 9.862 9.862 9.850 9.800 9.775

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9.925 9.850 9.850 9.800 9.775 9.750 9.362 9.337 8.750

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9.937 9.912 9.887 9.887 9.812 9.812 9.800 9.300

BARS 1. lavinia Milosovici 2. Betty Okino 3. Mirela Pasca 4. lu li 5. li Yifang 5. Krisztina Molnar 7. Kerri Strug 8. Julie A. Monico 9. Tatiana lisenko

BEAM I . Kim Zmeskal 2. li Yifang 2. Maria Neculita 4. Silvia Mitova 5. Stella Umeh 6. S. Baguinskaia 7. Tatiana lisenko 8. Betty Okino 9. Gina Gogean

FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Kim Zmeskal 2. Henrietta 路Onadi 3. Maria Neculita 3. Tatiana llsenko 5. Sonia Frciguas 5. li Yifang 7. O. Tchusovitina 8. lavinia Milosovici 9. Silvia Mitova

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he World Gymnastics Championships was conducted at the ParisBercy Sports Stadium from April 15-19. This was the first World Championships of its kind-apparatus event finals only-no team or all-around competition.

The Paris World Championships was divided into three parts: the qualification round (open to all FIG affiliated federations), the semi-finals round (top 16 from qualification round) and the finals round (top eight gymnasts from the semi-finals round plus the 1991 World Champion in that event).

selected Okino and Strug to compete in the semi-final round.

In balance beam, the U.S. was outstanding. Again, all three gymnasts qualified for the semi-finals: Zmeskal in second with 9.862, Okino was fourth with 9.837 and Strug was 13th with a 9.562. Karolyi selected Zmeskal and Okino to compete

in the semi-final round.

In the floor exercise, Zmeskal tied for second with 9.90 and Strug finished eighth with 9.837. Both gymnasts qualified for semi-finals.

Dawes had a great routine going with a very enthusiastic audience response, but unfortunately, touched her hands on the final tumbling

WOMEN"S OUALIFICATIONS There were 68 competitors in women's vaulting. The USA's vaulters were Dominique Dawes and Kerri Strug.

Both girls made the cut to the semi-finals. Strug was in eighth with a 9.850 on her Yurchenko full and Dawes was 15th with a 9.775 on her pike front with a half twist.

The top three qualifiers were Svetlana Boguinskaia, Henrietta Onodi and Mirela Pasca.

Of the 73 uneven bar competitors, all three U.S. gymnasts were in the top 16.

Kim Zmeskal scored 9.887 for fourth, Strug placed sixth with 9.875 and Betty Okino was eighth with 9.862. Because of the two-athletes-per-country rule, Head Coach Bela Karolyi

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MEN'S RESULTS FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Igor Korobchinski 2. Vilaly Scherbo 3. Maik Krahberg 4. YUlaka Aihara 4. Marius Gherman 6. Li Xiaoshuang 7. Li Chunyang 8. You Ok Youl 9. Yukio Ikelani

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POMMEL HORSE Keni Strug-Vault and Bars finalist. taking the gold medal in floor with a score of 9.937. This was the debut of her new floor routine.

"We consider it as confirmation of her all-around world championship title," said Karolyi. "That wasn't an accident. " Onodi, who also showed a new floor routine, placed second with 9.912 and Maria Neculita took home the bronze with 9.987. Defending Betty Okino earned the silver medal on bars.

Co-World Champion on floor, Tchusovitina, placed seventh after she went out-of-bounds pass (full-in, back-out) and WOMEN'S FINALS ROUND on her first pass. Cristina scored 9.40. Top finishers _ _strug was the only Bontas, the other world floor were <Jnoai, Tatiana Lisenko American in the vault final. champion, was not at the andZmeskal.

She finished a respectable competition due to an injury. sixth with a combined score of Zmeskal earned her second WOMEN'S SEMI-FINALS 9.818. The medalists included gold medal of the competition Vault was tightly conOnodi (9.950), followed by on beam scoring 9.925 Boguinskaia (9.943) and tested. Dawes ended up 16th followed by Li Yifang and (9.762) and Strug survived the Oksana Tchusovitina (9.937).

Neculita. Boguinskaia, the cut for finals in sixth position The gold and silver defending World Champion with a 9.862. medalists on bars from the on beam, had a few wobbles Okino was fifth on bars with 1991 World Championships, and was dropped from medal a 9.850 and Sttug sixth with Gwang Suk Kim and Shannon contention. This was the first 9.837. The top finishers were Li Miller, were absent from time since 1950 that the Lu, Lavinia Milosovici and Paris. Miller had a minor arm former Soviet Union went Tatiana Lisenko. injury and withdrew from the without a gold medal in the Betty Okino finished in a tie World Championships.

World Championships. for first with Lisenko (9.937) on Okino won the silver Okino, bronze medalist on beam. Tatiana Gutsu was third medal on bars (9.90) behind beam from the 1991 World Milosovici (9.95). Okino used followed by Zmeskal in fourth.

Championships, had a Strug performed a nice floor her new dismount (clear disappointing fall after her underswing front with a half routine, but only finished 10th acrobatic series and placed twist to a stuck landing). with a 9.737. Zmeskal, however, eighth. was nearly flawless (9.937) to Pasca won the bronze with 9.887. Strug finished seventh finish in first place. Onodi was MEN'S OUALIFICATIONS second with 9.912 followed by with a 9.85.

The U.S. men competitors Maria Neculita in third with Zmeskal showed her included Jarrod Hanks, Trent World Champion form by 9.887.

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1. Poe Gil Su 1. Vilaly Scherbo 1. Li Jing 4. Guo Linyao 5. Hikaru Tanaka 6. Yoshiaki Ha1ckeda 7. Mark Sohn 8. Maik Belle 9. Valeri Belenky

STILL RINGS 1. Vilaly Scherbo 2. Sziivesz1er Csoliany 3. Grigori Misulin 4. Paul O'Neill 5. Li Jing 6. Sin Myong Su 7. Zollan Supola 8. Li Xiaoshuang 9. Alfonso Rodriguez

VAULT 1. You ok Youl 2. Igor Korobchinski 3. Curtis Hibbert 3. Viclor Colon 5. Marius Gherman 6. Li Xiaoshuang 7. Yeo Hong Chul 8. Ivan Nedialckov

PARALLEL BARS 1. Li Jing 1. Alexei Voropaev 3. Valeri Belenky 4. Zollan Supola 5. Guo Linyao 6. Yoshiaki Ha1ckeda 7. Curtis Hibbert 8. Kalofer Hrislozov 9. Sergejus Rumbulis

HIGH BAR 1. Grigori Misulin 2. Li Jing 3. Igor Korobchinski 4. Johan Jonasson 5. Yukio Ikelani 6. Curtis Hibbert 7. Robert Doyle 8. Li Chunyang 9. Daisuke Nishikawa

1992 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Dimas, Mike Racanelli, and two event specialists, Paul O'Neill on rings and Mark Sohn on pommel horse. With the new format of the World Championships, it allowed O' Neill and Sohn the opportunity to compete in an international competition for the first time. O'Neill is a three-time NCAA champion on rings and Sohn is a four-time NCAA champion on pommel horse.

After the qualification round, Hanks placed 17th with a 9.40 on floor and Racanelli finished 19th with 9.375.

On pommel horse, Sohn was fifth with 9.775, Hanks was 15th with 9.65 and Dimas scored 8.875.

O' Neill was in medal contention on rings in third place with 9.65. Dimas scored 9.375 and Hanks scored 8.575.

Racanelli scored 9.075 on val!l!t in the qualification round.

Dimas made the cut to semi-finals on parallel bars with a score of 9.525 and 13th place. Hanks scored 9.45 and Racanelli scored 9.10.

Both Hanks and Dimas had a fall on high bar scoring 9.175 and 8.90, respectively.

In summary, the U.S. qualified Hanks, Dimas, O'Neill and Sohn to the semifinals.

MEN'S SEMI-FINALS Hanks scored a 9.425 on floor to tie Romania's Marius

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Gherman for ninth place. The tie was broken by adding the qualification and semi-finals scores and Gherman won the tie and advanced to the final round.

Hanks placed 13th on pommel horse with a 9.575.

O' Neill remained in third place on rings with a 9.70 and Dimas finished 10th on

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The two specialists, Sohn and O' Neill, were the only two gymnasts from the U.S. to advance to the finals-O'Neill in rings and Sohn in pommel horse.

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Sohn finished seventh with a 9.725. There was a three way tie for the gold medal between Gil Su rae, Vitaly Scherbo and Li Jing, all with 9.850.

Medal contender O'Neill placed fourth on rings with a 9.762, barely missing the bronze medal by .062 tenths of a point. Vitaly Scherbo won the event with a 9.90 followed

by Szilveszter Csollany with a 9.85 and Grigori Misutin with 9.837.

1989 World Champion and 1991 World Champion on floor, Igor Korobchinski, was a repeat champion on floor with 9.812 followed by his

teammate Scherbo with 9.687 and Mail< Krahberg with 9.625.

The 1991 World Champion on vault, Youl Ok You, defended his title with a score of 9.675. Korobchinski placed second with 9.587 and Curtis Hibbert won third with 9.58l.

Jing and Alexei Voropaev tied for the gold medal on parallel bars with a score of 9.887. Jing was the defending champion on this event from the 1991 World Championships. Valeri Belenky took the bronze with 9.80.

1991 World Champion Misutin won high bar with a 9.862. He was followed by Jing and Korobchinski with 9.825 and 9.787, respectively.

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he 1992 McDonald's American Cup marked the 10th anniversary of the relationship between the USGF and McDonald's.

The Orlando Arena, home of the Orlando Magic, was the site of the 1992 McDonald's American Cupand magic was definitely in the air. The two-day record crowd of 16,405 was treated to a preview of what's to come at the 1992 Olympic Games. The competition was tough, in fact, out of the 34 athletes competing, 25 competed in the 1991 World Championships.

The Preliminary Round of competition on March 6, determined the top eight men and women gymnasts to advance to the finals and selected the winners of each event.

There were talented gymnasts from around the world, but it was the U.s. women athletes that were tangling for the title.

During each of the first three rounds of prelimi-

Shannon Miller won the preliminary competition and three gold medals on vault, bars and beam. During finals, Miller fell on floor and placed third all-around.

nary competition, a different gymnast from the U.s. was in the lead.

After round one, Kerri strug from Karolyi's in Houston, Texas, was leading the pack with a score of 9.912 on her Yurchenko full vault.

This 14-year-old vaulting powerhouse is the reigning national champion in this event. Shannon Miller scored a 9.90 on her first event, bars, to grab the second position.

Miller is the silver medalist in this event from the 1991 World Championships. Kim Zmeskal, the 1991 World Champion, scored a 9.875 on her Yurchenko full vault for third place after the first rotation.

Miller, from Dynamo Gymnastics in Oklahoma City, Okla., took over the lead after round two on vault.

Zmeskal and Strug were tied for second after scoring 9.887 and 9.850 on bars, respectively. The pressure was intense since only two gymnasts from the U.S. could advance to the final round.

After the third round of competition, Zmeskal on the floor exercise, had caught up to Miller and the two were

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Japan's Mari Kosuge took fourth in the all-around competition. tied with a combined score of 29.712.

Miller scored a 9.90 on her third event, beam. Strug was in a close third after scoring a 9.65 on floor due to awkward landings on her tumbling passes.

It all carne down to the last event.

Zmeskal and Strug finished on beam and Miller on floor. The dainty but daring Miller scored a 9.937, putting the pressure on Zmeskal and Strug.

Strug answered the challenge with an outstanding beam routine, scoring 9.862.

All eyes were on the World

After falling off beam in the preliminary competition, Hungary's Henrietta Onodi came back strong in finals to earn the all-around silver medal.

Champion. Zmeskal needed to score better than a 9.562 to beat Strug and better than a 9.937 to defeat Miller.

The cool and collected 16-year-old Zmeskal mounted the beam. She upgraded her routine since the World Championships by adding a flip flop layout, landing on two feet. Zmeskal had one small break on this skill and scored a 9.812, not good enough to beat Miller, but good enough to defeat Strug and advance to the final round of competition.

The third time was a charm for Miller who finished sixth in 1990, third in 1991 and now first with a 39.649. Miller was

followed by Zmeskal with 39.524 and Strug in third with 39.274; however, since only two U.S. gymnasts advance to the finals, Strug could not enter the final round.

Henrietta Onodi, a well-known gymnast from Hungary, relived bad memories from the 1991 World Championships by falling off beam. Onodi scored 38.724 for a disappointing fifth all-around.

Svetlana Kozlova, from the Community of Independent States, placed third with a 38.924. Kozlova also had problems on beam, scoring 9.562. Japan's Mari Kosuge, who finished 12th at the 1991 World Championships, finished fourth

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all-around with a score of 38.737.

Bulgaria's top gymnast, Maja Hristova (11 th all-around at the 1991 World Championships), finished sixth with 38.674.

Rounding out the top eight to advance to the finals were Brazil's Luisa Parente and Canada's Stella Umeh.

Wendy Bruce, from Brown's Gymnastics in Altamonte Springs, Fla., finished with an all-around score of 38.262. Bruce fell off beam during her series-flip flop, layout, layout.

Kristin McDermott from Parkettes in Allentown, Pa., scored a 38.037.

McDermott fell on floor during her middle tumbling pass, whip back to double back.

The U.S. athletes made a clean sweep on each of the four events.

Champions on each event were awarded $1000 for their training funds. Miller and Strug tied for first on vault with a pair of 9.912's. Miller's clean and tight bar routine earned top honors with a score of 9.90. Once again Miller took the gold on beam with another 9.90. Zmeskal, using her World Championships floor routine with upgraded tumbling, won this event with a 9.950.

The final round of competition was just as exciting as the preliminaries.

Once again, the tough duo from the U.S., Miller and Zmeskal, tangled for the gold. Miller, who was competing in the finals at this event for the first time, competed before Zmeskal on each of the four events. After vault, Zmeskal had a slight lead over Miller-9.987 to 9.950. Umeh was not far behind with a 9.912. All three gymnasts did Yurchenko layout fulls.

Kozlova did a Yurchenko layout double full and scored a 9.850.

Miller did a superb bar routine to score 9.937 and put the pressure on Zmeskal. Zmeskal, who thrives on pressure, retaliated with the same score. Zmeskal was in the lead 19.924 to Miller's 19.887. Umeh and Onodi were tied for third with 19.712.

On to beam, where Miller's routine has enough difficulty for two gymnasts. She does a press to back extension, flip flop, layout, another

RESULTS PRELIMINARY ROUND Friday, March 6,1992 VAULT 1. Shannon Miller 1. Kerri Strug 3. Stella Umeh 3. Henrietta Onodi 3. Kim Zmeskal

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9.912 9.912 9.875 9.875 9.875

UNEVEN BARS 1. Shannon Miller 2. Kim Zmeskal 3. Kerri Strug 3. Wendy Bruce

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9.900 9.887 9.850 9.850

BALANCE BEAM 1. Shannon Miller 2. Kerri Stru~ 3. Kim Zmes al

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9.900 9.862 9.812

FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Kim Zmeskal 2. Shannon Miller 3. Henrietta Onodi

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9.950 9.937 9.912

ALL-AROUND 1. Shannon Miller 2. Kim Zmeskal Kerri Strug 3. Svetlana Kozlova 4. Mari Kosuge 5. Henrietta Onooi 6. Maja Hristova 7. Luisa Parente 8. Stella Umeh 9. Virginie Machado 10. Silvia Martinez 11 . Luisa Portocarrero •• Wendy Bruce •• Kristin McDermott 12. Romina Plataroti 13. Li Yifang 14. Elvira Becks

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39.649 39.524 39.274 38.924 38.737 38.72a38.674 38.599 38.574 38.549 38.374 38.349 38.262 38.037 37.750 37.149 37.123

ALL-AROUND FINALS Saturday, March 7, 1992 ALL-AROUND 1. Kim Zmeskal 2. Henrietta Onodi 3. Shannon Miller 4. Mari Kosuge 5. Maja Hristova 6. Svetlana Kozlova 7. Stella Umeh 8. Luisa Parente

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39.786 39.299 39.049 38.911 38.874 38.837 38.799 37.975

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series which includes a flip flop to three layout stepouts, a flip flop quarter turn and stops in the handstand position and dismounts with a full-in, back-out. Miller scored a 9.95.

Zmeskal mounted with a press and did a front handspring into a leap, a series which includes a flip flop to two layout stepouts, another series flip flop, layout to two feet and dismounts with a double back. This routine also earned a 9.95.

After round three, Zmeskal was first with 29.874, Miller second with 29.837 and Onodi moved into third place with 29.399. Umeh took a fall on beam and dropped to seventh place in the rankings.

The all-around title came down to the last event, floor. Miller was first up in the rotation. During the preliminary round of competition, Miller scored a 9.937 on this event. She walked onto the floor looking nervous since she had just underrotated her first pass, whip to full-in, back-out, in the warmup. Her music began and she charged down the mat for her first pass.

"I didn't want to land short like in warm-ups so I pulled real hard and overrotated," said Miller. When asked what went through her mind after she fell, she said, "I was thinking how did this happen. I didn't expect to be sitting on the floor." Miller said that she's done this pass for a long time and has never missed it in competition. Miller scored a 9.212, taking her out of contention for the championship title.

When Zmeskal was asked if the pressure was taken off after Miller fell she said, "No, not really. I was thinking, 'uh oh if Shannon can fall so can 1.'"

Zmeskal didn' t fall, in fact, she did a superb routine and scored 9.912 for an all-around score of 39.786. Zmeskal won the all-around as well as $5000 for her training fund . Onodi scored a 9.90 on floor to earn second all-around and $3000. Miller finished third, earning $2000 toward her training fund.

"The competition was very close," said Zmeskal. "It means a lot to win, especially in the Olympic year."

Zmeskal just missed beating the McDonald's American Cup all-around record set by her teammate, Betty Okino, in 1991 by .001!

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On to the Title

By Luan Peszek

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ith a field full of worldclass gymnasts, it wasn't clear from the beginning who would take the 1992 McDonald's American Cup title. Would Trent Dimas defend his crown? Would Dmitri Karbonenko from the Community of Independent States, live up to his country's reputation? What about Mexico's Luis Lopez or China's Nong Giang? Could another U.S. gymnast such as Jarrod Hanks, Chris Waller or Scott Keswick grab the title?

The Preliminary Round of competition got underway on March 6 in the Orlando Arena. After round one, Hanks, from the University of Oklahoma, was in the lead with a 9.75 on floor. Hanks is a strong tumbler using a layout Arabian one-and-threequarters, tucked Arabian one-andthree-quarters and a full-in, back-out.

The men from UCLA, Waller and Keswick, were in second and third after their pommel horse routines with scores of 9.60 and 9.55, respectively.

Karbonenko had problems on floor scoring a 9.30.

The standings didn't change much

Scott Keswick scored a perfect 10.0 on rings-the first of his career!

after the second rotation. Hanks, Keswick and Waller held on to first through third positions. Dimas, from Gold Cup Gymnastics, moved into fourth and Karbonenko moved up to fifth.

After three rounds, Hanks still held a firm lead but Keswick and Waller dropped due to disappointing vaults with scores of 9.30 and 9.0. Karbonenko hit a 9.70 set on rings to move into second place, five tenths behind Hanks. The reigning McDonald's American Cup champion, Dimas, scored 9.50 on rings and climbed up the rankings to third.

Karbonenko made his move after the fourth rotation, vault, gaining .45 tenths on the leader. He scored a 9.85 on his incredible front handspring double front vault. This vault put Karbonenko in second, .05 tenths below Hanks. Keswick was in third and Dimas was a distant fourth.

A score of 9.70 on parallel bars was enough for Karbonenko to overtake Hanks after the fifth rotation. Hanks scored a 9.45 on parallel bars and ended up .25 tenths below Karbonenko while Keswick scored a 9.60 on high bar for third . Dimas maintained the fourth spot

USGF photo Cl Dave Slack

Jarrod Hanks has a strong hold on the gymnastics world, winning the 1992 Winter Nationals and the 1992 McDonald's-American Cup.

and Great Britain's Neil Thomas held onto fifth, where he had been for four rotations.

After the sixth and final rotation, the standings were nearly the same. Karbonenko won the all-around with 57.65, after earning a 9.70 on high bar. Karbonenko's routine included a Kovacs and a triple back dismount which he stuck. Keswick and Hanks tied for second with 57.30 and Dimas and Waller finished right behind them with scores of 57.0 and 56.4, respectively.

Due to the rule that only two U.s. athletes could advance to finals, Dimas and Waller's scores were eliminated.

Neil Thomas performed consistently throughout the competition and tied for fourth with Japan's Makoto

Tamura. Thomas is ranked sixth in the World on floor from the 1991 World Championships. His passes included a double layout to flip flop, back tuck, punch front; double twisting layout front; and a double back.

At age 24, Tamura is new to the Japanese team. He does a unique skill on high bar, double twisting double back over the high bar and on rings he competes a layout, pike Yamawaki.

Sixth all-around went to Mexico' s Luis Lopez with a 55.85. Lopez was a 1991 team member at the World Championships and silver medalist on high bar at the 1991 Pan American Games.

Rounding out the top eight were China's Nong Giang and

Cuba's Felix Aguilera.

Winning each event and earning $1000 toward their training funds were Hanks on floor, Waller on pommel horse, Keswick on rings, Karbonenko on vault, Karbonenko and Waller (tied) on parallel bars and Dimas on high bar.

FINALS The fight for the 1992 McDonald's American Cup title was between Dmitri Karbonenko and Jarrod Hanks. As in previous years, it came down to the last event-high bar!

Hanks and Karbonenko both scored 9.80 on their first event, floor. Karbonenko threw a double layout with a

full out for his first pass, a one-and-a-half twist, punch front, punch front one-and-a-quarter for the second pass and ended with a full-in, back-out.

This powerful 18-year-old was definitely not the typical "Russian" gymnast. He's much larger than his counterparts such as 1988 Olympic Champion Vladimir Artemov or the current World Champion, Grigori Misutin. He also showed a great deal of emotionespecially on vault-when he stood up his front handspring double front and had a grin on his face from ear to ear.

Karbonenko scored a 9.45 on pommel horse Continued Oil page 32

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he U.S. men, ranked fifth at the 1991 World Championships, went head-to-head with the number four ranked Japanese Team on March 19 at the Arizona Veterans' Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Ariz. As one might expect-it was a battle right down to the last event.

The U.S. team included: Trent Dimas from Gold Cup Gymnastics in New Mexico; Jarrod Hanks from the University of Oklahoma; Patrick Kirksey from the University of Nebraska; Tim Ryan from Stanford University; David St. Pierre from Broadway School of Gymnastics in California; Bob Stelter also from the University of Nebraska; and alternate Chris Waller from UCLA. The Japanese team '"included: 1991 World Championships team member Takashi Chinen; Hiroyuki Hirai; Morimasa Honda; Toshiharu Satoh; Hideyuki Shinohara; and 1988 Olympian Koichi Mizushima.

USGF Men's Technical Coordinator Mas Watanabe said, "It will be very close. The bottom two to three guys will determine the team winner."

It was a u.s. sweep after round one of competition with Hanks, the 1992 McDonald's American Cup champion, in the lead followed by Stelter and Ryan.

The U.s. earned 47.95 points on floor while Japan earned 47.70.

Hanks, coached by Greg Buwick, scored 9.85 on pommel horse to maintain his lead. Japan's Chinen moved into second after scoring a 9.85 on horse and Ryan, coached by Brian Heery, held on to third place overall.

After two rounds completed, the u.s. team was still in the lead-96.45 to Japan's 95.95.

Rings was a turning point in the competition. The 1989 U.s. National Champion, Ryan, who was sidelined in 1990 due to injuries, is on the

Japan's Toshiharu Satoh earned the gold medal in the all-around, winning his first international title.

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comeback trail. He scored a 9.85 on rings to take the lead after round three. Chinen scored 9.70 for second and Satoh took over third with his rings score of 9.75. Hanks, who led rounds one and two, dropped to sixth due to his score of 9.20 on rings. Hanks had problems before his dismount when he started swinging, yet still pulled out a full-twisting double back dismount.

After rings, Japan pulled ahead of the u.s. by .15. Japan scored a 48.30 to the U.S.'s 47.65.

The U.s. gained some ground on the team from Japan after vault, scoring 47.85 to Japan's 47.70. The u.s. and Japan teams were tied with a score of 191.950 after four rounds of competition.

Trent Dimas, Tim Ryan and David St. Pierre

Above: Trent Dimas placed fifth in the allaround. Right: Jarrod Hanks earned the silver medal in the all-around, one tenth away from the gold!

Ryan was still first after vault, scoring a 9.50 on his layout Kasamatsu. Chinen and Satoh stayed in second and third, but, Hanks moved up from sixth to fourth with his tucked Kasamatsu with a half twist on vault.

The leader up to this point, Ryan, took a fall on parallel bars and scored 9.15. Satoh took over the lead, scoring a 9.75 on his parallel bars routine while Chinen stayed in second and Hanks moved up to third.

Believe it or not-the team totals were 240.10 to 240.10 after the fifth round-tied again!

The pressure was intense as the gymnasts moved to their sixth and final rotation, high bar.

The first man up was Japan's Hirai. He started the ball rolling with a 9.60.

Kirksey, coached by Francis Allen, followed with a 9.65, putting the U.s. ahead by .05 tenths of a point. Shinohara scored 9.65 to Stelter's 9.60.

Again the two teams were even. Honda took two large steps after his triple back dismount and scored 9.43.

Ryan missed his release move and his d ismount for a score of 8.85. Chinen was next

The U.s. won the competition scoring 288.50 to Japan's 288.225.

"There was a lot of pressure on me," said Dimas.

"1 knew it would come down to the last event, last person .

This is w ha t it will be like at World Championships, too."

Satoh, ranked fourth on the Japanese team, won the allaround title with 58.050.

When asked if he knew he had won after high bar, he said, "No. 1 wasn't thinking about winning. 1 was concentrating on making my new skill on high bar-the Kovacs.

1 made it and was very happy."

He added, "I think my best

scoring a decent 9.65 followed

by St. Pierre, coached by Henry Vanetsyan, who scored 9.75. Satoh and Hanks were the next two to mount the horizontal bar. Satoh scored 9.80 to Hanks' 9.85.

Mizushima, the last man up for the team from Japan, missed his release and scored 9.25-a big relief for the U.s. team. Dimas, coached by Ed Burch, was last for the U.s. He needed a 9.30 for the U.s. to win the dual competition. As the crowd chanted "U-S-A!" Dimas began swinging. After catching his Kovacs with ease, Dimas touched his hands on his triple back dismount and scored a 9.55.

event was pommel horse because this apparatus is different from the one in Japan and 1 had to make an adjustment."

Hanks earned the silver medal, losing to Satoh by .10 tenth of a point.

"It would have been an easy win for me if it wasn't for rings," said the disappointed Hanks. "But I think this win over Japan will put us on the borderline for a medal in Barcelona."

Chinen won the bronze medal with 57.80 followed by his teammate Hirai in fourth with 57.50. Dimas, Stelter and Kirksey took fifth through seventh, respectively.

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Rings 9.75 9.20 9.70 9.50 9.30 9.75 9.55 9.50 9.65 9.70 9.85 9.15

Vault 9.45 9.65 9.45 9.70 9.65 9.43 9.55 9.75 9.35 9.25 9.50 9.50

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PBars 9.75 9.65 9.55 9.55 9.75 9.50 9.75 9.55 9.15 9.75 9.15 9.50

H-Bar 9.80 9.85 9.65 9.60 9.55 9.60 9.65 9.65 9.43 9.25 8.85 9.75

All-Around 58.050 57.950 57.800 57.500 57.450 57.425 57.150 56.850 56.775 56.750 56.700 56.700

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he Dodge Challenge: USA-Japan presented

by Texaco was held in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Veterans' Memorial Coliseum on March 18-19.

Thirteen women on the U.s.

National Team competed in an intense preliminary competition to determine the seven person squad which would compete against the Japanese team. After the final floor routine of the preliminary competition, the US. team consisted of: Dominique Dawes, Wendy Bruce, Stephanie Woods, Heidi Hornbeek, Michelle Campi, Kristin McDermott and alternate Juliet Bangerter.

Other competitors in the intersquad competition included: Hillary Anderson, Elisabeth Crandall, Kim Kelly, Tiffany Simpson, Gwen Spidle, and Anne Woynerowski, who withdrew because of a slight injury.

The Japanese team consisted of Hitomi Sakai, Keiko Kurokochi, Mie Nagi, and Yuka Ueda, who were all competing in their first international competition.

Other Japanese competitors included Rie Ozawa, who competed in the 1991 DTB Cup and 1988 Olympic team member, Yuriko Nanahara.

After the first event, vault, the US.'s Woods, Dawes and Bruce were tied for the lead with 9.95. All three gymnasts competed a Yurchenko layout full vault. The top scoring Japanese gymnast was Nagi,

19, who scored a 9.75 on her tucked Yurchenko full. The U.s. took a big lead after vault scoring 49.50 to Japan's 48.175.

Dawes, Bruce, Campi and Hornbeek all scored 9.90 for the top score on bars. Dawes and Bruce maintained their lead position after bars with a combined total of 19.85.

Woods, from Capital Gymnastics in Texas, dropped to fifth when she scored a 9.725 on her routine and Hornbeek, who has an exceptionally high Gienger and Tkatchev, moved into third with a 19.75. Being a hometown gymnast from Arizona Sunrays, Hornbeek was, by far, the crowd favorite. Campi, 15, was a

Dominique Dawes scored a perfect 10.00 on her favorite event, floor.

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close fourth place all-around with 19.70. She's a 1991 World Championships Team member from Pozsars Gymnastics in California and is coached by Rick Newman and Geza Pozsar.

The U.S. gained more ground on the Japanese team after bars with a score of 98.825 to Japan's 95.450.

Beam proved to be the lowest scoring event for the US. but was still high enough to overpower the Japanese team. The U.s. had a combined score of 146.525 to Japan's 142.85.

Fifteen-year-old Dawes, from Hill's Angels in Maryland, was the top performer on beam with 9.90. Her big skills included a flip flop, layout, layout, a front salto and a full twisting double back salto dismount. Dawes was the leader after beam with a combined score of 29.75. McDermott, from Parkettes in Pennsylvania, made her move on beam by scoring a 9.85 and securing second place in the rankings with 29.25. Fourteen-year-old McDermott, coached by Donna Strauss and John Holman, was the youngest gymnast in the competition.

Bruce, Hornbeek, Campi, and Woods all had problems on beam. Woods, 17, scored 9.50 for third place in the standings. She had problems on her roundoff double back dismount, landing a little short. Fifteen-year-old Hornbeek missed her series and scored 9.275, putting her

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Kristin McDermott scored a 9.70 on bars and earned the silver medal in the all-around.

The Japanese women's team. fourth in the rankings.

Eighteen-year-old Bruce, from Brown's Gymnastics in Florida, missed a side salto and scored 9.125 for fifth in the rankings. Campi fell on her double back dismount, scoring 9.175 for seventh in the rankings.

Floor exercise brought new excitement to the crowd.

Dawes, a dynamo on this event, concluded the competition by scoring a perfect 10 and getting a standing ovation in the process.

"This is my first 10 in an international competition," said Dominique. "It's very exciting."

Dawes, who is one of the best tumblers in the country, uses 19 tumbling skills for her three tumbling passes.

She starts out with a roundoff, whip, two flip flops, pike full-in, back-out.

Her next pass includes a roundoff, two whip backs, flip

flop, double full, punch front step out, roundoff, three flip flops to a double back.

Dominique dismounts with a piked double back.

Kelli Hill, Dawes' coach, said, "She carne into this competition wanting to win.

After pulling out of the 1991 World Championships Team Trials because of an injury she was very upset-this was her comeback tonight."

Dawes clinched the allaround title with a 39.750 and led the U.s. team to a victory over the Japanese with a score of 195.50 to Japan's 189.65.

McDermott, Hornbeek and Campi all earned 9.90 on their floor routines and finished second through fourth, respectively.

McDermott said, "I barely made the competitive team and now I came in second. I'm very excited with my finish."

Dan Witenstein, Hornbeek's coach, said, "Heidi did USA

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Heidi Hornbeek shows tremendous height on her release moves. the best floor routine of her life tonight. She made a great comeback after her fall on beam."

Japan's highest finisher, Sakai, 17, placed fifth followed by the U.S.'s Bruce, coached by Kevin and Rita Brown, in sixth place. Woods, who started the competition

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very well, had problems on floor and dropped to tenth in the overall standings. Woods is coached by Jim Jarrett.

The U.S. Gymnastics Federation would like to thank all of the Arizona Gymnastics Clubs who made such an effort to make this a fantastic international competition!

Bars 9.900 9.700 9.900 9.900 9.525 9.900 9.500 9.000 9.650 9.725 9.125 9.475

Beam 9.900 9.850 9.275 9.175 9.650 9.125 9.425 9.575 9.725 9.500 9.025 9.025

Floor 10.00 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.700 9.275 9.475 9.675 9.000 8.775 8.950 8.500

AA 39.750 39.150 38 .925 38 .775 38.550 38.250 38.000 38 .000 37.975 37.950 36.650 36.475

MCDONALD'S AMERICAN CUP Continl/ed from page 27 while Hanks scored 9.70 to take the lead. Keswick, who had to count a fallon floor for a 9.15, was in third due to his 9.70 on pommel horse.

After rotation three the names remained the same--Hanks, Karbonenko and Keswick were ranked one through three. Keswick narrowed the gap between himself and Karbonenko quite a bit by scoring a perfect 10 on rings.

"It's my first 10," said Keswick. 'Tm really surprised because yesterday in prelims the judges were tight so I didn't expect any lO's today."

Round four was Karbonenko's best event, vault. This powerhouse scored a 9.80 to Hanks' 9.45 and the two were tied for first. After parallel bars, Karbonenko took the lead away from Hanks by scoring a 9.80 to Hanks' 9.75. Meanwhile, Keswick still held a close third place with 47.80 to Karbonenko's 48.55 and Hanks' 48.50.

Hanks was first in the high bar rotation. He threw a Tkatchev then a Tkatchev to a Gienger and dismounted with a double twisting, double somersault for a 9.8Q--a good score but was it good enough to win the McDonald's

Trent Dimas won his best event-high bar!

RESULTS PRELIMINARY ROUND Friday, March 6,1992

Dmitri Karbonenko did a front handspring double front vault-only a few gymnasts in the world compete this vault!

Karbonenko needed a 9.75 to tie Hanks. He scored a 9.70 on his high bar routine in the preliminary competition. He mounted the high bar looking very confident and then disaster struck as he missed his Kovacs and fell to the ground, scoring only a 9.10. Hanks won the title with a score of 58.30.

Keswick, who scored a 9.85 on high bar, tied Karbonenko for second all-around with 57.65.

Karbonenko said, '1 did five events very well, but I made a mistake!"

Lopez finished fourth followed by Nong Giang, Felix Aguilera, Makoto Tamura and

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Neil Thomas.

Hanks, who recently won the 1992 Winter Nationals, commented on his gymnastics progress, '1 finished competing in the NCAA last April so I can concentrate more on training. I think I'm becoming much more consistent."

On winning the competition, Hanks said, '1 feel for him (Karbonenko) for missing on high bar. That's rough."

Hanks' coach, Greg Buwick, said, 'Tm very pleased. Jarrod's been consistent and his competitiveness has carried him along.

This is a real feather in his cap right now."

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POMMEL HORSE 1. Chris Woller 2. Scott Keswick 3. Nong Giang 3. Jarrod Honks

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9.600 9.550 9.500 9.500

STILL RINGS 1. Scott Keswick 2. D. Karbonenko 3. Miguel Rubio 3. Jarrod Honks

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9.850 9.700 9.650 9.650

VAULT 1. D. Karbonenko CIS 2. Felix Aguilera CUB BUL 3. Ivan Ivanov

9.850 9.550 9.450

PARALLEL BARS 1. D. Karbonenko 1. Chris Woller 3. Scott Keswick 3. M. Trivero

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9.700 9.700 9.600 9.600

HORIZONTAL BAR 1. Trent Dimas USA 2. D. Karbonenko CIS 3. Scott Keswick USA

9.800 9.700 9.600

ALL-AROUND 1. D. Karbonenko CIS 2. Scott Keswick USA 2. Jarrod Honks USA Trent Dimas USA Chris Woller USA 4. Neil Thomas GBR 4. Makoto Tamura JPN MEX 6. Luis lopez 7. NongGiang CHN 8. Felix Aguilera CUB 9. Ivan Ivanov BUl 10.Miguel Rubio ESP 11. M. Trivero ITA 12.Jorg Behrend GER 13.Bruno Koster SUI 14.Shaun Jaikaran CAN

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CATHY RIGBY Cathy Rigby was one of America's first prominent gymnasts who helped to change women's gymnastics in the United States. In the 1968 Olympic Games, in Mexico City, Rigby earned the highest U.s. all-around score in over 30 years of Olympic competition.

Rigby was also the first American woman to win a medal in world competition, earning a silver medal on the balance beam at the 1970 World Championships in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. When she retired in the early 1970s, she had a total of 12 international medals, eight of which were gold.

In 1972 Rigby began to study acting and in 1981 made her theater musical debut as Dorothy in the "Wizard of Oz." In 1987 she first starred in "Peter Pan" as Peter Pan. In 1990 and 1991 one of her greatest acting accomplishments came when she starred and toured in the 35th Anniversary Production of "Peter Pan" and received outstanding reviews and praise for her performance. Along with the 'Wizard of Oz" and "Peter Pan," she has also starred on stage in "Meet Me in St. Louis," "Paint Your Wagon" and

"They're Playing Our Song."

Rigby has also made numerous television appearances.

Besides acting, Rigby speaks on many topics and contributes her spare time to many publiC service organizations.

Rigby is married to Tom McCoy, a noted producer, and the mother of 4 children: Bucky, 15; Ryan, 11; Theresa, 8; and Kaitlan, 5.

MARKCASD Mark Caso was an accomplished collegiate gymnast at UCLA from 198084. He was team captain of the 1984 gold medal NCAA Championship team. At the 1984 NCAA Championships he received a bronze medal in the all-around, a silver medal on

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Mark Caso the vault, and placed fourth on the still rings. Along with his outstanding career at UCLA, Caso was also a member of the U.S. National Team from 1981 to 1986. In 1983 he competed in the Pan American Games, in Caracas, Venezuela and won a silver medal on vault and two bronze medals on rings and floor. Caso also invented his own gymnastics move, the "Caso Twist," a full-twisting front uprise Stutz.

Today Caso is very busy, acting in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" films. He plays Leonardo-to all you turtle fans- and starred in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze." Along with his gymnastics experience, Caso had to learn martial arts for the role of Leonardo.

Caso is currently working on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III" and lives in Los Angeles, California.

He just finished doing a film called "Die Today," which is the Tex Watson story. Caso plays Charlie Manson. The movie is expected to hit the movie screens later this year.

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The above course will be condllcted in conjunction with the USGF National Men's Compulson) Workshops.

Wednesday & Thursday, May 13-14, 1992 "Colorado Springs, C0-7:OO-1O:00p.m. each evening.

U.s. Olympic Training Center, 1776 E. Boulder St., Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719)578-4500 Course Dir.: Dave Moskovitz (317)237-5050

Friday, June 12, 1992 Princeton, NJ - 2:00-7:00 p.m.

Palmer Inn, 3499 Route 1 South, Princeton, NJ 08540 (609)452-2500 Course Dir.: Dave Moskovitz (317)237-5050

This course will be conducted in conjunction with the U.S. RSG Championships.

Sunday, May 17, 1992 1. Columbus, OH - 8:00a.m.-l :30p.m.

Holiday Inn, 328 W. Lane Ave., Columbus, OH 43201 (614)294-4848 Course Dir.: B. Montanari (614)457-1279

This course will be conducted in conjunction with the Phar-Mor u.s. Gymnastics Championships.

2. Westminster, MD - 9:00a.m.-3:00p.m.

Perna Gymnastics, 3100 Littlestown Pike, Westminster, MD 21157 Course Dir.: John Perna (410)848-2771 3. Federal Way, WA - 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.

Gymnastics Unlimited, 31431 Pacific Hwy. S., Federal Way, WA 98003 Course Dir.: Leigh Eaton (206)839-2438 Local Contact: David Mackey (206)839-2438 Sunday, May 31, 1992 Indianapolis, IN - 2:00-6:30p.m.

Holiday Inn at the Airport, 2501 S. High School Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46241 Course Dir.: Dave Moskovitz (317)237-5050

This course will be conducted in conjunction with the USGF Men's Compulsories Workshop.

Thursday, June 4, 1992 Tempe, AZ - 12:00-4:30p.m.

Course Dir.: Steve Whitlock (317)237-5050

This course held in conjunction with the USGF Women's Compulsory Workshop.

Sunday, June 7, 1992 1. Philadelphia, P A 2:00-6:30 p.m.

Temple Univ., Pearson Hall- Basement Media room, Broad Street & Montgomery Ave., Philadelphia, P A Course Dir.: Phil Frank (609)786-3977.

2. Atlanta, GA - 2:00-6:30 p.m.

Atlanta Airport Marriott, 4711 Best Rd., College Park, GA 30337 (404)766-7900 Course Dir.: Karl Bishop (813)447-2108 Course Cont.: Joe Strank (404)766-7900 3. Norman, OK 2:00-6:30 p.m.

Oklahoma University, Red Room/Owen Memorial Stadium, 180 W. Brooks, Norman Oklahoma. Course Dir.: TBA Local Contact: Mark Williams (404)325-8341.

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Cathedral Hill Hotel. Van Ness at Geary, San Francisco, CA 94109 (510)776-8200 Course Dir.: D. Moskovitz (317)237-5050.

Local Contact: G. Corsiglia (510)796-3547

This course will be conducted in conjunction with the USGF National RSG Compulson) Workshop.

Friday, June 19, 1992 Los Angeles, CA - 2:00-7:00 p.m.

Torrence Holiday Inn, 21333 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrence, CA 90503 (213)540-0500 Course Dir.: Dave Moskovitz (317)237-5050

This course will be conducted in conjunction with the USGF National RSG Compulson) Workshop.

Saturday, June 27, 1992 Biddeford, ME - 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Randall's Gymnastics Center, Alfred Business Road Park, Biddeford, ME 04005 Course Dir.: Steve Randall (207)284-5048 Friday, July 17, 1992 Medina, OH - 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p .m .

Best Western-Medina, 2875 Medina Rd., Medina, OH 44256 Course Dir.: Dave Moskovitz (317)237-5050 Local Contact: M. Miller (614)654-0616

This course will be conducted in conjunction with the YMCA Great Lakes Zones Gymnastics Clinic.

Sahuday, August 1, 1992 Stroudsburg, P A - 10:30-5:30 p.m.

International Gymnastics Camp, Golden Slipper Rd., Stroudsburg, P A 18360 Course Dir.: Gerald George (318)988-1220 Local Contact: Bruno Klaus (717)629-0244 Sunday, August 30, 1992 Lake Harmony, PA - 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Course Dir.: Cathy Finkel (201)586-1808

This course will be conducted in conjunction with the USGF Region VII Mini-Congress.

Sunday, October 4, 1992 Rockaway, NJ - 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p .m.

Course Dir.: Cathy Finkel (201)586-1808

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Send resume to Helen Lenardo, Girls Incorporated of McAlester, P.O. Box 244, McAlester, OK 74502 (918)4234288.

needs enthusiastic coach(es) for recreation and competition programs. Salary commensurate with experience.

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HEAD GIRLS TEAM COACH: Will be responsible for our girls program from instructional to team level. Must have extensive background in class instruction as well as upper level optional coaching. Prefer someone with experience working with advanced or elite level gymnasts. Dance and choreography a plus. We offer an extremely well equipped 15,000 s.f. training facility, large established program, full-time position, excellent salary and paid holidays. This position is available immediately. Call (409) 860-4001 and ask for Scott or send resume to: BGA, 7821 Gladys St., Beaumont, TX 77706, attn: Scott.

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Must be highly motivated, love children, and coach from a positive perspective. Demonstrated competency in coaching Levels 5 thru 10 and Junior Elite. Ability to work with parents and staff. Program has much community interest and parental support. Submit resume with references and salary history to: Gymnastics, Attn: Sam Tate, P.O. Box21882, Chattanooga, TN 37421.

GROWING PROGRAM NEEDS FULL TIME GYMNASTICS COACH able to spot and coach Levels 5-9 girls. Must be energetic and able to communicate effectively. New 12,000 sq. ft. facility fully equipped. Located just outofCharlotte, N.C. Salary negotiable. Resumes only to: Coach, 1960 Post Road, Albemarle, NC,2800l .

MANAGER/GIRLS HEAD COACH: Opening for dependable, enthusiastic individual with competitive background with 5, 6 & 7. Individual must demonstrate good interpersonal & organizational skills, supervise and participate in recreational program. Possible option to purchase gym at a future date. Fully equipped 6000 sq. ft. gym with enrollment of 200+ in Huntsville, just north of Houston, TX. Send resume to: Gerry Hoerster, A.5.!. Gymnastics, 605 High Tech Drive, Georgetown, TX 78626 (512-863-KIDS) .

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TRAMPOLINE and GYMNASTIC COUNSELOR/instructor needed for California high sierra Family Vacation Camp. Located at 7500' elevation in the beautiful Sequoia National Park area on Lake Homavalo. All ages enjoy trampoline, from Tots to Adults. MontecitoSequoia Family Camp has two pit trampolines and offers simple basic gymnastics. Applicants need to have Safety Certification by USGF and some teaching experience. Montecito-Sequoia counseling staff live-in and share living accommodations with other camp staff.

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Salary negotiable. For more info. contact (614)533-2028, Bob Popov c/o Hrabrov, 604 Pike St., Coach Grove, Ohio 45638.

• Five minutes from scenic Estes Park • Individual programs available for all levels of gymnastics & dance - ages 7 and up • Supervised free time and evening programs including horseback riding, miniature golf, swimming, hiking, go carts, etc.

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hen Shannon Miller remembers her 15th birthday, it will bring special memories not because she received the usual birthday stuff like presents, a cake and a few cards from well-wishers.

Instead, Miller is likely to recall her special day in Tallahassee, Florida, when she won the 1992 McDonald's International Mixed

Miller-Keswick pair competed to win a mixed pairs title. At the 1991 Swiss Cup, another pairs competition, the two won the gold medal. ''I'm very excited for Shannon," said coach Steve Nunno. "This is her fourth international competition, but the first she has won in the U.S. Shannon was paired with a great gymnast (Keswick).

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Shannon Miller Pairs with partner Scott Keswick.

Not only was the Mixed Pairs victory a great present, it was the second time the

Switzerland last year and because they are the two smallest gymnasts in the competition (Miller is 4-6, Keswick is 5-4) I USA

think they had something to prove."

Miller had more to prove than the rights of the petite.

A fall on floor at the McDonald's American Cup resulted in a third

Zmeskaland Shannon Miller." added Nunno.

Keswick competed on rings, parallel bars and scored a 9.9 on high bar. "High bar is a great event for me this year and I

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

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he U.S. delegation heading to Cottbus, Germany for the International Tournament of Champions included gymnast Jon Lee, coach Constantin Petrescu and judge and delegation leader, Eric Fu1comer.

Alexei Voropaev, from the community of Independent States, won the all-around competition with a score of 58.40.

Valeri Belenky, Voropaev's teammate, along with Romania's Marius Gherman tied for the silver medal with scores of 57.70.

Lee placed 16th with a 53.05 in the all-around. Lee is currently ranked third on the u.s. Men's Team Atlanta.

GRAND PRIX OF ITALY T place finish-an upsetting result for Miller. (The U.S.'s KimZmeskal finished first.)

Miller managed to put her disappointments behind her by the time she arrived at the Tallahassee Civic Center. "Shannon really wanted to redeem herself on her birthday and she showed she is a fantastic competitor. I hope the people of the U.s. will now open their eyes to see they have two great champions, Kim

knew I could hit it.

My triple (dismount) is going very well lately," Keswick said.

"Shannon is a great partner and I don't have to worry about her. I had a lot of fun, but I was more nervous for Mixed Pairs than I was for the McDonald's American Cup. I didn't do as well at the Cup and this provided extra motivation," Keswick said.

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he U.s. delegation heading to Milan, Italy on April 3-4 for the Grand Prix of Italy included gymnast Don Brown, coach Tom Dunn and judge and delegation leader Jon Boulton.

Italy's Yuri Chechi, fifth place finisheratthe 1991 World Championships, and the 1991 World Champion, Grigori Misutin from the Community of Independent States, tied for the all-around gold medal with a score of 58.05.

Italy's Ruggero Rossato took the bronze with 57.80.

Brown, from the University of Iowa, placed 14th with an allaround score of 54.85. Brown did well competing with the best gymnasts in the world, especially in his first international competition. Brown is currently ranked fourth on the U.S. Men's Team Atlanta.

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At age 8, Melinda won the Level 6 individual state title for the 8-11 age group category.

She also won event titles on bars and floor. Melinda's allaround score broke the Texas state record for an individual all-around score in Level 6.

Melinda trains at Gizi's Gym and is coached by Jody Trncak and Louis Garcia.

Johanna, 9, won the LevelS State Championships in Delaware. She trains at Diamond Gymnastics Center and is coached by Bill Stewart.

She finished fourth grade with straight A's, quite an accomplishment since she trains three nights a week for three hours and again on Saturday for three hours.

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Amanda, 8, trains at Carmel Academy and is coached

by Chris Cowan and Paula Hilliker. In 1991, her first year as a LevelS, she placed first on vault, third on floor, and fourth on bars to capture the all-around State Championship title. She also earned first all-around at the '92 State Championship for Level 6.

Jon-Lenard, 8, trains at Devlin Gymnastics where he began general classes at five years old. Jon, along with his teammates, won the Novice Class IV Team title at this year's state meet. Jon is coached by Gerardo Sura.

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Boca Raton, Florida Cara, 11, trains at American Twisters in Pompano, Fla., under coach Tim Rand. Cara won the gold medal on beam in 1989 and 1990 and went on to earn the silver at the 1991 Level 6 State Meet. She also competed in the Buckeye Classic and won the gold medals on beam, floor and vault and placed fifth aIIaround in Level 6.

Danielle trains at Rhode Island Gymnastics Village and is coached by Doug, Gail and Jeff Southworth. At the 1992 Rhode Island State Meet, Danielle won the gold medal on vault, bars, beam, floor and all-around for her age group in Level 7.

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Woodbridge, Virginia Jason, 12, trains at Karon's Gymnastics Center in Fairfax, Virginia. After numerous first place finishes in competitions this year, Jason culminated the season by earning second place all-around in the State Meet, and first all-around at Regionals.

A first year Class I, Kristin captured the 1992 Class I Region II Rhythmic Junior Championship with her alltime high 32.25 all-around score. She is also the Washington State Class I RSG Junior Champion. Kristin, 11, trains at Seattle Gym. Academy and is coached by Stefanie Wachter and Joyce Chaplin.

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