Post by Helen on Mar 29, 2008 15:56:53 GMT 4
Romanian juniors finish 3rd
14 March 2008
Article from: www.steliana-nistor.net
On the 8th of March, a competition was held in Jesolo, Italy. It was a good opportunity for the Romanian juniors to gain some experience before the European Championships. Showing a high difficulty level on especially beam the girls also endured some falls on the same piece of apparatus.
Ana Porgras impressed most even though she fell on her double front on floor, she showed beautiful dance and flexibility and has good swing and form on bars.
Diana Chelaru has been tipped as one of the most promising juniors for some time due to good results at various competitions. Her beam routine is packed with difficulty, showing a nice split leap combined to a back somersault but she came to grief on her front aerial.
On floor she uses the same music as Andreea Raducan at the 2001 World Championships and showed good acrobatic skills but the dancing still needs to improve. She does have major form issues on bars though.
Loredana Sabau uses the Silivas mount on beam which was nice to see again after many years but she counted two falls in her routine.
Another point of note is that most girls had good form on bars and a lot of potential.
The youngest of the lot, Amelia Racea performed well on beam, having one balance check after her first skill, a front walkover but also showing a front aerial to back somi and a Nistor.
She also performs a wonderful stalder series on bars.
Results:
1. United States: 181.050
2. Italy: 172.100
3. Romania: 166.000
4. Spain: 158.400
Individual results:
1. Jordyn Wieber (USA) 60.900
2. Rebecca Bross (USA) 60.500
3. Paola Galante (ITA) 58.300
4. Rebecca Clark (USA) 57.350
5. Samantha Shapiro (USA) 57.00
6. Elisabetta Preziosa (ITA) 57.00
7. Andrea La Spada (ITA) 56.650
8. Ana Porgras (ROM) 55.850
9. Morgan Smith (USA) 55.800
10.Serena Licchetta (ITA) 55.050
11. Amelia Racea (ROM) 54.950
14. Diana Chelaru (ROM) 53.500
15. Loredana Sabau (ROM) 53.250
14 March 2008
Article from: www.steliana-nistor.net
On the 8th of March, a competition was held in Jesolo, Italy. It was a good opportunity for the Romanian juniors to gain some experience before the European Championships. Showing a high difficulty level on especially beam the girls also endured some falls on the same piece of apparatus.
Ana Porgras impressed most even though she fell on her double front on floor, she showed beautiful dance and flexibility and has good swing and form on bars.
Diana Chelaru has been tipped as one of the most promising juniors for some time due to good results at various competitions. Her beam routine is packed with difficulty, showing a nice split leap combined to a back somersault but she came to grief on her front aerial.
On floor she uses the same music as Andreea Raducan at the 2001 World Championships and showed good acrobatic skills but the dancing still needs to improve. She does have major form issues on bars though.
Loredana Sabau uses the Silivas mount on beam which was nice to see again after many years but she counted two falls in her routine.
Another point of note is that most girls had good form on bars and a lot of potential.
The youngest of the lot, Amelia Racea performed well on beam, having one balance check after her first skill, a front walkover but also showing a front aerial to back somi and a Nistor.
She also performs a wonderful stalder series on bars.
Results:
1. United States: 181.050
2. Italy: 172.100
3. Romania: 166.000
4. Spain: 158.400
Individual results:
1. Jordyn Wieber (USA) 60.900
2. Rebecca Bross (USA) 60.500
3. Paola Galante (ITA) 58.300
4. Rebecca Clark (USA) 57.350
5. Samantha Shapiro (USA) 57.00
6. Elisabetta Preziosa (ITA) 57.00
7. Andrea La Spada (ITA) 56.650
8. Ana Porgras (ROM) 55.850
9. Morgan Smith (USA) 55.800
10.Serena Licchetta (ITA) 55.050
11. Amelia Racea (ROM) 54.950
14. Diana Chelaru (ROM) 53.500
15. Loredana Sabau (ROM) 53.250