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  • April 04 - Poland - Belorus - Switzerland - Slovakia
  • April 03 - 37th Ivan Salamun Memorial in Maribor (SLO)
  • April 01 - News from Slovak women's team coach Miklosova
  • March 28 - Piasecky 11th with 52.450 in Kiev (5th on PB and 7th HB finals)
  • March 27 - Slovak women's team 3rd in Austria
  • March 23 - Prokesova 6th in Pre-Olympics Athens
  • March 21 - 2004 Championships of Slovakia - Men
  • March 20 - Men's and Women's 2004 Olympics Draw
  • March 17 - Trampoline World Cup in Aachen (GER)
  • March 05 - Slovak men withdrew from Tournament Of Masters
  • March 04 - 2004 Olympic Games Schedule - Gymnastics Artistic
  • March 03 - Draw of 26th European Championships, Men - Ljubljana (SLO)
  • Feb 09 - Draw of 25th European Championships, Women - Amsterdam (NED)
  • Jan 09 - Zuzana Sekerova (SVK) featured in IG Magazine
  • Jan 01 - New pictures from Bratislava and Detva

    • Poland - Belorus - Switzerland - Slovakia 2004 April 04

        Slovak women's team competing only with 3 gymnasts finished last in Krakow (POL) when the best slovak Sekerova Zuzana placed 4th All Around after she fell on bars and floor. Homolova Maria fell also on bars and on beam too and finished 6th. Luptakova Jana placed 14th.

    # Name Fed VT UB BB FX Total
    1SwitzerlandSUI25.35026.72524.37524.700101.145
    2PolandPOL26.30023.50025.72525.050100.575
    3BelorusBLR26.55025.45024.70023.500100.200
    4SlovakiaSVK25.80023.95024.10023.05096.900
    Individuals
    1Pihan MartaPOL9.0007.8509.2509.30034.400
    2Kaeslin AriellaSUI8.5008.9008.3508.45034.200
    3Marti MelanieSUI8.9509.1007.5758.55034.175
    4Sekerova ZuzanaSVK9.0008.3008.6757.40033.375
    5Skowronska MalgoszataPOL33.000
    6Homolova MariaSVK8.6008.0008.2008.00032.800
    Stämpfli LindaSUI7.9008.2008.4507.70032.250
    14Luptakova JanaSVK8.2007.6507.2257.65030.725
    Englert DanielleSUI-8.725--8.725

    37th Ivan Salamun Memorial in Maribor (SLO) 2004 April 03

        Less than 2 weeks before 26th Men's European Championships in Ljubljana (SLO) Slovak men competed in 37th Ivan Salamun Memorial in Maribor (SLO). Only Petrovic Jan competed all 6 events and he took 3rd place AA with 48.450. Benko Alexander took 1st place in Floor Exercise finals with 8.800

    # Name Fed FX PH SR VT PB HB Total
    1HungaryHUN155.425
    2SloveniaSLO148.450
    3CroatiaCRO138.250
    4SlovakiaSVK113.400
    5Great BritainGBR112.650
    Individuals
    1Brewer RossGBR52.300
    2Detroi ZoltanHUN52.050
    3Petrovic JanSVK48.450
    4Moznik MarijoCRO43.200
    5Kozlevcar RokSLO37.250

    News from Slovak women's team coach Miklosova 2004 April 01
    Miklosova Nada Slovak women's team coach Nada Miklosova (pictured) announced team for 25th European Championships in Amsterdam (NED) April 29 - May 2 2004:
       Adamska Veronika
       Homolova Maria
       Luptakova Jana
       Sekerova Zuzana
    Updates:
  • Adamska is still recovering from ankle injury.
  • Sekerova came home from USA to prepare for Europeans together with other team members.
  • Meet: April 4th POL - BLR - SVK - SUI in Krakow (POL)
  • Meet: April 17th SVK - POL in Detva (SVK)

    • Piasecky 11th with 52.450 at Stella Zakharova Cup 2004 March 28

        2003 & 2004 Slovak All around Champion Samuel Piasecky took 11th place among gymnasts from 10 countries at 3rd Stella Zakharova Cup in Kiev with 52.450. He also qualified for Sunday's finals on parallel bars (5th with 9.275) and high bar (7th with 8.750)
    Men's AA Results:
    1. Roman Zozulya (UKR) 56.625
    2. Rafael Martinez (ESP) 55,800
    3. Georgy Grebenkov (RUS) 55.500
    4. David Durante (USA) 55.300
    5. Sean Townsend (USA) 55.100
    6. Yevgeny Vasilyev (RUS) 54.500
    7. Dmitry Barkalov (RUS) 54.500
    8. Vadim Kuvakin (UKR) 54.275
    9. Marcell Hetrovics (HUN) 53.550
    10. Yevgeny Bogonosyuk (UKR) 52.600
    11. Samuel Piasecky (SVK) 52.450
    12. Alexander Biarkhovin (BLR) 52.45
    13. Zoltan Detroi (HUN) 52.050
    		 Parallel Bars:
    1. Roman Zozulya (UKR) 9.625
    2. Valery Goncharov (UKR) 9.550
    3. Rafael Martinez (ESP) 9.450
    4. Andreu Vivo (ESP) 9.425
    5. Samuel Piasecky (SVK) 9.275
    High Bar:
    1. Valery Goncharov (UKR) 9.600
    2. Sean Townsend (USA) 9.587
    3. Andrei Mikhailichenko (UKR) 9.500
    4. Jesus Carballo Jr. (ESP) 9.425
    5. Andreu Vivo (ESP) 9.100
    6. Alexander Biarkhovin (BLR) 8.937
    7. Samuel Piasecky (SVK) 8.750

    Slovak women's team 3rd in Austria 2004 March 27

        Slovak women's team went to St. Pölten (AUT) only with 3 gymnasts to compete against Czech and Austrian women. Since Veronika Adamska competed only on bars Slovak team took 3rd place with only 70.600 pts. Maria Homolova (SVK) placed 4th and Jana Luptakova took place nr 9th.

    # Name Fed VT UB BB FX Total
    1Czech RepublicCZE26.50025.15023.90025.050100.600
    2AustriaAUT25.35023.30023.52523.70095.875
    3SlovakiaSVK15.75023.70016.60014.55070.600
    Individuals
    1Sikulova JanaCZE8.8008.3508.4508.55034.150
    2Hasennõhtl CarinaAUT8.9008.2008.5758.10033.775
    3Maresova KaterinaCZE8.9508.8507.4508.00033.250
    4Homolova MariaSVK8.3008.6508.5007.55033.000
    5Gratt TanjaAUT8.4508.0507.6508.00032.150
    6Sulcova PetraCZE8.6507.9507.9007.60032.100
    7Ozanova VeronikaCZE8.7507.2507.4008.50031.900
    8Radkova MichaelaCZE8.6507.6007.5507.50031.350
    9Luptakova JanaSVK7.4507.0508.1007.00029.600
    10Fink AnjaAUT8.0007.0507.3007.20029.550
    11Hagen LaraAUT7.7007.0507.0007.35029.100
    12Peking PatriciaAUT7.8506.6006.6507.60028.700
    13Etzelsorfer JaninaAUT7.4505.8007.2507.35027.850
    14Adamska VeronikaSVK-8.000--8.000

    Prokesova 6th in Pre-Olympics Athens 2004 March 19

        Katarina Prokesova (SVK) took 6th place in Pre-Olympics Trampoline competiton in Athens after placing 8th from 15 women in preliminaries with 62.50 pts.

    # Name Fed J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 Dif. Total
    1Huang Shan ShanCHN8.88.48.68.58.514.039.60
    2Dogonadze AnnaGER8.68.58.78.48.514.039.60
    3Karavaeva IrinaRUS8.78.38.08.18.014.639.00
    4Movchan ElenaUKR8.68.28.58.28.413.538.60
    5Khoperia RusudanGEO8.07.87.97.77.813.837.30
    6Prokesova KatarinaSVK7.97.88.37.87.812.936.40
    7Lawton KirstenGBR9.29.19.08.99.18.635.80
    8Chernova NataliaRUS7.57.07.37.27.112.834.40

    2004 Championships of Slovakia - Men 2004 March 20

        Only 4 gymnasts participated in 2004 Slovak Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The only one competing on all six events - 2003 Slovak Champion Samuel Piasecky (pictured) won this year again with 51.850 points. Second place took with 41.500 points Jan Petrovic who had to skip Rings because of recent shoulder injury. For the same reason - injuries - Alexander Benko (3rd with 26.900)and Andrej Neczli (4th with 26.400) competed only on three events.
        Piasecky won pommel horse and share the titul on floor exercise with Benko who was the best on vault together with Petrovic. Neczli won rings, parallel bars and high bar. Ude Filip (CRO) who lives in Slovakia competing as a guest had 52.100 points

    # Name Club FX PH SR VT PB HB Total
    1PIASECKY SamuelSlavia UK 8.9009.2008.0008.7008.5508.50051.850
    112322
    2PETROVIC JanSlavia UK 8.1508.600-9.2007.2008.35041.500
    33-133
    4BENKO AlexanderSlavia UK 8.9008.800-9.200--26.900
    12-1--
    5NECZLI AndrejSlavia UK --8.400-9.1008.90026.400
    --1-11

    2004 Men's Olympic Draw 2004 March 20
    SubdivisionFXPHSRVTPBHB
    1FRAROMITACANMIX 2MIX 4
    2RUSMIX 1MIX 3ESPUSAMIX 5
    3KORGERMIX 6JPNCHNUKR
    Mixed groups123456
    MIX 1SUISUIAUSPOR
    MIX 2BULBULGRECOL
    MIX 3LATLATBRAISLMAS
    MIX 4CUBCUBGREHUN
    MIX 5PRKPRKISRPURKAZ
    MIX 6BLRBRLGEOTUN

    2004 Women's Olympic Draw 2004 March 20
    SubdivisionVTUBBBFX
    1RUSMIX 1PRKGBR
    2ROMUSACANUKR
    3MIX 4CHNMIX 2AUS
    4FRAMIX 3BRAESP
    Mixed groups1234567
    MIX 1GERGERJPNJPNITAITASWE
    MIX 2GREGRECZECUBSVKKORBUL
    MIX 3MEXMEXUZBBELHUNPOL
    MIX 4NEDNEDSUIRSABOLBLR

    Trampoline World Cup in Aachen (GER) 2004 March 13
    Women's Individual - Qualifying round
      Execution +Difficulty Total
    13 Katarina Prokesova (SVK) 27,60 27,60 24,30 +12,0 36,30 63,90

    Slovak men withdrew from Tournament Of Masters 2004 March 05
    Martin Zvalo Bad news came from Slovak men's national team coach Martin Zvalo (pictured). Due to injury of Samuel Piasecky and Jan Petrovic Slovak team withdraw from prestigious 28th Tournament Of Masters in Cottbus (Germany). During practise on pommel horse Piasecky injured his shoulder. Jan Petrovic suffered the same injury on still rings. All this bad luck came less than 6 weeks before European Championships in Ljubljana (SLO) and two weeks before Slovak National Championships taking place in Bratislava March 20th.

    2004 Olympic Games Schedule - Gymnastics Artistic
    DateSessionStartEndEvent
    Sat Aug 14GA0112:3014:43Men's Qualification
    GA0216:3018:43Men's Qualification
    GA0320:3022:43Men's Qualification
    Sun Aug 15GA0410:0011:35Women's Qualification
    GA0513:3015:05Women's Qualification
    GA0617:0018:15Women's Qualification
    GA0721:0022:15Women's Qualification
    Mon Aug 16GA0820:3023:33Men's Team Final
    Tue Aug 17GA0921:0023:25Women's Team Final
    Wed Aug 18GA1020:3023:01Men's Individual All-Around Final
    Thu Aug 19GA1121:0022:45Women's Individual All-Around Final
    Sun Aug 22GA1220:0020:20Men's Floor Exercise Final
    20:3520:53Women's Vault Final
    21:0821:28Men's Pommel Horse Final
    21:4321:59Women's Uneven Bars Final
    22:1422:34Men's Rings Final
    Mon Aug 23GA1320:0020:20Men's Vault Final
    20:3520:55Women's Beam Final
    21:1021:30Men's Parallel Bars Final
    21:4522:05Women's Floor Exercise Final
    22:2022:40Men's Horizontal Bar Final
    Tue Aug 24GA1412:0014:00Gymnastics Gala

    26th European Championships, Men - Ljubljana (SLO)

    2004 European Championships Men: Draw Seniors
    SubdivisionsFXPHSRVTPBHB
      I - Apr 16 at 10:30ISRGBRFINNORDEN-
    MIX 2SLONEDMIX 3TUR-
     II - Apr 16 at 14:30AUTARMPORPOLMIX 1SVK
    CZESWEBULISLCYPCRO
    III - Apr 16 at 18:00ROMBLRGERESPSUILAT
    RUSFRAUKRITAGREHUN


    2004 European Championships Men: Draw Juniors
    SubdivisionsFXPHSRVTPBHB
      I - Apr 15 at 10:30CYPNEDBELDENSCG-
    NORLATCZEESP--
     II - Apr 15 at 14:30FINPORISRTURLTUMIX 2
    AUTBULMIX 1CROSLOISL
    III - Apr 15 at 18:00RUSGERGREBLRURKHUN
    SUIFRAROMITAGBRPOL



    25th European Championships, Women - Amsterdam (NED)
    Total of 37 federations will participate with 146 senior and 162 junior gymnasts. In the senior category, 25 teams will compete as well as 21 individual gymnasts representing 10 federations. In the junior category, there will be 27 complete teams and 27 individual gymnasts from 9 federations

    2004 European Championships Women: Draw Seniors
    SubdivisionsVaultBarsBeamFloor
    Subdivision I25. MIX 327. ROM29. ESP-
    26. GER28. MIX 230. FIN-
    Subdivision II17. POL19. AUT21. HUN23. SWE
    18. ISL20. TUR22. MIX 124. CYP
    Subdivision III09. BEL 11. SVK 13. LTU15. CZE
    10. SUI12. MDA14. NOR16. GRE
    Subdivision IV01. RUS03. ITA05. FRA07. BUL
    02. NED04. UKR06. GBR08. BLR
    Mix GroupsMIX 1DEN (1)SCG (2)
    MIX 2IRL (1)CRO (2)
    MIX 3ISR (1)SLO (1)


    2004 European Championships Women: Draw Juniors
    SubdivisionsVaultBarsBeamFloor
    Subdivision I25. ISR27. POL29. SWE31. GER
    26. CZE28. NOR30. HUN32. ISL
    Subdivision II17. BEL19. MIX 221. POR23. SUI
    18. MIX 320. SLO 22. SVK24. AUT
    Subdivision III09. CRO11. LAT13. BLR15. MIX 1
    10. TUR12. FIN14. ESP16. BUL
    Subdivision IV01. RUS03. FRA05. NED07. GRE
    02. ROM04. UKR06. ITA08. GBR
    Mix GroupsMIX 1LUX (1)LTU (2)
    MIX 2MDA (1)CYP (2)
    MIX 3DEN (1)ALB (2)

    Zuzana Sekerova (SVK) featured in IG Magazine 2004 Jan 09
    Zuzana Sekerova interview in IG "Although 2000 Olympian Zuzana Sekerova of Slovakia says she never planned to compete internationally after the 2001 World Championships, various changes in her life have given her new motivation to continue. Now married and living in Georgia, Sekerova aims to compete at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens—among other new goals she has set in gymnastics and in her life outside the sport..."

                  Check the interview with Zuzana Sekerova

    Pictures from Bratislava and Detva 2003 Dec 18-19
    Adamska, Drabikova and juniors from Bratislava    Luptakova, Homolova and juniors from Detva   


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