OKLAHOMA CITY (USA) – LAUSANNE (SUI), February 27, 2009: The traditional Induction Ceremony of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame will take place on May 30 in Oklahoma City (USA). Four gymnasts will be honoured during this 13th edition: Dominique Dawes (USA), Elvira Saadi (UZB), Viktor Chukarin (UKR), Vitaly Scherbo (BLR) and the coach Octavian Bellu (ROU). The 2009 International Order of Merit will be awarded to Margaret Sikkens Ahlquist (SWE), the President of the FIG Gymnastics for All Committee.
Particularly exciting to see Saadi, who was a great gymnast in her own right but also for coaching notable athletes and choreographing notable floor routines. Here’s the one she did for Tatiana Groshkova of the USSR (performed at the 1989 Chunichi Cup):
Saadi also did Canadian Aisha Gerber’s 2006 routine from the American Cup.
March 1, 2009 at 1:58 am |
How is Dawes in but Milo and Gina are not? The Hall of Fame is a joke
March 1, 2009 at 8:01 am |
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March 16, 2009 at 3:02 pm |
Umm, this is NOT the FIG Hall of Fame. This is the Hall of Fame run by International Gymnast magazine. Just because the FIG agreed to reprint their press release and officials have occasionally attended events (IG pays for them to attend) doesn’t change the fact that this is Paul Ziert’s Hall of Fame: nothing more, nothing less.