Two of my favourite photos from the IAGG Finals capturing perfectly the skill required at this level as Anna Venema and Jeanet Hogeveen finish in 5th position for the Netherlands.

Lana Karaia and Lia Beshkenadze from Georgia repeat their 7th position in Qualifications as they score 27.550.

Dzhuliya Vellinova and Nataliya Velikova from Bulgaria complete the top 8 with their score of 26.400 in the 12-19 category.

Great Britain’s Kelly Mannion and Deborah Owen from Harrow School of Gymnastics were very unlucky not to qualify for Finals on their GB debuts. The girls performed superbly and had the joint 3rd highest score in their tempo routine with 27.450 and finished in 10th place in Qualifications with a score of 53.000 for their tempo and balance routines, and just missed qualifying for Finals by 0.40.

Congratulations to Kelly and Deborah on an excellent performance in their first appearance for Great Britain.

AMAZING NEW 9 PAGE PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL AGE GROUP ACROBATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS!

We are very proud to bring you a fantastic 9 page photo special from the International Acrobatics Age Group Championships PLUS 4 pages of amazing photos from the World Championships!

This features fantastic new photos from Isabel Silva who is a terrific sports photographer who filmed the IAGC and World Championships in her very first photo shoot for an Acrobatics Event! Don’t miss these fabulous 13 pages of photos as they include some of the best pictures from the Championships including all your favourite Sports Acrobats!

Isabel specializes in Ice Skating on her Web Site where she has some incredible photo galleries and she is also increasing her Sports Acrobatics coverage. Isabel is a regular visitor to Gymnastics Online and has kindly allowed me to use some of her fantastic photos here. All photos in this feature are copyright of Isabel Silva and must not be reproduced or copied without permission.

The photos capture all the excitement and drama in Coimbra and include 5 photos of nearly every Great Britain Team member at the IAGC plus all the medalist’s! Our fifth page features the 12-19 Women’s Pairs with Gold Medals for Russia, and Silver for France, plus GB’s Kelly Mannion and Deborah Owen who performed superbly and just missed qualifying for Finals in their International debuts. 

Full results from the Championships and links to every group of photos for the 11-16 and 12-19 Age Groups Championships are shown below.

Click here for links to the World Championships results and our 4 page photo special from Coimbra!

Please visit Isabel’s fantastic Site to see many more amazing photos from the International Age Group Championships and the World Acrobatics Championships! See her IAGC Photos here and World Acro Championships photos here!