Congratulations to Natalia Kononenko for qualifying to compete at the London Olympics! Natalia competed at the Test Event today and finished in 39'th place (52.465) in the All Around Final.

Today was the qualifications for the Ostrava Challenger Cup!

Congratulations to Angelina Kislaya for qualifying in first (13.575) in the Floor Final! Alina Fomenko qualified in 4'th place for the final.

On the Vault, Angelina Kislaya and Alina Fomenko qualified in 6'th and 7'th place respectively.

For the Uneven Bars, Natalia Kononenko qualified in 6'th place, with Angelina Kislaya qualifying in 8'th place.

Finally, on the Beam, Yana Demyanchuk qualified in 2'nd place.

Tomorrow is the event finals!

The full scores can be found by clicking here.

Tomorrow is the first day of the Ostrava World Cup in the Czech Republic. Qualifications will be held on Friday and the event finals will take place on Saturday.

For Ukraine:

Angelina Kislaya
Alina Fomenko
Natalia Kononenko
Yana Demyanchuk

It has been announced by FIG that Natalia Kononenko has a new skill named after her on the Uneven Bars! The Element is defined as: Long swing fwd, counter straddle reverse Hecht with 1/2 turn (180°) to hang on HB in mix grip. The element value is E. You can see a video of the new elements, including the "Kononenko" in the montage below:

Special thanks to David & Samantha Crawford of StillSport.com, we have added new photos to the gallery from the World Championship!!

Congratulations to Natalia Kononenko for winning the All Around Bronze at the 7'th Dynamo International! Natalia finished in 6'th place, with 5 Russian gymnasts ahead, but because only two gymnasts per country qualify for medals, Natalia won the Bronze.

Viktoria Komova and Ksenia Afanasyeva were first and second respectively.

Congratulations Natalia!!

Ukraine has registered their team for the World Championship! Yana Demyanchuk, Angelina Kislaya, Alina Fomenko, Mariya Luvchikova, Yevheniya Cherniy, and Natalia Kononenko are selected to represent Ukraine. Good luck to all of them.


This is also Yevheniya Cherniy's last year as a gymnast as she will be retiring at the end of the year. Let's also wish her success at her last international competition of her career!

Yesterday the Ukraine Championship concluded. Natalia won three medals at the competition! She won on the Uneven Bars and in the Team competition, representing Kiev. She won the bronze on beam as well!

Team Final:

1. Kiev
2. Donetsk
3. Lugansk

In the All Around Final, Natalia finished in 7'th place.

Uneven Bars:
1. Natalia Kononenko
2. Yana Demyanchuk
3. Darin Lyubitskaya

Balance Beam:
1. Mashka Livchikova
2. Yevheniya Cherniy
3. Natalia Kononenko

Floor Exercise:
1. Mashka Livchikova
2. Angelina Kislaya
3. Darin Lyubitskaya and Krystina Sankova

The next competition for the Ukraine gymnasts is the Ukraine Championship which will take place on August 2.

The Sport Express Newspaper in Ukraine held two interviews! One is with Natalia Kononenko, and the second is with the head coach of the Ukraine Women's National Team! They both talk about the European Championships and the condition of the Ukraine Team.

We will be translating the interview with Natalia Kononenko within the next few days. The Head Coach interview is just too large, but we will post both interviews on the Russian Version of this website, and a rough Google Translation of the interviews with this article! To view the full articles, please click the "Read More" button below.