Hong, Johnson Compete in Belgium
10/20/2005

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Ivana Hong of Blue Springs, Mo., and Shawn Johnson of West Des Moines, Iowa, represented the United States in the 2005 Charleroi Top Gym Competition, Oct. 22-23, in Charleroi, Belgium.

Al Fong and Armine Barutyan, who train Hong at Great American Gymnastics in Blue Springs, and Liang Qiao, who trains Johnson at Chow’s Gymnastics in West Des Moines, were the coaches for the team. Both Hong and Johnson are members of the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team.

All Around Finals and Individual Event Qualification
             
PL NAME (FED) VT UB BB FX AA
1 Shawn Johnson (USA) 9.600 9.050 8.950 8.850 36.450
2 Aluissa Lacusteanu (ROM) 9.400 8.775 8.900 8.950 36.025
3 Ivana Hong (USA) 9.200 8.950 8.800 8.550 35.500
             
Team Competition -  two countries were combined to make one team
 
1 USA/BEL 65.492        
2 SLO/CAN 64.783        
3 ROM/CAN 64.016        
             
             
Individual Event Finals
PL NAME (FED) Vault Bars Beam Floor  
1 Shawn Johnson (USA) 9.467        
2 Aluissa Lacusteanu (ROM) 9.300        
3 Minu Krasiqi (SUI)          
1 Ivana Hong (USA) 9.025      
2 Anamatia Tamarjan (ROM) 8.650      
3 Minu Krasiqi (SUI) 8.150      
1 Ivana Hong (USA) 9.200    
2 Aluissa Lacusteanu (ROM) 9.050    
3 Margaux Voillat (SUI) 8.450    
1 Shawn Johnson (USA) 9.050  
2 Aluissa Lacusteanu (ROM) 8.900  
3 Adala Sajn (SLO) 8.700