AMERICAN CUP SERIES 2000Aussie Haircare Gymnastics InvitationalOrlando

WINNER PROFILES
- by Don Johnson/USA

ARENA:

25^th Visa American Cup Series 2000 at the T.D.Waterhouse Centre
of Orlando/Fl.
(USA).

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The venue:
Waterhouse Centre, warming up

Eric Lopez Rios - (CUB)

- hometown: Havana, Cuba
- born: 12/29/72
- coach: Ernesto Izaguirre
-club: Cerro Pelado
Began Gymnastics: 1985
Eric Lopez Rios is the 1999, 1995 and 1991 all-around champion at the Pan American Games. He competed in the 1999 World Championships where Cuba finished sixteenth. Lopez Rios finished eighth in the all-around at the 1997 World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. He competed in last year's Visa American Cup, finishing fifth all-around with a bronze medal on high bar. In the 1998 Visa American Cup, he claimed a silver medal in still rings and was sixth all-around.

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Victory 2000!!

Eric: In action ....

The Winner: Eric and Alexei Bondarenko (2^nd) and John Roethlisberger (3^rd)

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Happy Winner!!

Elena Produnova (RUS) - first Russian victory 2000

- hometown: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- born: 2/15/80
- born in: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- coach: Leonid Arkaev
- club: SKA
Began Gymnastics: 1985
Specialist on Floor Exercise and Vault
General Information:
Elena placed fourth all-around and earned a team silver medal at the 1999 World Championships in Tianjin, China. In 1998, she finished second all-around at the Russian Cup and tenth all-around at the Goodwill Games in New York City. Produnova was the all-around bronze medalist and a team silver medalist at the 1997 World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. She was a member of the team that placed fourth at the 1995 World Championships in Sabae, Japan. Produnova started her career in rhythmic gymnastics, but quickly switched to artistic. She collects stuffed animals. She is a
student in between her three training sessions per day.
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Elena: Concentration!!

In the history of the American Cup Elena Produnova is the 5th foreign gymnasts in women's category, on 1st place:

1976
Nadia Comaneci (ROM)
1982
Zoya Grantcharova (BUL)
1997
Elvire Teza (FRA)

1998
Victoria Karpenko (UKR)

2000
Elena Produnova (RUS)

(...more history)

Prize mony: 15,000 $ !

(Photos by Don Johnson/USA.
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