Today (14-Nov), gallery is created and complete.

Small international held last weekend, 8-9 November at Durango, Spain. The 8th was competition for groups (BLR, UKR, Russia-Moscow), infantile level, juniors etc and 9th Nov, gala exhibition only.

There are more images... To explain, here is a little story:). I arrived late on 8th Nov (after flying 9-time zones east)....
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Today (14-Nov), gallery is created and complete.

Small international held last weekend, 8-9 November at Durango, Spain. The 8th was competition for groups (BLR, UKR, Russia-Moscow), infantile level, juniors etc and 9th Nov, gala exhibition only.

There are more images... To explain, here is a little story:). I arrived late on 8th Nov (after flying 9-time zones east). Upon arriving Durango, I call Guillermo DNC (rsgvideos.com) at the arena on my mobile. Guillermo says, "Hurry, Ukraine is in 15-minutes!" Whew, I had no clue this was a 2-day event (thought was only a gala on 9th). Arrive arena barely in time for UKR, add jetlag and new untested camera (Nikon D700, all photos here). Ok, you get the idea!

More to explain... There are very, very few images of the regional gymnasts from different provinces of Spain. I concentrated 95% on internationals. Esther Teijeira of Madrid and a few local photographers from Bilbao region and Vitoria have many more images of all gymnasts and groups present.

Held on same weekend was Italia Serie-A Desio, near Milan. (Anna Bessonova came direct to Durango for Sunday, 9th Nov gala). Plus also on near same days as the other two events was Bratislava Grand Prix in Slovakia (Olga Kapranova, Vera Sessina). So I had to make a choice and I chose to come to Spain.

Ooops, sorry so long intro:) Enjoy and mirror gallery of bigger previews to 820pixels will be created in next hours. Cheers, Tom
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