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Watch out for Daniel when he appears on the BBC Question of Sport on Friday 4th December.
20/11/09 BBC Children in need - Glasgow
Daniel appeared on the BBC children in need live broadcast in Glasgow when he was challenged to perform as many circles on the Pommel horse as possible in 60secs. Daniel managed to clock up 62 circles and donated £1 of his own money for every circle to the children in need cause. A big thank you has to go to OPUS ENERGY who also backed Daniel’s challenge and donated £1000 to the Children in Need.
15/11/09 Champions Trophy Stuttgart
Daniel finished Joint 3rd after the fourth and final stage of the Champions Trophy in Stuttgart, after missing the first stage in Frankfurt due to injury Daniel was always playing catch up with the rest of the competitors and to finish 3rd was a great achievement.
31/10/09 Daniel reclaims British All around Title
In a close competition Daniel reclaimed the British All around title ahead of Kristian Thomas and Luke Fowell. Daniel also won Gold on Floor, High Bar and Pbars anda silver on Pommel.
25/10/09 Daniel wins the third round of the Champions trophy in Hannover, Germany.
Daniel took the lead from the second apparatus Pommel and maintained the lead all the way through to the last apparatus, High Bar. The competition was full of excitement as the rest of the packed chased down Daniel, on the second from last apparatus P-Bars Daniel made an error which allowed the rest of the pack to gain on his lead but still left Daniel with a comfortable 5.5 tenths lead going into the High Bar. All Daniel had to do was a clean routine to claim his first win in the Champions trophy but to everyone’s surprise Daniel made a huge error that meant he did not get a dismount counted and ended up winning the round by the narrowest of margins 0.025 tenths. Daniels win will make the final round of the champions trophy in Stuttgart very exciting as there are five players in contention to claim the prize. Maxim Devyatovski is leading with 17 points, Fabain Hambuechen second with 16 points, Joe Hagarty third with 15 points, Daniel with 14 points and Flavius Koczi 12 points.
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22/10/09 Yuri Ryazanov the Russian gymnast who placed third behind Daniel and won bronze at the World Championships was buried today in Vladimir, Russia.
Whilst driving home after the World Championships Yuri was involved in an accident 10 mins from his home. Yuri died instantly and our thoughts are with his friends and family on this very sad day.
Yuri was a gentlemen and a great competitor, always gracious in success or defeat, he will be missed by all of his competitors but will remain in our hearts and minds forever.
The gymnastics community has lost one of its brightest stars, rest in peace my friend.................
15/10/09 Daniel claims second place to win the Silver Medal in the All Around Competition at the Gymnastics World Championships at the O2 Arena London.
20/11/09 BBC Children in need -
15/11/09 Champions Trophy Stuttgart
Daniel finished Joint 3rd after the fourth and final stage of the Champions Trophy in Stuttgart, after missing the first stage in Frankfurt due to injury Daniel was always playing catch up with the rest of the competitors and to finish 3rd was a great achievement.
31/10/09 Daniel reclaims British All around Title
In a close competition Daniel reclaimed the British All around title ahead of Kristian Thomas and Luke Fowell. Daniel also won Gold on Floor, High Bar and Pbars anda silver on Pommel.
25/10/09 Daniel wins the third round of the Champions trophy in Hannover, Germany.
Daniel took the lead from the second apparatus Pommel and maintained the lead all the way through to the last apparatus, High Bar. The competition was full of excitement as the rest of the packed chased down Daniel, on the second from last apparatus P-
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22/10/09 Yuri Ryazanov the Russian gymnast who placed third behind Daniel and won bronze at the World Championships was buried today in Vladimir, Russia.
Whilst driving home after the World Championships Yuri was involved in an accident 10 mins from his home. Yuri died instantly and our thoughts are with his friends and family on this very sad day.
Yuri was a gentlemen and a great competitor, always gracious in success or defeat, he will be missed by all of his competitors but will remain in our hearts and minds forever.
The gymnastics community has lost one of its brightest stars, rest in peace my friend.................
15/10/09 Daniel claims second place to win the Silver Medal in the All Around Competition at the Gymnastics World Championships at the O2 Arena London.