18. März 2017
Indianapolis, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
USA Gymnastics: Steve Penny resigns as president and chief executive

<< Steve PENNY, the president and chief executive of USA Gymnastics has resigned in the wake of the federation's handling of sexual abuse allegations concerning a former team doctor. Steve Penny's exit follows allegations the organisation had turned a blind eye to claims of sexual misconduct.
The Indianapolis Star newspaper claims "at least" 368 American gymnasts have made allegations of sexual abuse. "It has been heartbreaking to learn of instances of abuse," said Penny. "It...

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15. März 2017
Moscow, RUS
Artistic Gymnastics
Olympic champion Elena Naimushina passes away

Olympic gold medallist Elena NAIMUSHINA, one of the brightest Soviet stars of the early 1980's, passed away March 14, at the age of 52.
Born November 19, 1964 in Krasnoyarsk (Siberia), Naimushina was part of the 1980 Olympic Soviet team (+ Elena Davydova, Maria Filatova, Nellie Kim, Natalia Shaposhnikova and Stella Zakharova), that won gold at the Moscow Games after a disappointing loss to their Romanian rivals at the 1979 Worlds...

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11. März 2017
Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
Max Whitlock has sights on World Championship return

British Olympic Champion Max WHITLOCK has announced that he is targeting the 2017 World Championships as his main goal for this year as he works on returning to competitive action following his historic performances in Rio. Max has only recently returned to full time training and is focused on upgrading and fine-tuning his routines to continue to challenge the World’s best gymnasts in this new Olympic cycle. He has taken the decision to stagger his return to major Championship...

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6. März 2017
Australia
Artistic Gymnastics
US Super Coach to take control of Australia's Women's Gymnastics Team

Gymnastics Australia confirmed the appointment of leading international coach Mihai Brestyan to the position of Women’s National Coach.
he Romanian-born Brestyan is a world-renowned and a world-class coach with proven Olympic success having taken US athletes to podium performances at the past three Olympic Games. Currently based in the United States, Mihai Brestyan has overseen the rise of US superstar Aly Raisman, a winner of three Olympic gold medals and Alicia Sacramone, an Olympic silver medallist. * ......

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5. März 2017
Newark, N. J., USA
Artistic Gymnastics
USA Double victory at the 2017 AT&T-American Cup

Ragan SMITH and Yul MOLDAUER solidified their prospects as future leaders of Team USA by taking top honors at the 2017 AT&T American Cup at Newark, N.J.’s Prudential Center on Saturday, March 04. The 20-years old student from Oklahoma's NCAA university (85.931) beat the Olympic vice champion Oleg Verniaev of Ukraine (85,699) who was not without mistakes on floor and horizontal bar. Ragan Smith’s triumph extends the U.S. women’s winning streak in the event to 15 years,...

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