3. September 2011
Berlin / Tokyo / London
Artistic Gymnastics
Get Ready for 3 D Olympics 2012 !

All the pomp (and a lot of the circumstances) of the London 2012 Olympic Games will be coming at 'cha in 3D next Summer. There will also be some very cool new tools for viewing the spectacle in the third dimension.
This news (and a whole lot more) has been sprung at the huge European electronics show IFA (International Funkaustellung) now running in Berlin. As sponsor of the first ever 3D Olympics broadcasts (and longtime Olympic games A/V...

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30. August 2011
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG Disciplinary Commission

* fig - --: On August 19, 2011, the FIG Disciplinary Commission announced its decision with regard to Chinese judge Mr Shao Bin, found guilty of fraud at the 2010 Asian Games. Shao Bin has seen his judging brevet downgraded to a category four, and will be responsible for covering the CHF 7,200 in legal costs.

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28. August 2011
Goeppingen, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Philipp Boy and Elisabeth Seitz - best gymnasts at German Nationals

Elisabeth Seitz (Mannheim) and Philipp Boy (Cottbus) won the all-around titles Saturday at the German championships in Göppingen and on Sunday each two titles at the apparatus and so they were the most successful gymnasts of the 2011 German Nationals.
BOY — runner-up at the 2010 Worlds and champion at this year's Europeans — topped defending champion Marcel Nguyen by nearly 2 points, 89.850-87.950. Russian-German veteran Eugen (Yevgeny) Spiridonov was third with 85.350.
SEITZ topped 2008...

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26. August 2011
Onesti, Rumänien
Artistic Gymnastics
Beam World Champion Ana Porgras with her third Romanian All-around Title

At the same time like the  German Nationals  the 2011 Romanian Championships of artistic gymnastics take place in the "Nadia Comanesi Hall" of Onesti (ROU).

On Friday the first title in all-around went to the world champion on beam, to Ana PORGRAS, scoring 58,650 points, followed by Amelia RACEA (58,250) and Raluca HAIDU (57,625).

The competition continues Saturday with the men's team and all-around.
World champion Marian Dragulescu is set to make his...

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20. August 2011
Saint Paul, Minn. / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
2011 US. VISA National Championships: Wieber and Leyva

Jordyn Wieber lived up to the hype and then some, winning her first title at the 2011 U.S. Artistic Gymnastics Championships in a rout Saturday night. Wieber finished with 121.30 points, 6.15 points ahead of McKayla Maroney. The 16-year-old from DeWitt, Mich., also finished with the highest scores on floor exercise and uneven bars.
Danell Leyva, who won his first U.S. title Friday night, was named to the American squad for the world gymnastics championships...

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