23. September 2009
Yokohama, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
2009 YOKOHAMA Junior International

The daughter of the former to gymnast Vera Kolesnikova, from the 1985 Soviet gold team of the Worlds in Montreal, the Russian Victoria KOMOVA, won the all-around competition of the 2009 Yokohama Junior International, which took place September 22 - 23.
Komova dominated the women's all-around competition, earning the highest score on all four events, followed by Natsumi Sasada (JPN) ...

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23. September 2009
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Artistic Gymnastics
PREVIEW: ... the overnext 2010 Worlds in Rotterdam

Following the 2009 Individual World Championships Artistic Gymnastics in London next month the Olympic qualification will seriously start next year at the World Championships 2010 in Rotterdam.
24 teams will pre-qualify at this first selection competition.
The event will be held in the renovated AHOY complex in Rotterdam, where Janssen-Fritsen will supply all the equipment as they did for the Olympic Games in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
During the world championships'...

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20. September 2009
Cottbus, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
24. International GWG-Cup 2009

To the 24th time the World Cup organizers of the "Tournament of Masters" every year in spring were also the host for the best European talents of artistic gymnastics, at the "INTERNATIONAL GWG-CUP 2009, which took place from Sep 19 - 20 in Cottbus, Germany.
A strong Dutch delegation came with the European Junior Champion Bart Deurloo, (photo, left), who won the all-around competioon in the age group 15 - 18. The best talents came from...

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19. September 2009
Bucharest, Romania
Artistic Gymnastics
Izbasa Out of Worlds with Torn Achilles Tendon

Olympic gold medalist Sandra Izbasa has snapped her Achilles' tendon and will miss the world gymnastics championships.
The 19-year-old gymnast also broke a bone in her foot during training Thursday in Buzau.
Romanian Gymnastics Federation chairman Adrian Stoica said it will take Izbasa "months, years even, to recover."
She was taken to Bucharest after the injury and will have surgery on Monday, September 21. Izbasa won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the floor exercise...

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19. September 2009
Berlin, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Hambuechen beats Deviatovski and Keatings

European All-around Champion beats the Vice ...

The 2009 European All-around champion Fabian Hambuechen (GER) won the 2nd Champions Trophy which was held at the Max-Schmeling Hall in the German capital Berlin.

With a score of 91.575 he beat the 2007 European champion (Amsterdam), the Russian Maxim Deviatovski after a mistake at high bar (88,600) and also the 19-years old British European Vice champion ((2009 Milan), Daniel Keatings, who led after three apparatuses, but failed on parallel bar...

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