3. März 2012
New York, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Jordyn Wieber and Danell Leyva win American Cup:

Jordyn WIEBER kicked off her Olympic year with a victory and may have found a new threat to her gold medal hopes. Wieber, the reigning world champion, captured her third American Cup at New York's Madison Square Garden, finishing with a score of 61.032 to beat teammate Alexandra Raisman by two-tenths of a point in the first major prep for the London Games.
In the men's event, American Danell LYVA roared back from a slow start...

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29. Februar 2012
New York, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
March 03: A-World Cup in the Madison Square Garden

The 2012 "AT&T American Cup", part of the International Gymnastics Federation World Cup series, marks the start of the road to London for many of the world’s top gymnasts seeking to make history this summer.
2011 World all-around champion Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA; 2011 World parallel bars champion Danell Leyva o(Miami/Team Hilton HHonors; Universal Gymnastics); 2011 World team champion Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics;
and 2011 World team bronze-medalist John Orozco...

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25. Februar 2012
Lausanne, London
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG Executive Committee approves list of Olympic qualifiers

** f i g --:  The FIG Executive Committee has approved the list of the gymnasts who have fulfilled the conditions enabling them to participate in the Games of the XXXth Olympiad in London (GBR) next July.
This list will be submitted to the respective National Olympic Committees so that they confirm their nationals, no later than March 07, 2012.

The FIG has a total quota of 324 athletes allocated by the IOC, 2x98...

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20. Februar 2012
Frankfurt/M. / Detmold, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Other German refusal more for 2012 World Cup Opener

After Philipp BOY now the second German athlete, the 2011 Worlds debutante and all-around tenth in Tokyo, Nadine JAROSCH, refused the invitation to the "2012 American Cup" at the first March weekend in New York.
Because an impression in her right foot the 17-years old gymnast from the TV Detmold have to take a break of her physical strain in the coming two weeks

So the German Gymnastics Federation DTB will start with two athletes...

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19. Februar 2012
Mississauga, Ont. / CANADA
Artistic Gymnastics
2012 Canadian National Championships

<< Kristina VACULIK of Whitby, Ont., won the women’s all around title on the first day of competition Friday at the Elite Canada artistic gymnastics meet.
Vaculik, competing for the first time since helping Canada qualify a full women’s team for the 2012 Olympics in January  in London (GBR), topped the field on beam, placed second on floor and uneven bars and was sixth on vault for a total score of 56.350 points.
On men's side...

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