From April 26th to 29th the 29th Men's and 28th Women's European Championships 2006 in artistic gymnastics took place in the Dutch metropolis Amsterdam.
>> The European Gymnastics Service GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL - powered by the Dutch company "Janssen-Fritsen" -reported directly from there. Like already at the 2005 European Championships, this year's Europeans were again presented by the European Gymnastics Union (UEG) as the "2nd Individual European Championships" (without a team competition).
The Championships ended today with the...
A few days before the 2007 European Championships the Union of European Gymnastics (UEG) arranged a new partnership contract running until 2012, with the German company SPIETH Gymnastic (Esslingen), specialised in gymnastics material and as one of the "Official Suppliers" of the UEG.
SPIETH - also a long time partner of GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL , from the beginning (1997) on - has for many years already been "Official supplier" of gymnastics apparatus, in particular for European Championships in artistic...
BETH Tweddle (GBR) has put her Olympic ambitions first by deciding not to defend her European uneven bars title in Amsterdam.
The 22-year-old world and European champion is on the road to recovery after undergoing surgery on tendons in her shoulder earlier this year.
She will compete on the floor and beam only at this week's European Championships in Amsterdam, but will not take part in the physically demanding uneven bars event for fear of causing further damage...
On the edge of a special press meeting of the "European Sports Capital 2007", the Swabian Metropolis Stuttgart, the German Gymnastics Federation DTB named definitely the starters for its team in Amsterdam:
Robert Juckel from Cottbus and Fabian Hambüchen from Wetzlarwill compete on all six apparatuses just like the entire German women's team...
Last weekend took place the 50th anniversary of the "INTERNATIONAL ROMANIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS".
Host Romania dominated this event, winning 10 of the 12 gold medals:
Razvan Selariu defended the last year's all-around title in front of Hamilton Sabot (FRA) and Romanian Flavius Koczi on third place.
On women's site the 2004 European Junior champion Steliana Nistor hindered the last year's winner Sandra Izbasa to defend her title successfully. Canadian junior Charlotte Mackie, (13 !), won the all-around bronze medal behind Izbasa.