21. Januar 2004
Artistic Gymnastics
Beth Tweddle is back in training

After their return from a Winter Camp in Austria, the Women’s Artistic British Senior National Squad are spending a week of training at the National Sports Centre in Lilleshall.
Beth Tweddle, the British 'prima', World and European medallist on A. Bars, is also in the gym together with Alice Green (Sapphire), Jessica Brough (Europa GC), Carol and Helen Galashan (Liverpool), Melanie Roberts (Liverpool), Rosalie Hutton (Pipers Vale), Imogen Cairns (The Academy), Rhian Pugh (Bristol Hawks), Samantha Bayley (Wiltshire)...

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21. Januar 2004
Derbyshire / Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
Eileen Langsley Receives Her Award!

At the FIG Congress 2002 in Athens (Greece) it was announced that Eileen Langsley (Gymnastics Photographer Extraordinaire) had been awarded with Honorary Member of the FIG.
This well deserved and exquisite award was also accompanied by an elegant Longines watch.
Due to personal health and family health problems, it was not possible to make the Award in 2003, but on Friday, 16th January John Atkinson (FIG TC President and EC Member) was able to make the Award on...

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21. Januar 2004
Loughborough / Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
John Atkinson honoured!

John Atkinson was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Loughborough University for both outstanding services to the University and British Sport.
The Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University, Prof. David Wallace CBE, DI, FRS, FR Eng., has addressed the invitation on behalf of the Authorities of the University. The congregation will take place later in 2004.
John is obviously delighted, especially as the new National Analyses Centre and World Class Headquarters, in which he played a large part in securing, will...

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20. Januar 2004
Newlands, Johannesburg / SA
Artistic Gymnastics
Russian gymnasts in South Africa

Two of Russia's brightest gymnastics stars of the new millennium, double Olympic champion Elena Zamolodchikova (22), and triple Olympic medallist Ekaterina Lobazniouk (21), have arrived in South Africa to kick-start a local club's programme.
Between them, they have won seven Olympic medals and more Russian, European, World championships and other international medals than they can remember.....

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16. Januar 2004
USA
Artistic Gymnastics
American Press about the Topicality of eating disorders...

Ten years after the spectacular death of the US top gymnast Christy HENRICH American newspapers remember at her dramatically defeat after an eighth years fighting against it....
The author shows how the situation is regarding the recent U.S. team members today and comes to very different results....
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