1. Februar 2005
Berlin / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Birgit Radochla celebrates her 60th Birthday

On Monday, January the 31st, the former member of GDR national teamsBirgit RADOCHLA (married -Michailoff) celebrated her 60th birthday in the German capital Berlin.
She was the first German gymnast, who won an individual Olympic medal in Tokyo 1964, the silver medal on vault, together with Larissa Latynina (RUS) and behind the winning Vera Caslavska.
Birgit Radochla was a 7 times German champion and won also medals at the European Championships 1967 in Sofia (BUL)....
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26. Januar 2005
Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
Official Statement of the President of British Gymnastics

Brian Stocks: '200 days and yet no funding!'
'The week starting on Monday 23rd January 2006 marks 200 days since the official announcement of the successful London 2012 Olympic Bid.
We, at British Gymnastics, as all the nation, are thrilled about this unique opportunity to raise the standards of the sport in both our country and worldwide.
However, whilst the contracts to start building numerous Olympic facilities have already been raised, nothing has been done to...

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25. Januar 2005
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Russia with a strong team to Cottbus World Cup

Russia will come with strong athletes to the 30th International Tournament of Masters', which will held March 24 - 26. März in Cottbus, Germany.
So the all-around world champion (Tianjin, 1999) Nikolai Krukov is a member of Russian delegation, who won the last pommel horse event in Stuttgart, but also the last winner of the world cup rings duel Alexander Safoshkin, against the Dutch van Gelder.... it will be a new revenge between theese two specialists again...
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24. Januar 2005
Sydney / Australia
Artistic Gymnastics
Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2005

Australia's Chloe SIMS was the most successful gymnast of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF), wich was held from January the 19th to 23rd.
SIMS and her teammate Holly DYKES placed first and second, followed by the tw Chinese girls HUANG, Lu and HANG, Bin In the team competition held Thursday already the Chinese won in front of the team 'A' of the host Australia.
In the men's all-around, GOU, Weiyang and WANG, Heng finished first and second....

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20. Januar 2005
Manacor/ Spain
Artistic Gymnastics
Spain s former World Champion Elena Gomez ends her career

(nbb) – In future Spain’s national gymnastics team will have to deal without floor World Champion Elena Gomez.
After having injured herself (fracture of her pubic bone) last year while training in Manacor, the 20-year old gymnast from Mallorca has now decided to end her career.
Gomez won the first and up to now only World Championship title in women’s artistic gymnastics for Spain at the World Championships 2002 in Debrecen/ Hungary. Now Elena wants to...

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