30. Dezember 2004
Calgary / Canada
Artistic Gymnastics
Kylie Shewfelt - Canadian s Athlete of the Year!

'Kyle's happy Shew year'
Calgarian top male athlete Kyle Shewfelt has another attraction to help decorate his new Calgary home. The gold medallist in the floor exercise at the 2004 Athens Games was unpacking boxes yesterday when he learned he's been named winner of the 'Lionel Conacher Male Athlete of the Year Award'. 'It's extremely exciting for me,' Shewfelt said. 'This year was just like a dream.'

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27. Dezember 2004
Artistic Gymnastics
Congratulation, Larisa Latynina!

Today the most successful Olympic athlet, the nine-time gold medallist Larissa Latynina, celebrates her 70th birthday.
1934 born in Kherson (UKR) she owns several important Olympic records and is the only athlete, in all sports, who has won eighteen Olympic medals during her career. At last she run for beeing the Russian president, last week...

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25. Dezember 2004
Artistic Gymnastics
MERRY CHRISTMAS.....

... and all the best for all Users of GYMmedia
In the name of the paralyzed German gymnast Ronny ZIESMER, who thanks on this way for the worldwide solidarity und help from different organisations, like FIG, UEG, IOC and many friendly people from all over the world...!
Ronny leaved the accident clinic Berlin yesterday for some holidays at home, but has to stay here again till March next year.

Also the team of GYMmedia...

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25. Dezember 2004
Kiev / Ukraine
Artistic Gymnastics
Stella Zakharova elected President of Ukrainian Gymnastics

Two days before the Ukraine will hold a national presidential election, the Ukraine changed also the gymnastics president:
On Friday, Stella Zakharova, the Olympic gold medalist, Moscow 1980 , was elected president of the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation. So the thus far president Igor Korobchinsky was beaten by two votes (49 : 51)...

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23. Dezember 2004
Moskow / Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
Arkaev resigns -Titov will be the next Russian Gymnastics President

After 22 years the president of the Russian Gymnastics Federation Leonid ARKAEV resigns after massive criticism.
In the recent elections the 69-year-old triple Olympic Champion and former president of FIG Juri TITOV prevailed in a sensationally close vote (27 : 22 votes) over the former gymnastics diva Svetlana KHORKINA (25) who was also running for office....

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