12. Dezember 2008
Madrid, Spain
Artistic Gymnastics
Preview: Artictic Gymnastics World Cup Final 2009

As the basis for invitations to the World Cup Final on 13-14 December in Madrid, the international gymnastics federation, the F.I.G., published its world cup individual apparatus rankings at the end of November following the last World Cup of the series. As a result, the best eight gymnasts on each apparatus were now qualified, and in the event that a gymnast did not take up the invitation, their place would be taken by the next gymnast in the rankings  ...

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11. Dezember 2008
Indianapolis, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Team USA elects Vidmar and Retton to board of directors

USA gymnastics --: 1984 Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar was elected chairman of the USA Gymnastics board of directors Monday, and will be joined in the group by 1984 all-around champion Mary Lou Retton.
Vidmar and Retton, elected to one of four public sector positions on the board, each will serve four-year terms.
Ron Froelich, chair of USA Gymnastics, was named chairman emeritus....

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9. Dezember 2008
La Tour-de-Peilz, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
Last honours for Pierre Chabloz, Honorary President of the UEG

On Monday, December 8th, 2008, a large crowd came to La Tour-de-Peilz (SUI) to honour Pierre Chabloz - founder of the European Gymnastics Union and Honorary Member of the FIG - a last time.
They came from Switzerland and many different European countries. Chabloz passed away last week after an on-going illness.

The Swiss and international gymnastics community met on Monday afternoon at the church of La Tour-de-Peilz where Chabloz was born and lived nearly all his...

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8. Dezember 2008
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
Focus on gymnast safety

* f i g --: The FIG Apparatus Commission gathered on November 29-30 at the FIG Head Office for its second meeting in 2008.

President of the Commission Nicolae Vieru (ROU) and his colleagues Jvan Weber (SUI) and Ludwig Schweizer (GER, photo left) met with apparatus manufacturer representatives Hiro Hirabayashi (Senoh) and Jay Ashmore (AAI) to focuse their attention on gymnast safety, a topic on last weekend’s agenda.
Schweizer, who conducted a study at the Olympic...

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8. Dezember 2008
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG Preview: 14th Women s World Cup Final 2008

* fig --: There’s no doubt about it, the Women’s Floor Final is a two-part act. The first is a battle between the Olympic finalists of Beijing, a way to set the record straight for outgoing Olympic champion Sandra Izbasa (ROU) and her Chinese pursuers Jiang Yuyan, 4th in Beijing, and Cheng Fei, 7th.

Revenge is in the air at Madrid’s Telefonica Arena, which is completely sold out for the event. The second part brings together gymnasts...

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