6. November 2012
Tokyo, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
66th All JAPAN COMPETITION 2012

From November 3 to 5 the 66th AG All Japan Competition 2012 was held in Tokyo. The Gold medal for team competition were won by the Juntendo University. with a team score of 271,950. A member of this team was Ryohei Kato.
Team KONAMI got the silver medals, scoring 270,800 points. It was the team of the Olympic gold medallist and three-times world all-around champion, Kohei Uchimura.
Kohei Uchimura (KONAMI) said: "That was the first...

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4. November 2012
Zurich, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
German victory at the Swiss Cup

In the 30th year of the Swiss Cup in Zurich the Swiss organisers presented like already during the last years a team even with a preliminary round, a semi-final and a final. In the end the victory went to the team Germany 1 with Elisabeth Seitz and Fabian Hambüchen.
For the title holders from 2011, the team of the hosts Switzerland 1, consisting of the two participants of the 2012 Olympic Games Giulia Steingruber and Claudio Capelli, it...

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31. Oktober 2012
Chiasso, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
Swiss victory at the 29th Gander Memorial 2012

Many cheers from the audience in Chiasso were heard at the 29th Artur Gander-Memorials 2012 in Chiasso for the victory of  Giulia STEINGRUBER in the women's final. In this event with a new mode this year - including a preliminary round and a final - the Swiss gymnast and Olympic participant won in front of Italy's Carlotta FERLITO and Lisa Katharina HILL from Germany.

In the men's field Russia's Igor PACHOMENKO was the winner. He...

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31. Oktober 2012
Beijing, Sotchi
Artistic Gymnastics
OLYMPIC IDOL AWARD for Oksana Chusovitina ...... and her sensational remarks ...!

Just landed - and already on the way again
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The fact that the extraordinary gymnast Oksana CHUSOVITINA is a world-star can be seen even more in the rest of the World than in her new home country Germany.
After having won the Olympic silver medal in 2008 she thrilled more than 400 Million Chinese viewers in Beijing in a TV-show . It is not surprising that she now has received more honours at...

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26. Oktober 2012
Cancun, Mexico
Artistic Gymnastics
79th F.I.G. Congress: Bruni Grandi re-elected

At the 79th Congress of the International Gymnastics Federation F.I.G. in Cancun (MEX) Prof. Bruno GRANDI was re-elected with the mayority of 68 votes in the first ballot and thus the 78 years old Italian enters his fifth term of office....
On second place came the Russian banker Vassily TITOV (24 votes) and on third the former Romanian President of men's technical committee, Adrian STOICA (14 votes).After the vote, Prof. Grandi did not hide his satisfaction and addressed his first comments...

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