21. April 2010
Barcelona, Spain
Artistic Gymnastics
A big Olympian died: Olympism and Gymnastics in mourning!

 *fig--: President of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001 and Honorary FIG Member in 1983, Juan Antonio Marquis de SAMARANCH died today in Barcelona (ESP) in the presence of his family. He would have been 90 on July 17th of this year.

His mark on the Olympic Movement is indelible; he pushed reforms through IOC management and strengthened its financial standing through a pragmatic approach to the sale of television rights and commercial partner contracts.
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20. April 2010
Lausanne, Ostrava
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG: Grand Prix Ostrava has been rescheduled ...

The "Grand Prix Ostrava 2010", a  part of the F.I.G. Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series event, has been rescheduled for September 29 – October 1 (originally set for Sep 23 – 25, 2010) at the ČEZ Arena...

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16. April 2010
Birmingham
Artistic Gymnastics
Volcano ash delays the beginning of the gymnastics European Championship

Crisis management met at the GYMnastics-European Championships in Bremen
On Sunday the official training for the Gymnastics European Championship- Mens should have started in Birmingham.  But the ash of the volcano Eyjafjalla hasn't only delayed flight. It also delayed the punctual arrival of 38 national teams in England.  So the European Championship start has been delayed for a day!

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11. April 2010
Paris-Bercy, France
Artistic Gymnastics
4th Artistic World Cup - the last one before the Europeans

After Montreal, Cottbus and Doha the World Cup -Gymnastics Circus was stationed in Paris this weekend. For the 17th time the mens and womens competitions "FRANCE INTERNATIONAL" took place in the traditional Omnisports-hall of Paris-Bercy - where the first singles gymnastics world championships took place in 1992. With 148 registered participants in total - 53 women and 95 men - from 35 countries in total, these competitions had quantitatively and qualitatively  the best World Cup participation ever - honored...

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30. März 2010
Arques, France
Artistic Gymnastics
Friendly Meet: Romanian Women beat France

Women’s artistic gymnastics team of Romania won the competition against France’s team, held in French Arques locality, within the preparations for the 29th European Championships, organized in Birmingham from April 21st to 25th 2010.
Romania’s artistic gymnastics senior team won the competition against France by 167.800 points to 166.550 points.
As for Women’s Individual, Diana Chelaru ranked first, with a total of 57.550 points. Chelaru got the highest mark for jumps – 14.700.
Romania ranked...

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