11. August 2009
Indianapolis, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
David Sender plans new vault but also retirement

David Sender (USA), who won the 2008 men’s all-around title last year in Houston but did not make the Olympic team after suffering a freak ankle injury during Olympic trials, said Tuesday he will retire after the US National Championships, which will held August 12 - 15 in Dallas, Texas.
Sender, 23, from Arlington Heights, Ill., is entering veterinary school at Illinois and said he would have to miss too much class to continue competing, even if he is...

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11. August 2009
Dallas, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Liukin sponsors event

2008 Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin has teamed with USA Gymnastics to sponsor the "Nastia Liukin Cup", a competition for top Junior Olympic gymnasts scheduled for March 5, 2010 in Worcester, Mass.
Gymnasts will be chosen for the event from a series of 12 competitions to begin next January, including the WOGA Classic at Liukin’s home gym in Plano.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Nastia Liukin Fund, a charitable fund within the National Gymnastics...

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11. August 2009
Dallas, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Liukin starts at the US Nationals and will sponsor an event

2008 Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin has teamed with USA Gymnastics to sponsor the "Nastia Liukin Cup", a competition for top Junior Olympic gymnasts scheduled for March 5, 2010 in Worcester, Mass.

Gymnasts will be chosen for the event from a series of 12 competitions to begin next January, including the WOGA Classic at Liukin’s home gym in Plano.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Nastia Liukin Fund, a charitable fund within the National Gymnastics...

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8. August 2009
Beijing, China
Artistic Gymnastics
BEIJING 2008 - One Year after: First National Sports Day

China marked the first Anniversary of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Saturday with its first national sports day that saw up to 34,000 people gather for the world's largest martial arts exercise.
"We have established August 8 as National Fitness Day to fully embody... the government's loving concern for the life and prosperity of the people," Chinese Sports Minister LIU Peng said in an address outside the iconic Bird's Nest national stadium.
"This is a...

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31. Juli 2009
Montreal, Canada
Artistic Gymnastics
Cirque du Soleil in close contact with the international gymnastics scene

The famous Canadian "Cirque du Soleil" - online partner of the European Gymnastic Service "GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL - informed in his topical and last NEWSLETTER 07-2009 about its manifold activities to the international gymnastics scene and also about the forthcoming dates and the next auditions in September (Las Vegas) and October (Portugal and Australia)...
* ... read more on >> Casting Newsletter 07/2009

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