This month the drawing of lots for the 41st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships (October 13 - 18, London) was held in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The draw was conducted at the FIG Head Office in presence of Men's Technical Committee President Adrian Stoica (ROU), Women's Technical Committee delegate Donatella Sacchi (ITA) and FIG Competition Manager Céline Cachemaille for Artistic.
At that time the FIG had registered the participation of 75 federations represented by 457 athletes; a...

The Finish City of Tampere hosts the 10th European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in summer 2009. The young European athletes compete in nine sports: Athletics, Basketball, Cycling, Gymnastic, Handball, Judo, Swimming, Tennis and Volleyball.  The events take place from July 18th to 25th.
European Youth Olympic Festival, known by its initials EYOF, is a biennial multi-sport event for young athletes from the 49 member countries of the association of European Olympic Committees (EOC). After winning the team gold medal on...