25. August 2010
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics

*fig --: The F.I.G. office published today, that a severe warning has been issued to Romanian gymnast Marian Dragulescu for failing to comply with the procedures governing the fight against doping.
Three indictments were filed against the gymnast, namely concerning violation of a rule stipulating that a gymnast must announce his return to competition after a retirement, a communication made regarding Marian Dragulescu by his national federation on December 30, 2008. Because of his failure to comply with this rule, Dragulescu...

25. August 2010
Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics

* British gymnastics --: World Champion gymnast Beth Tweddle, has set up a new organisation, "Total Gymnastics", to enable young people of all abilities to join in gymnastics, learn the fundamental movement skills and develop their talent.
Total Gymnastics will operate through Academies that will be registered BG clubs and venues. "Clearly the success of this venture will depend on the quality of our coaches and we are currently beginning recruitment. We are looking for dedicated and...

16. August 2010
Singapore
Artistic Gymnastics

The 16 / 17 year-old gymnasts formed the start of the YOG-gymnastics competitionon Monday the 16. August.
The starting field consisted of 41 young athletes from the same number of nations. The best all-around competitor was the Japanese Yuya KAMOTO (< photo, left), who with 87,200 points and 0,35 points advantage pushed the junior- European champion Sam OLDHAM from Great Britain onto 2nd place. 
The German representative Daniel WEINERT managed as the 15. the all-around final, which the Swiss Oliver HEGi in...

14. August 2010
Hartford (Conn.), USA
Artistic Gymnastics

2008 Olympic high bar silver-medalist Jonathan HORTON of Houston defended his all-around title tonight at the 2010 Visa Championships at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. Horton, who trains at Cypress Academy, won his second national all-around title with a total of 181.650.
Rebecca BROSS of Plano, Texas, won her first Visa Championships all-around title with a score of 120.300 at the 2010 Visa Championships at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. She also took top honors...

12. August 2010
Ghent, Belgium
Artistic Gymnastics

<< Former world champion and European champion Lambertus (Yuri) van Gelder (NED) made a successful return winning the still rings title. Van Gelder was suspended for one year in 2009 after testing positive for cocaine.
But the Chinese national all-around champion Guo Weiyang (22) won half the men's finals as the Ghent World Cup concluded in Belgium on Sunday, September 12 and finished with titles on pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar in Ghent. 
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