27. November 2011
Tokyo, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
Kohei UCHIMURA won his only one World Cup this year in front of Philipp BOY

2011 TOKYO CUP Men's All-around
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Supported by applause from his home country's crowd, Kohei Uchimura won the Tokyo Cup 2011, his first World Cup Series.
He had a few big steps on his landings on every event and some small mistakes, but stayed stable as usual.

Germany's Philip Boy placed second with a great routine on horizontal bar, scoring 16.000, the highest score of the day.

Daniel Purvis of Great...

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26. November 2011
Tokyo, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
Huang, Qiushuang won the last World Cup and also the Ranking

Huang Qiushuang of China won the women's all-around competition of the fourth and last World Cup event of this circuit.
In Tokyo she upgraded her vault from that at the last world championships; nowshe does a double twisiting Yurchenko. She missed uneven bars (after her Jaeger sault; she stopped at her kip cast to handstand ) but she excelled on all the other events, and scored higher than 14 on each event. Winning two consecutive World Cup titles,...

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24. November 2011
Tokyo, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
Tokyo Cup 2011: Fourth and last A-World Cup 2011

The ultimate event of the 2011 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series will take place in Tokyo (JPN) on November 26 – 27, with women competing on Saturday and men on Sunday- the 2011 TOKYO CUP. Hosted in the Ryogoku Kokugikan Arena the competition will not only crown the winners of the event, it will determine the All-around winners of this year’s World Cup series.
* On men's side a top roster of athletes will fight for...

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19. November 2011
Birmingham, Nanning
Artistic Gymnastics
2014 Artistic Worlds to the second time in China

*fig-news--: The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the Chinese Gymnastics Association (CGA) have signed an agreement that will see China play host to the 45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in 2014.

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18. November 2011
Rinteln, Stadtroda, Potsdam
Artistic Gymnastics
Bernd Jäger: A gymnastics innovator turns 60!

" ... Flying was developed ...!"
A man turns 60 today, whose name is very important for the development of modern gymnastics:
Bernd JÄGER showed at the 18th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 1974 in Varna a straddled somersault fwd. on high bar. This element was named "Jaeger"- somersault. It was the first flight element in history and after it followed a development of many others on high bar.

At the European Championships 1977 in Vilnius followed...

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