China's National Sports Department has cancelled all competitions in May, so International Gymnast pronounced.
The National Sports Department held an emergency meeting, discussing the present condition of Guang Zhao, Beijing, and other cities areas dealing with rising numbers of SARS cases. The decision was made to cancel or postpone all national Chinese sporting events.
Cancelled are China's plans to send five female gymnasts next week to the 8-Country Meet in Groningen, Netherlands, as well as a separate exchange...
The Dutch company Janssen & Fritsen - the worldwide wellknown producer of the new vaulting table 'PEGASES' and longtime title sponsor of GYMmedia Online Service - has been selected as supplier of all the equipment for the Artistic Gymnastics event at the Olympic Games ATHENS 2004.
The Romanian newspaper Ziua wrote in an article this week, that the situation in the Romanian gymnastics center Deva continues to be tense, next to the abundance of problems that the trainers have had to face lately, another problem surfaced: the construction at the Deva complex and the worse thing is that the construction will last at least 4 years....
According to reports of the Romanian sports newspaper 'Gazeta Sporturilor' indications of poisoning have been recognized at the elite gymnasts in the training center in Deva.
Eight gymnasts have been struck by it for two days, among them Florica Leonida, Oana Ban, Oana Petrovschi and Monica Rosu.
In the newspaper report it is mentioned that the indications of poisoning at the gymnasts had been swollen faces, general sickness and dizziness. The doctors have not found the cause...
Floarea Leonida, of Romania shared the gold on floor at the Romanian International Championship last weekend, together with compatriot Monica Rosu, the all around champion Saturday, both posting a 9.550.
The Romanians earned victories in nine of 10 event finals.
Kylie Stone of Calgary won the bronze medal on floor Sunday to conclude the Romanian International gymnastics. Pavel Goffman of Israel, the all around champion, prevented a clean gold medal sweep for Romania placing first on parallel...