AAGJE VANWALLEGHEM & GÜNTHER COUCKHUYT most successfully
At the Belgian gymnastics championships in Gent favorites Aagje Vanwalleghem (35,275) and Günther Couckhuyt (50,600) won the allround titels, but also the most apparatus finals at Saturday.
Aagie Vanwalleghem won also the three event finals. Belgian Champion on beam is Caroline Debras.
Günther Couckhuyt got the titles on floor, rings and vault, Maartkin Demuynck on pommel horse and bars and Tom Jansen is the new Belgian champion on high bar...
International Friendship Event
Inside Gymnastics reported, that nine months after tearing her Achilles tendon during training for the World Championships team finals in Anaheim, Calif., Courtney Kupets (USA) scored a 38.175, including a meet-high 9.725 on bars for the former World Champ on that event - to top the all-around standings at last week’s International Friendship event at the U.S. National Team Training Camp in New Waverly Hills, Texas....
At the age of only 59 years Olympic and former world champion Mikhail Voronin (RUS) passed away Saturday after a long period of illness.
Voronin was one of the most successful gymnasts in history.
His first all-around title he won at the 1966 World Championships, was the 8 times medallist at the 1966-1970 World Championships as well as at both the 1967 and 1969 European Championships....
At the 1968 Olympic Games, Mexico City (MEX)...
The international mixed pair Imogen Cairns (GBR) and David Vyoral (CZE) was the winner of the 2004 final round of 'SOKOL GRAND PRIX ' in Brno (Czech Republik) this weekend.
Guests from seven nation and all together 12 pairs took part at this international artistic gymnastics event in the Czech Republik.
>> RESULTS, SOKOL Grand Prix 2004
Xinhua pronounced, that China has named a 26 strong gymnastics squad for the upcoming Athens Olympic Game.
The interim lineup, consisting of 11 men and 15 women, will finally be reduced to six men and six women sometime after the ongoing Olympic trial, slated for 2004, May 14-17....