An absolutly new World Cup Record!! Today the Cuban Gymnastics Federation announced, that the best Cuban athletes will also start at the European world cups in Cottbus (March 5 - 7) and one week later in Lyon (FRA).
It will be the two finalists of World Champs 2003 in Anaheim, Eric Lopez and Abel Drigg.
So the German organizers in Cottbus registered a new record of 50 participating nations (old record: 38).
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During the recent meetings of the leading committees of the International Gymnastics Federation FIG in Zurich the head of press of the Swiss Gymnastics Federation, Erwin Hänggi interviewed the Italian president of the FIG, Bruno Grandi. The FIG-president presented some information on the current problems and the general future of the FIG as well as gave his personal view on the numerous development problems in gymnastics…
Double gold medal winner of the last
World Championships in Anaheim 2003, the Japanese Takehiro Kashima (pommel horse, highbar), rings champion Dimosthenis Tambakos (GRE), the powerful Brazilian floor champion Diane dos Santos, the vault queen Oksana Tschusowitina fram Uzbekistan, but also a lot of other champions and medal winners of international highlights will be guests of the first world cup this year, the 28. TURNIER DER MEISTER in Cottbus, Germany (March 5 - 7).
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F.I.G. Information
Today the International Gymnastics Federation F.I.G. publishes summaries of the decisions taken by the Executive Committee in Zurich (SUI),last week, February 5 - 8, 2004.
The seven-time German national champion and candidate for the Olympic Games Katja Abel got seriously injured last Friday. On an unlucky fall from the uneven bars she broke both of her forearms.
The 22-year old gymnast who has been in good shape and who has aspired to take part in the Olympic Games in Athens underwent surgery already on the same evening in the army hospital of Berlin...