18. Juli 2005
Zuerich / Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
SWISS CUP moves in 2006

The Swiss Cup, which is one of the most popular events for gymnasts since over 20 years, moves next year from the ''Zuericher Saalsporthalle'' to the ''Hallenstadium''.
Main reason: the Saalsporthalle with 2.500 seat is too small...
- The Hallenstadium is a great alternitive with 11.500 seats. It's possible to divide the gym so that it'll be a great competition even with less fans...

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18. Juli 2005
Hamburg, Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Ronny Ziesmer: Alliance of Hope - ... more than a foundation!

In its latest edition (18-07-2005) the German magazine DER SPIEGEL does not only dedicate an article to Ronny Ziesmer as sportsman.
Almost exactly on the very same day one year after the horrible accident (12-07-2004) the former virtuoso of motion appears in the science section:
He substantially expanded his primary idea of founding a 'Ronny Ziesmer Gymnastics Foundation': Ronny is aiming for getting actively involved by founding a holding company in order to support...

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11. Juli 2005
Guildford / Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
2005 British Women’s ChampionshipsBeth Tweddle with total triumph!

Beth Tweddle (Liverpool) won her fifth consecutive British senior national title (36,700) at the British Women's Championships, held Saturday in Guildford, Great Britain.
On second place came Samantha Bayley (Welsh Inst. Sport; 35.700), followed by Imogen Cairns (The Academy; 35.050).
Tweddle was also absolutly the best gymnast at the Sunday's apparatus final events and won all the four national titles.
One month ago, at the 2005 European Championships in Debrecen, Tweddle was forced to withdraw...

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10. Juli 2005
Sabae / Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
Japan nominated its World Teams 2005

The host city of the 1995 World Championships of artistic gymnastics, Sabae, was show place of the Japanese World Final Trials on Friday (1st competition) and Saturday (2nd comp.) last week.
Best after these two days was the Friday's second placed Olympic gold medalist Hisashi Mizutori, followed by Hiroyuki Tomita and Takehiro Kashima.
Mizutori, Tomita, and four others were named to the Japanese men's team for the 2005 world championships, to be held in November in Melbourne, Australia:...

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8. Juli 2005
Lignano / Italy
Artistic Gymnastics
EYOF 2005: Ferrari wins All-around and floor exercice Gold

Italian Vanessa Ferrari wins the gold in the individual all-round competition and also a second title on floor exercises at the final day of the artistic gymnastics events in Lignano.

Yesterday, the second day of the gymnastics competitions of Lignano 2005 has been marked by the great accuracy of Vanessa Ferrari who has won the gold medal with 37.925 points, followed by Karina Myasnikova and Ksenia Afanasyeva from Russia. ...

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