30. Juni 2008
Ploesti / Romania
Artistic Gymnastics
Romanian Team Championship 2008

The two gymnastics clubs of the Romanian capital Bucharest, Dinamo I bei den (men) Steaua  (women) where the winner of the 2008 Romanian's team championships last weekend in Ploesti (ROU).
European beam champion Sandra IZBASA was the predominant in all-around, scoring 62,350 points and she reached top scores at all of the four apparatuses.
On men's side the all-around seventh placed at the last Worlds in Stuttgart, Flavius KOCZI was the only one gymnast scoring more than 90...

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30. Juni 2008
Australia
Artistic Gymnastics
Dasha Joura leads Australia s gymnastics charge to Beijing

Three-time national champion of Australia, Daria JOURA (18; photo, left)) will spearhead the Australian women's artistic gymnastics team at the Beijing Olympics.
Australian coach Peggy Liddick today named 18-year-old Daria JOURA alongside five other Olympic first-timers in the team following the final selection trials at the AIS in Canberra at the weekend.
On Friday this week the Australian National Olympic Committee will official nominate the women's artistic gymnastics team...

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29. Juni 2008
Vittel, France
Artistic Gymnastics
Three French gymnasts on top in Vittel

After the short dated cancellation of Netherlands and Belgium gymnasts from host France, Switzerland and Spain met at an international tornament of women's artistic gymnastics  last weekend.
A French trio came on top in all-around:
Cassy Vericel topped Läetitia Dugain and Marine Petit at the competition held at Emilie Le Pennec Hall in Vittel,
Best foreign gymnast were Spain's Lenika de Simone, who finished fourth, earning the highest individual score, a 15.550 on balance beam. On fifth...

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23. Juni 2008
Philadelphia, Pa./USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Johnson and Liukin nominated at US Olympic Team

US gymnastics reports, that Shawn Johnson of West Des Moines, Iowa, and Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, automatically qualified for nomination to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team following the conclusion of the women’s competition at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Ten women were also selected to attend a final selection camp on July 16-20, where the balance of the squad will be nominated to the...

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19. Juni 2008
Moutier, Lausanne/Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
F.I.G. Headquarter moves to Lausanne

The F.I.G. pronounces: WE'RE MOVING!
Moutier (SUI) FIG Office:
--- Already in July 2005 the World Gymnastics Federation F.I.G. announced to change its headquarter to Neuchatel, but as a result of the F.I.G. Executive's decision of January 26th, the FIG office is folding its tent in Moutier, and heading for the Olympic capital of Lausanne. The F.I.G. Residence was change change in 1991 from Lyss to Moutier within Switzerland.

So the F.I.G. announced for this reason today,...

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