4. Januar 2010
Budapest, Hungary
Artistic Gymnastics

2010 World Pommel Horse Champion Krizstian BERKI of Hungary and his coach Istvan KOVACS have been named best athlete and coach of the year respectively in Hungary! As is the annual tradition, Hungarian sport journalists were called on to select the best athlete in various categories.
Their decision underpins and honours Magyar gymnastics and its representatives, who accepted the honour in the presence of a prestigious palette of athletes. It is also worth mentioning that the...

30. Dezember 2009
Charleroi, Belgium
Artistic Gymnastics

The 12th International TOP GYM 2009 took place at the city of Charleroi in Belgium, last Saturday, November 28. Winner of the artistic gymnastics female junior all-around event was the  U.S. junior champion and this year's winner of the Tyson American Cup,  Jordyn Wieber. Wieber won the title by nearly 4 points above Yvette Moshage, from Netherlands (Netherlands).  On third came the teammate of Jordyn Wiber, Kamerin Moore. Romanian Larisa Iordache finished fourth ( she failed on uneven bars: 10.300,...

25. Dezember 2009
Indianapolis, USA
Artistic Gymnastics

Kevin Mazeika is the new national team coordinator of U. S. men's gymnastics team. Mazeika led the U. S. men to back-to-back Olympic gymnastics medals for the first time. In his new role, he will manage and supervise the technical side of the junior and senior men's national teams. Martha Karolyi has a similar job with the women's national team.
Mazeika coached the U.S. team at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. The Americans won the silver in...

21. Dezember 2009
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics

 * fig-press--:  In the context of the disciplinary proceedings involving Chinese gymnasts Yang Yun and Dong Fangxiao, suspected of having violated minimum age requirements for participation in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the FIG Disciplinary Commission invited the two athletes to appear with representatives from the Chinese Gymnastic Association at a hearing held at FIG headquarters, December 19 - 20, 2009 ....

13. Dezember 2009
Toyota City, Aichi (JPN)
Artistic Gymnastics

The international invitational event, the  "Toyota Cup 2009", was attached by the Japanese hosts, who won six of the ten apparatus decisions.
On men's side the all-around world champion Kohei UCHIMURA (floor; photo left), and his compatriots Eiichi SEKIGUCHI (vault) and Takuya NAKASE (high bar) were successfully.
On women's side Koko TSURUMI (uneven bars), Yuko SHINTAKE (beam) and Kyoko OSHIMA (floor) were the winner.
At first day Ekaterina KURBATOVA won the...

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