4. Februar 2009
Finland
Artistic Gymnastics
Former World champion Tanskanen - Technical Director now

Finnish Gymnastics Federation (Svoli) has appointed former top gymnast Jani TANSKANEN (33) as Technical Director for men’s artistic gymnastics.

The World Champion on high bar 1997 (Lausanne) is a familiar face to international gymnastics scene thanks to his long career as a gymnast.

Tanskanen competed in all eleven World Championships from 1994 (Brisbane) up to the 2007 Worlds in Stuttgart.
He also participated in numerous world cup events < photo left: World Cup...

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2. Februar 2009
Herkenrath
Artistic Gymnastics
GYMmedia interview: Oleg Chekmarev shortly before leaving for a training camp in the US

As was reported last week, the German national women's gymnastics squad is setting off today for Piano (Tenn./USA) where they will train at the "WORLD OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS ACADEMY' (WOGA) run by Valeri Liukin, whose daughter Nastia wrote history in 2008 by winning overall gold at the Olympics.  

<< CHAMPION MAKER ...:
The group also includes Herkenrath coach Oleg CHEKMAREV, who trains Anja Brinker, the only member of the 2008 German Olympic team to be participating in the training camp....

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31. Januar 2009
Austria
Artistic Gymnastics
Austria s World Cup bronze medal winner Sandra Mayer announces her retirement

* Ö F T --: Just under two years after her last competition at the World Cup in Cottbus in March 2007, which ended sadly with a torn cruciate ligament, Austrian gymnast  Sandra Mayer has now drawn a line under her career as an active gymnast and  in the last week of January 2009 announced her retirement from international competition.
The 20-year old who won the Austrian national championships six times was the first Austrian gymnast to win a World Cup...

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29. Januar 2009
Chemnitz, Bergisch Gladbach
Artistic Gymnastics
Training camp in the USA: Germany needs new gymnasts!

Anja BRINKER of Herkenrath will be the only member of the German gymnastics team from the last Olympics to participate in the national squad training camp in the USA, which is to take place in Piano, Texas from 2 - 10 February at the training centre of Olympic gold medal winner Anastasia Liukin.
Joeline MÖBIUS of TuS Chemnitz-Altenhof was the last to withdraw on account of back problems. 
Oksana Chusovitina, who is still injured, is currently coaching the Uzbek...

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24. Januar 2009
Indianapolis, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Nastia LIUKIN named 2008 USOC Co-Sportswoman of the Year

2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, was named the 2008 U.S. Olympic Committee's (USOC) "Co-SportsWoman of the Year" with swimmer Natalie Coughlin.

<< The Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin (photo, left: gymmedia), who earned five medals at the 2008 Olympic Games, is the third individual gymnast to win this award, joining Kim Zmeskal (1991) and Carly Patterson (2004).

Swimmer Michael Phelps, the U.S. Men's National Volleyball...

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