26. August 2008
Croatia
Artistic Gymnastics
Croatian medalists receive warm welcome in home towns

Croatia's two Olympic medalists received warm welcome on their respective home towns soon after their return from Beijing.
Nearly 3,000 people gathered in the central square of the northern Croatian town of Cakovec to welcome the best Croatian gymnast, Filip Ude, who won a silver medal in the men's pommel horse in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, the Croatian state news agency HINA reported.
Addressing the people who gathered to welcome him...

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25. August 2008
Beijing / China
Artistic Gymnastics
* ... see You in BEIJING 2008: GYMmedia OLYMPIC Website 2008

The European Gymnastics Service "GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL" is providing reports from the "Games of the XXIX Olympiad 2008" in Beijing, concentrating particularly on news about the three gymnastics disciplines ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS, TRAMPOLINE and RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS.
* This service is being supported by the leading manufacturers of gymnastics equipment in these disciplines,
- Janssen-Fritsen (NED) - artistic gymnastics;
- Eurotramp (GER) - trampoline;
- SPIETH Gymnastik (GER) - rhythmic gymnastics.
* ... Games of...

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23. August 2008
Beijing / China
Artistic Gymnastics
Age of Chinese Gymnasts:

INVESTIGATION IN PROCESS

fig-press relase: --- The Executive Committee members of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) held an extraordinary meeting today August 23, to discuss the age of Chinese female gymnasts. ...

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17. August 2008
Beijing / China
Artistic Gymnastics
* ... see You in BEIJING 2008: O L YM P I C S P E C I A L S ( II ) ....

... and what else happens in Beijing  (II) ?
.... in addition to many tourists also over 20,000 journalists are in Beijing. Numerous camera lenses follow almost every move of the athletes with more or less intensity.


"Olympic special" wants to present the moments which are usually overlooked by the majority of the journalists in their run towards the next headlines...


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15. August 2008
Stuttgart, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
WORLD CUP: 26th DTB-POKAL: Stuttgart seems like a China Town ...

Three men's  - four women's victories
Altogether 40 gymnasts, representing 18 nations take part at the today's qualification rounds of the world cup event, the 26th DTB-POKAL 2008, in Stuttgart, Germany.
At the Friday's world cup qualification rounds the Chinese CHENG, Fei led at three of the four apparatuses ...
and also after the Saturday's final she won al these three decisions as the most successfully gymnast. Her teammate HE, Ning completed the total Chinese triumph, winning on uneven...

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