30. Juli 2008
Lausanne / Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
USA gymnast tests positive, THE FIG WILL NOT APPEAL

 Lausanne (SUI) FIG Office: --- The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced on July 3, 2008 that gymnast Morgan Hamm (artistic), tested positive for triamcinolone acetonide (glucocorticostreroïd) on May 24, 2008, accepted a public warning for this first offence.

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25. Juli 2008
Crailshaim / Minsk
Artistic Gymnastics
Belarus extented contract with shoe label I W A

The Byelorussian Gymnastics Federation and the German company "IWA Gymnastics" - worldwide wellknown producer of gymnastics shoes - extended their outfitter contract for the next Olympic period until London 2012.
Today Mr. Andrei FEDOROV from the Belarus and the IWA Managing director, Mr. Dieter WAHL signed the contracts in Crailshaim, Germany.

So the gym shoe label "IWA" will stay in this very successfully partnership from 2000 on, also for the next four years...

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23. Juli 2008
Bergisch Gladbach
Artistic Gymnastics
Farewell Ceremony for the DTB Women s Gymnastics Team

The German Women's Gymnastics Team for the Olympic Games, who are leaving on Friday 25 July 2008 in order to acclimatise at a training camp in Kamo-City (Japan), have now completed their "direct preparation" for competition in the Olympics at the German National Training Centre at Bergisch Gladbach.
Before the gymnasts were allowed to return to their clubs for a few days of home training, the Technical Rubber Products section of the company LANXESS AG in Leverkusen took advantage of the proximity of...

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19. Juli 2008
Dessau / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Germans beat European Selections - Hambuechen with a world record ...

Hambuechen scored a high bar world record...!
The German men's Olympic team won a friendly meet versus two European Olympic Mix Selection - represented by a lot of reputed European stars and champions, all individual qualified for Olympic Games - with a score of 247,650 points in front of MIXED II (239,350), followed by MIXED I (235,350) points.

In the ANHALT Venue in the "City of Sports" DESSAU more than 2.500 visitors saw also the German...

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12. Juli 2008
Schwäbisch Gmünd
Artistic Gymnastics
Romanian Team winner vs Germany and France

The Romanian artistic gymnastics women's team, without its stars Izbasa and Nistor, won the triple meet in Schwaebisch Gmuend, near Stuttgart  (Germany) with a score of 231,250 points, in front of host Germany (230,150) and France (25,80).
German gymnasts surprised with a top score on uneven bars (61,650), based on a world class competitions of Marie-Sophie Hindermann (Start value 17.4; final: 16.000) and Anja Brinker (15.950), but lost the leading position after the Rumanian balance beam subdivision (60.150)...

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