31. Mai 2008
Moscow / Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
World Cup 2008 World Stars in Russia

At the Thursday's qualification rounds of the "2008 World Stars" competition (- world cup no. 5 of the Olympic season) the Swiss athletes are happy about five final places...
So Patrick DOMINGUEZ startedat the Friday's floor and vault finals in the sport complex "Olympisky" of the Russian metrople...
* ... sorry, but we are just waiting for the Friday's final results from the Russian organizers...

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31. Mai 2008
Kiev / Ukraine
Artistic Gymnastics
Boris SHAKHLIN - the Ukrainian, legendary M A N of I R O N , passed away ....

Boris, the big "Iron Man" died ...!...!
With a big sadness the international gymnastics family mourns the dead of one of it's biggest representative...:
Yesterday, May 30, in his hometown Kiev , Ukraine,
<< Boris Anfiyanovich S H A K H L I N died at the age of 76 years!
He was one of the most prominent figure of the former Soviet, later Ukrainian and also world sports scene and one of the most successfully...

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24. Mai 2008
Houston, Texas / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
David SENDER won the USA National All-around Title

David SENDER of Arlington Heights, Ill., won the men’s all-around title at the 2008 Visa Championships at Reliant Park in Houston.
Sender, who also took top honors in the vault, is one of 14 men who will advance to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics, June 19-22, in Philadelphia.

The 10 men who qualified for the senior men’s national team based on the points system and will advance to the U.S. Olympic Team...

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16. Mai 2008
Tianjin / China
Artistic Gymnastics
Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Event in Tianjin

One week after the 2008 Nationals of the Olympic host China, the Chinese Gymnastics Federation welcomed a part of the wolrldS elite at the fourth F.I.G. World Cup Event of the 2008 Olympic season:
Not unexpectedly  the Chinese hosts won eight of 10 possible titles at Thursday, May 15 !
The non-Chinese winner were the Japanese Kohei UCHIMURA on floor exercises,
and the 2007 World's bronze medallist from North-Korea, RI Se Gwang,...

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16. Mai 2008
Tianjin / China
Artistic Gymnastics
Beijing Olympic Games - Drawing of Lots

The International Gymnastics Federation  F.I.G. has published the results of the drawing of lots for the three Olympic gymnastics disciplines, which where held in Tianjin (China), host of the 1999 artistic gymnastics Worlds.
Here are the starting orders for all the qualification rounds in artistic, rhythmic and trampoline gymnastics qualification rounds...:

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