18. April 2008
Cottbus / Oslo
Artistic Gymnastics
Espen JANSEN: I ll do gymnastics as long as I like it...!

Veteran and world record holder Espen JANSEN ...
Norwegian Espen JANSEN was not only the by far oldest gymnast (39) in Lausitz-Arena at the last Gymnastics World Cup in Cottbus, but also the only participant who started on all the six apparatuses - he was therewith (unofficially) the best in the all-around competition in this event and gained remarkable 81,725 points. 
Already at the last World Championships 2007 in Stuttgart the man from Oslo was the oldest...

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16. April 2008
Tokio / Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
First Japanese national Olympic Trials in Tokyo

The 19-year-old Koehei UCHIMURA beats the expierenced members of the Japanese golden Olympic team at the first national Olympic trials with a score of 182.500 points after the second day in Tokyo.

Uchimura made his first international events in Europe last year and was finalist of the world cup event in Paris...

On women's side, the 22-year-old Miki UEMURA from the Japanese WOLRDS- team, which ranked 12th in Stuttgart, won the all-around with 116,900 points ...

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13. April 2008
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
WORLD CUP: WOMEN s Finals - Day 2 ...

WOMEN's FINAL EVENTS, Part  2
(Balance Beam & Floor).

>> GOLD for Xiao, Sha (CHN) and Sandra Izbasa (ROU)!

In today’s Women´s second finals at the FIG-Worldcup in the Lausitz-Arena from Cottbus (Germany) the favourites in Balance Beam and Floor Exercises triumphed once again:
On beam Xiao, Sha (CHN) was unbeatable with a brilliant routine. On floor exercise Sandra Izbasa (ROU) convinced with...

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13. April 2008
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
WORLD CUP, Cottbus: MEN s Finals, 2nd day

MEN's World Cup FINAL, day 2
 (Vault; Parallel Bars; High Bar)

>> GOLD for Yakubovskyi (UKR), Li (CHN) and  Zou (CHN)

Everything was possible in the competition on vault on the second day of the men's finals of the FIG World Cup tournament in the Lausitz-Arena in Cottbus. The defending World Champion on vault s Leszek Blanik (POL) had retreated because of an injury. Hence the gymnast with the most difficult programm came in first  - Oleksandr Yakubovskyi from the Ukraine...

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13. April 2008
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
2008 WORLD CUP No. 2: Cottbus Tournament- GYMmedia EVENT SERVICE -

As a tradition,  the European Gymnastics Service GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL
reports from the artistic gymnastics world cup "Tournament of Masters" and will do so this year as well. The tournament is held from April 11 - 13 in Cottbus, Germany.
The German company SPIETH Gymnastic  supports the  GYMmedia Event service for the tenth time in this competition and therewith supports our concern for the worldwide coverage of information on this topic...
... more than 170 athletes, representing 41...

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