21. März 2008
Luxembourg, Stuttgart
Artistic Gymnastics
.... Candidates for the Olympics presented:Sascha PALGEN starts for Luxembourg in Beijing

For the first time after 44 years, a gymnast from Luxembourg will participate in the Olympic Games!
On August 15th, when the gymnastics competitions in Beijing are taking place,  Sascha PALGEN from Rümlingen will celebrate his 24th birthday in Beijing.
Twenty years before his birth, in 1964, gmynastics legend Josef STOFFEL accomplished his 5th participation in Olympic Games as the last Luxembourger. He therewith hold a record, which could only broken by husky Jordan JOVTCHEV from Bulgaria, if...

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20. März 2008
Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
... the IRAQ WAR begun five Years ago::... we remind at the Appeal for Peace of German Sportsmen!

... biggest Peace Initiative by German Sportsmen!
Five years ago, in an Appeal for peace: "SPORTSMEN AGAINST WAR" almost 2.500 German Olympic Champions and participants, World and European Champions and sportsmen turned against the war in Iraq with an unparalleled collection of signatures.
GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL hosted this initiative back then, of which Germany's Olympic Champion in Gymnastics Klaus KOESTE was one of the initiators, together with the German cyling legend Gustav Adolf SCHUR.
People of different confessions, party memberships...

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17. März 2008
Blackpool / Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
French Europeans host won outwards in Great Britain

The host of the upcoming European Championships in Clermont-Ferrand won a dual meet versus Great Britain in Blackpool/GBR last Saturday.
French team won with 229,300 : 227,500 and  Pauline Morel (FRA) was the best gymnast in all-around (58,250), followed by the best British gymnast, Becky Downie (58,100) and Laura Jones (57,250).
France and Great Britain placed sixth and seventh, respectively at the last Worlds 2007 in Stuttgart.
British juniors defeated the French team  219,650 :...

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15. März 2008
Friedberg / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
German victory and Europeans Nomination

The German women's national team celebrated a clear victory in the international meeting versus the Netherlands in Friedberg, Bavaria, winning clearly with 174,15 to 152,05 Punkten.

Best in all-around was Katja ABEL from Berlin with 56,70 points.
After the competition, which was the second qualification for the European Championships at the same time, the German EuCh-team was nominated. The Saxonian federation will be the strongest in the team for the EuCh in France, with the two gymnastsJoeline Möbius and Jenny Brunner...

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15. März 2008
Beijing / China
Artistic Gymnastics
Olympic Wild Cards to Yemen and Vietnam

The US gymnastics magazine "International Gymnast" reports, that
the final remaining berths for the 2008 Olympic Games have been awarded to a female from Vietnam and a male from Yemen:
Vietnam's Thuong Di Thi Ngan (19) and Yemen's Nashwan Al-Hazari are the reported recipients of the Wild Card berths selected by a tripartite commission.

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