4. März 2004
Berlin Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
PREVIEW: 9th OBI CUP for young Talents

Saturday, March, the 6th take place the 9th INTERNATIONAL OBI CUP in the German capital Berlin.
Host is the 'Wecker Club' SC Berlin and the organizers welcome 24 teams from 18 different countries, also from USA and Australia.
For the European nations it is a good test for their candidates of the coming European Junior Championships in April (Ljubljana/Slovenia).
Venue is the Lilly Henoch Hall in the Sports Forum of Berlin.
The competition will start on...

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1. März 2004
Koncha Zaspa, Kiv / Ukraine
Artistic Gymnastics
Tragic Accident: Alexander Beresch died!

Gym Family in deep Mourning...!
The day after the spring Ukrainian Cup finished, a tragic automobile accident has taken the life of Olympian and European Champion 2000, Alexander Beresch at Sunday evening. Returning from a visit to a friend's house near the national training centre at Koncha Zaspa at approximately 6 p.m., Beresch's car was hit as it pulled onto Kiev's Stolichnoe Shosse.
Also in the car was Sergei Vialtsev, who survived the wreck but is in intensive...

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29. Februar 2004
New York/USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Patterson, Gatson Crowned Visa American Cup Champions

World all-around silver medalist Carly Patterson, and World all-around finalist Jason Gatson (both USA) earned all-around gold and $10,000 in prize money on Saturday by winning the all-around titles at the 2004 Visa American Cup at Madison Square Garden.
Patterson swept all four events, picking up an additional $1,000 per event, in earning her second consecutive Visa American Cup title. Patterson, bolstered by a 9.850 on beam and 9.837 on floor, finished with a 38.949.

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29. Februar 2004
Madeira / Portugal
Artistic Gymnastics
Grant Golding wins Madeira International

With a score of 53,550 points the Canadian gymnast Grant Golding wins the all-around competition of the '9th International Tournament Madeira Island'.

Second was the Belgian Gunther Cockhuyt. He got 52,650 in all-around and scored the highest points of the competition with 9,650 on pommel horse.
On third place came also a Canadian gymnast: Casey Sandy with a total of 52,600 points.....
>> ... Results, all:

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28. Februar 2004
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
The first Winner in Cottbus: The Hotels!

World Cup as an economical Factor !
The managements of the top hotels in Cottbus are very happy this year about the situation one week before: They are sell off already!!
More than 170 participants and about 2,000 accomodations.... that's a doubble new record in the long history of this European tournament.
So this world cup is a real economical factor now in the area of Lausitz, an area with a lot of gravely economical problems! This...

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