37th Anniversary of
the oldest European Gymnastics Tournament
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The German "Turn-Club 72" in Leverkusen invites for now 37th edition of the International Leverkusen Cup 2012 in female artistic gymnastics on Saturday, September 8 (6.00 pm), in the Smidt ARENA.
In the Olympic disciplines of vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercises in this year a number of international participants with their teams from England, Holland, Russia and South Africa expected the hosts...
The Lixin County government of Bozhou has awarded the Chinese Olympic champion on balance beam, Deng Linlin, a brand new apartment and ¥100,000 RMB (approx. $16,000 USD) for her achievements. In addition, they are building a new city recreation center that will be named after her.
The Anhui provincial government awards about ¥500,000 RMB (approx. $80,000 USD) for a gold medal (If Deng were to come from bigger provinces like Shandong, that figure shoots up to ¥1,000,000 RMB). Plus the...
Romanian Maria Simionescu passed away on August 21, 2012 at the age of 85, following a long and difficult illness. She was one of the key figures in women’s artistic gymnastics, as an educator, national coach and latterly, from 1972 to 1996, as a senior FIG official. At national level, Maria Simionescu devoted her entire career to the development of Romanian gymnastics.
Born on September 29, 1927 in Bucharest, she graduated from the National Sports Institute in 1953,...
Last weekend took place the 90th anniversary of the "Jahn Memorial", a big outdoor festival of artistic gymnastics in memoriam of the German founder of gymnastics, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn.
Among of more than 1,100 guests and participants of age groups between14 to 90 years were also a lot of former German international top-stars, like Erika Zuchold world champion on beam 1970 and Klaus Koeste Olympic champion (Munich, 1972, vault), and the "hero of Mexico-City" (1968), Willi Jaschek.
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