16. März 2011
Guatemala-City
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG-Academy now in Central America after Malaysia

In continuation of the FIG Age Group Project last month in Malaysia, the second course for the Central American Countries and the Caribbean took place in Guatemala.
A total of 35 trainers from eight countries - Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dominican Republic - participated .

The experts of the FIG Trainer Academy, Joanne RICHARDS (AUS), Hardy FINK (CAN; < photo, left) und Dieter HOFMANN...

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13. März 2011
Cottbus, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
First FIG Challenger Cup 2011 finished in Cottbus

With the 35th anniversary of the traditional "Turnier der Meisters" in Cottbus (Germany), which was a world cup category B event in the last decennium,
the International Gymnastics Federation starts a new circuit with the qualification rounds this Friday in Cottbus. The world cup events, graduated in two levels:
* Four World Cup events (category A) with some of the world's top stars of all-around competitions and added by six so-called "Artistic Challenge Cups", in old making individual apparatus finals....

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5. März 2011
Jacksonville, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Jonathan Horten and Jordyn Wieber won 2011 American Cup

<< Jonathan Horton and Jordyn Wieber from USA won the 2011 AT&T American Cup all-around titles Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.
It was the prelude of a FIG World Cup circuit of altogether four all-around events this year.

Jonathan Horton won his third American Cup titel with a score of 90,198 points after a strong fight against the Ukrainian Mykola Kuksenkov (-0,166).
Third was Jake Dalton (USA) in absence of the Japanese world champion Kohei Uchimura....

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3. März 2011
Jacksonville, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG World Cup Circuit starts with the American Cup 2011

The USA Gymnastics Federation announced the addition of Jordyn Wieber (USA) to the line-up for the first 2011 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup scheduled for March 5 in Jacksonville, Florida (USA) and to the first time as an official FIG World Cup event following a new WC system.

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2. März 2011
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Artistic Gymnastics
F.I.G. Training Course in Malaysia

Organised by the FIG and especially initiated by its President, Prof. Bruno Grandi, international and methodical training experts have elaborated development programs that are in particular suitable for countries that are at the beginning of their development in artistic gymnastics.

Authors of these training programs are Hardy Fink (CAN) for the competition program and Dieter Hofmann (GER/SUI) for the technical and athletics program.

The first course took place last week in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)….

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