2. März 2011
Calheta/Madeira, Portugal
Artistic Gymnastics
Rafael Martinez won on Madeira Island

Last weekend in Madeira Island the Madeira Gymnastics Association (AGIM) organised another edition of the Gymnastics International Tournament in Madeira Island, with two parts: a mix of rhythmic and artistic competition. Last year, this tournament was postponed due to the floods that happened in the island in February 2010. This the organizers started again with the 14th anniversary and they hope for more participating next year again...!
But some international top stars already came on the wounderfl island already 2011, like Saso...

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2. März 2011
Stoke on Trent, Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
2011 Artistic English Championships

Kristian Thomas (Earls GC) and Hannah Whelan (City of Liverpool) claimed the all-around Senior titles at the 2011 English Championships at Fenton Manor, Stoke on Trent on Saturday 26th February.

The Silver and the Bronze medals in this first major domestic event for the year went to Matthew Firth (City of Leeds GC) and Max Whitlock (South Essex Gymnastics) in the Men’s event and to Jennifer Pinches (City of Liverpool) and Danusia Francis (Heathrow GC), in the Women’s...

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27. Februar 2011
Moscow, Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
Maxim Deviatovski and Anna Dementyeva are new Russian Champions

After the Women on Wednesday now the Russian men fought for the title of a Russian All-around Champion in Moscow on Thursday.
Winner with  ascore of 87,900 points were Maxim Deviatovski.
On second place came Pavel Russinyak (87,000) followed by Nikita Ignatyev (86,100) on third.
Russias best all-around competitor of the 2010 Worlds in Rotterdam, Sergey Khorokhordin, among the 53 active participants. Only 38 of them made a complete all-around competion with all sic apparatus.
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26. Februar 2011
Houston/Texas, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Daria Yelizarova won the Svetlana Invitational in Houston

* Intern. gymnast  reports about the "BOGINSKAYA INVITATIONAL 2011", which was held last weekend in Houston, Texas (USA).
The competition was organized by and named for three-time Olympian Svetlana BOGINSKAY of Belarus.
Boginskaya, the 1989 world all-around champion, has lived in Texas since 1993. Competing under Level 10 scoring, Daria YELIZAROVA captured the senior title with 38.850.

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25. Februar 2011
Warner Springs, Calif., USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Frank Bare, US Gymnasics Legend, passed away ...

* usoc-pressbox --: << Frank BARE of Warner Springs, Calif., the first executive director for the U.S. Gymnastics Federation now doing business as USA Gymnastics, died earlier today of pneumonia at the age of 80. 
Following a decorated collegiate gymnastics career at the University of Illinois that included a national NCAA pommel horse title, Bare went on to become one of the most influential men in gymnastics in the United States.
Bare was a member of the FIG’s...

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