19. Januar 2012
Bukarest, Romania
Artistic Gymnastics
Ana PORGRAS: Surprising Retirement shocked Romanians

Romanian media reported, that the 2010 World beam champion Ana Porgras, who won the Longines "Prize for Elegance" but did not medal at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, announced her retirement this week.
"I could not go forward," Progras (18), told Prosport. "I felt that I physically could not - it was hard after so many injuries to take it up again."
2011 was a difficult year for Progras, who came into it riding high...

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14. Januar 2012
London, Plovdiv
Artistic Gymnastics
Jordan JOVCHEV - qualified for his personally sixth Olympic Games

It's unbelievable:  The Bulgarian veteran and president of the Bulgarian Gymnastics Federation, Jordan JOVCHEV  - exactly six weeks before his 39th birthday - had just qualified for his sixth Olympic Games!
With an all-around performance of 82.649 points he made ​​last week in London, at the Pre-Olympics, he will be the only one gymnast with 6 participations world wide!
<< Jordan JOVCHEV thus represents a single starter Bulgaria since...

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10. Januar 2012
London, Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
Olympic Games Test Event started on Tuesday

The Olympic Gymnastics Test Event will take place from the 10th-18th January 2012 and is the second and final chance for gymnasts across all three disciplines (artistic, trampoline and rhythmic) to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The test event will take place in the North Greenwich Arena.
Part of the London Prepares series, this event enables the London 2012 Organising Committee to test crucial aspects of its operations ahead of next year’s Games.
No...

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6. Januar 2012
Brussels, Belgium
Artistic Gymnastics
PREVIEW: 33rd WOMEN s EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012

From 9 till 13 May Europe’s best gymnasts gather in Brussels for the 33rd European Championships Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.
There are about 250 gymnasts from 40 countries expected.

These competitions run during one week in the halls of Brussels Expo, at the Atomium.
The program includes the qualifiers and finals, both individually and in team as juniors and seniors. The European Championships is the last big competition before the 2012 Olympics and is therefore...

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4. Dezember 2011
Ostrava / Czech Republic
Artistic Gymnastics
Sixth and last 2011 Artistic Gymnastic Challenge in Ostrava

The completion of the new "Challenge Series 2011" of World Gymnastics Federation FIG  in continuation of the earlier World Cup circuit of single apparatus  took place in Ostrava, Czech.
At the local "Grand Prix 2011" primarily athletes of the second international row started there. So Andrei Likhovitsky (on floor) and Ivan Tsarevich (horizontal bar)  won for the most successful country Belarus.
 In the women's competition was Valeria Maksiyuta from Israel devices with victories on vault and balance beam at...

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