18. September 2008
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
PREVIEW: XXIII. INTERNATIONALER GWG Cup 2008

Also the 23rd anniversary of one of the top level international talent event of artistic gymnastics will held in the German city of Cottbus.
The Japanese and Italian delegations are are welcomed at the first in Cottbus, today...!
The  XXIII. INTERNATIONALEN G W G - GUP  2008 , which will held September 20 - 21 at the Lausitz arena, the same venue, like the traditional "Cottbus World Cup Event, every spring.
The organizers will welcom...

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13. September 2008
Magglingen, Schweiz
Artistic Gymnastics
Schweiz wechselt gesamte Trainer-Crew aus!

"Im Leistungszentrum in Magglingen weht bald ein neuer Wind", so jedenfalls kommentierte die Schweizer Presse den heftigen Wechsel des gesamten Trainerteams im Bereich Männer Kunstturnen, und:
Seit langem wird mit Beni Fluck (52) wieder ein Schweizer Cheftrainer im europäischen Turn-Traditionsland an der Spitze stehen:
Der neue Chef Bernhard «Beni» Fluck betreute bisher den Nachwuchs. Er war Trainer jener Junioren-Riege, die an den Europameisterschaften 2002 in Patras hinter Russland sensationell die Silbermedaille errungen hatte. Mit Ausnahme von Christoph...

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10. September 2008
London, Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
PREVIEW: 2009 World Championships Artistic Gymnastics

The O2 Arena, London 13th-18th October 2009
British Gymnastics are thrilled to announce that the 41st  World Artistic Gymnastic Championships will be coming to "The O2 in London"  in October 2009. This will be the first time the event has ever been held in the capital and a welcome return to the United Kingdom after a decade away.
Beijing 2008 has shown the huge potential and talent of our young...

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6. September 2008
Bucharest, Romania
Artistic Gymnastics
Dragulescu retires due to health reasons

Six-time Romanian world champion (2001 - 2006), the  gymnast Marian DRAGULESCU, is retiring because of health reasons and plans to become a trainer.

One of the world's top vaulters, the 28-year-old Marian Dragulescu said Thursday, that he would retire after medical tests revealed he had chronic back problems.
To the Romanian press he said, that he would likely train young gymnasts for the Dinamo Bucharest club.

Dragulescu was bitterly upset when he failed...

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4. September 2008
Hanoi, Vietnam
Artistic Gymnastics
once again: Diuretic Furosemide in Gymnastics!

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will also be remembered for a number of doping scandals, one of which involved Vietnamese gymnast Do Thi Ngan Thuong, who tested positive for a banned substance after finishing last in the women’s floor exercises.

Also the Hanoi press affirmed, that the 19-year-old, who was the only female representative in artistic gymnastics from Southeast Asia, was found to have taken diuretic furosemide – a readily available drug that can be...

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