For the first time after 44 years, a gymnast from Luxembourg will participate in the Olympic Games!
On August 15th, when the gymnastics competitions in Beijing are taking place,  Sascha PALGEN from Rümlingen will celebrate his 24th birthday in Beijing.
Twenty years before his birth, in 1964, gmynastics legend Josef STOFFEL accomplished his 5th participation in Olympic Games as the last Luxembourger. He therewith hold a record, which could only broken by husky Jordan JOVTCHEV from Bulgaria, if...

The host of the upcoming European Championships in Clermont-Ferrand won a dual meet versus Great Britain in Blackpool/GBR last Saturday.
French team won with 229,300 : 227,500 and  Pauline Morel (FRA) was the best gymnast in all-around (58,250), followed by the best British gymnast, Becky Downie (58,100) and Laura Jones (57,250).
France and Great Britain placed sixth and seventh, respectively at the last Worlds 2007 in Stuttgart.
British juniors defeated the French team  219,650 :...