27. Februar 2008
San Juan / Puerto Rico
Artistic Gymnastics
Diego LIZARDI died in a car accident ...

Diego LIZARDI (32), a gymnast who represented Puerto Rico in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, died in a car accident.  He was driving on a winding stretch of highway last week when his car collided with a cement truck, killing him instantly, police said.

The governor and athletes from across the island are expected to attend a ceremony last Saturday in San Juan honoring Lizardi.

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19. Februar 2008
St. Petersburg, Beijing
Artistic Gymnastics
Comaneci expects Chinese success in Olympic gymnastics

Nadja Comaneci, in conversation with the Chinese press...
On the edge of the awarding ceremony of "9th Laureus World Sports Award" last weekend at the Marinski Theater in St. Petersburg the  gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci was a very desired converser for journalists from all over the world.
The Olympic heroine of Montreal 1976 was one of the 44 distinguished members of the awarding jury in St. Petersburg
Comaneci, looking to the Olympics in August, sang high praise for...

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18. Februar 2008
Bergisch Gladbach / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Anja Brinker: Sportswoman of the Year 2007 at Home...!

... a good start into the Olympic Year!
The all-around number 10 of the last year's European Championship in Amsterdam, Anja BRINKER from the regional German "Rheinischer Turnerbund" (RTB) got the distinction of the "Sportswoman of the Year 2007" in her homeland.
Just now she started together with the German national team and personally with a high motivation into the Olympic year 2008.
Having returned from the national training camp in Kienbaum, the 17-year-old
uneven...

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18. Februar 2008
Karlsruhe / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
GYM JOB EXCHANGE: German Artistic Gymnastics with interest Offers for Coaches

One of the most traditional German centers for talents of women's artistic gynmnastics is just expanding more and more:
The regional Artistic Gymnastics Center Karlsruhe-Soellingen is seeking for a coach with properties for working in a team and strategic qualities to develop the structure in the center and around the region ...

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10. Februar 2008
Las Vegas / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Paul HAMM wins 2008 Winter Cup

Defending Olympic all-around champion, Paul Hamm of Waukesha, Wis., won the all-around at the Winter Cup Challenge at the Las Vegas Sports Center in Las Vegas, Nev.  This is the first time Hamm has competed in a full all-around event since the 2004 Olympics.
Hamm posted a two-day total score of 185.850 points, followed by Raj Bhavsar of Houston in second and Alexander Artemev of Morrison Colo....

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