27. Januar 2008
Culver City, Calif./USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Dominique Dawes - one of the legendary Magnificent Seven ...

In an interview on the U.S channel 4KNBC the member of the 1996 "Magnificent Seven" US  team", Dominique DAWES (31) said: "I backed away [from gymnastics] for about a year and realized, 'I need to come back to the sport.'
Dawes, in Culver City (Calif.) for a meet, said. "After my three Olympics, I've definitely changed my passion, and it's focused on motivating young people, as well as women."
More than a decade removed from helping the U.S....

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27. Januar 2008
Lausanne/Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
F.I.G. Head Quarter changed to Lausanne

fig-press: -- The "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique" (F.I.G.) has settled on Lausanne for its head office. Members of the Executive took their decision yesterday at an extraordinary assembly in the presence of their President, Bruno Grandi ...

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24. Januar 2008
France
Artistic Gymnastics
French National Coach being attacked ...

According to French media reports, now a French court has agreed to hear the complaint against national head coach Yves Kieffer brought by the family of 16-year-old gymnast  Cloé Briand (right). Kieffer has asked to "temporarily" step down from his post.
French media published this week, that the board of the French Gymnastics Federation (FFG)  asked its President Jacques Rey to take action to absolve the French women's artistic gymnastics coach YvesKieffer from his duties ....

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17. Januar 2008
Huntington / GBR
Artistic Gymnastics
Lous SMITH awarded!

<< Louis Smith from Huntingdon Olympic Gym Club, was announced one of the recipients of the BOA Olympic Athlete of the Year trophy on Wednesday, 16 January.  The 18-year old, coached by Paul Hall, broke through to the Senior world elite, by winning the Bronze medal on Pommel Horse at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart. Smith was twice Junior European Champion on this apparatus, in Lubljana (SLO) 2004 and Volos (GRE) 2006. 
Introduced...

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16. Januar 2008
Beijing / Havanna
Artistic Gymnastics
China and Cuba enlarge sports cooperation

Cuba and China are enlarging their cooperation in sports as part of the preparation of athletes from both countries for the Olympic Games of Beijing next summer. Vice president of the Cuban Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), Sen. Angel Iglesias, told the press that groups of Cuban athletes will participate in 19 training camps in the Asian country while Chinese athletes will compete in several tournaments on the island. China will be represented for the first...

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