23. Dezember 2007
Baden-Baden/Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Fabian HAMBUECHEN: German SPORTSMEN of THE YEAR 2007!

The German vice all-around and high bar world champion Fabian Hambüchen, - winning the bronze medal with his team at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, was elected as the "German Sportsman of the Year 2007", and the German artistic Gymnastics men's team ranked on sixth place - even in front of the German soccer team (8th) - it's a little sensation in Germany of course, but it is also a proof of Germany's long gymnastics tradition in...

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16. Dezember 2007
Abbotsford, Canada
Artistic Gymnastics
Elite Canada 2007 - Artistic Gymnastics

Elite Canada 2007 - Artistic Gymnastics
Nearly 200 gymnasts in eight age categories, including top-ranked Olympic contenders Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs of Toronto and Nathan Gafuik of Calgary, are set to compete December 14-16 at the 2007 Elite Canada competition in Abbotsford, British Columbia/CAN.
After second day Nathan GAFUIK from Calgary was th best in all-around...

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14. Dezember 2007
Germany, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
A really Fascinating Gymnastics Book ...!!!

FASZINATION TURNEN ("Fascination Gymnastics")
(bilingually: English & German)
The FIG Official Photographer, German Volker MINKUS, signed an illustration of the “The Beauty of Gymnastics”, a superbly unique album dedicated to the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships of Stuttgart 2007.
Written by Andreas GOTZE and Michael WEBER, designed by the former German world champion on rings, Andreas AGUILAR (1989), the book is available at
>> www.turn-wm-buch.de

*... more...

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10. Dezember 2007
Plano /USA
Artistic Gymnastics
12th LIUKIN INVITATIONAL2007

Japanese Shogo OTSUKI  (87.300)  won the all-around competition of the 12th "LIUKIN INVITATIONAL 2007", held Saturday at  the "World Olympic Gymnastics Academy" (WOGA) in Plano, Texas. On second place of men's all-around came Hojo YODAI with 86.900 points. U.S. junior national team member Danell LEYVA placed third all-around with 86.850, edging Japan's Yamamoto Masayoshi (86.750) and Ito Go (86.650).

The Houston Gymnastics Academy  (WOGA)
won a close team competition, edging the Japanese national team, 177.800-177.350.  Team USOTC and...

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10. Dezember 2007
TOYOTA-AICHI / Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
TOYOTA INTERNATIONAL 2007

Oksana Chusovitina (GER) on vault), Iryna Krasnianska (UKR) on uneven bars, Steliana NISTOR (ROU) on beam and  Chellsie MEMMEL (USA) on floor were the winners of the 2007 TOYOTA INTERNATIONAL, which was held in Toyota City (Prov. Aichi), last weekend.

On men's side the Japanese host won on parallel bars with Shun KUWAHARA and by  Hisashi MIZUTORI on high bar followed by two strong Germans Weber and Gladow.
KIM, Dae-Eun (KOR)...

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