12. August 2007
Bangkok / Thailand
Artistic Gymnastics
XXIV. Universiade 2007 - Ukraine and Japan most successful

From August 8 - 18 the XXIV UNIVERSIADE 2007 was held in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. The artistic gymnastics competitions started on Thursday, August  9 with the women's team qualifications in the Arena Hall "IMPACT" Exhibition and Convention Center of Bangkok.
Hasashi MIZUTORI is the new World Champion of Students. With a total score of 92,450 points he won in front of GUO, Weydong (CHN) and Koki SAKAMURA (JPN).
After winning the women's team decision the member of...

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11. August 2007
Schaffhausen / Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
Rumania wins in front of a strong German Team

Triple Meet with strong German team  
Of course, the victory of the Rumanian national team in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, with 238,150 points, had been expected, but Germany ranked in second place with a difference of  1.45 points only; they also beat the Rumanian favorites on vault ( 58.45 : 57,75) and also on uneven bars (61,35 : 57,80).

Olympic Champion Catalina PONOR earned the highest score on balance beam (16.300 - team result: 63.100), but teammate Steliana NISTOR was the best...

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11. August 2007
Schaffhausen / Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
Romania and Hambuechen on top

Germany nominates its Worlds Team 
In the evening in Schaffhausen the men's triple meet took place:
The Romanian men's team was also the best and won with a score of exactly 365,00 points, followed by Germany (360,300) and the host Switzerland (354,100).

Best all-around was the bronze medallist of the last worlds in Aarhus, the German Fabian HAMBUECHEN, with a score of 91,850.
In second place came the Romanian Razvan SELARIU (90,850) and in third...

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10. August 2007
Beijing / China
Artistic Gymnastics
At the 2008 Olympics too: The world jumps on PEGASES ...

'BOCOG' confirmed Olympic Suppliers 2008...
The Beijing Olympic Committee for the Olympic Games 2008 (BOCOG) has just announced the "Official Supplier" of the 2008 Olympic Games.
The Dutch company "Janssen–Fritsen" from Helmond/NED has once again been selected, for the 5th time, to supply the artistic gymnastics equipment which will be used at the Olympic Games 2008 in the Chinese capital.
<< "Made in Holland, Used in Beijing" 
- under this slogan and  equipped with the newest and most...

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8. August 2007
Amsterdam / Netherlands
Artistic Gymnastics
Preparations for the next European Championships

To the first time the Organizing Committee of the next, the 2nd European Individual Championships, which will held in Amsterdam (2007, April 26 to 29), met in the Dutch metropole.
This first official meeting with the local organizing committee (LOC) under the direction of the President WTC/UEG, Marie-Paule Hoffmann shows that the preparations progress very well indeed....

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