... TdM 2008 as dress rehearsal for ECh
The 32nd International Tournament of Masters is to take place two weeks later than originally planned in the Olympic year 2008 at the Cottbus Lausitz-Arena. The new dates for the tournament are the 11th to 13th April 2008.
The gymnastics tournament will thus become a dress rehearsal for the men's European championships which will take place in Lausanne (Switzerland) just a little later...
At the Stuttgart 'House of Sports' the drawing of lots both for the men and women for the upcoming world championships in artistic gymnastics, which will be held from September 1st to 9th in the Hans-Martin Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart the 'European Sports Capital'.
These 40th gymnastics world championships have already set a record concerning the number of registrations, with no less than 518 athletes from 84 countries registered!
Olympic and former world champion Valerie Belenki drew the lots...
China's press reported that injured gymnast WANG, Yan is expected to recover the function of the left part of body after she successfully moved her right fingers and leg, a doctor in Shanghai said yesterday.
The 15-year-old gymnast from Zhejiang broke her neck after a fall from the uneven bars at China's National Championships in Shanghai last Sunday.
Wang fell on her head after leaving the high bar in the women's qualifying event while completing a 360-degree flip.
She...
The long time Swedish champion Veronica WAGNER was the most successful gymnast at the women's artistic gymnastics world cup, which was held in Buenos Aires, last weekend.
In the absence of most of the leading international rivals, she was first on vault and balance beam.
World cup winner on uneven bars was the 24 years old German Katja ABEL from Berlin and the young Russian Daria ELIZAROVA won on floor exercises.
Swiss pair Kaeslin/Böschenstein signed on
The organizers of the artistic gymnastics SWISS CUP which will take place from 4th November 2007 in the Zurich Hallenstadion plan to present to their audience a first rank field of participants once again this year.
The aim is to get male and female athletes in ten first class national teams to compete in a pairs competition.
The first-class Swiss duo
<< Ariella Kaeslin und Niki Böschenstein has already been signed on....