25. März 2007
Lobnya / Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
Russian National Championships 2007

Deviatovski won the first individual title

From Wednesday (March 21) to Sunday (25) the Russian Championships 2007 of men's and women's artistic gymnastics will take place in the Sports Palace of Lobnya, near Moscow.

Maxim Deviatovski - leading after the qualification rounds - won the all-around title of the Russian Championships on women's side Ksenia Semyonova won to the first time this national title.

On Sunday six different men and four different women won the "Russian...

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23. März 2007
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
WORLD CUP: 31. TURNIER DER MEISTER 2007 >> Women s Qualification

Women's Qualification!
With 39 gymnasts the women's entry field is quite a bit smaller than the men's one.
The long qualification day is meanwhile over for the women. Quite a few insecurities could be seen but on the other hand also quite a few good routines were presented.

Especially convincing were the performances of young, upcoming talents like Daria Joura (AUS; 2x finals), Jade Barbosa (BRA; 3x finals) ), Elsa Garcia (MEX; 3x) and Aluissa...

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23. März 2007
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
31. TURNIER DER MEISTER 2007 >> MEN s Qualification rounds

Impressive field of top participants!

Altogether 100 athletes representing 39 nations took part in Friday's qualification rounds of the World Cup in the Lausitz Arena of Cottbus! It was a qualification marathone from 1 to 8 p.m. - this modus is not an act of advertisement for modern gymnastics!

The biggest rush was seen seen on pommel horse: 54 gymnasts were on the start lists there, 53 on parallel bars - and only eight spots for the final were available...!

Meanwhile the long qualification day has...

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19. März 2007
Leipzig
Artistic Gymnastics
Erika ZUCHOLD - from international star to artist

Today, on March 19, one of the greatest and most famous German gymnasts worldwide celebrates her 60th birthday.
Erika ZUCHOLD from Leipzig was one of the best known personalities in international gymnastics in the sixties and seventies of the 20th century, along with Karin Büttner-Janz and before Maxi Gnauck .
In all her varius roles - as the first women to dare perform a flicflac on the beam (1964), as the winner of the silver medal at the Mexico...

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18. März 2007
Paris / France
Artistic Gymnastics
Italian Festival at the World Cup in Paris-Bercy

At the first world cup of the season in Paris-Bercy, France, Italian women's gymnastics got a total triumph: All-around world champion Vanessa FERRARI won on three apparatuses and her teammate Carlotta GIOVANNI on vault.
After than Igor CASSINA was the best on men's high bar!

On men's side Marian DRAGULESCU (ROU) succeeded on floor and vault, the Chineses TENG, Haibin (pommel horse) and FENG Zhe (parallel bars) and Kai Wen TAN (USA; rings) were the other winners in...

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