1. Mai 2005
Ghent / Belgium
Artistic Gymnastics
World Cup Ghent: Winners came from nine different nations!

The winners of the 2nd World Cup Ghent 2005 in men's category came from 6 different countries: Brandon O'Neil from Great Britain (floor), Robert Seligmann from Croatia (pommel), Yuri van Gelder from Netherlands (rings), Razvan Selariu from Romania (vault), Andreu Vivo from Spain (p.bars) and on high bar Yernar Yerimbetov from Kazhakhstan...
Most successful in women's category was Alicia Saramone from USA, winning vault and floor. Best gymnast on bars was the British Beth Tweddle and Olympic Champion Catalina...

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30. April 2005
Ghent / Belgium
Artistic Gymnastics
Qualification Day at the World Cup in Gent

TODAY: Qualifications in Ghent....
The Flemish city of Ghent hosts its 2nd World Cup tournament, starting with the qualification round on Saturday, following by the complete men's and women's finals on Sunday.
The 1st Ghent World Cup was held last year, and editions for 2006 and 2007 have already been confirmed.
Ghent was also host of the 2001 World Championships, the champs with the 'Pegases premiere'....
and today are held the qualification rounds...:

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27. April 2005
Moutier / Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
Grandi: We Must Move Forward

The International Gymnastics Federation F.I.G. published a letter of its president Bruno Grandi, in which he appeals the gymnastics family for unity...
Despite acknowledging the backlash against his proposed Code of Points, FIG President Bruno Grandi is moving forward with his agenda to completely restructure gymnastics judging.
>> Look at Letter of F.I.G. President English version
>> La Lettre du President (French version)
>> Brief des Präsidenten (German version)

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23. April 2005
Erzingen/GER; Geneva/SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
German Victory vs Switzerland and strong French Juniors....

In Erzingen the German men's team won a dual meet versus the Swiss national team with a score of 214,300 : 210,200 points.
Best in individual all-around was Claudio Capelli (SUI; 52,90).
>> ... more on www.gymmedia.de

In Geneva the French juniors were the winner of the traditional friendly meet between host Switzerland, Germany and Great Britain and France with 199,950 points, followed by Germany (198,650), Switzerland (194,250) and Great Britain (191,250)...
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22. April 2005
Houston, Texas / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Open Letter to Mr. Bruno GRANDI


After the open letter of the American coach Stacy Maloney also a group of Olympic gold medalists and former top stars of artistic gymnastics, living in USA and led by former Ukraine Olympic Champion Rustam Sharipov has voicing their opposition to the open-ended Code of Points proposed by the F.I.G.

Sharipov has posted a protest letter on his own website, rustamsharipov.com, and is urging his fellow gymnastics champions to contact the FIG and add their...

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