6. Februar 2005
Las Vegas / USA
Artistic Gymnastics

The number 9 of the 2004 US all-around championships, David Durante was the winner of the 2005 USA national start event of artistic gymnastics, the WINTER CUP, held in Las Vegas last weekend.
The 24 years old Durante (USOTC) topped Minnesota's Guillermo Alvarez and Houston's Todd Thornton.

International Gymnast reported, that the competition followed the updated FIG Code of Points, with each routine starting from a base score of 8.4. ...

5. Februar 2005
Colorado Springs / USA
Artistic Gymnastics

Olympic all-around champion Carly Patterson - the first US woman to win the Olympic all-around gymnastics title since Mary Lou Retton - was chosen as 'Sportswoman of the Year 2004' by the United States Olympic Committee.
Olympic men's all-around champion Paul Hamm finished second in the 'SportsMan of the Year' division behind the swimmer Michael Phelps. Following Hamm in the voting were the cyclist Lance Armstrong...
Patterson is the second gymnast to win this US award, former...

2. Februar 2005
Bukarest / Rumänien
Artistic Gymnastics

Gymnastics head coach Octavian Belu resigned Monday amid criticism of his training methods and a lawsuit by a former gymnast after leading Romanian women to more than 250 medals in major championships.

Belu, who coached the women's team to gold medals at the last two Olympics, blamed attacks on his professional and private life and said he wanted to clear his name. 'It's a responsible gesture so that my problems do not affect the sport,' he said....

1. Februar 2005
Berlin / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics

On Monday, January the 31st, the former member of GDR national teamsBirgit RADOCHLA (married -Michailoff) celebrated her 60th birthday in the German capital Berlin.
She was the first German gymnast, who won an individual Olympic medal in Tokyo 1964, the silver medal on vault, together with Larissa Latynina (RUS) and behind the winning Vera Caslavska.
Birgit Radochla was a 7 times German champion and won also medals at the European Championships 1967 in Sofia (BUL)....
>> Read...

26. Januar 2005
Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics

Brian Stocks: '200 days and yet no funding!'
'The week starting on Monday 23rd January 2006 marks 200 days since the official announcement of the successful London 2012 Olympic Bid.
We, at British Gymnastics, as all the nation, are thrilled about this unique opportunity to raise the standards of the sport in both our country and worldwide.
However, whilst the contracts to start building numerous Olympic facilities have already been raised, nothing has been done to...

Seiten