5. April 2014
Tokio, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
Uchimura wins World Cup Final, Hambuechen and Purvis were the total winners

Saturday, April 5 in Tokio it was the expected slugfest of Giants:
Again, invincible, the exceptional athlete Kohei UCHIMURA unveiled the all-around dream score of 92.898 (!), but on the heels was Germany's World champion's bronze medalist Fabian HAMBUECHEN, the only other gymnasts in the competition who broke through the 90-point barrier with a score of 90, 231 points and ranked second and the Japanese World's vice-champion Ryohei KATO (89.397) referred to 3rd place.
Because...

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3. April 2014
Calgary, Canada
Artistic Gymnastics
Great Honor for Canadian Gymnast Kyle Shewfelt

Kyle SHEWFELT (CAN) is among a stellar group of golden athletes announced as 2014 Canada's Olympic Hall of Fame Inductees.
The three-time Olympian, Kyle Shewfelt made a historic breakthrough at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens when he won gold on floor exercise for Canada’s first ever Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics. Shewfelt nearly added a second medal on vault, but missed out on the bronze in a controversial judging decision. Kyle Shewfelt's Olympic gold medal...

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2. April 2014
China
Artistic Gymnastics
Chinese Shang Chunsong with a new element on floor

The Chinese gymnast SHANG, Chunsong  is rumored to have a quad twisting layout included in her floor routine. A few days ago, a video emerged on Youtube of Shang performing a 3 1/2 twisting layout on floor.
If Shang successfully competed this quad twist at the next World Championships, the skill will bear her name in the Code of Points.
* Remembering: Last year, Kenzo Shirai from Japan became the first athlete of the world to perform...

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1. April 2014
Baltimore, Stuttgart (GER)
Artistic Gymnastics
German MTV Stuttgart increases with US-Youngster Whittenburg

Stuttgart's new signing:
On of the German top club of the 1st Artistic Gymnastics League (Bundesliga), the MTV Stuttgart - club of Marcel Nguyen actually makes serious:
The MTV engaged for the last (4th) competitionday of the spring circuit (19 April) the U.S. junior champion of 2013, the 18-years old Donnell WHITTENBURG.
The reason is: Stuttgart's top star Marcel Nguyen but also their foreign starters Daniel Purvis (GBR) and Igor Radivilov (UKR) are all prevented because...

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30. März 2014
Linz, Austria
Artistic Gymnastics
5th AUSTRIAN TEAM OPEN 2014: Favorites at the Top!

Poland women's national team and Hungarian men's team won in Linz (AUT): About 200 athletes from 16 different countries - previous record (!) - took part at 5th anniversary of the "Austrian TGW Team Open 2014" last weekend - a permanent growing annual international gymnastics -meeting. The international team competition in the "Tips Arena" of Linz won the Polish women and the Hungarian Men.
In Austria's national team Championship the club of Vorarlberg set for the first time...

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