23. Dezember 2012
Virginia Beach, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Gabby Douglas: 2012 Female Athlete

The US-Gymnast Gabrielle Victoria "Gabby" DOUGLAS" - Olympic all-around winner London 2012 - has been named "The Associated Press 2012 Female athlete of the year".
She edged out swimmer Missy Franklin with 48 of 157 votes from a panel of AP sports editors and news directors.
Douglas is the fourth gymnast to win the award, and first since Mary Lou Retton in 198 -  the first African-American woman to win the coveted all-around Olympic...

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16. Dezember 2012
Jesewitz / Leipzig, GERMANY
Artistic Gymnastics
Surprising death of Germany s oldest Olympic Champion Klaus Köste

With great dismay the German and international gymnastics family has heard from the death of the Olympic Champion from Munich 1972 (vault), the 2-times high bar European Champion and 34-times German national champion Klaus KÖSTE has died in his home town Jesewitz in the north of Leipzig.

It was a suprising death due to heart failure only two months before his 70th birthday.
After heart surgery two times in the past he nonetheless represented a person who...

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13. Dezember 2012
Tokyo, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
Olympic champ Uchimura s wife expecting first child

Japanese gymnast and superstar Kohei Uchimura, who added an Olympic gold medal in the men's all-around competition to his trophy case this summer in London, announced on that he and his wife are expecting their first child.

Uchimura, who has won three consecutive World Championship all-around gold medals, issued the news through his corporate sponsor, Konami.

He was married in November 2012.
"I am able to inform you that we are expecting our first child next spring...

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8. Dezember 2012
Glasgow, Scotland
Artistic Gymnastics
Nguyen and Price: After Stuttgart also winners in Glasgow

After New York (American Cup) in March and last weekend in Stuttgart (DTB Cup) now followed on the second weekend in December, the third and last-around-the FIG World Cup with A-status, for which the best possible more fighters in the world are desired priority.
in the brand new Emirate Arena of Glasgow Germany's Marcel NGUYEN won his second A-world cup and scored 90,098 points, in front of Kazuhito TANAKA from Japan (89,998) followed by local hero Daniel PURVIS...

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2. Dezember 2012
Stuttgart, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Marcel NGUYEN won the All-around World Cup

After this years second all-around world cup (A) of women today the men's competition took place in the Porsche Arena of Stuttgart.

Seven athletes - Swiss Claudio Capelli injured at the warming up - fighted on a high level:

At the end the Olympic silver medallist from Germany, Marcel NGUYEN was the only one gymnasts scoring more than 90 points and won with 90,232 in front of the European bronze medallist Daniel PURVIS (89,397) and Russia's...

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