19. April 2011
Oslo, Norway
Artistic Gymnastics
Norway s gymnastics legend Age Storhaug died!

Note with great sadness, the international gymnastic family  farewell to Norway's gymnastics legend Age STORHAUG.
Shortly after his 74th birthday on 5 April he died yesterday, the Vice-European Champion on vault horse in 1957 (Antwerp), two-time Olympian (1960 / '64) and the 14-times Norwegian champion leaves a...

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16. April 2011
Glasgow, Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
Britain’s Daniel Purvis takes the men’s title!

* baga --:  The Men’s competition at the Glasgow World Cup all-around contained a lot of experienced gymnasts that all had the potential to take home a medal. Dan Purvis (GBR) gave a superb performance throughout to claim the Gold medal in front of a supportive home crowd.
Purvis was closely followed by the recently crowned European Champion, Philipp Boy (GER), whose fall on Vault cost him the title.
The bronze went to...

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14. April 2011
Glasgow, Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
All-around World Cup No. 2 in Glasgow

Baga--: This weekend’s Glasgow World Cup Gymnastics at the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena is already being previewed as one of the top sporting events to be held in the city in recent years. New European champion in the all-around Philipp Boy (GER) will lead the field at the Kelvin Hall on Saturday.
He will face stiff competition from Daniel Purvis (GBR) who took bronze in the all-around at the weekend’s European Championships, shared with Mykolai Kuksenkov...

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10. April 2011
Berlin, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
* GYMfamily Event2011 European Championships: Russia, Roumania and Germany the Top Three in Europe

European Championships of artistic gymnastics started 56 years ago in Frankfurt / Main in the year of 1955.
After Leipzig 1961 (women) and the men's events of Essen (1979) and Bremen (2000) now the 33rd Men's and the 32nd Womens Europeans will held at the fifth time in Germany, but to the first time in the German capital.
Berlin is the city with the most international champions of gymnastics history, from GDR times on, up...

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6. April 2011
Berlin, Deutschland
Artistic Gymnastics
Wednesday: Women s Qualification

On the first day of the 32nd Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships the four qualifying rotations were held. At the end the leader was, as expected and fully deserved to the current all around World champion, Aliya Mustafina with 59,750 and a comfortable advantage on the lead of the all around competition. After her placed another member of the golden team from Russia, Anna Dementieva (56,900), just ahead of the Romanian Maria Chelaru (56,350). The German all around champion, Elisabeth Seitz finished...

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