28. Juni 2006
Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia
Artistic Gymnastics
Malaysian Top gymnast wishes a personal coach

Malaysian Commonwealth Games silver medallist Ng Shu Wai hopes that his plea for a personal coach will be fulfilled by the time he returns from the Asian Gymnastics Championship in Surat, India, next month.
After returning to Malaysia four months ago to compete in the Commonwealth Games in March, Shu Wai, who is based in China, is still waiting to return to his second home.
The 20-year-old gymnast says the sooner the better, as he is preparing for...

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6. Juni 2006
Oklahoma City / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Baby boy arrives for Comaneci, Conner

Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner are the parents of a baby boy
Dylan Paul was born Saturday in an Oklahoma City hospital, weighing 4 pounds, 10 ounces. It's the first child for the gold-medal winning gymnasts, so the Oklahoma newspapers reported yesterday.
Comaneci was due to deliver in July, which will be the 30th anniversary of her seven perfect 10s at the Montreal Olympic Games. But the 44-year-old Comaneci instead delivered Dylan by Caesarean section Saturday morning.
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26. Mai 2006
Moscow / Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
World Cup Moscow: European Juniors surprised on Hig Bar

The 18 years old junior Brian Gladow, member of the golden Germat team at the last European Junior Championships in Volos, und the Ukrainian European all-around juniors champion Mykola Kuksenkov ranked on firsat and second position at their very first seniors competition at the world cup in Moscow. The youngsters reproved the world champion Aljaz Pegan from Slovania on third place...

The Russians won three gold medals at the finals for the 'World Stars 2006': Yulia Lozhechko on...

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25. Mai 2006
Zeuthen near BERLIN /GER
Artistic Gymnastics
F.I.G.- Honorary Vice President Karl-Heinz ZSCHOCKE celebrates its 75th Birthday

Today the long time President of the Artistic gymnastics men's Technical Commitee of F.I.G., the German Karl-Heinz ZSCHOCKE celebrates its 75 birthday in Zeuthen, a green area nearby the German city of Berlin.
Zschocke experienced nine Olympic Games, eighteen worlds and fourteen European Championships and participated at 30 international congresses.

He was one of the most creative framer of the different Olympic cycles of the Code of Pointages for a long time....

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23. Mai 2006
Moscow / Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
Banker Andrey KOSTIN new Russian President of Gymnastics Federation

Third Change since 2004 ....
 The Chairman and Chief Executiv Officer of the 'Vneshtorgbank', the nextlargest Russian bank, Andrey KOSTIN (49) was elected new President of the 'Russian Gymnastics Federation' on 19 May at an election meeting of this national public organisation.

Kostin is the third Russian gymnastics president since 2004 in this top position, after the retirement of Leonid Arkaev (December 2004) and the last change from Yuri Titov to Yuri Dedykh...

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