SWISS CUP 2003
On Sunday, one of the most popular competitions in Artistic Gymnastics will take place in Zurich (SUI). The SWISS CUP is getting more and more popular. This year already for the 4th time it takes place in its' original form as pair competition and the venue was sold-out already 5 weeks before the event takes place.
The entry field is also of World-class.
The 20 participating gymnasts together have won 47 medals...
Romanians Marian Dragulescu and Catalina Ponor won the all-around competitions of the 20th Arthur Gander Memorial, held on November 19th in Morges, Switzerland.
At the Gander Memorial, the men competed only on four apparatuses, the womens on three apparatuses.
Defending champion Jordan Jovtchev (BUL) got second place because of mistakes on floor exercise.
The International Gymnastics Federation F.I.G pronounced, that in 2004 a world cup event of artistic gymnastics will be held to the first time in America:
The Brazilian metropolis Rio de Janeiro will be the host for the best gymnasts from all over the world fom March 30 to Apr 4. This and more interesting information you can read on the
F.I.G. FLASH No.51/2003, which is published today
The Dutch gymnast Loes Linders was the all-around winner of the '2nd International SPIETH CUP' which was held this weekend in Linz, Austria and shewon also the finals on vault and beam.
On second place in all-around came Elizabeth Line and on third ranked Amy Dodsley, both from Great Britain.
The Ukrainian Daria Zgoba won on bars and beam.
The five times Austrian champion Tanja Gratt was the best from the host and came on 6th...
At a competition in Prague at the beginning of November the Czech National Champion and Olympic participant from 2000 Jana Komrskova injured her foot and had to undergo surgery in hospital.
According to the doctors she will not be able to take part in the events in Switzerland and at the DTB-Cup in Stuttgart at the end of November.
The Czech team doctor Dr. Lubos Hrazdira calculates with a training break of 6 - 8 weeks and...