16. Juli 2013
Utrecht / NED
Artistic Gymnastics
12th European Youth Olympic Festival: Artistic Gymnastics

Great Britain boy's team have taken the team GOLD on the opening day of competition at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht.

The team of Nile Wilson, Brinn Bevan and Jay Thompson combined to score 169.550 to put them clear in the top of the podium ahead of Russia with 167.300 and Italy in bronze scoring 161.300.

Brinn Bevan was the top of the all-around rankings with a superb performance to score...

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16. Juli 2013
Brazil
Artistic Gymnastics
Brazilian Olympic Committee hires Alexandre Alexandrov as coach of Brazil s women s national Gymnastics Team

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) hired the Russian Alexander Alexandrov, one of the best artistic gymnastics coaches in the world, to lead the Brazilian team of that sports until the Olympic Games Rio 2016. The new head coach of the national team was introduced on Friday, July 12th, at the headquarters of COB, in Rio de Janeiro.
Next week, the coach will be in Três Rios (State of Rio de Janeiro), where he will meet for the...

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29. Juni 2013
Esslingen, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
British Girls won a friendly meet in Germany

In the German city of Esslingen, near Stuttgart - city of the co. SPIETH Gymnastics - not only high-tech equipment for the gymnastics produced, but there were also "high-tech" demonstrations of the European Gymnastics juniors on these apparatus to admire: Before inspiring scenery, a four countries struggle of female youth gymnasts (ages 14/15 ) between Great Britain, France, Switzerland and host Germany.
<< The victory went to the British girls: >> www.gymmedia.de

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6. Mai 2013
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Artistic Gymnastics
Chusovitina met Schwarzenegger

An unusual encounter of sporty style
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The exception gymnast Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) hit the "Terminator".

During her stay in Rio de Janeiro late April Oksana looked at a charity-show the benefit of more than 9,000 (!) poor and orphaned children, organized by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The German language facilitated the communication between the two.
The Austrian-born Schwarzenegger and the Uzbek naturalized in Germany both sought the conversation on the...

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5. Mai 2013
Rio de Janeiro
Artistic Gymnastics
Olympic champion Zanetti dissatisfied with conditions at home

London Olympic gymnastics champ on still rings, Arthur Zanetti of Brazil, is threatening to switch nationalities ahead of his upcoming hometown Games in Rio unless the nation’s Olympic Committee is willing to invest in his sport going forward.
“When I won the gold medal in London everybody said my life was going to change, but it hasn’t changed at all,” Zanetti told the TV Globo Sunday. Zanetti won his gold in London 2012 at...

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