.... the new faces of Russian politics
Vladimir Putin has succeeded in 'sexing-up' the image of his United Russia party as a result of last month's Russian parliamentary elections.
So the principal ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater Svetlana Zakharova and no fewer than four former athletes turned topless models to become deputies in the Duma, now:
Svetlana Khorkina, 28, Olympic champion  and numerous world champion of artistic gymnastics and also Alina Kabaeva, 24, Olympic...

The German vice all-around and high bar world champion Fabian Hambüchen, - winning the bronze medal with his team at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, was elected as the "German Sportsman of the Year 2007", and the German artistic Gymnastics men's team ranked on sixth place - even in front of the German soccer team (8th) - it's a little sensation in Germany of course, but it is also a proof of Germany's long gymnastics tradition in...