14. Dezember 2007
Germany, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
A really Fascinating Gymnastics Book ...!!!

FASZINATION TURNEN ("Fascination Gymnastics")
(bilingually: English & German)
The FIG Official Photographer, German Volker MINKUS, signed an illustration of the “The Beauty of Gymnastics”, a superbly unique album dedicated to the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships of Stuttgart 2007.
Written by Andreas GOTZE and Michael WEBER, designed by the former German world champion on rings, Andreas AGUILAR (1989), the book is available at
>> www.turn-wm-buch.de

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10. Dezember 2007
Plano /USA
Artistic Gymnastics
12th LIUKIN INVITATIONAL2007

Japanese Shogo OTSUKI  (87.300)  won the all-around competition of the 12th "LIUKIN INVITATIONAL 2007", held Saturday at  the "World Olympic Gymnastics Academy" (WOGA) in Plano, Texas. On second place of men's all-around came Hojo YODAI with 86.900 points. U.S. junior national team member Danell LEYVA placed third all-around with 86.850, edging Japan's Yamamoto Masayoshi (86.750) and Ito Go (86.650).

The Houston Gymnastics Academy  (WOGA)
won a close team competition, edging the Japanese national team, 177.800-177.350.  Team USOTC and...

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10. Dezember 2007
TOYOTA-AICHI / Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
TOYOTA INTERNATIONAL 2007

Oksana Chusovitina (GER) on vault), Iryna Krasnianska (UKR) on uneven bars, Steliana NISTOR (ROU) on beam and  Chellsie MEMMEL (USA) on floor were the winners of the 2007 TOYOTA INTERNATIONAL, which was held in Toyota City (Prov. Aichi), last weekend.

On men's side the Japanese host won on parallel bars with Shun KUWAHARA and by  Hisashi MIZUTORI on high bar followed by two strong Germans Weber and Gladow.
KIM, Dae-Eun (KOR)...

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9. Dezember 2007
Tenero / Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
Top British Youth in Switzerland

A very strong British U16 selection of artistic gymnastics won the traditional meet in Sitzerland with 410.650 points with a clearly difference to the Swiss hosts, scoring 392,050 points. Team Germany came on third (391,650) and team France on fourth place (389,650).
Best in all-around were four British gymnasts: The 15-years old
Pearson REECE with 83,850, followed by Sam OLDHAM (14 years; 83,300), Beckford REISS (82.800) and  by Max WHITLOCK (81,800).
Best of Switzerland...

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3. Dezember 2007
Beijing / China
Artistic Gymnastics
Good Luck Invitational 2007: Pre-Olympics closed with nine of 12 Gold medals for Chinese hosts

Apparatus Finals - Monday, Part III
The Chinese host of this year's pre-Olympic competitions celebrates from the beginning of the Pre-Olympic Competions a golden series of successes:
Threefold world champion on vault, CHENG, Fei, was the best again on her favorite apparatus and also won on floor and the last decision on beam, on Monday. Daria ZGOBA (UKR) blocked the sixth Chinese gold medal by winning at the uneven bars.
 In absence of the world champion XIAO,...

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