15. November 2008
Doha, Katar
Artistic Gymnastics
2008 Asian Champs: North Korean RI, Se Gwang creates a new Jump ...!

At the first competition day of the 4th Asian Gymnastics Championships 2008 started with a special "beat of a drum".
The bronze medallist at the 2007 World Championships on vault, the North Korean RI, Se Gwan, created as the very first gymnast of the world at the vaulting table "Pegases", a handspring double somersault piked, to ther first time with a half turn (!) (- the "Blanik" + 1/2 rotation),
With the...

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15. November 2008
Stuttgart, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
WORLD CUP: 26th DTB-POKAL, Men s Competitions ...

Barely hundred gymnasts, representing 35 nations took part at the 26th DTB-POKAL 2008, a world cup event (category A), which was held in the PORSCHE arena of Stuttgart, Germany.
After the Friday's women's qualification the men's rounds followed at afternoon.
Specially the German hosts made a very good job:
Matthias Fahrig, from the German club "SV Halle", leads at the floor exercise and the vault and his teammate and world champion on high bar, Fabian...

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15. November 2008
Nove Mesto, Slowenien
Artistic Gymnastics
Exhibition to Mark 110th Anniversary of Birth of Leon Stukelj

The exhibition "Leon Stukelj 1898-1999-2008" in memory of Slovenia's most famous Olympic medalist was open this week on Leon Stukelj's 110th birthdate in his hometown Novo mesto this week.

The documentary exhibition and booklet outlines Stukelj's life and achievements in sports. 
Two times Slovenian Olympic pommel horse champian Miroslav Cerar officially opened the exhibition.

LEON STUKELJ - the first Slovenian Olympic champion and medal winner, died in 1999, November 8, some days before his 101st birthday... 

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14. November 2008
Moscow, Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
Alexander Alexandrov Returns to Russia

The leading US Gymnastics Magazine "International Gymnast" reports this week, that the former Soviet women's head coach Alexander ALEXANDROV will returnt to Russia, after 15 years leaving and working in USA, to take over as head coach of the Russian women's team, taking over for Victor GAVRICHENKOV.
In history Alexandrov was the personal coach of legendary Dmitri Bilozerchev, ...

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9. November 2008
Ostrava, Czech Republik
Artistic Gymnastics
World Cup 2008 Grand Prix in Ostrava

From November 7 to November 9 was held the Artistic Gymnastics "2008 World Cup "GRAND PRIX OSTRAVA" in the Czech Republic.

On women's side three titles went to China, also the men's winner on pommel horse came from the last Olympic hosts,
but also two victors came from the Netherlands and from Slovakia and the only one non-Chinese winner was the Hungarian Dorina BOCZOGO (vault) ...

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