4. Februar 2013
Madrid, Spain
Artistic Gymnastics
Spanish gymnastic coach Jesus Carballo suspended over ‘bad treatment’

Spain’s longtimes artistic gymnastics coach, Jesus Carballo Garcia, has been suspended following allegations from a former gymnast over “bad treatment” when she was under his guidance during the 1980s.

The decision was taken after an investigation carried out by the Superior Council of Sports (CSD), ruled that Garcia would be refused entry to the team’s training centre after an unnamed gymnast went to the Spanish authorities with her complaints.
“The CSD have taken the...

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2. Februar 2013
Chemnitz, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
* GYMfamily EventMeet of the Year: Germany - Romania - USA!

After the first meeting of a German woman squad again since the political change against a USA Selection 2009 in Bergisch Gladbach, now Germany's gymnasts meet again on a selection of the best USA gymnasts in the past-Olympic year 2013, but not only that:
The city of Chemnitz  hometown of the German Vice Champion "TuS Chemnitz", and the European junior champion Sophie Scheder - will host a three-country meet on 30 March 2013, because no less than...

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24. Januar 2013
Baku, Azerbaijan
Artistic Gymnastics
European Games - scheduled in 2015

Baku (AZE), 23rd January - Mehriban Aliyeva, the wife of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, who is also president of the NOC, has been appointed Chair of the Baku 2015 Organising Committee, the organisers of the inaugural "EUROPEAN GAMES", scheduled in two years time.
The "2015 Baku European Games" were approved by the EOC General Assembly last 8th December in Rome, and will take place in early summer in 2015, when 7,000 athletes will...

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19. Januar 2013
Esslingen, Stuttgart (GER)
Artistic Gymnastics
SPIETH Gymnastics is sponsoring world class athlet Marcel Nguyen


SPIETH Gymnastics is proud to announce a new sponsoring partnership with the German top-gymnast Marcel Nguyen.
The London 2012 double silver medalist is looking forward to the new partnership and stated:
“I have been training and competing on SPIETH apparatuses worldwide since the beginning of my gymnastics career, I am very happy to be partner of SPIETH!”

SPIETH sales manager Juergen Garziella said: 
 "We know and appreciate Marcel...

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18. Januar 2013
Doha, Qatar
Artistic Gymnastics
Qatars President Al-Hitmi re-elected!

* f i g - news --: President of the Qatar Gymnastics Federation (QGF), Ali Achmad AL-HITMI, has been re-elected for another four-year term by delegates attending the General Assembly in the Qatari capital of Doha, December 25, 2012. President Al-Hitmi is a former FIG Council Member (2009 – 2012), and as of January 1, 2013 a Member of the FIG Executive Committee, following his election at the recent FIG Congress in Cancun (MEX), October 2012. The election...

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