19. Mai 2010
Plano, Texas, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Rebecca BROSS - Female Athlete of the Month

The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) announced that 2009 World all-around silver-medalist Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas/WOGA, and all-around winner of the 2010 Tyson America Cup,  earned April Female Athlete of the Month honors for her all-around gold-medal performance at the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne, Australia ...

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15. Mai 2010
Moskau, Russland
Artistic Gymnastics
World Cup No. 6: Most successful Russians - strong North Koreans

Artistic Gymnastics World Stars met at the Sport Complex Olympisky in central Moscow (RUS) to compete in the sixth stopover of the FIG World Cup circuit, a category A tournament.
Set for May 14 - 15, the World Stars were host ed by the Russian Gymnastics Federation in cooperation with the City of Moscow and the Russian Ministry of Sports. The high level tournament debuted in 2006 and celebrated its 5th edition this year.

Alexander...

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9. Mai 2010
Maribor, Slovenia
Artistic Gymnastics
2010, 5th World Cup: 43rd Šalamunov Memorial

Only one resp. two weeks after the Europeans in Birmingham  the sixth edition of the 43rd Salamun Memorial, a next FIG World Cup B slated for May 07 to 09, 2010. Debuted under the FIG label in 2005, this traditional tournament will be held in Maribor - hometown of the Slovenian gymnastic legend Leon STUKELJ .
Maribor and Slovenia are home to a number of the prestigious gymnasts so often seen on the podiums of international tournaments: Aljaz...

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2. Mai 2010
Birmingham, Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
** 31st WOMEN s EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Artistic Gymnastics Russia most successfully, but the Brits on second at medal ranking!

Today, one week after the men's events the 31st WOMEN's EUROPEAN  CHAMPIONSHIPS Artistic Gymnastics - including the juniors - finished at the "National Indoor Stadium" of Birmingham. From Wednesday onwards the juniors fighted for the team, all-around and the apparatus titles, the elite gymnasts for team and also the apparatus titles on Sunday.
At last Russia won two gold medals (Team and vault), but Beth TWEDDLE lead the British host to silver in team competition and...

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28. April 2010
Dubai, UEA
Artistic Gymnastics
(Non-) Olympic Medal Change after 10 Years!

The International Olympic Committee stripped China of its 2000 Olympic Games women’s team bronze medal because one of its athletes did not meet the age requirement. The IOC said it will award the team bronze medal to the United States, which originally finished fourth in the team competition.
The decision, made during the IOC’s Executive Board meetings in Dubai, UAE, was based on the recommendation of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). 
After conducting an internal investigation, (>...

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