The Royal Spanish Federation of Gymnastics returned its verdict on the case of the Spanish gymnast Gervasio Deferr, who had tested positive for cannabis (- News from February, 19)
The athlete was given a three-month suspension to begin on January 7, 2003 for the charges against him at the 2002 national championships in Vitoria.

The organizers of the World Cup '27th TOURNAMENT of Masters' in Cottbus, Germany are happy about the list of participants: 44 nations and more than 140 athletes - this will be a new record in the 30 years old history of this event.
But also the world elite will come.:Names like the Olympic Champion Igors Vichrovs (LAT), Szilveszter Csollany (HUN), Marius Urzica (RUM) the Chineses Huang, Xu and Xing, Aowei, but also the worldchampions like Marian Dragulescu...