30. November 2009
Italy
Artistic Gymnastics
Vanessa Ferrari joins the army

2006 World all-around champion Vanessa FERRARI has joined the Italian army, the Italian Gymnastics Federation reported.
Ferrari, who turned 19 on November 10, has been absent from competition since having surgery in June to help ease problems with her right achilles tendon.
After a disappointing 2008 Olympic Games, where she was out of shape due to injuries, Ferrari won silver on floor at the 2009 European Championships in Milan, a medal she dedicated to the army. Right...

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29. November 2009
Hamburg, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
* GYMfamily EventDutch KNGU Selection winner of the I. Hamburg Gymnastics 2009

The former Alstertrophy found it's worthy continuation in the form of the I. HAMBURG GYMNASTICS 2009, an invitation championship for international teams of women's gymnastics this weekend.
Best team in the final round was the team of the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation (NED) with 100,70 points, ahead of the Dynamo School of Gymnastics London (GBR; 99,50 points) ant the team from St. Petersburg (RUS; 96,85 points).
Fourth was the team from Africa,  Cairo...

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20. November 2009
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
Jani TANSKANEN: The voice of the gymnasts!

*fig-press--: Leaders in international sports were invited to Lausanne (SUI) for the annual International Federations Sports Forum, organised in 2009 by SportAccord.
The event provides a platform where participants can debate a range of sport-related issues and attend workshops; this year’s topics focused on financial resources and youth and sports. In an effort to fully develop the topic of youth and sports, organisers invited Jani Tanskanen (FIN), recently elected to the FIG Athletes’ Commission, to speak...

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16. November 2009
Romania
Artistic Gymnastics
Anamaria Tamirjan to have knee surgery

<< Romania's Anamaria Tamirjan to have knee surgery on both knees.
There's a cyst on her left knee that needs to be removed, and she's pinched her right miniscus. 
She'll be missing in action for awhile, but she's not giving up.
Tamirjan won the silver medal at the 2009 Europeans in Milan on balance beam.
Anamaria said to the Romanian press:
"I will continue to fight for my dream...!"

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16. November 2009
Kienbaum/Berlin, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
British Training Camp Disability Gymnastics in Germany successfully finished ....

The third International training camp of the British gymnastics federation, after South Africa and Gran Canaria (2008) , which took place during the last weeks for the first time in Germany on the grounds of the Bundesleistungszentrums Kienbaum, finished successfully and highly rated, on the weekend.  Also the DOSB-vice-president Eberhard GIENGER got an idea of the level of development of the British, as also the new consultant for apparatus and trampoline gymnastics of the German gymnastics federation, Ann-Katrin KNITTEL, who was...

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