1. Dezember 2012
Stuttgart, Cottbus
Artistic Gymnastics

Ultimately, but not unexpectedly, the two-times all-around vice-world champion of  Rotterdam in 2010 and Tokyo 2011 and the 2011 European Champion,  the 25-year Cottbus Philipp BOY, declared his defenitly retirement now on the edge of the 30th DTB Cup 2012 in a press conference in Stuttgart, where his already pre-announced resignation.
With "valve in head" since its stretching fall at the same point last year here in Stuttgart, with many injury problems and lack of motivation on the way...

1. Dezember 2012
Stuttgart, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics

At the second and last 2012 F.I.G. ALL-AROUND WORLD CUP for women at the 30th DTB Cup in Stuttgart's Porsche Arena today the US-gymnast Elizabeth PRICE realized a start-to-finish victory.
The young gymnast and reserve athlete of the London U.S. Olympic team gets in their first elite year her first World Cup victory with a score of 58.098 points.

The best German gymnast Elisabeth SEITZ came on second rank (55.566).
Third was Giulia STEINGRUBER from...

1. Dezember 2012
Stuttgart, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics

On Friday afternoon,November 30, the quartet with JAPAN, BRAZIL, RUSSIA Uand GREAT BRITAIN was qualified for the team final of the 30th DTB Cup 2012, which took place today without it the fifth-placed German hosts.
Even then it was clear that the young Japanese quartet was unbeatable in today's finale:

With 181.629 points referred the Asians to their strongest man Yusuke Saito, who realized a full all-around program  (88.497), the team of Russia (176.295) with more than 5.3...

30. November 2012
Stuttgart, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics

... that's three decade WORLD CLASS!


Who does not remember the world stars of the international gymnastics eighties:
ZHU, Zhiaoqiang (CHN) , Koji Gushiken (JPN), Sylvio KROLL (GDR/GER), in that order-around winner of the first DTB Cup competitions 1983 - was '85, or similar for women Maxi GNAUCK, Dagmar KERSTEN (both GDR), Daniela SILIVASH (ROU) who earned herself as a record holder a total of 10 times in the list of winners ...
... and 30 years in constancy...

30. November 2012
Stuttgart, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics

At the first of the three days of the 30th DTB Cup 2012 in the Porsche Arena of Swabian Metropele Stuttgart are the qualifying rounds of the Teams Competition in the framework program.
In the first section, the women's team competition sat surprisingly clear representation GERMANY I with 106,000 points at the top, followed by RUSSIA (105.750) and a young but strong JAPANESE TEAM (105.250). These three and the representation GERMANY II (102.900) are qualified for the team final of four...

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