8. März 2008
Klagenfurt / Austria
Artistic Gymnastics
Czech Republic dominates Friendly Meet in Austria

In the Sports Center Waidmannsdorf  in Klagenfurt, Austria, a Friendly meet of artistic gymnastics took place in preparation of the upcoming European Championships in France, next month:
The Czech national squad won by a clear margin with  a score of 163,250 and a difference of nearly 6.5 points in front of Austria, followed by Sweden and Slovenia.
The Slovenian junior team was the best in the junior competition before  Sweden  and the Czech Republic....

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6. März 2008
Doha / Qatar
Artistic Gymnastics
WORLD CUP: Five Gold Medals for China in Doha

The former Uzbek and now German citizen Oksana CHUSOVITINA was the only non-Chinese winner of the first world cup event of the Olympic year, which was held for the first time in Doha, Qatar. HE, Kexin (uneven bars), DENG, Linlin (beam) and JIANG, YuYuan (floor ex.) emphasized the Chinese top position in Doha.
With the paralell bars' (FENG, Zhe) and high bar's (GUO, Weiyang) winners on men's side, China was the most...

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2. März 2008
Penza / Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
2008 Russian Cup with two double winners

Ksenia Afanasyeva and Anton Golotsutskov each won two titles at the 2008 Russian Cup for individual events, which took place February 29 to March 1 in Penza.
Afanasyeva won floor exercise and tied Russia's new all-around champion Yulia Lozhechko for the gold on balance beam. Anna Pavlova won vault and Yekaterina Kramarenko on uneven bars.
Other winners on men's side were Andrei Likhovitsky on pommel horse, Alexander Balandin on still rings, Nikolai Kryukov on parallel bars and...

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1. März 2008
Liestal / Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
* Personal:Dr. Peter KOTZUREK: Farewell after 27 years ...

In the centre for artistic gymnastics in Liestal in the North of Switzerland, the office of the men's head coach will soon be vacant:
The acting Dr. Peter KOTZUREK resigned from office after three years, stepping down on March 1st. After 27 years of work as a coach in professional sports -  for example as last coach of the East German women's squad, later in in the centre for competitive sports in Bergisch Gladbach and later as the head of the assortment of the Swiss men's national team...

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1. März 2008
New York / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
2008 Tyson American Cup: Gold for Hamm and Liukin (USA)

Three and a half years after winning the Olympic all-around gold medal, the US gymnast  Paul HAMM won his first international competition again.
In New Yorks Madison Square Garden he beat  his teammate  Alexander ARTEMEV (91,150) with a score of 94.400 and the member of the Japanese golden Olympic team 2004 in Athens, Hisashi MIZUTORI, who scored 90,950.
The German all-around vice and high bar world champion Fabian HAMBUECHEN withdrew from a start because of a flu, so...

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