.... the new faces of Russian politics
Vladimir Putin has succeeded in 'sexing-up' the image of his United Russia party as a result of last month's Russian parliamentary elections.
So the principal ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater Svetlana Zakharova and no fewer than four former athletes turned topless models to become deputies in the Duma, now:
Svetlana Khorkina, 28, Olympic champion and numerous world champion of artistic gymnastics and also Alina Kabaeva, 24, Olympic...
The 10th Juniors Artistic and rhythmic gymnastics Asian championships 2007 was successfully organized by the AGU and Syria Gymnastic Federation in Damascus from November 27 to December 1.
As many as 10 countries such as China, Hongkong, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Qatar and Sri Lanka and Kazakhastan bagged overall 11 gold medals.
In men's artistic championship, Iran bagged five gold medals, while Kazakhstan secured 6 gold medals in women's artistic while China got first...
The German vice all-around and high bar world champion Fabian Hambüchen, - winning the bronze medal with his team at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, was elected as the "German Sportsman of the Year 2007", and the German artistic Gymnastics men's team ranked on sixth place - even in front of the German soccer team (8th) - it's a little sensation in Germany of course, but it is also a proof of Germany's long gymnastics tradition in...
Elite Canada 2007 - Artistic Gymnastics
Nearly 200 gymnasts in eight age categories, including top-ranked Olympic contenders Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs of Toronto and Nathan Gafuik of Calgary, are set to compete December 14-16 at the 2007 Elite Canada competition in Abbotsford, British Columbia/CAN.
After second day Nathan GAFUIK from Calgary was th best in all-around...
FASZINATION TURNEN ("Fascination Gymnastics")
(bilingually: English & German)
The FIG Official Photographer, German Volker MINKUS, signed an illustration of the “The Beauty of Gymnastics”, a superbly unique album dedicated to the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships of Stuttgart 2007.
Written by Andreas GOTZE and Michael WEBER, designed by the former German world champion on rings, Andreas AGUILAR (1989), the book is available at
>> www.turn-wm-buch.de
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