6. März 2007
Thessaloniki / Greece
Artistic Gymnastics
Greece Championships 2007

Stefani Bismbikou and Christos Lympanovnos won the senior women's and men's all-around titles, respectively, at the Greek Championships 2007 that took place March 3-4 in Thessaloniki.
Bismbikou, who finished 15th all-around at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, successfully defended her title. She had the highest score of the all-around on balance beam, but fell in the event final and placed fourth.

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2. März 2007
Jacksonville / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Johnson and Horton won Tyson American Cup 2007

Young gymnasts on top...
On Saturday evening Shawn Johnson (USA, Iowa), and defending champion and 2006 USA junior champion  Jonathan Horton (USA, Houston) won the all-around titles at the 2007 Tyson American Cup at the Jacksonville (Fla.) "Veterans Memorial Arena".
Johnson was crowned champion in her first senior competition, while Horton became the first male gymnast to win back-to-back Tyson American Cup titles since the USA’s Blaine Wilson won three straight from 1997-1999....

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2. März 2007
Jacksonville / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Hambuechen leads after Qualification round

The German Fabian Hambuechen leads at the 2007 Tyson American Cup after the all-around qualification with 90,750, in front of  Jonathan Horton anfd Alexander Artemev (- both USA).

In women's category five Americans lead: In front Shawn Johnson (62,100), Natasha Kelly, Shayla Worley...
on sixth place came the first foreign gymnast, Elsa Garcia (MEX)...

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1. März 2007
Neuchatel / Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
F.I.G.: A second Olympic Chance...

Gymnasts to get two opportunities to reach Olympics
Gymnasts will have a second chance to qualify for the Olympics starting with the 2012 London Games.
The International Gymnastics Federation F.I.G. made the announcement at its new home city Neuchatel in Switzerland....

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28. Februar 2007
Italy
Artistic Gymnastics
The Italian gymnastics legend Giovanni CARMINUCCI has died

... everybody called him "Don Giovanni",
- in the days in the "Terme de Caracalla", when 21 year old Giovanni Carminucci won Olympic silver, just 0.025 points behind parallel bars gold medallist Boris SCHACHLIN  - and ahead of Japan's Takashi ONO - as well as the jubilantly received bronze medal for the national team of the host country, Italy, alongside the 19 year old Franco MENICHELLI.

As a 32 year old, he was still putting on a brilliant performance at the Madrid Palacio de Deportes...

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