11. Februar 2007
Las Vegas / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Winter Cup kicks off the Pre-Olympic Season in the USA

The yearly  Winter Cup Challenge is the traditional opening of the artistic gymnastics season in the USA. This year's men's event was held at the Las Vegas Sports Center from February 8 - 10.
2006 pommel horse world bronze-medalist Alexander Artemev of Morrison, Colo./Team Chevron, and 2005-06 Winter Cup Challenge all-around champion David Durante of Garwood, N.J./Team Chevron, are among the 13 members of the current U.S. Men's Senior National Team. Seventeen athletes from the U.S. Men's Junior National Team also participated...

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8. Februar 2007
Stuttgart, Esslingen/Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
German Label SPIETH Gymnastics presents high-tech innovation

The "Official  Supplier" of the 40. Artistic World Championships 2007, which will take place in the Swabian metropolis Stuttgart, the German company  "SPIETH Gymnastics" (Esslingen, near Stuttgart) has announced the launch of a newly F.I.G. certified apparatus, ....

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7. Februar 2007
USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Paul Hamm to compete again

Olympic champion Paul Hamm has decided to return to competitive gymnastics, hoping for a less tumultuous path to the all-around title at the Beijing Olympics than the one he took in Athens.
Hamm and his twin brother, Morgan, met last weekend with USA Gymnastics officials to confirm their decisions to return.
They plan to participate in a limited number of events in 2007 while they finish school and get back into competitive shape.

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7. Februar 2007
Bucharest / Romania
Artistic Gymnastics
Catalina Ponor wants to participate at the Europeans....

After the European Championships in Volos(GRE) in 2005, Catalina Ponor wanted to give time to more than just gymnastics. The Rumanian gymnastics celebrity decided to end her imposing career:
But less than a year later the ‘gymnastics itch’ led her to rethink her decision. Triple Olympic champion Catalina Ponor has resumed training and hopes to be present again at the European Championships in Amsterdam....

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6. Februar 2007
Bucharest / Romania
Artistic Gymnastics
Former gymnastics star Andreea Raducan claims back Sydney medal

Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan has requested the International Olympic Committee to give her back the medal she won at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Raducan had her medal withdrawn because she was found to have used a then-illegal substance, pseudoephedrine, an ingredient of a simple cold pill. The substance was since removed from the list of drugs banned in sporting events.
The Romanian Sports Olympics Committee is currently considering how to support Raducan’s attempt to get...

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