8. März 2008
Jesolo / Italy
Artistic Gymnastics
USA and Shawn Johnson won in Italy

The US artistic gymnastics women team won a friendly meet in Italy versus the host, followed by Spain and Poland.
The reigning 2007 all-around champion Shawn JOHNSON (USA) was the best in all-around (61,700) and beat the 2006 world champion, Vanessa FERRARI (60,100). On third came Samantha PESZEK (59,050) from USA.
The USA also won the junior competition (181,050) with a difference of nearly nine points in front of host Italy, a Rumanian team and...

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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
Berlin
Artistic Gymnastics
Japanese Junior- team with hat-trick in Berlin - GYMfamily EVENT -

A young Japanese artistic gymnastics team won the "13th International Junior Team Cup 2008" in Berlin for the third time in a row. The second place went to the hosts of the upcoming European Championships Switzerland and the bronze medal went to Spain. Following behind the medallists were the team from Belarus, a German mixed- team, the team from Lyon (France) and on the 7th place the host team from Berlin.
The victories in the...

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