The German Champion on floor 2002 and German all-round champion 2000 Sergej Pfeifer had been operated last week on knee.
So the 25 years old gymnast from TK Hanover cannot start at the coming three world cup events in Paris, Coottbus and Thessaloniki.
The German chief coach Andreas Hirsch hopes, that Pfeifer will be fit again to the GermanWorld Champs qualifications in summer this year.
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Just now arrived the promise of the top gymnastics nation, the Olympic and world champion China the host of the second event of the world cup circuit 2003, the host Cottbus (Germany). So about 150 gymnasts from 44 country will make the 27th tournament of masters to one of the most important events before the world championships in Anaheim....
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INTERNATIONAL GYMNAST reported, that U.S. champion Tasha Schwikert, who underwent surgery in December, performed on four events this past weekend at the Vegas Cup.
Schwikert, a 2000 U.S. Olympian and the 2001 and 2002 national champion, missed last year's World Championships due to a lingering leg injury. The American Cup champion of 2002 plans to defend her title this year on March 1st this year.
Last weekend took place the traditional 20th anniversary of 'Day of Artistic Gymnastics' in the German center Niederwoerresbach. In was also a hearty met of the former worldstars of artistic gymnastics Larissa Klimenko-Petrik, Olympic champion on floor 1968 in Mexico-City and the silver medalist (vault) Erika Zuchold from Leipzig. The reason was the opening of an exhibition of the painter Erika Zuchold. Larissa and her husband Victor Klimenko, Olympic Champion 1972 (Munich) are working as coaches in Niederwoerresbach/Germany