4. Dezember 2008
Madrid / Spain
Artistic Gymnastics
Exciting competition at the 14th World Cup Final!

Nearly all qualifiers for the 14th Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final from 13th to 14th dezember in Madrid (ESP) have been identified. A few names remain unknown on the women’s start list, however, but confirmation is expected over the next few days.

Favourit: Jordan Jovtchev (BUL)
>> Two Men’s finals stand out in this event: the Rings and the Horizontal Bar. - Victory is in the bag for Jordan Jovtchev, a Bulgarian legend who will...

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2. Dezember 2008
Los Angeles / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Nastia Liukin appears on Gossip Girl

Olympic gymnastics all-around gold medalist 2008 in Beijing (China) NASTIA LIUKIN makes her short but sweet appearance tonight on the popular-among-young-women television series "Gossip Girl". In Season 2 - "It´s a Wunderful Lie". The show is at 8 p.m. on the CW network.

Nastia Liukin (USA) appears briefly at the Snowflake Ball, the annual winter dance held at the private New York academy where much of the show's drama takes place.

She...

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30. November 2008
Linz / Austria
Artistic Gymnastics
Japanese dominated international Future Cup

At the 5th international "Austrian Future Cup" in Linz (Austria) with 86 gymnasts from 14 nations Japanese won three of altogether four competitions.
Winner on "U 18"-competition was YUYA KAMATO with 83,15 points followed by GILLES GENTGES (Belgium, 80.650) and MATHEW HENNESSEY (Great Britain, 78.650).
The 14 years old KAMATO shake off the nearly four years older rivals...

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29. November 2008
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
F.I.G. Judge Courses November - February

Beginning with the course for Acrobatics in Ruit (GER) and for Rhythmic Gymnastics in Minsk (BLR), the series of International Judges F.I.G. Courses of the 2009-2012 cycle started off this month....

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26. November 2008
Moskau / Russland
Artistic Gymnastics
Anna Pavlova unsure of return ...

The Russian gymnast Anna PAWLOWA, at the this year OLYMPIC GAMES   in Bejing (China) with a furiosely comeback, is unsure she can return to competition:

In november in Stuttgart (Germany) she dismounting after a jump of balance beam. Succession: laceration on crucial ligament.

"The situation is ernst", said the 20 years old Pavlova. "The exact diagnosis, I cannot say, but it seems to be serious enough. I don't even know when...

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