19. Juli 2009
Chiba, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
Japan in front of China and Germany at Japan Cup Kohei UCHIMURA in front of Fabian Hambüchen at all-around

The Japanese Men's Team - 2004 Olympic Champion in Athens and silver medallist 2008 in Beijing - won the team competition of the 2009 JAPAN CUP in Chiba (JPN) this weekend. With a score of 275.500 JAPAN beat the topical Olympic Champion CHINA with a difference of 1.65 points. Behind the "duel of the giants" the GERMAN Team came on third place with  a score of 266,800 points, but a clearly difference of more than 7 points. Participating...

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18. Juli 2009
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
SUSPENSION AND REPRIMAND FOR THE NATIONAL FEDERATION

fig-press: -- In reference to a case file submitted to the FIG Disciplinary Commission on March 18, 2009, the FIG Presidential Commission has rendered its decision.
Gymnast Shih-Hui Chiu (TPE) is suspended for a period of 24 months, ...

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18. Juli 2009
Berlin, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Sir Philip Craven met Ronny Ziesmer ...

At the end of the"International Paralympic Day" in Berlin, last weekend, the 2004 German Olympian Ronny ZIESMER, who, exactly five years ago (on 12th July 2004) suffered a devastating injury during a training camp of the German national Olympic team, and has had to remain in a wheelchair ever since – met with the President of the International Paralympic Committee, Sir Philip CRAVEN.
The most modern Accident and Emergency Hospital in Europe, the renowned "UKB", which...

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14. Juli 2009
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Artistic Gymnastics
Yuri van GELDER suspended after Kokain Violation ...

The international specialist on rings, the Dutch gymnast Yuri van GELDER, acting European Champion 2009 in Milan and world champion (2005, Melbourne) has acknowledged using cocaine after he failed a drug test ahead of the Dutch National Championships (2009, June, Rotterdam).
In a press conference on Monday in Arnhem, July 13, he told the press, that he had use the drug "for fun", only and not to inhance his performance or achievment.
Van...

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10. Juli 2009
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG President Grandi calls to the arms ...

The president of the International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.), Bruno GRANDI (ITA) wrote an open letter (F.I.G. press release No. 41, from 2009, July 1) to all the members of its federation.
The gist of this letter is the challenge for more innovation, and a higher degree of transparancy of the whole world gymnastics system:
"Specially the public and the audiences.
While watching gymnastics, an audience needs to feel that, like other disciplines, gymnastics is within the...

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