10. April 2008
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
one day before: American men in a threesome

The US gymnasts are coming without their Olympic Champion Paul Hamm, but still in a threesome to the pre-Olympic World Cup event in Cottbus:
Guillermo Alvarez, Sean Golden and KevinTan, all of them of the WORLDS team in Stuttgart who still remember their displacment to the fourth position by the German squad...!

Especially Kevin TAN is aiming at a revenge facing van Gelder and Jovtshev, who displaced him tp the fourth positions in the WORLDS rings final  ...
Surprisingly,...

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8. April 2008
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
There will also be top-class lady visitors at the World Cup in Cottbus ...

Genuine Pre-Olympic contests...
About 70 young ladies from 32 countries are expected to come to the qualifications in Cottbus on Friday. More than one third of them  - 26 to be exact - just participated in the recent European Championships in Clermont-Ferrand.

Of course, the new German European Champion on vault Oksana TSCHUSSOVITINA will be welcomed happily in Cottbus - by the way for the 12th (!) time since  1990 - actually she could receive the honorary citizenship of Cottbus for this...

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7. April 2008
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Glance at the the men s World Cup competition 2008 in Cottbus

For the international elite, the qualifications of the 32nd "TOURNAMENT of MASTERS" on Friday, April 11th, in the Lausitz-Arena in Cottbus will be the actual starting signal of the Olympic year 2008. 
The rush corresponds to this:
Over 110 men from 44 countries and 67 young ladies from 31 countries, all of them being the most outstanding representatives of their discipline, will meet to compete and for a serious test of their programs.  
While the ladies can seize their chances for a EuCh-revenge, ( > ...

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6. April 2008
Clermont-Ferrand / FRA
Artistic Gymnastics
* GYMmedia E C h SERVICE:WOMEN s EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

After the premiere 1957 in Bucharest, this time the 2008 European Championships of Women's Artistic Gymnastics took place for the 29th time and - after 1963, 2000 in Paris and 1992 in Nantes - for the fourth time in France, now.
Hosting city was Clermont-Ferrand from April 3 to 6 for the elite and junior teams and also for the altogether 250 gymnasts, representing 34 European nations.
The team decision was the first highlight on Saturday, April 5 and the individual apparatus...

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31. März 2008
San Jose, Calif. / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
USA won 15 medals in event finals at 2008 Pacific Rim Championships

On the last day of the individual event finals, the U.S. men and women claimed a total of 15 medals, nine gold, two silver and four bronze, at the 2008 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, Calif. / USA.
Adding in the men’s and women’s team gold medals, as well as both the men’s and women’s junior and senior all-around gold medals and three silver medals, the U.S. squad collected 15 gold, five silver and four bronze for a...

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