20. November 2005
Melbourne / Australia
Artistic Gymnastics
PREVIEW: Artistic Worlds 2005 - second time Down Under

Eleven years after the world championships of artistic gymnastics were held in Australia (Brisbane, 1994), now the top highlight 2005 came back to the 'green continent' again.
It will be the '39th Men's...' and the '29th Women's Artistic Gymnastics Worlds', organized by the 124 years old International Gymnastics Federation F.I.G., started in 1903 in Antwerp (men's first) and completed by women's first event at the 10th tournament in Budapest 1934.

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19. November 2005
Melbourne / Australia
Artistic Gymnastics
Men s PODIUM TRAINING

On Saturday, November 19 (men) and on Sunday, November 20 (women) will held the important sessions of PODIUM TRAINING.
All participants can use the original apparatuses under the same conditions like at the following competition days;
it's also a very important logistically check for all processes for the organizers.
May be to study the first interest thinks into the exercises of the athletes....

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17. November 2005
Melbourne / Australia
Artistic Gymnastics
Home Advantage may lift Rizzo

AUSTRALIA has never won a gold medal at a world artistic gymnastics championships, but the Australian media and also the whole nation has high hopes that Philippe RIZZO can break the drought in front of a home crowd in Melbourne next week.
The high bar specialist is the host nation's best hope for a medal at the 38th world championships at the Rod Laver Arena, where some 308 athletes representing 61 counties will compete for the all-around and individual...

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13. November 2005
Melbourne / Australia
Artistic Gymnastics
The Aussie Team at the Worlds 2005

The Australian host of the upcoming 'Artistic Gymnastics World Championships', held in the Rod Lavel Arena of Melbourne from November 22 to 27 named its national squad:
On top of the Australian team are the high bar silver medallist of the 2001 worlds (Ghent) Phillippe RIZZO, who won at last the world cup in Glasgow last month...
On women's side will start Monette RUSSO, who scored second and third on floor at the last European world cups in...

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12. November 2005
Leverkusen / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
30th Leverkusen Cup - a big Success

German's won at Home
The 30th anniversary of the oldest German international artistic gymnastics tournament, the 'LEVERKUSEN CUP' were won by the team of host with a score of 68,450.
A big surprise was the second placed Belgium team, lead by their best gymnast Aagie van Walleghem (67,575). On third place came the Mexican team of Regio Club Gimnastico (67,000).
Best in all-around was the German Daria Bijak (34,925) at her 20th birthday, followed by van Walleghem...

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