13. September 2008
Magglingen, Schweiz
Artistic Gymnastics

"Im Leistungszentrum in Magglingen weht bald ein neuer Wind", so jedenfalls kommentierte die Schweizer Presse den heftigen Wechsel des gesamten Trainerteams im Bereich Männer Kunstturnen, und:
Seit langem wird mit Beni Fluck (52) wieder ein Schweizer Cheftrainer im europäischen Turn-Traditionsland an der Spitze stehen:
Der neue Chef Bernhard «Beni» Fluck betreute bisher den Nachwuchs. Er war Trainer jener Junioren-Riege, die an den Europameisterschaften 2002 in Patras hinter Russland sensationell die Silbermedaille errungen hatte. Mit Ausnahme von Christoph...

10. September 2008
London, Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics

The O2 Arena, London 13th-18th October 2009
British Gymnastics are thrilled to announce that the 41st  World Artistic Gymnastic Championships will be coming to "The O2 in London"  in October 2009. This will be the first time the event has ever been held in the capital and a welcome return to the United Kingdom after a decade away.
Beijing 2008 has shown the huge potential and talent of our young...

6. September 2008
Bucharest, Romania
Artistic Gymnastics

Six-time Romanian world champion (2001 - 2006), the  gymnast Marian DRAGULESCU, is retiring because of health reasons and plans to become a trainer.

One of the world's top vaulters, the 28-year-old Marian Dragulescu said Thursday, that he would retire after medical tests revealed he had chronic back problems.
To the Romanian press he said, that he would likely train young gymnasts for the Dinamo Bucharest club.

Dragulescu was bitterly upset when he failed...

4. September 2008
Hanoi, Vietnam
Artistic Gymnastics

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will also be remembered for a number of doping scandals, one of which involved Vietnamese gymnast Do Thi Ngan Thuong, who tested positive for a banned substance after finishing last in the women’s floor exercises.

Also the Hanoi press affirmed, that the 19-year-old, who was the only female representative in artistic gymnastics from Southeast Asia, was found to have taken diuretic furosemide – a readily available drug that can be...

2. September 2008
Buenos Aires / Argentina
Artistic Gymnastics

A little bit under the shade of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing took place a course for artistic gymnastics coaches in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Almost 50 Coaches participated at this course.
Course leader was Member of the Technical Committee and Chairman of the Board of Coach Education of the German Gymnastics Federation, Dr. Flavio Bessi who was invited by the local federation to his former birth city in order to do a course.

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