18. Oktober 2008
Glasgow, Großbritannien
Artistic Gymnastics
Weltcup Glasgow 2008: Final Results

GRAND PRIX, Glasgow
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The eight's placed of the 2008 Olympic final on flloor, the Israelian Alexander Shatilov (photo, left) beat the 2007 floor world champion Diego Hypolito (BRA) at the World Cup final day in Glasgow.
The other winners came from Slovenia (Mitja Petkovsek and Alen Dimic), from Hungary, (Kristian Berki) Netherlands (Yuri van Gelder)  and France (Thomas Bohail).

On women's side the Dutch Sanne Weavers was the most successfull gymnast, winning...

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17. Oktober 2008
Leverkusen, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
P R E V I E W - GYMfamily Event: --- 33rd LEVERKUSEN CUP 2008

Olympic Artistic Gymnastics „LIVE in Leverkusen“
Femal Gymnasts from 10 Nations will fight for the  „Leverkusen Cup 2008“ 
Some weeks after the end of the Olympic Games the German "Turn-Club 72 Leverkusen" will organize the 33rd anniversary of one of the most traditional European artistic gymnastics event,
the "2008 LEVERKUSEN CUP"- at Saturday, October 18.

Once again, like the last years, will start a lot of participants of...

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16. Oktober 2008
New York, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Nastia Liukin: Sportswoman of the Year !

Olympic all-round gymnastics champion Nastia Liukin (USA) was named "Sportswoman of the Year" by the Women's Sports Foundation this week.
Liukin, who won five Olympic medals in Beijing 2008 with her elegant routines, joined a list of former winners including golfer Annika Sorenstam, figure skater Michelle Kwan, track athlete Gail Devers and speed skater Bonnie Blair.
After Mary Lou Retton (USA) in 1984, Liukin is the second gymnast to win this award.

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10. Oktober 2008
Helmond, Netherlands
Artistic Gymnastics
we met You in BEIJING 2008: ... a big Success for Janssen-Fritsen, too!

The top-class performances seen in the gymnastics disciplines at the Olympic Games are significantly influenced, and indeed made possible, by the state of development of the high-tech equipment used in these sports.  
In a constant process of interchange between training and competition, as well as regular exchanges of experience between the world's best gymnasts, clubs and technicians from the world's leading apparatus manufacturers, ultra-modern pieces of equipment have been designed, without which the breath-taking performances on the Olympic podium would not...

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5. Oktober 2008
Szombathely, Hungary
Artistic Gymnastics
First FIG World Cup in Hungary - a Swiss Festival !

First World Cup after the Olympics
To the first time the Hungarian Gymnastics Federation is hos of a F.I.G. World Cup of artistic Gymnastics, which sis held in the city of Szombathely, which was host of the Europeans of aerobic gymnastics 2007, already.
Swiss Olympian Ariella Kaeslin (vault) and Claude-Allan Porchet (floor exerc.) won their very first world cup events at the first final day, and Jasmin Zimmerman the third for Switzerland...

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