31. Januar 2007
Cottbus/ Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Rush of entries for the Tournament of Masters!

200 gymnasts from 43 countries...!
The "Tournament of Masters" (March 23rd - 25th 2007) in Cottbus has been very popular among gymnasts for the last 30 years. This year, however, the rush of entries for the World Cup tournament in Cottbus is bigger than ever before:
Although the registration period has only just begun, the German Gymnastics Federation has already received registrations from almost 200 gymnasts from 43 countries for the competition in Cottbus!

The audience in Cottbus will get...

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30. Januar 2007
Berlin / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
EU kicks off European Year of Equal Opportunity in Berlin

Ronny Ziesmer - an European Campaign Ambassador

As part of the opening conference of the "European Year of Equal Opportunity" at the Berlin Congress Center (bcc) on Alexanderplatz
the paralysed German gymnast Ronny Ziesmer was appointed as an ambassador for this campaign; in this new function he met the German Minister of Family Affairs, Ursula von der Leyen, who remarked that to accept diversity meant first and foremost to accept other people.

Since his accident in July 2004, Ronny...

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30. Januar 2007
Cottbus/ Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
31st TOURNAMENT OF MASTERS - Highlight of the Pre-Olympic Year 2007 - .... a GYMfamily Event --

One week after the first World Cup event of the new series in Paris-Bercy (FRA) the second tournament will follow in Germany, the country which also hosts the Pre-Olympic World Championships this year in September in Stuttgart. The 2nd event of this year's World Cup series will be the traditional "TOURNAMENT OF MASTERS"  from March 23rd to 25th in the venue "Lausitz-Arena"
in Cottbus.
Having taken place since 1972, the "Tournament of Masters" is now one of...

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13. Januar 2007
Oklahoma City / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
2007 HALL of FAME Inductees announced

The Board of Directors of the "International Gymnastics Hall of Fame" announced the 2007 Induction Celebration on May 11 in Oklahoma City, USA.
Once more, some of the highest representatives of international artistic gymnastics have been chosen to be honoured at the 11th annual induction.
The IGHOF Board announced the names of those to be honoured in 2007:
Simona Amanar (ROM), Elena Davydova (RUS), Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN) and Eberhard Gienger (GER) ...

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7. Januar 2007
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
31. TURNIER DER MEISTER - Highlight of the Pre-Olympic Year 2007

One week after the first world cup event of the new series in Paris-Bercy (FRA), the German host of the Pre-Olympic world championships (Stuttgart) invites to the traditional "TURNIER DER MEISTER" .

From March 23 to 25 the "31st Tournament of Masters" will held in Cottbus, in the venue "Lausitz-Arena", again. Started in 1972 this event is the oldest ond most traditional top sport event of artistic gymnastics with a special familiar and warm-hearted character.

Organiced by the reigning...

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