2. Mai 2003
Moscow/Lausanne
Artistic Gymnastics
European Team Championships in Moscow

After the premiere in Riesa 2000 the European Gymnastics Union organizes the 2nd European Team Championships this weekend in Moscow.
More than twelve OLympic and world champions are among the favourite teams. So the former Ukrainian star Victoria Karpenko celebrates a comeback - in the team of her new homeland Bulgaria.

... more UEG info: 2nd European Cup for Clubs 2003: no qualifying tournaments...!
UEG info: Drawing of lots European Youth Olympic Festival 2003 EYOF...

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27. April 2003
Budapest/Hungary
Artistic Gymnastics
Hungary won Dual Meet against Switzerland

The Hungarian women's team of artistic gymnastics won a dual meet against the national team of Switzerland with a difference of 0,35 points, only:
136,425 : 136,075
Best in all-around was the 18 years old Swiss national champion Annelore Collaud with a score of 34,65 points. On second place came Danielle Englert (34,074/SUI ) and the best Hungarian came on third: Renata Kiss (34,05)....

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26. April 2003
Avignon/France
Artistic Gymnastics
German Junior team won in Avignon

The German national team of male juniors won in Avignon/France the traditional meet with a score of 206,70 against the host France (203,40), the team of Switzerland (200,10) and the boys from Great Britain (190,70).

The excellent all-around winner came also from Germany: The European Junior Champion on bars (Patras 2002) Fabian Hambuechen scored 53,95 points.
Arnaud Willig (FRA/51,20) came on second place and the second GErman Waldemar Eichorn (49,55) was third.

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26. April 2003
Italien
Artistic Gymnastics
Italien won against Netherlands and Great Britain

The national women's artistic gymnastics team of Italy won at home the meet against a young team from Netherlands (Laura van Leeuwen, Mayra Kroonen, Gabriëlla Wammes, Evi Neijssen, Loes Linders and Nathalie Bletterman) with 143,400 to 137,300 points. Great Britain came on tgird(133,475), Israel on fourth place (119,525.).
One week before the Eight-Nations-Cup in Groningen (NL) Verona van de Leur (feet injury in Thessaloniki), Monique Nuijten und Renske Endel (Infectious disease) are not ready for action.

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25. April 2003
Bejing/China
Artistic Gymnastics
China doesn t come to Groningen in May

China's National Sports Department has cancelled all competitions in May, so International Gymnast pronounced.
The National Sports Department held an emergency meeting, discussing the present condition of Guang Zhao, Beijing, and other cities areas dealing with rising numbers of SARS cases. The decision was made to cancel or postpone all national Chinese sporting events.
Cancelled are China's plans to send five female gymnasts next week to the 8-Country Meet in Groningen, Netherlands, as well as a separate exchange...

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