According to Russian agencies, following the disappointing results of the Russian teams at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart dthe beam European Champion Julia LOZHECHKO and the all-round European champion Maxim DEVIATOVSKYI were expelled by the national gymnastics association...
The 40th EnBW Men's Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2007 and the 31st Women's World Championships from September 1-9 in Stuttgart's Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Hall were not merely world championships, but also the only possibility to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.
The European Gymnastics Service "GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL" reported directly from Stuttgart. China, the USA and - for the first time in many years - Germany were the most successful nations of these Worlds, but also the organization of these worlds deserved a special gold medal...!
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On Friday at 10 am local time the second day of podium training starts with the last four subdivisions at the worlds venue "Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Hall in Stuttgart.
First Australia, Canada and Portugal will go on the podium, followed at 1 pm local time by Rumania and the USA, at 4 pm by Italy, Ukraine, Greece.
The German team iss pleased with its place in the last group of the second day at 7 pm in the evening, together with Korea and Spain....!
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In cooperation with the publishing house Bechtel-Verlag and the magazine LEON* a prestigious illustrated book is being published to coincide with the artistic gymnastics World Championships...
On the first day of the podium training of the women, the German hostesses were able to test the apparatus early on, in Group 3, along with the Ukraine and two mixed teams.
The Chinese team was allotted an even more awkward slot in Group 1 (10 am), with the Italian team following just after in Group 2 (11.45 am).
Rumania on the other hand is ending the first day of training in Group 4 at about 6...