Just three days after the end of the first Challenge Cup in Cottbus the "gym-circus" already moved on, and the second CHALLENGE CUP 2012 takes place from 28 - 30 March at the Aspire Dome in Doha (Qatar). The organizing national gymnastics federation of Qatar received a total of 117 active participants from 31 nations (76 men / 41 women). In the women taking the world stars including Elizabeth Tweddle (GBR; 1st on uneven bars) and Cataline Ponor (ROU).
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TODAY: Apparatus Finals - Part II
There are world and continental champions, national champions and certainly next Olympic champion at this year's 2012 FIG Challenge Cup, wich will held from 22 to 25 March in the Lausitz-Arena of Cottbus, Germany.
For men, several duels will be the focus of interest. However, omitting local hero ...
International gymnastics field brings talent to Everett
*us-gymnastics --: From World champions and multiple medal winners to the new up-and-comers, U.S. athletes will be alongside talent from 16 other countries next week in Everett, Wash.
The 2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships will feature more than 200 athletes in artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline, March 16-18, at the Comcast Arena and Comcast Community Ice Rink in Everett, Wash.
Jordyn WIEBER kicked off her Olympic year with a victory and may have found a new threat to her gold medal hopes. Wieber, the reigning world champion, captured her third American Cup at New York's Madison Square Garden, finishing with a score of 61.032 to beat teammate Alexandra Raisman by two-tenths of a point in the first major prep for the London Games.
In the men's event, American Danell LYVA roared back from a slow start...
The 2012 "AT&T American Cup", part of the International Gymnastics Federation World Cup series, marks the start of the road to London for many of the world’s top gymnasts seeking to make history this summer.
2011 World all-around champion Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA; 2011 World parallel bars champion Danell Leyva o(Miami/Team Hilton HHonors; Universal Gymnastics); 2011 World team champion Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics;
and 2011 World team bronze-medalist John Orozco...