16. März 2009
Taiwan
Artistic Gymnastics
Do You know what D E A F L Y M P I C S are...?

The 21. DEAFLYMPICS 2009 will take place in Taipeh
From the 5th until the 15th of September 2009 the world elite of deaf athletes will determine the best among themselves in 19 different sports. 3.706 deaf participants from 74 nations signed on for the 21st summer games in Taiwan. Due to that, the „Deaflympics“ count next to the Olympic Games, the Universiades, the Paralympics,
Special Olympics and the World Games as one of the...

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13. März 2009
Bryansk, Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
2009 Russian Championships

Russian Nationals 2009 finished Friday with the event finals in Bryansk.
The 2007 world champion (Stuttgart) on uneven bars, Ksenia Semenova (< photo, left), won the title on his special apparatus but also on floor exercises.
New Russian Champion on vault and balance beam are the both gymnasts from Moscow Yulia Berger and Aliya Mustafina. togehther with Ksenia Afanassyeva

Six gymnasts took titles in the men's events:
All-around champion Yuri Ryazanov...

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10. März 2009
Kiev, Ukraine
Artistic Gymnastics
2009 Stella Zakharova Cup

Despite the ongoing controversy between the Ukraine Gymnastics Federation (UGF)  and the 1980 Olympic Champion Stella ZAKHAROVA last weekend took place the "8th Intern. Stella Sakharova Cup 2009" in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, independently of the UGF. Last fall, which announced, that the federation would not sanction the competition.
Israelian Alexander Shatilov (87,400) and Byelorussian junior Galina Ivanets  (53.550) won the all-around competitions...

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8. März 2009
Montreal, Canada
Artistic Gymnastics
2009 Artistic World Cup circuit starts in Montreal

On Friday began the qualification round of the first World Cup at the traditional "GYMnix International 2009" in Montreal, Canada with strong Japaneses in men's qualification, but at the end all the final winners came from Europe.
On women's side only a very small field took part at this event: two finalists on vault, four on uneven bars, beam and floor only ...!
Tyson American Winner Jordyn Wievers (USA) claimed the all-around title of the "Gymnix Junior...

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6. März 2009
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
The FIG in Lausanne ...

*fig press: -- Established as early as 1881, making it the oldest established sport federation in the world, the International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.) officially inaugurated its new Head Office in Lausanne yesterday in the presence of International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, FIG Executive Committee members and the Federation’s President Professor Bruno Grandi (ITA).
Back in October of 2005, the F.I.G. decided to transfer its Head Office from Moutier to Lausanne after having dismissed the idea of opening its...

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