2 weeks before the F.I.G.- World- Congress:
With an internal information document to the member federations Bruno Grandi has started a new stage on the FIG's way to new international judging regulations in artistic gymnastics:
In the document are listed the principles which according to him are required for the new 'Code de Pointage'. The FIG- World Congress will now take care of this issue at the end of October in Antalya (TUR)...
Grigori Misiutin (UKR), Olympic Champion from 1992 and recently head coach of the Ukrainian junior team which won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Ljubljana this year, wants to move to Saarland/ Germany.
The main reason for this is that his wife Yevgenia recently has obtained German citizenship. Her parents have been living in the city Saarbrücken for a couple of years already....
From September 18 on the T.J. Maxx Tour of Gymnastics Champions is on tour across the USA, featuring members of the 2004 U. S. Olympic Team. The high-flying T.J. Maxx tour format combines elements of Cirque du Soleil-style modern performance art with elite gymnastics to push the boundaries of athleticism and gymnastics to all-new levels. The Tour is runnning September 18 to November 28 and will stopp in 39 cities....
With great sadness, the German gymnastics family informs, that Mr. Helmut BANTZ, the European Champion on parallel bars at the first continental championships (Frankfurt 1955) and the Olympic champion on vault in Melbourne (1956) passed away, in his hometown near Cologne, yesterday.
Helmut Bantz was a long time coach and teacher at the Sports College of Cologne and generations of students got their knowledges from him...
It's a big loss for the German gymnastics family...
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Five weeks only after winning the Olympic gold medal with their team in Athens the Romanian top gymnasts Oana BAN and Silvia STROESCU degleared their retirement from international top sport
The reasons are continuing injuries in the last years.