The I. YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES 2010 take place from August 14 - 26 in Singapore and are a novelty in the Olympic history. Initiated by  Dr. Jacques Rogge, the European Olympic Committees launched the "European Youth Olympic Days" (EYOD, now called EYOF ) - the only multi sports event on this continent. This event is a novelty in the history also of the worldwide Olympic movement now, for the first time. About 3,600 young athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 from aproximately 200 nations came together in Singapore.
Amongst them were also the participants of the 3 Olympic gymnastics disciplines, whose competitions are equiped with the apparatus of the Dutch company "Janssen-Fritsen" .
*TODAY: Finals of Rhythmic Gymnastics
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*fig --: The F.I.G. office published today, that a severe warning has been issued to Romanian gymnast Marian Dragulescu for failing to comply with the procedures governing the fight against doping.
Three indictments were filed against the gymnast, namely concerning violation of a rule stipulating that a gymnast must announce his return to competition after a retirement, a communication made regarding Marian Dragulescu by his national federation on December 30, 2008. Because of his failure to comply with this rule, Dragulescu was not taken into account for out of competition testing since he was not on the 2009 FIG RTP (Registered Testing Pool) official list.  .. full story >>

 
* British gymnastics --: World Champion gymnast Beth Tweddle, has set up a new organisation, "Total Gymnastics", to enable young people of all abilities to join in gymnastics, learn the fundamental movement skills and develop their talent.
Total Gymnastics will operate through Academies that will be registered BG clubs and venues. "Clearly the success of this venture will depend on the quality of our coaches and we are currently beginning recruitment. We are looking for dedicated and passionate British Gymnastics qualified coaches who are looking for extra coaching hours as of October 2010", said Beth. 

 
The world-famous Cirque du Soleil is seeking new talent for its current shows and upcoming creations and will be be holding open auditions for the first time in OLLERUP, Denmark on October 25, 2010.  At the core of the creative energy of Cirque du Soleil shows are athletes, acrobats and artists at the pinnacle of their art. These women and men are driven by a passion to continually surpass themselves. 51% of them come from sports disciplines such as artistic, rhythmic and acrobatic gymnastics, as well as trampoline, tumbling, diving and synchronized swimming, and urban acrobatic disciplines.

* DOWNLOADS: For all the interest person, please download the different invitations
> in English   >> in Danish  or  in  >> German  language. 

 
After the comeback of Octavian Belu and Mariana Bitang after 5 years absence at the top of the Romanian women's squad the present chief coach Prof. Nicolae FORMINTE declared his withdrawl from his job.

The 54 years old Romanian expert of women's artistic gymnastics and full-fledged national coach with a long line of successes is seeking for a new big and siutable challenge, but outside of his homeland Romania ...

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Mattie Larson of Los Angeles, Calif., won the senior all-around competition at the 2010 CoverGirl Classic at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Ill..
In the junior session earlier at Saturday, July 24, 2010 Pacific Rim Championships junior all-around champion Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich., won the junior all-around title.
With an all-around score of 57.150, Larson, who trains at All Olympia Gymnastics, claimed the senior all-around title with a second place finish on floor exercise (14.600) and a fourth place finish on vault (14.700).
Cincinnati Gymnastics’ Amanda Jetter of Milford, Ohio, was second in the all-around at 56.800. Illinois native Mackenzie Caquatto of Naperville/Legacy Elite Gymnastics, finished third in the all-around, posting a 56.450, and landed in second on vault (14.850) and bars (15.050).  .. full story >>

 
The Youth Olympic Flame arrived today in Berlin, Germany, on its mission to spread the spirit of Olympism to as many youth around the world as possible. This marked the first stop on the Journey of the Youth Olympic Flame that will span five continents as a prelude to the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Upon its arrival from Ancient Olympia, Greece, where the first Youth Olympic Flame was lit the day before, the Flame made a brief visit at Siemensstadt, a famous sports club in Berlin built in 1984.
Over 650,000 visitors visit the Siemensstadt sports club a year, and when the Flame made its stop, it was greeted by youth engaging in basketball, tennis and volleyball.
The Flame then made its way by boat on the Spree River, through the Haus der Kulturen der Welt - one of the leading European centres of contemporary art and culture - and towards Pariser Platz, where the famous Brandenburg Gate is located for the City Celebration held for the Journey of the Youth Olympic Flame.  .. full story >>

 
The Houston Chronical reports this week, that the 2004 all-around Olympic gold medalist Paul HAMM (27) plans to return to competition 2011 January in hopes of qualifying for the USA Gymnastics men's national team and competing at the 2012 London Olympics.
Paul Hamm said to the media, that he has left his job in the financial industry and hopes to train at his old gym in his hometown of Waukesha, Wis., (USA) or at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. His likely first competition would be next January at the 2011 Winter Cup meet in Las Vegas.  .. full story >>

 
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Disruption of drumhead instead of Bathing Fun!
Last weekend the Swiss Olympic Champion on pommel horse (1996, Atlanta) 
Chinese provenance, Donghua Li, pushed to his envelope at the so called  "Wake&Jam-Festival" at Murtensee (Switzerland): 
At the "Blob-Jumping" he risked boldly jumps into the cool wet, but the effekt was: a disruption of his drumhead and a ban aof bathing for the next weeks ...
* the Swiss Television presented:  
>> Donghua Li and his dangerous Blob-Jumping 

 
In a meeting in Ottawa, Canada the Technical Committee of mens artistic gymnastics of the World Gymnastics Federation F.I.G. acknowledged the "new floor element" of the European Champion Matthias FAHRIG from Halle, and gave this element the highest possible degree of difficulty - "G" (Value: 0.7). Therewith the "Fahrig"-Salto in double twist followed by one and a half twist, which was displayed in tucked position for the first time last weekend at the Japan Cup in Tokyo,  was taked up in the "Code de Pointage" - the international assessment regulations of gymnasts.  .. full story >>

 
At the first event day host Japan won the men's team competition of the 2010 JAPAN CUP in Tokyo with a score of 276,100 points and a differenece of more than nine points in front of team Germany, scoring 266,900 points, followed by  USA on third (265,400), Great Britain, Korea ...
At the Sunday's all-around final the Olympic silver medallist and reigning world champion Kohei UCHIMURA was unbeatable (93,450). The Asian Champion of 2008 Doha, Koji YAMAMURO became third with 91,100 points, followed by the Korean KIM, Soo Myun (89,850).
On women's side Russian team won with 173,850, followed by host Japan, Korea and Vietnam and Ksenia AFANASYEVA (RUS) won the all-around competion (58,350) by the surprisingly Japanese Koko TSURUMI on second place ...  .. full story >>

 
British Champion City of Liverpool’s Hannah Whelan produced a superb performance to take the 2010 Senior Women’s All-around title from the Guildford Spectrum.
Beijing Olympian Hannah, having recently returned to action after a wrist injury took the most prestigious honour of the British calendar scoring 57.800.
Hannah said: “ I’m really, really happy! I didn’t have any aims or expectations coming into the competition. So to then go out and win is just incredible. I’ve had injury problems so to then return and become British Champion is fantastic.”

The Silver medal went to Heathrow ‘s Nicole Hibbert (55.850) who competed in the Senior competition for the 1st time after being crowned Junior Champion in 2009.
  .. full story >>

 
The 7th artistic gymnastic world cup event of the 2010 circuit takes place this weekend in Porto, at the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Specially the men's field is a strong concurrence: After the Friday's qualification round the Brasilian Diego Hypolito leads on floor, but the Romanian Flavius Koczi (ROU) beat him at the final part I at Saturday and won also the vault final on Sunday; all the othe finals were won by Chineses:  Guo Weiyang on pommel horse, Chen, Yibing on rings and Feng, Zhe on parallel bars and high bar.

On women's side Danielle Hypolito from Brazil was the double winner on vault and floor together with Jessica Lopez from Vezeuela, who won also won the the uneven bars. Best on balance beam was Nathalie Sanchez  ...
  .. full story >>

 
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Four Australien gymnasts were on top at the III. PRE-OLYMPIC YOUTH-CUPS 2010 in Bergisch Gladbach (Germany) at the end of the all-around competition of the age group 14/15
Best of them was Giorgia-Rose BROWN, with a score of 52,900 points - the highest score of the day -  followed by Angela DONALD (52,850), Emma Jane NEDOV (52,250) und Amelia McGRAITH 51,000).
After a strong and  thrilling fight between the Russian  Irina YASHINA (50,700) and the German Cagla AKYOL from the city of Mannheim the Russian girl won with a difference of 0,15 points.
Also in the elite category the Russian Daria Elizarova won the all-around ...  .. full story >>

 
In 2008 the German Rhenania Gymnastics Federation (RTB) started with a new international gymnastics competition for femal elite, junior and teen gymnasts.
In this year of the "I. OLympic Youth Games 2010" in Singapur (August), the
"3rd Pre-Olympic Youth Cup 2010" in Bergisch Gladbach (Germany) will have a special importance in preparation of this highlight in the summer, to check the sportive enmity and the own level of proficiency...!
The Grand Dame of international artistic gymnastic, the Olympic silver medal winner Oksana Chusovitina will be the Patron of this event again and welcomes really the best young gymnasts into the Rhineland, her new homeland at the weekend of May 29 - 30.
Twelve weeks before Singapoor the worldwide best will meet in Germany.
Feel free to join in this ebvent with attractive concurrence and prize money, too ...  .. full story >>

 
Junior Australian team to compete at the Pre Olympic Youth Cup.
Four Junior National Squad members are off to Germany at Tuesday to represent Australia.
<< Georgia-Rose Brown (VIS), Angela Donald (WAGA), Amelia McGrath (MLC) and Emma Nedov (Epping YMCA) are all members of the AIS/GA Olympic Junior Squad and were selected to attend the III. Pre Olympic Youth Cup 2010 in Germany to be held weekend.  
Accompanying the team are coaches Mikhail Barabach, Michelle De Highden, John Hart and Guiping Wang. The Victorian Womens High Performance Centre have also two gymnasts competing at the event, Alex Eade and Grace Claringbold who will be accompanied by coach Tracey Penaluna.
** The Australien girls arrived at Wednesday and started their first training at Thursday morning already ... 

 
1st Youth Olympic Games Singapore (SIN),
    - August 14 – 26, 2010 -
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* f i g --:  While the countdown is on for the 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, the qualification phase for the FIG’s Olympic disciplines is now closed.
The official drawing of lots for Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics competitions took place parallel to the FIG Council meeting in Chiba (JPN) on May 13, 2010. ...  .. full story >>

 
The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) announced that 2009 World all-around silver-medalist Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas/WOGA, and all-around winner of the 2010 Tyson America Cup,  earned April Female Athlete of the Month honors for her all-around gold-medal performance at the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne, Australia ...  .. full story >>

 
Artistic Gymnastics World Stars met at the Sport Complex Olympisky in central Moscow (RUS) to compete in the sixth stopover of the FIG World Cup circuit, a category A tournament.
Set for May 14 - 15, the World Stars were host ed by the Russian Gymnastics Federation in cooperation with the City of Moscow and the Russian Ministry of Sports. The high level tournament debuted in 2006 and celebrated its 5th edition this year.

Alexander Balandin (rings), Anton Golotsutskov (vault), Tatiana Nabieva (bars) and Ekaterina Kurbanova (floor) were the winners of the Russian host, but also the North Koreans leaved strong marks at the "World Stars" tournament in Moscow ...  .. full story >>

 
Only one resp. two weeks after the Europeans in Birmingham  the sixth edition of the 43rd Salamun Memorial, a next FIG World Cup B slated for May 07 to 09, 2010. Debuted under the FIG label in 2005, this traditional tournament will be held in Maribor - hometown of the Slovenian gymnastic legend Leon STUKELJ .
Maribor and Slovenia are home to a number of the prestigious gymnasts so often seen on the podiums of international tournaments: Aljaz Pegan (35) a long time "King of the high bar, and Mitja Petkovsek, World and European champion on parallel bars.Altogether 50 male and 30 female gymnasts representing 14 different countries are registered, among of them also some of the last years titleholders too.
At last the Slovenian hosts won four of the finals, Dutch gymnasts won three ...  .. full story >>

 
Today, one week after the men's events the 31st WOMEN's EUROPEAN  CHAMPIONSHIPS Artistic Gymnastics - including the juniors - finished at the "National Indoor Stadium" of Birmingham. From Wednesday onwards the juniors fighted for the team, all-around and the apparatus titles, the elite gymnasts for team and also the apparatus titles on Sunday.
At last Russia won two gold medals (Team and vault), but Beth TWEDDLE lead the British host to silver in team competition and also to two golden medals at the apparatus finals bars and floor ans so the Brits came on second place in nation ranking, first time in front of Romania...!
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The International Olympic Committee stripped China of its 2000 Olympic Games women’s team bronze medal because one of its athletes did not meet the age requirement. The IOC said it will award the team bronze medal to the United States, which originally finished fourth in the team competition.
The decision, made during the IOC’s Executive Board meetings in Dubai, UAE, was based on the recommendation of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). 
After conducting an internal investigation, (> GYMmedia NEWS, 2010, March 01)  the FIG nullified the results of Chinese gymnast Dong Fangxiao at the 2000 Olympic Games in February 2010....  .. full story >>

 
The 32nd European Championships of Artistic Gymnastics for Elite and Juniors started on Thursday - one day later than planned, because of the disrupted arrivals of delegations due to the Icelandic vulcano - in Englands second largest city, in Birmingham's "National Indoor Stadium".
After with a changed new timetable and after the bTeam and Junior all-around decision will follow the apparatus finals at Sunday:
* TODAY:  Junir's and Men's Final events
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 *fig--: President of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001 and Honorary FIG Member in 1983, Juan Antonio Marquis de SAMARANCH died today in Barcelona (ESP) in the presence of his family. He would have been 90 on July 17th of this year.

His mark on the Olympic Movement is indelible; he pushed reforms through IOC management and strengthened its financial standing through a pragmatic approach to the sale of television rights and commercial partner contracts.
Juan Antonio Samaranch maintained an intimate relationship with the international gymnastics community.
In 1983, former FIG President Yuri Titov of Russia named him an Honorary Member.
  .. full story >>

 
The "Grand Prix Ostrava 2010", a  part of the F.I.G. Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series event, has been rescheduled for September 29 – October 1 (originally set for Sep 23 – 25, 2010) at the ČEZ Arena...  .. full story >>

 
... and again an enthusiastic gymnastics atmosphere in Dessau
With the team of Fabian Hambüchen, Philipp Boy, Marcel Nguyen, Matthias Fahrig and Eugen Spiridonov there was a clear country win with 269,000 : 246,600 by the German gymnasts in the Anhalt-Arena to Dessau.

Infront of a thrilled audience of over 1.800 people it was a little bumpy on the first apparatus for the hosts (on the floor)  - and the Polish started pretty well on the rings, vault and bars (131,950 by half-time)  - but in the comparison of the apparatus they clearly strode infornt of the others.

Especally with the bars and a great high bar round the German men flew past the Polish guests up to an end difference of  - 22,400 points...
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Crisis management met at the GYMnastics-European Championships in Bremen
On Sunday the official training for the Gymnastics European Championship- Mens should have started in Birmingham.  But the ash of the volcano Eyjafjalla hasn't only delayed flight. It also delayed the punctual arrival of 38 national teams in England.  So the European Championship start has been delayed for a day!   .. full story >>

 
After Montreal, Cottbus and Doha the World Cup -Gymnastics Circus was stationed in Paris this weekend. For the 17th time the mens and womens competitions "FRANCE INTERNATIONAL" took place in the traditional Omnisports-hall of Paris-Bercy - where the first singles gymnastics world championships took place in 1992. With 148 registered participants in total - 53 women and 95 men - from 35 countries in total, these competitions had quantitatively and qualitatively  the best World Cup participation ever - honored by an audience of over 5000!
The French hosts got three finals wins with Cyril Tommasone (pommel horse), Samir Aid Sait (rings) and Youna Dufournet (vault). The Spanish Isaac Botella won the vault in the mens, best on the beam was Wu, Lifang from China, her country woman He, Kexin won the uneven bars and Englands star Beth Tweddle triumphed on the floor.   .. full story >>

 
Men’s gymnastics national team of Romania won the competition against the Netherlands team held in Hellend, within the preparations for the 29th European Championships, organized in Birmingham from April 21 to 25, 2010.
Romania’s team accumulated 256.85 points compared to 255.50 of the Netherlands.

As for Men’s Individual All-Around Carlo van Minde ranked first, with 83.85 points followed by Cristian Bataga, 83.80 points, Melvin Ornek, 82.65 points, Jorian Ilbrink 

 
Women’s artistic gymnastics team of Romania won the competition against France’s team, held in French Arques locality, within the preparations for the 29th European Championships, organized in Birmingham from April 21st to 25th 2010.
Romania’s artistic gymnastics senior team won the competition against France by 167.800 points to 166.550 points.
As for Women’s Individual, Diana Chelaru ranked first, with a total of 57.550 points. Chelaru got the highest mark for jumps – 14.700.
Romania ranked on top also with its junior team, with a total of 162.200 points, followed by France, 160.500 points and Great Britain, 157.950 points.
As regards Women’s Individual All-Around Larisa Iordache finished on top, with 55.600 points. 

 
After the womens win on Saturday Hungary mens gymnasts have gone up another level today:
The Hungarian National team won the „1st Austrian Team Open Artistic Gymnastics“ in Vienna-Brigittenau with a clear advantage ahead of Upper Austria (248.850 to 242.650) and the Hungarian Junior-National team (241.750).
The Team Upper Austria therewith defended its national team-state title ahead of Vorarlberg (238.400) and Vienna (226.750).
Only after them, did Slowakia and Slowenia follow...  .. full story >>

 
... and Vorarlberg the Austrian championship!
The first international opening ceremony of the Austrian Team Country championship offered high quality gymnastics just a month before the European Championship in Birmingham:
Hungarys European Championship-squad pushed itself - at the premiere of the"I. AUSTRIAN TEAM OPEN" in Vienna-Brigittenau - with 150.650 ahead of Austria/Vorarlberg (146.800) and Austria/Tirol (143.950) – who therewith won Gold and Silver at the national team country championship which took place at the same time. 

Like Austria also Hungary and Israel tested their European Championship squads, and Canada came along as an overseas guest.
The „1st Austrian Team Open Artistic Gymnastics“ will end tomorrow on Sunday (28.3.) with the men applicant:
So Austrias country wide teams will meet Hungary, Slowakia and Slowenia.  .. full story >>

 
* F.I.G. - Press Review ...
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From 2008 on the International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.) renamed its public service and offers a weekly 
>> International Press Review ...
             * updated: 2010 , MARCH 26  .. full story >>

 
After the big international response to the  6. Future Team Cup 2009 last fall in Linz, there will be a further, extremely interesting international team competition for elites and juniors in Linz, Austria as of spring:
                The I. AUSTRIAN TEAM OPEN 2010!
Just before the European Championships this is a valuable test of the competition form of the until now 25 registered teams from 7 nations. Since this competition was announced rather late, there were many further requests to the Austrian Federation (ÖFT), to make use of this competition at the latest as of 2011. The organisers of the premiere believe they could place themselves in a real gap in the market in this point in time...  .. full story >>

 
* fig --: From March 22 – 24, Doha (QAT) hosted a stage on the Men’s and Women’s Artistic World Cup Circuit for the third consecutive year.
A FIG-label category A event, this stopover is on its way to become a don’t-miss event on the international circuit and a stage of reference for the Gulf region.
After the world cup event in Montreal, followed by the World Cup Cottbus now the 3rd world cup event in a row of three weekends only (!)  48 male (17 nations) and 21 femal gymnasts (12 nations) representing 20 different countries are registered.
The Dutch high bar vice world champion Epke Zonderland wins at the last final apparatus at the last final day in Doha ...
  .. full story >>

 
On Tuesday the 23rd of March 2010, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Singapur started the „Young Ambassador“ program.
30 youngsters from all over the world , each nominated by their National Olympic Committee, should help to advertise for the first Olympic Youth Games in August in Singapur and should support the participants, before and during the games and above all during the participation in the Cultural and Educational Program (CEP).
The goal of the Cultral and Educational Program is to inspire young people to engage themselves socially and to learn the values of sports and of the Olympics.  .. full story >>

 
Anja Brinker (TV Herkenrath) stands before a further operation, Olympic gymnast Joeline Möbius (TuS Chemnitz-Altendorf) ends her career surprisingly in due time, Marie Sophie Hindermann injured just before the country comparisons and now this on top of everything:
Shortly after her World Cup participation in Cottbus also Maike Roll (TG Söllingen), decided to no longer be part of the German gymnastics federation! Her reason being too much stress particularly in selection processes. She will however remain part of her state team TG Karlsruhe-Söllingen for the coming  Team start in Cologne. 

 
*baga: -- The majority of the top British, Romanian and German Artistic gymnastics women used the 5-day Friendly International training camp and competition at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire, Great Britain, to check their preparation on the road to the European Championships in Birmingham (28 April-2 May 2010). Romania, multiple Olympic, World and European Champions, tested their rejuvenated team in this relaxed Friendly International on Saturday, 20 March, putting together a total of 221.850 points against 221.600 for Great Britain.
Germany entered only three Senior gymnasts, with Marie-Sophie Hindermann having to rest after sustaining a slight injury during training on Friday.  .. full story >>

 
From March 13 to 16 the 11th Asian Junior Championships 2010 of Artistic and Trampoline Gymnastics took place in Chiba, Japan.
Altogether 12 female and male gymnasts representing 16 nations took part at these events, which were also the official qualifications for the upcoming I. Olympic Youth Games, which will be held in August in Singapore.

In Artistic Gymnastics the Japanese hosts were the winner in team but also at the all-around events ...  .. full story >>

According to a report by the "Japanese Association for the promotion of Sports and Health" the Olympic Medal belonging to the German gymnast Hermann Weingärtner from Frankfurt - from the first Olympic Games 1896 in Athens was stolen from a museum in Tokio - by who, is unknown.  The winner plakets (the grading Gold / Silver / Bronze were only introduced later) was taken from an unlocked, unguarded vitrine.

 
She bravely smiled to the audience, but with a sore heart, as the member of the German Gymnastics Team Jenny BRUNNER said goodbye and stepped out of the German Team Masters 2008, TuS Chemnitz-Altendorf, and left the rows of the German national team. It is a nice gesture, that the German Gymnastics Federation gave a leaving ceremony to Jenny, infront of the attactive auditorium - as always, on Sunday in the Lausitz Arena at the  World Cup in Cottbus, in which Jenny was just recently active herself and was in the finals on the floor and uneven bars.
The flowers for her goodbye, were given to her by the DTB-Vice-President Rosemarie Napp (Foto, le.). DTB-Sportsdirector Wolfgang Willam acknowledged the achievements of the now 20 year old, who had already outed her wish to  step out of the active professional sports . 

 
The second world cup event of artistic gymnastics of the new 2010 circuit  finished on Sunday with the second part of final events in Cottbus, Germany.
It was the 34th anniversary of this traditional event.
Altogether 108 participants (72 men, 36 women) representing 24 different nations arrived in Cottbus .
At the end of the Sunday's finals the winners came from five different countries on men's and four different nations on the women's side...
The most successful gymnast was the Canadian Kristina Vaculik, winning on the uneven bars and on the floor, together with the Polish Marta Pihan-Kulesza...

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The Russian media reported, that the rising Russian gymnast Kristina GORYUNOVA will not be able to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games after being suspended for one year by the Russian Gymnastics Federation, this week for using banned medication. Local media wrote that the samples taken from the 17-year-old at the national championships in November 2009, contained traces of the forbidden substance (one of furosemide analogues).
Goryunova justified the results by saying she was taking a food additive trying to lose weight, adding she did not know that it contained the banned substance.  .. full story >>

 
"Gymnix - was nothing ..."!
Even if it sounds promising in the range of a socalled B-World Cup, a few days before the 34th Cottbuss Tournament: The World Cup System of the FIG is definitely "out"!
A meager 11 gymnasts from 6 nations got "lost" to the 1. World Cup season, which was meant to be a season opening, to the traditional "GYMNIX-competitions" to Montreal, together with another 4 Canadian athletes...Because of a lack of participation the womens competitions were cancelled completely...  .. full story >>

 
US-gymnastics ---:The 2009 worlds all-around silver medallist  Rebecca Bross (60,550) (USA) and Maxim Devyatovsky of Russia won the women’s and men’s all-around titles, respectively, at the 2010 Tyson American Cup, the United States most prestigious invitational, at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass. Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass., and Jonathan Horton of Houston both finished second, with the USA’s Chris Brooks of Houston claiming the men’s bronze.   .. full story >>

 

And again the European juniors were frustrated with the success of the japanese young gymnasts qualities :
For the 5 time in a row,  JAPANS young league won in Berlin in the big sports hall at the Weißenseer Weg also the "15. International Junior Team Cup 2020" and showed off all its new talent:
With 247,350 points the Japanese quartett won ahead of SPAIN I (245,750) and SWITZERLAND (244,350). Like in the previous year the host assortment of  the SC Berlin managed the best German representatives on 7th position out of 26 teams in total from 17 nations and 3 continents.
A strong impression was made especially by the Spaniards, who had the singles winner of the Juniors Fabian Gonzales.
Here too the best gymnast from Berlin in the Juniors Philipp Herder (80,950) with a strong 6th place  ...  .. full story >>

 
... a great entry field can be expected
When on March 6th 2010 in Berlin the "15th INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR-TEAM-CUP 2010" will take place, the city, which will also be the host of the European Championships 2011, can expect the performances of 27 teams from 17 nations and three continentes. It again will be a competition of the best junior gymnasts from all over the World. Some of them will be seen again on the winners' podium at World Champions, Olympic Games or other high-level international events in the next Olympic cycle.
For four time in a row the young athletes from the team Olympic Champion 2004, Japan, were the winners in Berlin.
Can Europe's talents counter this time...?  .. full story >>

 
The Chinese gymnast DONG Fanxiao should not have been allowed to participate in the Olympic Summergames in Sydney in 2000, because she was too young, established the World Gymnastics Federation FIG.
Then, 10 years ago, Dong Fanxiao  was 14 years ofl and not 17 years old, as she had stated.
According to the FIG-Disciplinary Commission this is a violation of the rules. Dongs Olympics-results were invalidated. At the moment there is a FIG petition at the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which states that the Bronze medal in the Chinese Team assessment should not be recognized. Therewith the USA would move up to third place. Zhang Haifeng, speaker of the Olypmic Committee of China, regards the situation as being "history" in the Chinese media. "This happened in the year 2000. We are now writing the year 2010".  .. full story >>

 
In preparation of the 10th Africa Championships 2010, which will take place in Namibia from the 28th February until the 13th of March, an FIG-expert group tarried in Cairo, Egypt.
Under the leadership of trainer Dieter Hofmann (Switzerland) aswell as Bruno Franceschetti (ITA) - the ex-trainer of the Italian rings-legend Yuri Chechi andJewgeni Schendery (Canada) a training camp took place in the Olympics Center of the Egyptian capital.  .. full story >>

 
* fig -: Due to the catastrophic flooding that overshadowed the region, organisers of the 14th International Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament on Madeira Island in Funchal (POR) have cancelled the event, originally scheduled for February 26 – 28, 2010.
With a strong tradition in gymnastics, Portugal stands out as a dynamic country that organises a variety of international FIG calendar events in every discipline.
In 2010, World Cup and Series events will take place in Portimao in March (Rhythmic), Ponta Delgada (Aerobic) in April / May, Porto in June (Artistic) and in Loulé in September (Trampoline). 

 
The already thin squad roof of the German womens gymnastics had to withstand further cracks:
After the training injury of the German all-around champion Kim BUI (cruciate ligament rupture) - selbst für ihr Umfeld in Chemnitz völlig überraschend - the Olympics participant Joeline MOEBIUS back out from the competitive sports - a total surprise, even for her environment in Chemnitz . After Peking 2008, the now 17 year old, honored with the ''Chemmy" , by her home town as Saxonys "Sportswoman of the Year" (2007)  and current German beam champion, who trained until Friday last week, without any noticeable signs of insecurity, suddenly did not appear to her training on Monday. Her  father explained, that the parents want to take her out of competitive sports...  .. full story >>

 
The German top lables SPIETH Gymnastic and EUROTRAMP - worldwide known as the producer of top gym apparatuses - awarded title of Exclusive Equipment Supplier and Partner of the Brazilian Gymnastics Federation!

<< Mr. Juergen Garziella, Sales Manager of SPIETH Gymnastic, this time also representing the German trampoline producer EUROTRAMP, signed a contract with the Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (CBG) represented by the President Mrs. Maria Luciene Cacho Resende for a long-term and exclusive partnership. For the years ahead all the international and national gymnastic events taking place in Brazil will be exclusively supplied by SPIETH & EUROTRAMP ...  .. full story >>

 
122nd IOC Session in Vancouver...
Last week the International Olympic Committee selected the Chinese City of NANJING, to host the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014.
Altogether 47 votes were given to Nanjing, edging out runner-up Poznan, Poland’s 42 votes.  Guadalajara, Mexico withdrew from the race last month already.
Nanjing served as host city for the FIG Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships in 2006, already
The first Summer Youth Olympic Games will held in Singapore, August 2010.  .. full story >>

 
The 2010 32nd European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics for Senior and Junior Men and Women will take place at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham from 21st April until 2nd May 2010. The nominative entries have to be submitted by April 7th, 2010.
The drawing of lots of the starting order has been carried out. ..
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In a einer "press release" of his supervising agency the World Cup practice of the all-around European Champion 2009 Fabian Hambüchen is divided in the first half year into
- the American Cup (Worcester/USA, 6. March),
- an European Test Championship (Dessau, 17. April),
- the European Championship in Birmingham (20.-25. April) as well as
- theJapan Cup (Tokio, Japan; 3.-4. July)
Therewith Fabian Hambüchen will not take part at the World Cup start in Cottbus (12. - 14. March). For the participation in league championships the 22 year old will make short-term decisions...
The focus of Fabian Hambüchen and his team is clearly the all-around exercise, which is in both the programme of the American and the Japan Cups - but not on the current inefficient Worl-Cup Modus  .. full story >>

 
* usa gymn. fed: --  University of Oklahoma's Chris Brooks of Houston won the all-around title at the 2010 Winter Cup Challenge at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Sports Center. The all-around and individual event champions were determined with a combined two-day score. In addition, 17 men were named to the U.S. Senior National Team.
Chris Brooks, who lead the all-around after the first day, finished with a two-day score of 175.800. He also won an individual event title on horizontal bar (31.100).
2009 U.S. all-around champion and 2008 Olympic horizontal bar silver-medalist Jonathan Horton of Houston/Cypress Gymnastics was second with 174.750. Horton posted an event high all-around score during the final round on Saturday night.  .. full story >>

 
...How many champions needs the world?
This weekend in Montreal the F.I.G. opened their World Cup - series 2010 of rhythmic gymnastics. Seven more will follow and in addition to that 8 Grand Prix's, various continental events and one World Championships: 17 (!) top events!
On the first weekend in March in artistic gymnastics will be started a series of even 12 (!) World Cup competitions, during only one year! In addition to that there will be the 10th European Championships and the 7th World Championships -  since 2000 during this new millennium alone (!)...
A flood of champions is being "produced" there!
Does the World want to know this...? Who is affected by this and what do the affected persons say...?  .. full story >>

 
* fig-press: -- Convened for its first meeting at the FIG Head Office in Lausanne, the FIG Athletes’ Commission for the 2009 – 2012 Olympic Cycle has elected a new President, Finnish born Jani TANSKANEN. The Commission is made up of one representative from each of the FIG’s competitive disciplines:
Jani Tanskanen (FIN) for Men’s Artistic, Nastia Liukin (USA) for Women’s Artistic, Vera Sessina (RUS) for Rhythmic, Dmitri Poliaroush (BLR) for Trampoline, Anna Macanita (POR) for Aerobic and Sabrina Hegele (GER) for Acrobatic. The new president holds a seat on the Executive Board and one on the FIG Council as a representative of the Federation’s athlete body.
Jani Tanskanen is the Director of Men’s Artistic within the Finnish Gymnastics Federation, and was an active, national A list gymnast until 2008. Among his many achievements is a Horizontal Bar Gold at the World Championships in Lausanne in 1997. 

 
* fig-press: ---  Acting on the recommendation of its Disciplinary Commission, the FIG Presidential Commission ruled on the doping cases involving gymnast Daiane dos Santos (BRA) and acrobatic gymnast Alisa Usmanova (BLR).  .. full story >>

 
From today on, the former French Olympic gymnast Georges GUELZEC (62) takes over as president of the European Gymnastics Union (UEG).
Guelzec defeated former president Dimitrios Dimitropoulos of Greece on 2009, November  7. A native of Nantes (FRA) Guelzec has experienced gymnastics at every level. After ten years on the French national team, including appearances in European (1969, '73) and Worlds (1970), as well as the 1972 Munich Olympics, Guelzec worked for 35 years as a coach at La Nantaise, but also an international judge and held positions within the French Federation and the UEG and was elected 2003 as vice-president. 
* Last week the > UEG published an Interview 

 
GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL updated its comprehensiv WORLD CALENDAR SYSTEM and published the update version 2010 from now on.
All presenter and organizers world wide can send us their dates/events of all international GYM events .
We will put it into our system
   - up to 2010 Januar 15  for free !  .. full story >>

 
The Italian Gymnastics Federation announced the retirement of Artistic gymnast Andrea COPPOLINO.  The 30 year old specialist on still rings was a member of the Italian national team since 1996, boasting an exemplary sporting career. Coppolino competed in a total of eight Worlds and won the bronze on rings on two occasions: 2001 in Ghent (BEL) and 2003 in Anaheim (USA), where he tied with team-mate Matteo Morandi.
A 4th place on rings at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games marked the climax of Coppolino’s international gymnastics career. Having appeared six times on the European stage, the Italian gymnast swept the 2005 title in Debrecen (HUN), ranked third in 2006 in Volos (GRE), and took home Silver in 2007 from Amsterdam (NED), all on Rings.
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The Swiss Olympic high bar champion of Helsinki 1952, Jack GÜNTHARD celebrates his 90th birthday on 2010, January 8th.
Born 1920, Jack Günthard can be proud of his long career as a gymnast, which started in 1936. The double European Champion on parallel bars and horizontal bar (1957, Paris) was also a member of the UEG Men’s Technical Committee from 1982 to 1993. As recognition for his commitment, he was awarded the title “UEG Honorary Member”. 
He dedicated his entire life to training and education, as coach of clubs or of the national teams of Switzerland (1966 to 1979) and Italy (1958 to 1964).  .. full story >>

 
Kevin Mazeika is the new national team coordinator of U. S. men's gymnastics team. Mazeika led the U. S. men to back-to-back Olympic gymnastics medals for the first time. In his new role, he will manage and supervise the technical side of the junior and senior men's national teams. Martha Karolyi has a similar job with the women's national team.
Mazeika coached the U.S. team at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. The Americans won the silver in Athens, their first team medal in 22 years and first at a non-boycotted games since 1932. They were surprise bronze medalists in Beijing, making the podium despite losing 2004 Olympic champion Paul Hamm and his twin brother Morgan to injuries. 

 
 * fig-press--:  In the context of the disciplinary proceedings involving Chinese gymnasts Yang Yun and Dong Fangxiao, suspected of having violated minimum age requirements for participation in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the FIG Disciplinary Commission invited the two athletes to appear with representatives from the Chinese Gymnastic Association at a hearing held at FIG headquarters, December 19 - 20, 2009 ....
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The international invitational event, the  "Toyota Cup 2009", was attached by the Japanese hosts, who won six of the ten apparatus decisions.
On men's side the all-around world champion Kohei UCHIMURA (floor; photo left), and his compatriots Eiichi SEKIGUCHI (vault) and Takuya NAKASE (high bar) were successfully.
On women's side Koko TSURUMI (uneven bars), Yuko SHINTAKE (beam) and Kyoko OSHIMA (floor) were the winner.
At first day Ekaterina KURBATOVA won the vault final, and world champion ZHANG Hongtao (pommel horse), YAN Mingyoung on rings  and WANG Guanyin were successfully Chineses on men's side ...  .. full story >>

 
Beth Tweddle is one of the top candidates nominated for British Sports Personality of the Year 2009 by the BBC.  Britain's greatest gymnast won gold after a glorious routine on the floor at the 2009 Worlds.
She's up against nine other highly accomplished athletes, including England's cricket captain Andrew Strauss, tennis star Andy Murray and cycling sensation Mark Cavendish.
Beth TWEDDLE said: “The support I have received from the British Gymnastics community has been fantastic and really helped spur me on to my successes in 2009. ..."  .. full story >>

 
 A licenced FIG Junior World Tournament!
The biggest international Gymnastics meeting of Austria 2009 took place Saturday, December 05, in Linz:
At it's 6th edition the „TGW-Future-Cup 2009“ presented itself in the Austrian Olympics Centre, more attractive and more self-confident than ever. Head organizer Helmut Kranzlmueller:
„We are offering a Junior World Tournament which has been licenced by the International Gymnastics Federation. In Europe we are strongly established, and also on a worldwide level, the 'Future Cup' counts to the most important young athletes meetings“.
112 teenagers, with sixpacks and huge biceps from 16 nations - a new event record (!) – met on the 5th of December at this top -young athletes competition Austrias junior teams, who had hard worked awaiting them:  .. full story >>

 
2006 World all-around champion Vanessa FERRARI has joined the Italian army, the Italian Gymnastics Federation reported.
Ferrari, who turned 19 on November 10, has been absent from competition since having surgery in June to help ease problems with her right achilles tendon.
After a disappointing 2008 Olympic Games, where she was out of shape due to injuries, Ferrari won silver on floor at the 2009 European Championships in Milan, a medal she dedicated to the army. Right before having surgery to drain fluid from her Achilles, Ferrari won the 2009 Italian National Championship. She dedicated that victory to her tendon.  .. full story >>

 
The 12th International TOP GYM 2009 took place at the city of Charleroi in Belgium, last Saturday, November 28. Winner of the artistic gymnastics female junior all-around event was the  U.S. junior champion and this year's winner of the Tyson American Cup,  Jordyn Wieber. Wieber won the title by nearly 4 points above Yvette Moshage, from Netherlands (Netherlands).  On third came the teammate of Jordyn Wiber, Kamerin Moore. Romanian Larisa Iordache finished fourth ( she failed on uneven bars: 10.300, only). 
Best of the Belgian hosts was Eline Vandersteen,with fifth place.  .. full story >>

 
The former Alstertrophy found it's worthy continuation in the form of the I. HAMBURG GYMNASTICS 2009, an invitation championship for international teams of women's gymnastics this weekend.
Best team in the final round was the team of the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation (NED) with 100,70 points, ahead of the Dynamo School of Gymnastics London (GBR; 99,50 points) ant the team from St. Petersburg (RUS; 96,85 points).
Fourth was the team from Africa,  Cairo Zone Team 1 (EGY; 90,75 points). The lucky Wild-Card- winner from the Hamburger Gymnastics of 1816, lead by the Federal Chamber members Louisa Knapp and Jennifer Kießlich landed on 5th place.  .. full story >>

 
The first World Championships of the new Olypic cycle...
A good five weeks after the highlight of the year of world gymnastics, the GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS  in London, the GYMmedia-correspondent and many year artistic gymnast in Germany and Switzerland, Dieter HOFMANN, summarizes this highlight of the post Olympic year with a reflection:
London proved not only to be a good World Championship host, but created enthusiasm about the Olympic gymastics championships in the same place in three years time!"

>> Gymnastics-World Championships-London- Reflection 

 
*fig-press--: Leaders in international sports were invited to Lausanne (SUI) for the annual International Federations Sports Forum, organised in 2009 by SportAccord.
The event provides a platform where participants can debate a range of sport-related issues and attend workshops; this year’s topics focused on financial resources and youth and sports. In an effort to fully develop the topic of youth and sports, organisers invited Jani Tanskanen (FIN), recently elected to the FIG Athletes’ Commission, to speak about the relationship between a federation and its athletes. Responsible for Artistic Gymnastics within his own federation, Tanskanen shared his experiences with a highly attentive audience.  .. full story >>

 
<< Romania's Anamaria Tamirjan to have knee surgery on both knees.
There's a cyst on her left knee that needs to be removed, and she's pinched her right miniscus. 
She'll be missing in action for awhile, but she's not giving up.
Tamirjan won the silver medal at the 2009 Europeans in Milan on balance beam.
Anamaria said to the Romanian press:
"I will continue to fight for my dream...!" 

 
The third International training camp of the British gymnastics federation, after South Africa and Gran Canaria (2008) , which took place during the last weeks for the first time in Germany on the grounds of the Bundesleistungszentrums Kienbaum, finished successfully and highly rated, on the weekend.  Also the DOSB-vice-president Eberhard GIENGER got an idea of the level of development of the British, as also the new consultant for apparatus and trampoline gymnastics of the German gymnastics federation, Ann-Katrin KNITTEL, who was intensively involved with the structures and possibilities on site, and is working on offering, also in Germany, ambitious training and apparatus for the three olympics disciplines. This seminar, which was initiated by the ex-gymnast Ronny Ziesmer as the patron and supported by his partners, the Daimler Corporation , will surely find supporters and followers...  .. full story >>

 
With his first daily win in the Porsche Arena Stuttgart the Russian world championship all-around 5th placed  Maxim Dewiatowski also secured himself the overall win of the "Champions Trophy 2009", made up of four competitions. Only five weeks after his ligament injury in his left foot, the all-around European champion Fabian Hambüchen showed a strong comeback, and became second in front of Matthias Fahrig from Halle and ahead of the Bavarian Marcel Nguyen ...  .. full story >>

 
Until 20 years and one day ago, it would have been practically impossible for unauthorised peoples or foreigners to set foot onto the terrain of the past  'Sports school of the GDR " in Kienbaum .
Berlins gymnastics president  Frank Ebel reminded of this fact today, during the opening of the I. International Gymnastics Trainings Camp for handicapped sportsmen/women in Germany  , which was organised by the British gymnastics federation and was used by guests from Belgium, Norway and the Netherlands.

<< Germany's ex-gymnast of the national team , Ronny Ziesmer, (Photo: seminar opening) supports the British efforts and concepts, to offer gymnastics as a competition chance also for the handicapped and today opened the seminar in the particular hall, where his devastating accident happened over 5 years ago...  .. full story >>

 
23rd UEG Congress 2009
*UEG-press--: The delegates of the 47 UEG federations have elected with 24 votes Georges Guelzec, France, actual vice – president, to the presidency for the next period 2010 to 2013.
The leaving president Dimitrios Dimitropoulos has received 22 votes.
Four candidates were running for the 3 mandates of vice-presidency.
The new presidential board of the UEG will be formed, in addition to the President Georges Guelzec, of
- Mrs. Malin Eggerts Forsmark SWE (new),
- Mr. Ruedi Hediger SUI (new) and Paul Garber GBR (re-elected).

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