GYMNASTICS

Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics in Doha

DOHA (QAT) November 7, 2008 (The Peninsula): The fourth Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships will be held at Aspire Dome from November 15 to 18. The championships will be organised by Qatar Gymnastics Federation (QFG) under the aegis of Asian Gymnastics Union. The four-day event will have the participation of more than 250 gymnasts in artistic gymnastics from as many as 21 countries including hosts Qatar. >> Read more …

European athletes dominate Aerobics competition

KAOHSIUNG (TPE), November 6, 2008 (KOC): The last competition day of the International Gymnastics Pre-Event for The 2009 World Games had a lot to offer for the many spectators which found their way to the beautiful Kaohsiung Arena. The finals in Women and Men Individual, Mixed Pairs and Trios certainly made them satisfy with spending evening by watching world-class gymnastics.
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National gymnastics on

WINDHOEK (NAM), November 6, 2008 (Republikein): The 2008 NGF Artistic National Championships will be hosted by Excelsior Gymnastics Club from today until Saturday in Hall B of the Windhoek Show Grounds.

Gymnasts from nine different clubs in Namibia, namely Crete, SKW Academy, Excelsior (all from Windhoek), Keetmanshoop, Outjo, Otjiwarongo, Tsumeb, Swakopmund and Walvis Bay will participate against one another to see who will be crowned National Champion for 2008.  >> Read more …

New Trainer Appointed in Azerbaijan’s National Rhythmic Gymnastics

BAKU (AZE), November 5, 2008 (Trens News): The Bulgarian specialist Mariana Vasiliyeva, 35, was appointed as the trainer in Azerbaijan’s national rhythmic gymnastics. This decision was made at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Gymnastics Committee of Azerbaijan.  >> Read more …

Gymnastics news on Oksana Chusovitina, Ivana Hong

November 4, 2008 (Los Angeles Times): Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina has suffered a torn Achilles tendon while competing at a meet in Switzerland.

The 33-year-old athlete won a vaulting silver medal at the Beijing Olympics, where her performance for Germany was celebrated in part because of the contrast between Chusovitina, a mother, and the possibly under-aged Chinese gymnasts.  >> Read more …

National Artistic Gymnastics Championships

November 4, 2008 (Namibiasports): The 2008 NGF Artistic National Championships will be hosted by Excelsior Gymnastics Club from Thursday, November 6 to Saturday, November 8 at the National Showgrounds. Gymnasts from nine different clubs in Namibia, namely Crete, SKW Academy, Excelsior (all from Windhoek), Keetmanshoop, Outjo, Otjiwarongo, Tsumeb, Swakopmund and Walvis Bay will participate against one another to see who will be crowned National Champion for 2008. >> Read more …

Gymnastics: Superb Smith

November 2, 2008 (Sky Sports): Olympic bronze medalist Louis Smith produced another commanding display on the pommel horse to claim gold in the Masters finals at the British Men's Gymnastics Championships in Dagenham. The 19-year-old, who won Britain's first Olympic gymnastic medal in 80 years in Beijing, thrilled spectators with an almost flawless performance which earned him a top score of 15.925.  >> Read more …

Jovtchev Hangs In Through 2009

November 1, 2008 (International Gymnast): Five-time Olympian Jordan Jovtchev (Bulgaria) will compete for one more year before hanging up his grips.

Jovtchev, 35, hopes to end his career on a high note in 2009 by winning medals at the Europeans in Milan and the World Championships in London, said Nikola Prodanov, current president of the Bulgarian Gymnastics Federation.
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Hambüchen, Izbasa win Arthur Gander Memorial

October 30, 2008 (International Gymnast): Germany's Fabian Hambüchen and Romania's Sandra Izbasa won the 25th Arthur Gander Memorial, held Wednesday in Chiasso, Switzerland. Five-time Olympians Jordan Jovtchev (Bulgaria) and Oksana Chusovitina (Germany) each finished second all-around. >> Read more …

Gymnastics is Child’s Play for Tumbling Tots

October 31, 2008 (The Bahamas Weekly): Nassau, The Bahamas…..It’s a typical Saturday morning for Alejandra. She wakes up, takes a bath, chooses a leotard and gulps down her breakfast all the while insisting that she is late. She and her classmate Hannah have spent the entire week at their school talking about Saturday and until they get to a former warehouse in Oakesfield, they simply don’t think their parents are being fair. >> Read more …

Pichuzhkina takes top honors in Kaohsiung

KAOHSIUNG (TPE), October 30, 2008 (The China Post): Natalia Pichuzhkina from Russia won a clean sweep of two gold medals in the rhythmic gymnastics competition at the World Games 2009 Pre-event Series contests in Kaohsiung yesterday. Coming off two gold medal performances in both the “rope” and “hoop” categories, the 17-year-old athlete won the highest scores to outpoint compatriot Aleksandra Ermakova who settled with the silver medal.
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SPORTS WORLD

Preliminary events kick off Kaohsiung Games in Taiwan

November 7, 2008 (Taiwan News): In preparation for the upcoming World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung the city's government and the World Games Kaohsiung Organization Committee launched a series of pre-events to test the city's ability for holding major international sports events. >> Read more …

Chicago 2016 Hoping For Obama Impact

November 6, 2008 (The Sport Briefing): The leaders of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics are hoping Barack Obama will do for them what Tony Blair did for London. Blair's influence at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting Singapore in 2005 was credited with tipping the balance in favour of London winning the right to stage the 2012 Games, ahead of runner-up Paris and third-placed Madrid. Obama, who will become the new President of the United States in January, is certain to go to Copenhagen in October next year to talk to IOC members in the final days before the vote for the 2016 Olympics.
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Getting all generations moving

November 4, 2008 (IOC): The 12th World Sport for All Congress kicked off yesterday in Genting Highlands, Malaysia. “Sport for All – Sport for Life” is the Congress theme, around which the discussions of the participants from the Olympic family, universities, the UN system, governments and NGOs will centre in the coming days. The event is organised by the Olympic Council of Malaysia, under IOC patronage, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).
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NOCs at KOC

KAOHSIUNG (TPE), November 1, 2008 (KOC): Arranged by Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee, a delegation of French and German Olympic Committees are invited to visit Kaohsiung Organizing Committee (KOC) and the Pre-Event Series from today to November 4. The Managing Director, Ms. Liu Shyh-Fang from KOC, and the President of International World Games Association, Mr. Ron Froehlich , welcomed the delegation and further discussed the organizing progress of TWG2009 with special guests.  >> Read more …

Athletes Compete in a 10-Day Pre-Event Series at The World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

KAOHSIUNG (TPE), November 1, 2008 (Business Wire): A series of gymnastics events held as part of a pre-event competition for the World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung opened Saturday at a newly built Kaohsiung Arena, with a ceremony attended by International World Games Association (IWGA) President Ron Froehlich and former Premier and former Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh.
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London 2012 legacy under threat

October 31, 2008 (Sportbusiness International): President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, has told the BBC that London 2012's main stadium does not need an athletics legacy.

According to the broadcaster, Rogge said the main concern for London 2012's organisers should be to avoid leaving behind ‘white elephants’. "If the best solution is to transform the track into something else then we would be in favour of that," he said. >> Read more …

Singapore 2010 opens Youth Olympic Games Learning Centre

October 31, 2008 (IOC): Discover the spirit of Olympism and trace Singapore’s journey as host of the first Youth Olympic Games: this is what thousands of young Olympic fans will experience in a special Learning Centre, which opened yesterday in Singapore. >> Read more …

Street festival gives boost to Tokyo 2016

October 13, 2008 (Inside the Games): More than 15,000 people took part in the Tokyo Marunouchi Street Stadium, a unique sport festival held during the holiday weekend in the Japanese capital to celebrate health and sports day to commemorate the opening of the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The event was also used to help promote Tokyo's bid to bring the Games back to the country in 2016, following London.  >>  Read more …

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