GYMNASTICS
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Salamun
Memorial Brings Top Gymnasts to Maribor This Weekend
April 16, 2009 (STA):
The 42th Salamun Memorial, which
counts for the World Cup in artistic gymnastics, is to get
underway in the city of Maribor on Friday. The three-day
competition will see 106 gymnasts from 27 countries compete, the
organisers told the press on Thursday.
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Gymnastics: Shawn Johnson named winner of
Sullivan Award
April 16, 2009 (The
Seattle Times): Johnson wins
Sullivan Award: Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson has a title no
other American female gymnast has ever had. Johnson beat out
teammate Nastia Liukin and several others Wednesday night for the
Sullivan Award, given to the country's top amateur athlete. She's
only the third gymnast to win it, and the first female after Kurt
Thomas (1979) and Paul Hamm (2004). >>
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Lausanne veut pręter un million aux
organisateurs
15 avril 2009 (20 Minutes) :
Lausanne accueillera en 2011 quelque 23 000 personnes de 50
nations dans le cadre de la World Gymnaestrada. La Municipalité
propose de participer ŕ l'organisation de cette manifestation par
le biais d'un pręt d'un million de francs au comité
d'organisation.Cette fęte de la gymnastique pour tous, sans
caractčre compétitif, se déroulera du 10 au 16 juillet 2011, a
annoncé la ville de Lausanne mercredi dans un communiqué. Son
organisation nécessite la mobilisation de 6000 bénévoles et d'un
comité d'organisation d'une septantaine de membres. >>
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Käslin Stays
Steady in Swiss Spotlight
April 15, 2009
(International Gymnast): Two weeks
after making Swiss gymnastics history at the European
Championships in Milan, Ariella Käslin told IG she continues to
enjoy her fame and stay focused on her training. "The media
attention was huge," said Käslin, whose gold medal on vault and
bronze medal in the all-around at the Europeans in Milan (April
2-5) were the first medals for the Swiss women in the
competition's history. >>
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Gymnastics:
Team heads to Slovakia
April 15, 2009 (The
Weston Mercury): Young members of
Weston Aerobic Gymnastic Club fly out to Slovakia this weekend to
compete in the Slovakian open championship. >>
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British Gymnastics invests in science
April 14, 2009 (ISPAL):
British
Gymnastics (BG) is to join forces with the English Institute of
Sport (EIS) in order to develop sport science and medical services
within BG's elite athletes programme. >>
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Penev Poised
for More International Success
April 14, 2009
(International Gymnast): Eighth on
floor exercise at the recent European Gymnastics Championships in
Italy, Bulgaria's Eddie Penev described his finals experience as
"pretty awesome." The 18-year-old Bulgarian-American competed two
events at his first European Championships, held April 2-5 in
Milan. In qualification, he finished fifth on floor exercise
(15.300) and 14th on vault (15.612 average for a Yurchenko 2 1/2
and Tsukahara double full).
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International tournament on rhythmic gymnastics
2009 Deriuhina Cup Grand Prix finished in Kyiv
April 13, 2009 (NRCU):
Participants in the competition
included five Ukrainian athletes - Alina Maksymenko, Dariya
Kushnirova, Valeriya Shurkal, Anna Rizatdinova, and Anna Bezsonova.
Bezsonova won the competition after scoring a total of 111.075
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Azerbaijani gymnast wins bronze
medal in international tournament in Slovakia
April 13, 2009 (Trend News):
Azerbaijani gymnast Samira Mustafayeva won bronze medal during the
international tournament in Slovakia, the Azerbaijani Gymnastics
Federation told
Trend News. She got the third
result scoring 23.85 in final exercise with ribbon, the Federation
said. Mustafayeva reached medal podium together with Byelorussian
and Russian gymnasts in the central sports complex of Bratislava.
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Gliding through life
World
rhythmic gymnastic champion Irina Gabashvili combined aesthetics,
athletics and grace
April 12, 2009
(Oregon Live): In film of the event,
Irina Gabashvili glides on the floor with a ball, extends her
legs, twists, throws the ball in the air, spins to the floor and
holds out her hand so the ball lands precisely in her palm on the
first bounce. She extends her arms in swanlike movements that
rival those of Anna Pavlova and Maya Plisetaskaya, then continues,
the ball floating around her, more a partner than a prop. She
finishes with a "Dying Swan" pose. The performance cinched the
gold medal in the 1979 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in
London. Irina, representing the Soviet Union, also received a
bronze medal in the all-around and came in fourth in ribbon and in
clubs.
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Cornell, Bridgeport tie for the team title at
2009 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate Championships
April 11, 2009
(Sports Features): Cornell
University and the University of Bridgeport tied for the team
title at the 2009 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate Championships
at Southern Connecticut State University’s Moore Fieldhouse in New
Haven, Conn. >>
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Malta has
international Brevet judge in artistic gymnastics
April 9, 2009 (The
Malta Independent Online): Francesca
Borg qualifies as the first Maltese international Brevet judge in
Artistic Gymnastics after a one week intensive course held in
Cyprus by FIG (Federation Internationale de Gymnastique) and the
Cyprus Gymnastics Federation. >>
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Vietnam win five medals at Asian aerobics
championships
(Nhan Dan):
Vietnam team clinched one gold, three silvers and one bronze at
the 1st Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships in Thailand. Nguyen
Viet Anh (Hai Phong City) brought home the gold medal in the
women's individual category - Under 14. >>
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SPORTS WORLD
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Prime
Minister of Japan Opens Strong Tokyo 2016 Presentations to IOC
Evaluation Commission
April 16, 2009 (Sportcal):
Japan’s Prime Minister and Olympian,
Taro Aso, today launched Tokyo 2016’s presentations to the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission,
delivering in person a passionate address in English on behalf of
the Japanese Government to the commission’s 13 experts.
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WADA Statement about the Opinion of European
Working Party on Data Protection
April 15, 2009
(WADA): The World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA) read with great interest the recent opinion adopted on
April 6, 2009 by the EU’s Article 29 Working Party on Data
Protection, which examined the International Standard for the
Protection of Privacy and Personal Information (“Data Protection
Standard”) as well as a number of longstanding and essential
anti-doping rules and practices. >>
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Tokyo sets sail for 2016
April 15, 2009
(Sports Features): Tokyo sails into
uncertain waters this week, according to governor Shintaro
Ishihara, as it opens up its 2016 Olympic plans to an IOC
evaluation commission. The visitors from the International Olympic
Committee have already visited Chicago and will go on to Rio de
Janeiro and Madrid before putting together a report to help the
IOC reach its hosting decision in Copenhagen in October. >>
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Losing Olympic cities have “positive economic
impact”
April 15, 2009 (Sportbusiness
International): Unsuccessful cities
bidding to host the Olympic Games can benefit a powerful boost to
their economies and increase exports, according to academic
research. According to UK newspaper the Guardian, a statistical
model shows that the “30 per cent” uplift in exports enjoyed by
successful bidders is also shared by countries that lose out.
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2010 Edition of the Researchers' Grant
Programme
April 14, 2009 (IOC):
The IOC’s Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) has just launched the 2010
edition of the grant programme aimed at young researchers engaged
in scholarly research on the Olympic Movement, its history and
values, and the impact of the Olympic Games on the various aspects
of contemporary society and culture. >>
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One Hundred and Ten Countries Have Now Ratified
UNESCO Convention
April 7, 2009 (WADA):
With Malawi having completed its
ratification procedure, 110 countries out of the 193 UNESCO Member
States have now ratified the International Convention against
Doping in Sport, which came into force on February 1, 2007. >>
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