GYMNASTICS
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Elaine comes
out tops among Malaysians at world rhythmic meet
September 18, 2009 (The
Star):
Debutant Elaine Koon proved that she is a star in the making after
emerging as Malaysia’s top performer in the World Rhy-thmic
Championships in Japan recently. The 16-year-old gymnast, who was
promoted to the senior squad this year, finished 54th out of 142
competitors in the individual all-around event with a total score
of 68.975 points. >>
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Local
gymnasts will benefit from exposure: coach
September 17, 2009 (Gulf
Times): Qatar
coach Eduard Gevorgyan has said local gymnasts would become richer
in experience through their participation in the second Doha
Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series event to be held at the
Aspire Dome from September 28-30. >>
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Bad shoulder
knocks Peszek out of gym worlds
September 16, 2009 (The
Associated Press):
Olympic silver medalist Samantha Peszek is
withdrawing her name for consideration for the world gymnastics
championships to have surgery on her ailing shoulder. Peszek is
the second Olympian to withdraw from world team consideration.
Olympic champion Nastia Liukin pulled out earlier this month,
saying she hadn't had adequate time to train.
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Analysis of
the 2009 World Cup Series by Emmanuel Durand
September 14, 2009 (Acrobatic
Sports): In an
editorial analyzing the 2009 World Cup Series, former World Cup
Final champion and World silver medalist Emmanuel Durand (FRA)
offers his exclusive take on the most recent trends in
international trampolining and the implementation of the most
recent rules. >
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Winners of
Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
September 13, 2009 (The
Economic Times):
Italian rhythmic gymnasts, Elisa Blanchi, Giulia
Galtarossa, Romina Laurito, Daniela Masseroni, Elisa Santoni,
Anzhelika Savrayuk, pose on the podium with their gold medals
during award ceremony of the rope/ribbon group aparatus event at
the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, in Japan's Mie
prefecture. Italy won the event with a total of 26.650 points. (AFP)
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Dong and
Huang win the 2009 Salzgitter World Cup
September 12, 2009 (Acrobatic
Sports): Dong
Dong (CHN) and Huang Shanshan (CHN) prevailed in the men's and
women's trampoline finals of the fifth and last World Cup of the
2009 World Cup Series that took place today in Salzgitter,
Germany. Masaki Ito (JPN) and Elena Movchan (UKR) were the winners
of the World Cup Series in individual trampoline. >>
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Belarus
Dominates Scherbo Cup
September 12, 2009
(International Gymnast):
With eight medals, gymnasts from Belarus dominated
the Vitaly Scherbo Cup, held this week in Minsk, Belarus.
All-around winners were Galina Ivanets (Belarus) and Anton Fokin
(Uzbekistan).
Gymnasts from
Canada, France and Switzerland earner five medals in the
competition held in honor of Scherbo, a Minsk native whose storied
career included six gold medals at the 1992 Olympic Games in
Barcelona. Scherbo, who owns a gym in Las Vegas, was inducted into
the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame this spring. >>
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Can
Kanayeva's Medal Feat Be Topped?
September 12, 2009
(International Gymnast):
Russian Yevgenia Kanayeva's new all-time record for gold-medal
success at a world championships is unlikely to be beaten.
The 19-year-old superstar won six
out of six possible gold medals at the world championships in Mie,
Japan. Over the past week she took golds with the Russian team,
with each of the four apparatus (rope, hoop, ball and ribbon) and
finally the all-around title. >>
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Russian support for gymnastic leap
September 12, 2009 (Pune
Mirror):
Vladimir Chertkov, a Russian coach who has 30 years of experience,
now has the tough task of producing an Indian gymnastics champion.
On his first coaching assignment in India, gymnastic coach
Vladimir Chertkov faces an uphill task of producing champions in a
sport which is still in the developing stages in this country.
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Italy wins gold at rhythmic
gymnastics worlds
September 12, 2009 (USA
Today): Italy
beat Belarus and Russia on Saturday to win the group all-around
event at the rhythmic gymnastics world championships. Italy
finished first in the ribbon and rope discipline and second in the
hoop for a total of 54.400 points. Belarus was second with 54.200
points while Russia finished third with 51.350. >>
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Gymnastique aérobic. Henri Mauriès, 5e en Angleterre
Le 12 septembre 2009 (La Dépêche) :
Henri Mauriès, membre de l'Association des
internationaux français de gymnastique (AIFG) de la Fédération
française de gymnastique pour avoir porté le maillot de l'équipe
de France de gymnastique aérobic, termine 5e de l'open
international de gymnastique aérobic dans la catégorie solo hommes
seniors du 4 au 6 septembre, organisée par le club anglais
d'Heathrow Aérobic Gymnastics de la British Gymnastics sous
l'égide de la Fédération internationale de gymnastique (FIG).
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Johnston on high at gymnastics
titles
September 11, 2009 (The Age):
Beijing
Olympian Naazmi Johnston has produced Australia's best ever
performance at a rhythmic gymnastics world championships. The
20-year-old's performance has boosted the Australian team to gold
medal favourites for next year's Commonwealth Games.>>
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SPORTS WORLD
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SportAccord
2011 Set For London
September 17, 2009 (The Sport
Briefing):
SportAccord has confirmed that the 2011 edition of the world’s
largest sports convention will be held in London. The SportAccord
International Convention is a five-day gathering of leading
representatives from international sport. The annual convention is
held in a different country each year and encompasses the congress
and general assemblies of over 100 International Sports
Federations (IFs) and their related Associations. >>
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Dubai to host SportAccord in 2010
September 16, 2009 (Sport
Business):
SportAccord has announced its eighth annual convention will be
held at the Atlantis resort in Dubai from April 25 to 30 2010. It
is the first time the event will be held in the Middle East in its
history. The Atlantis resort is the focal point of the man-made
Palm Jumeirah Island.
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IOA: Fast action needed to save
Commonwealth Games
September 15, 2009
(Associated Press):
A senior Indian Olympic official has joined the
Commonwealth Games Federation chief in urging New Delhi organizers
to speed up preparations or risk jeopardizing the success of the
2010 event.
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Austria out of Olympic bidding, says
Sports Minister after cash scandal
September 13, 2009 (Sports
Features): The
inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck next year will be
Austria’s last Olympic set-piece for many years. The country’s
sports and political leaders are resigned to a fate out in the IOC
cold after the financial scandal which brought down the leadership
of the national Olympic committee. >>
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Rogge: 2016 decision will come down
to “a couple of votes”
September 11, 2009 (Sport
Business):
Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee
(IOC), said he expects the race for the 2016 Olympics to be
decided by "a couple of votes" and that Chicago's bid should not
hinge on whether Barack Obama goes to Denmark to push his home
city's bid.
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