GYMNASTICS
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Rhythmic Gymnastics: Fantastic Miss Fox
December 18,
2009 (Wiltshire Times): Trowbridge’s
Francesca Fox surpassed all expectations by finishing third
overall at the international Happy Cup event in Belgium. The
17-year-old Matravers School, Westbury, pupil exceeded her own
targets to qualify for all four individual finals and become the
first Great Britain gymnast to secure a medal. >>
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Gymnastics: World champion Beth Tweddle claims
fifth spot in this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
December 17,
2009 (Chester Chronicle):
Chester’sgolden girl Beth Tweddle has thanked Chronicle readers
for helping her finish fifth in the BBC Sports Personality of the
Year award. The world champion gymnast beat the likes of
heavyweight boxing champion David Haye and Ashes-winning captain
Andrew Strauss, polling nearly 39,000 votes in Sunday’s showcase
at the Sheffield Arena.>
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Azerbaijan's gymnasts win contests in Russia
December 15,
2009 (News.az): Azerbaijani gymnasts
have won gold medals at competitions in Vladimir and Kaliningrad.
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Mykola Kuksenkov best at Valeri Liukin
Invitational
December 15,
2009 (Examiner): Ukraine's Nikolai (Mykola)
Kuksenkov, ninth all-around at the 2009 World Championships, won
the Valeri Liukin Invitational last weekend in Frisco, Texas. >
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Aussie gymnasts claim medals in Japan
December 14,
2009 (The Sydney Morning Herald):
Australia's gymnasts have claimed three medals at the prestigious
Toyota International in Aichi, Japan.
World championship bronze medallist Prashanth Sellathurai swung
his way to a silver medal on the pommel horse, finishing just
behind world champion Hongtao Zhang of China and relegating
Krisztian Berki of Hungary into the bronze medal position. >
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Japanese Take Four More Titles in Toyota
December 13,
2009 (International Gymnast): The
host Japanese won four more titles Sunday at the Toyota Cup in
Aichi Prefecture. The Japanese women ended a banner year with both
titles Sunday. Yuko Shintake won balance beam over reigning world
champion Deng Linlin (China). World all-around bronze medalist
Koko Tsurumi, who won the uneven bars title Saturday, tied
Russia's Yekaterina Kurbatova for the bronze medal on beam. >
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Mustafina, Sasaki Win More Gold in Doha
December 13,
2009 (International Gymnast):
All-around champions Aliya Mustafina (Russia) and Sergio
Sasaki(Brazil) continued their dominance in Doha, winning two more
golds each as the 2009 Gymnasiade concluded Saturday in Qatar. >
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Women’s gymnastics raises funds
December 13, 2009 (Daily Titan):
Two teams, one goal, and 2008 U.S. Olympic gold
medalist Nastia Liukin brought Southern Californian gymnastics
fans to Titan Gym during the Southern California College Preview
on Sunday. Cal State Fullerton and UCLA gymnasts gave the 1,152
fans a preview of their upcoming season’s routines, while Liukin
emceed the event. >
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Japanese teams dominate Toyota Cup
December 13,
2009 (Examiner): The Japanese men's
and women's teams cleaned up at this weekend's Toyota Cup,
capturing six of the 10 gold medals available at the competition
in Toyota City, Japan. >
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Kristina Vaculik wins Bars, Floor
December 13, 2009
(Gymnastics Coaching): Kristina
Vaculik proved to be the most dominant gymnast today as Elite
Canada wrapped up with the apparatus finals. Vaculik claimed gold
on both bars and floor, sharing the latter with newly crowned
Elite Canada all-around champ Dominique Pegg.
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Gymnastics Canada
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Pegg tops Elite Canada gymnastics field
December 12,
2009 (Canada.com): Dominique Pegg of
Sarnia, Ont., earned her first major senior gymnastics title
without finishing first in any of the four events at the Elite
Canada women’s meet Friday. Pegg’s best result was a second-place
finish on vault, which helped propel her into top spot overall
with a score of 54.60. >
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Gymnastics Canada
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Sloan still getting used to being world
champion
December 12,
2009 (USA Today): With her photo
splashed across the pages of Sports Illustrated and adoring fans
tailing her at the mall, Bridget Sloan is officially a big deal.
Try telling her that, though. Two months after winning the world
gymnastics title, the 17-year-old is still getting used to all the
extras that comes with being a champion. Like those little girls
who stop her when she's shopping with friends, asking for an
autograph or a picture. >
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Entretien bilan avec Franck Bardy
Le
12 décember 12, 2009 (Acrobatic Sports): Après 21 années
passées à la tête de l'équipe de France de trampoline, Franck
Bardy cessera ses fonctions d'entraîneur national au 1er janvier
2010. Il sera alors remplacé par l'ancien international Guillaume
Bourgeon. Franck Bardy s'est confié en vidéo à Acrobatic Sports
dans un entretien-bilan. >
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U.S. announces partial 2010 American Cup roster
December 11,
2009 (Examiner): Two-time World
medalist Rebecca Bross and World team members Jonathan Horton and
Tim McNeill will compete at the 2010 American Cup March 6 in
Worcester, Mass., USA Gymnastics announced today. A second U.S.
woman will be named to the lineup early in 2010.
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ESPN
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Stretching Out: 10 random thoughts on 2009
December 11, 2009 (International
Gymnast):
As the year
comes to a close, IG Editor Dwight Normile reflects on the
previous year in the world of gymnastics.
1. After
polling gymnasts and coaches about the idea of lowering the
required skills from 10 to eight for men, I was perplexed that
several said it would make the sport more dangerous. >
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Sports Shorts
December 9, 2009 (Haaretz):
The Olympic Committee of
Israel yesterday selected gymnast Alex Shatilov and judoka Alice
Schlesinger as its athletes of the year for 2009. Both athletes
each won a bronze medal at the World Championships this year. They
will be awarded NIS 40,000. Sergei Weisberg, Shatilov's coach,
also won a NIS 20,000 prize for being coach of the year.
(Rami Hipsh).
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SPORTS WORLD
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SportAccord conference targets global themes
December 14, 2009
(Sports Features Communications):
The growing worldwide importance and impact of sport will be the
focus of the 2010 SportAccord Convention’s conference sessions. In
keeping with the event’s first-time location in the Middle East,
the conference themes of the SportAccord Convention in Dubai from
April 25-30 are the changing geography of international sport and
sport’s key role in the big issues on the global agenda. >
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Jamaican champions launch Friendship Camp of
first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore
December 12, 2009
(Caribbean Net News): Two-time
Olympic champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown; Olympic Gold medallist,
Asafa Powell and World Youth Champion, Dexter Lee, were the
special guests at the Singapore Sports School, for the launch of
the Friendship Camp for the Youth Olympic Games 2010. The games
will take place between August 14 and 26.
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