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Johnson eager for Olympics - Winter Games, that
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January 7,
2010 (Associated Press): Shawn
Johnson is getting Olympic fever. Again. The gold medal gymnast
will carry the Olympic torch when it passes through Calgary on
Jan. 18-19, and will be at the Vancouver Games with one of her
sponsors. >>
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President Lula, Cesar Cielo and Sarah Menezes
honored for Brazilian Olympic Awards
January 4, 2010
(Sports Features):
The voting
public has honored President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Olympic
Personality of the year for his relentless dedication to the
triumphant Rio 2016 Olympic bid. The contest was carried out at
the end of 2009 by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC). >>
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2009 Gymnasts of the Year winners
January 2, 2010
(Examiner):
What a year it's been for 2009 World all-around
champion Bridget Sloan, who likes to downplay her accomplishments.
In the past 12 months, Sloan went from being the youngster who
barely made the 2008 Olympic team to the leader of the new
American generation. >>
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Decade in review: A look back at the big
gymnastics stories of the past 10 years
January 1, 2010
(Examiner):
What will you remember about the past
decade in gymnastics? There were all kinds of scandals -- age
scandals, judging scandals, drug scandals -- some of which, now
almost 10 years old, have not been resolved. The code of points
upped the difficulty needed to get a big score, and fans bid a
regretful goodbye to the perfect 10. But the past decade also
produced some of the most difficult -- if not always artistic --
routines seen in modern artistic gymnastics. >>
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Photo gallery: The gymnastics year in review
December 31, 2009
(Examiner): What will we remember
about gymnastics in 2009? Here's a quick look back at the
triumphs, scandals and milestones of the past year … >>
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Stretching Out: Codes, Comebacks and Cinderella
December 30,
2009 (International Gymnast): As the
calendar flips to 2010, we reflect on the past 12 months of the
unpredictable world of gymnastics. Here's hoping the new year will
provide even more excitement.
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Tweddle awarded MBE in New Year's honours list
December 30, 2009
(More than the Games): The decision
caps a remarkable year for the 24-year old from Cheshire who, just
over 12 months ago, returned from the Beijing Olympics after
placing a heartbreaking fourth. Tweddle, who won her first world
title on uneven bars in 2006, added the floor world title to her
resume in London earlier this year, making her the most successful
British gymnast of all-time. >>
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End of an era for British Gymnastics as chief
executive Brian Stocks steps down
December 28, 2009
(Telegraph): Brian Stocks, the chief
executive of British Gymnastics, steps down from his post this
week after a 40-year career that began when the national governing
body had one full-time employee and ended two months after the
World Championships were staged in London. >>
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Beijing Helped Gymnast See Her Potential
December 26, 2009
(The New York Times): When the
gymnast Bridget Sloan watches herself perform at the 2008 Beijing
Olympics, she cannot help laughing. “I’m always like, ‘Oh my gosh,
I look like I’m 5,’” Sloan said earlier this month in New York, on
her way to a gymnastics exhibition in Connecticut. “But a lot of
things have changed since then — a lot.” >>
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W. Va. gymnast looks ahead to 2010
December 25. 2009
(Associated Press): It's 3:30 p.m.
and, like clockwork, Kayla Williams arrives from school in her
mom's SUV, heads past the young girls bouncing on the gym's
trampolines and gets ready for four hours of jumps, spins and
landings. Two months after her stunning vault title at the world
championships, it's back to work for the 16-year-old. >>
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Olympic champ Shawn Johnson returns to gym
December 24, 2009
(USA Today): Olympic gold medal
gymnast Shawn Johnson is back in the gym as she considers
returning to competition and making a run at the 2012 Olympics in
London. Her father, Doug Johnson, tells The Des Moines Register
she began training at her hometown gym, Chow's Gymnastics in West
Des Moines, about a week ago and is working out about every other
day. >>
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Keatings wants to be an even bigger star
December 23, 2009
(Cambridge News): Winning a silver
medal at the World Championships has somersaulted Daniel Keatings
into the big time. Coming second behind Japan’s Kohei Uchimura in
the all-around final at London’s O2 Arena in October not only
capped a fine year, but also upped his celebrity status. >>
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Mazeika is new coordinator of US men's gym team
December 22, 2009
(Associated Press): 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.
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Chinese gymnasts accused of being underage have
hearing
December 21, 2009
(Associated Press): A decision on
whether two Chinese gymnasts were old enough to compete at the
Sydney Olympics is expected in February after the athletes
appeared before a disciplinary commission. Dong Fangxiao and Yang
Yun, along with their parents and two Chinese gymnastics
officials, met Saturday and Sunday with the International
Gymnastics Federation's disciplinary commission. Dong and Yang are
suspected of being as young as 14 in Sydney, where China won the
bronze medal and Yang also won a bronze on uneven bars. >>
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Daiane conhece sua suspensão no dia 26 de janeiro
December 19, 2009 (O
Globo): Daiane dos Santos apresentou
nesta sexta-feira sua defesa ao Tribunal de Apelações da Federação
Internacional de Ginástica (FIG). A atleta foi pega pelo uso do
diurético ilegal furosemida. >>
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SPORTS WORLD
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One Hundred and
Thirty Countries Have Now Ratified UNESCO Convention
January 5, 2010
(WADA): With Togo and Georgia having
completed their ratification procedures, 130 countries out of the
193 UNESCO Member States have now ratified the International
Convention against Doping in Sport. The new ratifications bring
the percentage of the world population covered by the Convention
to approximately 90%. >>
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USOC critics
hail choice of Blackmun as CEO; he gets 4-year deal
January 5, 2010 (Chicago
Tribune): Scott Blackmun clearly is
going to have a honeymoon period when he takes over as chief
executive of the U.S. Olympic Committee in late January.
The most outspoken
critics of the USOC's upper management in the past year had
nothing but good things to say about the decision to hire Blackmun,
which was first reported Tuesday morning by the Tribune. Happiest
were the national sports federation (NGB) leaders who had
excoriated both USOC board chairman Larry Probst and acting CEO
Stephanie Streeter for their failure to communicate with the other
constituent groups in the U.S. Olympic movement. >>
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IOC suspends
Kuwait Olympic committee
January 5, 2010 (USA
Today): The IOC has suspended
Kuwait's national Olympic committee because of alleged political
interference by the government. The International Olympic
Committee says the decision was taken by its executive board to
"protect the Olympic movement in Kuwait." The suspension took
effect Jan. 1. The IOC says Kuwait failed to meet a Dec. 31
deadline for amending a law that allows the Gulf state to
interfere in elections of sports organizations. >>
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Concern over
2012 athletes village drug searches
January 4, 2010 (BBC):
Athletes' representatives have
warned that random drugs searches in the Olympic Village at London
2012 would be "utterly disastrous". British Olympic Association
chairman Colin Moynihan has proposed a new bill in the House of
Lords to strengthen anti-doping measures. >>
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Russia's Volga
city bids for another Universiade
January 3, 2010 (Xinhua):
Russian Volga city of Kazan, the
venue of the 2013 Summer Universiade, has submitted application
for hosting the first European Student Games in 2012. The general
assembly of European University Sports Association (EUSA) decided
to hold the first European Universiade in late December in Vienna.
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Commonwealth
Games England will not make final Delhi decision until September
December 30, 2009
(Telegraph): Commonwealth Games
England will not make a final decision on participation at the
2010 Commonwealth Games until September, chef de mission Craig
Hunter admitted on Wednesday.
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Boosting Brazil:
Infrastructure challenges ahead of major sporting events.
December 22, 2009 (KHL):
Construction activity in Brazil will be boosted by a major
overhaul of the country's infrastructure in preparation for the
2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. Becca Wilkins reports.
Brazil is facing a huge infrastructure regeneration challenge
ahead of hosting the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.
The country's airports, roads and railways as well as the sporting
arenas themselves will either be upgraded or re-developed making
Brazil the hot spot for future construction activity in Latin
America. >>
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