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GYMNASTICS
National Gymnastics Week underway January 22, 2010 (Journal Pioneer): From Victoria to St. John's, gymnasts of all ages will spring, swing, roll, dance, tumble and balance at their local gym club this coming week. Gymnastics Canada and the provincial/territorial federations present the sixth edition of National Gymnastics Week in communities across the country from Jan. 18 to 24. Gymnastics P.E.I. will be celebrating the week with a busy schedule.  >> Read more …     >> ...  français
WFP ambassador Li Ning helps with Haiti aid January 22, 2010 (China Daily): Retired gymnast and the World Food Programme (WFP) ambassador Li Ning Thursday said he would pay for five humanitarian flights to bring food and other relief materials to earthquake-stricken Haiti. The Olympic gold medalist said the donation of 1 million yuan (146,500 U.S. dollars) would cover the cost of the flights from Panama to Port-Au-Prince, capital of the Caribbean nation. > Read more …
Guelzec to Begin UEG Presidency January 22, 2010 (International Gymnast): Former French Olympic gymnast Georges Guelzec will take over as president of the European Gymnastics Union (UEG) on Jan. 23. Guelzec defeated former president Dimitrios Dimitropoulos of Greece on Nov. 7, 2009, 24 votes to 22. A native of Nantes, France, the 62-year-old Guelzec has experienced gymnastics at every level. > Read more …
Henri Mauriès à Eisenberg  Le 20 janvier 2010 (La Dépêche): Henri Mauriès, gymnaste membre de l'Association des internationaux français gymnastique (AIFFGym) pour avoir porté le maillot de l'équipe de France de gymnastique aérobic disputera avec l'équipe de France de gymnastique aérobic le tournoi international à Eisenberg en Allemagne du 26 février au 28 février prochain dans la catégorie solo hommes seniors, une compétition internationale de haut niveau avec la participation des meilleures nations mondiales. > Plus d’infos …
Sho Nakamori: 'My long term goal is the 2012 Olympics. That hasn't changed at all' January 19, 2010 (Examiner): Six months after tearing his ACL at July's Japan Cup, 2007 World team alternate Sho Nakamori is working his way back into competitive form. After a stellar junior career that included a pair of J.O. National titles, Nakamori broke through in the senior division in 2007, placing third all-around at the U.S. Championships and being named alternate to the World team. > Read more …
Supergirl signs on to sponsor Nastia Liukin's new meet for up-and-coming gymnasts January 19, 2010 (Los Angeles Times): As the Olympic gymnastics champion, Nastia Liukin has traveled the world, hobnobbed with celebrities, even walked the runway at New York's Fashion Week. But she can still remember going through that awkward phase that's a part of life for pretty much every teenage girl. Gymnastics helped her cope with it, giving her something of her own and boosting her confidence, and Liukin is hoping to share that message.  > Read more …
Indian gymnasts practise with faulty equipment January 18, 2010 (IBN Live): The Commonwealth Games are just a few months away and India's top sportspersons are getting ready for the mega event. But the gymnasts have been forced to train with old and faulty equipments. The gymnastics camp at the ongoing Senior National Championship in Tamil Nadu' s Erode shows the equipment they train with is far from world class, and not fit for champions. Coaches say this is affecting the performance of the gymnasts. > Read more …
Paralysed former gymnast insists: I will walk again January 17, 2010 (Times of Malta): A gymnast who was paralysed when a lighting structure fell on her during a party in Qawra is determined that she will walk again. Indeed, stem cell treatment she started in Moscow is already working "miraculously" for Vlada Kravchenko, who is now able to use her hips and thighs to crawl after suffering the horrific injury in 2008. > Read more …
Robert Stanescu - “If the health will help me, we are definitely going to meet in Rotterdam this year!” January 17, 2010 (Fangymnastics): Multiple Romanian National and International champion, European, World and Olympic finalist on rings, but also bronze medalist at the Europeans in Lausanne (Switzerland) in 2008, Robert Stanescu already became a reference name in the gymnastics world. Given his results on rings in the last two years, Robert becomes the next Romanian champion on this event, after Dan Grecu and Dan Burinca. > Read more …
From the Judges’ Chair … Marian Dragulescu January 16, 2010 (American Gymnast): I’ve decided I would like to periodically do some posts entitled “From the Judge’s Chair” in an effort to increase awareness about how some of the top routines in the world are being judged on both the men’s and women’s sides. My main focus will be on the D-Score (Difficulty Score), since that is certainly the most complex and the most difficult for even us seasoned fans to calculate in our heads. > Read more …
Gymnastics world mourns coaching legend January 16, 2010 (Goupstate): Spartanburg County residents are mourning the death of a local gymnastics legend. Tamara V. Kluchnikova Kozeev lost her battle with cancer on Tuesday at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was 63. Born in Ulyanovsk, Russia, the former gymnast and Olympic coach for the Soviet Union women's national team immigrated to Spartanburg in 1992 with her husband, Anatoly Kozeev. > Read more …
SPORTS WORLD
International federations embrace AIPS in the city of sport January 22, 2010 (AIPS): The presence of officials from more than 20 International Federations, many of them based in Lausanne, was the highlight of the two-day AIPS Euro-delegates meeting held in the Olympic Capital and AIPS headquarters city this week. “Just like competing in sport, AIPS has today reached its peak at the right time and in the right moment,” commented AIPS President Gianni Merlo. > Read more …
Nine Candidates for IOC Athletes’ Commission January 20, 2010 (IOC): Nine athletes will be standing as candidates for election to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission during the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Hailing from nine different countries across four continents, all the candidates are winter athletes having participated in 2006 in Turin or participating in Vancouver. > Read more …
Rio 2016 – Coordination Commission Chair Completes First Visit January 20, 2010 (IOC): Nawal El Moutawakel, the Chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Coordination Commission for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, has completed her first visit as Chair to the future host city. Arriving in Rio only four days after being appointed, El Moutawakel, who was accompanied by the IOC’s Olympic Games Executive Director - Gilbert Felli - had three days of meetings in Rio with local organisers and government officials, as well as getting a firsthand look at some of the venue sites. > Read more …
UN blame homeless deaths in New Delhi on Commonwealth Games January 20, 2010 (Inside the Games): A United Nations independent human rights expert today blamed the Commonwealth Games for the increasing number of homeless people dying in New Delhi due to a cold wave. Ten homeless people have lost their lives in the past month in the Indian capital, while some 100 people have reportedly died in northern India due to the freezing cold over the last few weeks. > Read more …
Haitian sport hit by earthquake tragedy January 20, 2010 (Sport Business): At least 30 members of Haiti’s football federation, and at least seven Haitian Olympic athletes were victims of the earthquake which hit the country. The Associated Press reports that a Caribbean Football Union representative visited Haiti at the weekend and reported back to football’s world governing body that Haiti’s football federation president Yves Jean Bart had survived, but that many other members of the federation died when its headquarters collapsed. > Read more …
No Time to Rest on our Laurels, Cautions WADA President January 19, 2010 (WADA): On the occasion of WADA’s fifth Media Symposium, held on January 19 at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, WADA’s President John Fahey urged all parties involved in the fight against doping in sport to further intensify their efforts toward clean sport and not to succumb to complacency despite significant progress in the past decade. > Read more …
Guangzhou residents celebrate 300-day countdown to Asian Games January 16, 2010 (GAGOC): Tens of thousands of residents in Guangzhou gathered at Huangpu Sports Centre Stadium on Saturday to celebrate the 300-day countdown to the 16th Asian Games. Xu Ruisheng, Executive Deputy Secretary General of the Guangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (GAGOC) and Vice Mayor of Guangzhou, was present at the celebration. > Read more …
Asian trio on IOC’s Rio 2016 commission January 13, 2010 (OCASIA): A trio of Asian IOC Members have been appointed to the Rio 2016 Coordination Commission. Timothy Fok (Hong Kong), Nat Indrapana (Thailand) and Wu Ching-Kuo (Chinese Taipei) are among a 17-strong team led by Ms. Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco. The commission will be responsible for assisting the Rio 2016 Organising Committee during the period leading up to the Olympic Games, as well as monitoring the progress of preparations. > Read more …
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