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GYMNASTICS
Brazil's Daiane dos Santos receives five month suspension January 29, 2010 (Examiner): 2003 World floor champion Daiane dos Santos of Brazil has received a five month suspension for testing positive for banned diuretic furosemide last July, the International Gymnastics Federation announced today. > Read more …  & see also > here! >  Associated Press  > Yahoo Sports
Birmingham 2010: First Figures released; Media Accreditation opened! January 29, 2010 (British Gymnastics): The European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics for Senior and Junior Men and Women will take place at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham from 21st April until 2nd May 2010. Interest in this event is progressively increasing because it will be the first opportunity to see Senior Team competitions since Beijing 2008. With only two years left to London 2012, these Championships will provide a good indication about the latest developments with regard to teams, individuals and trends in the sport. > Read more …
Olympian's training conditions branded "a joke" January 29, 2010 (This is Nottingham): One of Nottingham's brightest medal hopes is training for the 2012 Olympics in "unacceptable conditions". Becky Downie, 17, from Hucknall, is Britain's top gymnastics all-rounder and finished an amazing 12th when she competed at the Beijing Olympics 18 months ago. Yet the gym where she trains, at Rushcliffe Leisure Centre, has suffered from broken heating, outdated equipment and overflowing rubbish bins. > Read more …
Georges Guelzec officially leading the UEG January 27, 2010 (UEG): The President’s Board and the Executive Committee had their first meeting chaired by the new President, Georges Guelzec. He presented to the Executive Committee the main points of his policy for the legislative period 2010 – 2013. > Read more …
IG Online Interview: Kristina Vaculik (Canada) January 24, 2010 (International Gymnast): Hampered by an elbow injury that prevented her from challenging for a spot at the 2008 Olympic Games, 2007 Canadian all-around champion Kristina Vaculik outlines her plans for new success at the collegiate, international and Olympic level. Vaculik placed second all-around to Dominique Pegg at Elite Canada, a Canadian team ranking meet held last December. > Read more …
Three '08 Olympic medalists expected to compete in '10 Winter Cup January 22, 2010 (Sports Features):  2008 Olympic horizontal bar silver-medalist Jonathan Horton of Houston and his 2008 Olympic team bronze-medalist teammates Alexander Artemev of Lakewood, Colo., and Kevin Tan of Fremont, Calif., are among the 136 male gymnasts currently in the field for the 2010 Winter Cup Challenge, Feb. 4-6, at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Sports Center. Five members of the 2009 World Championships team are also entered, including Tim McNeill of Falls Church, Va., who was seventh in the all-around finals. In addition, 11 members of the senior national team and 13 gymnasts on the junior national squad are in the field. > Read more …
SPORTS WORLD
Dame Kelly Trust to deliver London 2012 Young Leaders Programme January 28, 2010 (Inside the Games): A generation of young volunteers will be supported to work in their local communities as part of the newly launched London 2012 Young Leaders Programme – with the longer term goal of bringing their acquired leadership skills to bear as volunteers for the Olympics and Paralympics themselves two years' hence.  > Read more …
QOC hosts successful IOC Masters programme January 26, 2010 (OCA): The Qatar Olympic Committee hosted the second module of the Masters programme in Sports Organisation Management under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee in Doha from January 11–16. The week–long programme involved about 38 students representing 38 countries from around the world. > Read more …
Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) factsheets January 2010 (WSFF): WSFF has produced a series of free, downloadable fact-files. These include Sport insight factsheets, a comprehensive analysis of how women participate, and are involved in, various sports. This unique resource brings together data from a number of different sources, including Active People and WSFF's own leadership audit. Crucially, these factsheets also include new gender disaggregated data from Sport England's recent Sport Satisfaction survey. > Read more …
Knee injuries- the prevention and treatment of cartilage damage January 26, 2010 (Peak Performance): Knee cartilage tears are common in athletes whose sports demand running and jumping. Alicia Filley looks at research on the best ways to treat and prevent this injury and comes up with some surprising conclusions. > Read more …
2010 World Sport for All Congress: last call for submission of abstracts January 26, 2010 (IOC): Join in the 13th World Sport for All Congress, which will be held in Jyväskylä, Finland, from 14 to 17 June 2010. With the call for submission of abstracts closing on 26 February 2010, you still have one month to contribute. > Read more …
Female Athletes Injured More Than Male Athletes January 25, 2010 (Science Daily): Female athletes experience dramatically higher rates of specific musculoskeletal injuries and medical conditions compared to male athletes, according to exercise physiologist Vicki Harber in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta. > Read more …
Olympic and Sports Movement unified on EU sport topics January 25, 2010 (IOC): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today launched the Olympic and Sports Movement’s unified position on how the wording on sport in the EU’s new Lisbon Treaty should be put into practice. > Read more …
British broadcaster set to sign multi-million pound Commonwealth Games contract January 25, 2010 (Inside the Games): Doubts over a multi-million pound contract for Satellite Information Services' (SIS) Live to produce and broadcast this year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi have been ended after the British company reached an agreement with India's public broadcaster Doordarshan. > Read more …
Fok: Guangzhou Games will highlight rise of Asia January 23, 2010 (OCA): Olympic Council of Asia Vice President Timothy Fok believes the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, in November can further demonstrate the rise of Asia in the 21st century. Speaking at an Asian Games support function in Hong Kong on Saturday, Fok said Guangzhou would build on the success of the 2008 Olympic Games in the Chinese capital. > Read more …
Guadalajara withdraws 2014 Youth Games bid January 23, 2010 (Sports Features): Guadalajara officially withdrew its candidature to host the 2014 Youth Olympic Games today citing financial obligations with the Pan American Games. Two candidates remain in the bid race Nanjing, China and Poznan, Poland. Mexico’s second largest city will host the Pan American Games continental event in 2011 and the governor of the state of Jalisco, Emilio Gonzalez Marquez, said that tight finances had forced the decision and the need to stay on track for the preparations for next year’s event. > Read more …
Dick Pound's criticism of judging struck nerve at figure skating championships January 21, 2010 (The Canadian Press): If Jamie Sale and David Pelletier provided the impetus to change figure skating's sometimes scandalous judging system, fellow Canadian Jeff Buttle proved the new one works, says Skate Canada boss Mike Slipchuk. > Read more …