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International gymnasts visit OU
February 19, 2010 (OUDaily):
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History was filled with
famous gymnasts Thursday night at an OU sponsored event for
students to meet gymnasts competing this weekend at the Nadia
Comaneci International Invitational. The competition in Oklahoma
City is held in honor of Comaneci, the Romanian-born Olympic
legend who calls Norman home.
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Two medals won at Asian Rhythmic
Gymnastics Championship
February 19, 2010 (Trend):
Uzbek athletes have won four gold and two silver medals in single
competitions of the Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship, which
is ongoing in Tashkent. On the fourth day of competitions, the
gymnasts carried out exercises with a rope, ball, hoop and clubs
and eight strongest athletes for victory in each category. >>
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S'pore gymnasts sweat on Youth
Olympics spot after clinching bronze in Tashkent
February 19, 2010 (Today):
The Republic's
gymnasts are keeping their fingers crossed, as they put together
an appeal to the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) to
qualify for the inaugural Youth Olympics. The team clinched a
bronze medal in the ribbon exercise at the 11th Rhythmic
Gymnastics Asian Junior Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan,
yesterday. >>
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Azerbaijani gymnasts to compete in
Gazprom’s Cup
February 18, 2010 (News.AZ):
The contests in gymnastics for Gazprom Cup and Grand Prix contest
will be held in Moscow on February 20-21. The news service for
Azerbaijan’s Gymnastics Federation told News.Az that these
contests will involve Aliya Garayeva and senior group team.
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Miss
Valentine 2010
Le 18 février 2010 (Sport
Vox): Miss Valentine. Un tournois
international de Gymnastique Rythmique sans enjeux majeurs, se
trouvant dans la ville de Tartu en Estonie. Et pourtant, c’est
là-bas que se sont réunies ce weekend les meilleures gymnastes
internationales. >>
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Azerbaijani gymnasts become
international-level referees
February 18, 2010 (Trend):
The number of
Azerbaijani referees in rhythmic gymnastics has
increased.
Vafa Huseynova and Valeria Yegay, well-known gymnasts,
successfully completed their one-week courses in
Estonia, the
Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation said. >>
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Tashkent starts Asian Rhythmic
Gymnastics Championship
February 17, 2010 (Trend):
Today Uzbekistan opened the Asian Championship on Rhythmic
Gymnastics in the "Universal" sport palace. The championship was
organized by the Asian Gymnastics Union (AGU), Uzbek Gymnastics
Federation (UGF) and Uzbek Culture and Sport Ministry, as well as
with the assistance of the International Gymnastics Federation. >>
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Nastia Liukin sits down for MSNBC
interview at 2010 Winter Olympics
February 17, 2010 (USA
Gymnastics):
2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin sat down for an
interview on Feb. 16 with MSNBC while in Vancouver supporting Team
USA at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. To follow everything
happening in Vancouver and see more from Nastia’s time there,
click here.
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Tim McNeill: 'I feel like a
completely different gymnast than I did a year ago'
February 16, 2010 (Examiner):
In spite of a few old aches and pains, Tim McNeill is feeling like
a new gymnast as he gets ready to represent the U.S. at next
month's American Cup. "I have really focused in on my mental game
and it has helped me immensely." >>
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Poll: Which U.S. gymnast would you
like to see added to the American Cup lineup?
February 16, 2010 (Examiner):
The American
Cup start lists are almost set, but the host nation has yet to
announce the second U.S. female gymnast to compete in Worcester,
Mass. on March 6. Based on results from competitions and National
team camps earlier this year, gymnasts under consideration for the
second spot are an impressive list.
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Sophia Lee, Grace McLaughlin win
WOGA Classic
February 15, 2010 (Examiner):
U.S. Olympic
hopefuls Sophia Lee and Grace McLaughlin won the senior and junior
titles at the WOGA Classic, held this past weekend in Frisco,
Texas. >>
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Pegg ‘Very Honored’ to Compete at
American Cup
February 13, 2010
(International Gymnast):
Canada's Dominique Pegg told IG that competing in
the Tyson American Cup next month "fits in very well" with her
busy meet season. Pegg, who won the Elite Canada title last
December, is scheduled to compete in her first senior
international competition Saturday at the WOGA Classic in Texas.
She turned 16 on Jan. 8. >>
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Gymnastic star Beth reaches new
heights for air ambulance
February 10, 2010 (The Bolton
News): A world
champion athlete is supporting a vital emergency medical service.
Beth Tweddle, Great Britain’s most successful gymnast, has become
a patron of the North West Air Ambulance. The 24-year-old, who was
born in South Africa and brought up in Cheshire, visited one of
the service’s two helicopters at City Airport, Manchester,
yesterday. >
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SPORTS WORLD
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Royal Artillery Barracks and O2
Arena given planning permission for London 2012
February 18, 2010 (Inside the
Games): Plans
submitted by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and LOCOG for
the use of the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich and the O2
Arena during the London 2012 Games have been given planning
permission by Greenwich Council. >
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The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter
Games break broadcast records!
February 15, 2010 (IOC):
In Canada, the
IOC’s rights-holding broadcast partner, the CTV consortium,
announced that the Opening Ceremony of the Games was in fact the
most watched television event in Canadian history, with an
audience of over 13 million viewers!
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Gender testing in sport: A case for
treatment?
February 15, 2010 (BBC News):
With the
Vancouver Winter Olympic Games under way, leading sporting bodies
continue to be embroiled in one of sport's biggest controversies -
the gender verification testing of female athletes.
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XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver:
Opening Ceremony Speech by IOC President Jacques
Rogge
February 12, 2010 (IOC):
[…] Dear athletes, These Games belong to you. They are your Games.
So give them the magic that we all desire, through your
performances and your conduct and do it in memory of your late
friend, Nodar Kumaritashvili. Remember that you are role models
for the youth of the world. There is no glory without
responsibility. Please compete in the spirit of Olympic values.
And reject doping and cheating. […] >>
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Bach Olympic leadership chances
boosted after re-election
February 12, 2010 (Inside the
Games): The
chances of Thomas Bach replacing Jacques Rogge as President of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) when he steps down in 2013
have been boosted after he was today re-elected as vice-president.
The IOC
also elected six new members … >
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Georgian killed in luge accident at
Winter Olympics in Vancouver
February 12, 2010 (Inside the
Games): Nodar
Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old men’s luger from Georgia crashed and
died during a 90 miles per hour training run for the Olympics here
today. He lost control of his sled, went over the wall of the
track and appeared to hit a steel pole near the finish line at the
Whistler Sliding Center. >>
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IOC medical commission chairman
briefs IOC general assembly on gender cases
February 11, 2010 (Yahoo!
Sports): The
International Olympic Committee's general assembly was briefed
Thursday about dealing with gender verification tests - an issue
that gained global attention last year with the case of South
African runner Caster Semenya. IOC medical commission chairman
Arne Ljungqvist reported on the findings of a two-day medical
conference held last month in Miami. >>
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