In compliance, the Chinese Gymnastics Federation has indefinitely postponed the national championships scheduled for May. In addition, Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Yuangzhou and June's National Cities Gymnastics Selection competition have been postponed.

.... difficult times in Deva:
Because the work is next to the building where the gymnasts train and live, the discussion was raised to move the girls somewhere else so that their program wouldn't be disturbed by the noise of the machinery and builders who are working in the area.
Even though the Minister of Education, Ecatarina Andronescu, announced that work needed to be interrupted so that the preparation for Worlds wouldn't be hampered, up until yesterday, she hasn't made any decision. The officials of the Federation are unhappy, affirming that the work had started without anyone being informed.
On the other hand, the local authorities have searched for a solution so that the team doesn't have to leave Deva but the discussions were interrupted because of the Romanian Internationals and the gymnasts have returned to Deva.
On Tuesday, General Secretary of the Romanian Olympic Committee, Dan Popper, came to Deva to try and find a solution together with Octavian Belu and Mariana Bitang so that the gymnasts can train in optimal conditions.
The mayor of Deva proposed moving the girls to a kindergarten and the money that the adjusting of the building would cost, would be taken care of by the city hall of Deva.
Octavian Belu has declared that, indifferent of where they will have to move to, the team will not find the same training conditions as the ones they have in Deva anywhere, adding that the Federation and the ROC will decide where the team will continue their preparation. Moreover, Belu also added that 'the construction work at the Deva complex almost reaches as far as the gym. There will be a lot of dust and, certain is that this will affect our training. This even if we do move to the school.'
Adrian Stoica from the Romanian Gymnastics Federation declared: 'The proposal of the kindergarten is an old one and we have refused it. It needs a lot of money but even that isn't the real problem. What worries us is the timing, looking at how long things will last and Worlds is scheduled for the second half of August. It's an extremely difficult competition, most of all because the competitors for the Olympics will be decided here!'
source: Ziua, translated by Nicole Citroen

Hungarian Internationals 2003
Budapest, Hungary, 2003, April, 5 - 6

All-around results:
1. Alexandra Eremia (Rom) 9.250; 9.250; 9.625; 9.175 total: 37.300
2. Dana Sofronie (Rom) 9.150; 9.500; 9.450; 9.100 total: 37.200
3. Elena Anoshina (Rus) 8.600; 9.300; 9.450; 8.650 total: 36.000
>> REPORT (by Kavics Eniko): On the second day Dana Sofronie started very well on vault (with a round-off full twist on-back pike off and a 'simple' Yurchenko full twist) and finished first ahead of Anoshina.
On bars, Dana showed very good work, displaying good form and quality of work and Petrovschi comes to mind while watching her. Look at her scores on both days!
The Hungarian Renata Kiss performed a solid routine and finished second. Alexandra Eremia fell off her handstand on the low bar but still finished third as everyone else fell, including Anoshina who hurt herself badly by falling on her knees on both her flight elements and withdrew from the floor final.
On beam, Dana started with a solid routine, she mounted with a round-off layout-backhandspring-layout to one foot but her leg form wasn't so clean. Eremia was even better and had a really beautiful bodyline and leg form and showed what the Romanians are renowned for, performing a beam routine without hesitation or loss of balance. She finished her routine with a beautiful triple twist and made it look so easy. Alexandra took first place and Sofronie was second, although at first it seemed that Polina Miller would finish second as initially her score was a 9.600. Her routine was very good and included a standing Arabian.
Sofronie started the floor final but she was probably tired and had a bad fall after her opening series, a full in-back out and also put her hands down on her last tumbling series, a double pike. Afterwards she sat on the side-lines with ice on her leg, so fingers crossed she didn't sustain a serious injury. Alexandra didn't make any mistakes and won the floor final. Her dance was very nice and she presented the routine to the crowd really well.
The conclusion after the competition is that Alexandra has great potential as she has good form and is also elegant, which you need along with the acrobatic skills. Sofronie is very strong on bars. The Romanian girls divided the gold medals between them and had a very successful competition. They seemed so shy and are so tiny and thin!
Also a word for the young and talented Czech girl Jana Silkulova, who finished 6th in the all-around. She is a very talented gymnast and has strong skills and nice form, although she did make mistakes.

Vault:
1. Dana Sofronie (Rom) 9.100
2. Elena Anoshina (Rus) 9.075
3. Polina Miller (Rus) 8.775

Bars:
1. Dana Sofronie (Rom) 9.575
2. Renata Kiss (Hun) 8.900
3. Alexandra Eremia (Rom) 8.250

Beam:
1. Alexandra Eremia (Rom) 9.800
2. Dana Sofronie (Rom) 9.525
3. Polina Miller (Rus) 9.500
4. Renata Kiss (Hun) 9.050

Floor:
1. Alexandra Eremia (Rom) 9.125
2. Renata Kiss (Hun) 8.600
3. Jana Silkulova (Czh) 8.450

Janssen&Fritsen have won the tender for the Olympic 2004
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- Mexico 1968
- Munich 1972
- Barcelona 1992

After being the sole supplier at the World Championships in Ghent in 2001, Janssen&Fritsen equipment will again be used at the most important event in Gymnastics, the Olympic Games.
The organising committee for the Olympic Games Athens 2004 invited all gymnastic equipment producers who hold one or more FIG certificates to make a bid for the supply of the Artistic Gymnastic equipment to be used during the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens, Greece.

Janssen – Fritsen equipment is not only used at major events all over the world for many years (see the attached reference list), but is being supplied yearly to 75 different countries world-wide for use at competitions and training centres alike.

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Romanian Internationals 2003
Ploesti, Romania, 2003, April 112 - 13

Detailed Results, WOMEN

Detailed Results, MEN

Remembering:
>> International Romanian Championships 2002

No top-class sport without any investment With todays financial conditions it is not possible to reach those objectives, because two years ago the budget for the men was almost reduced to a minimum.
The mens coaches and executive committee asked the Dutch Federation for more money so that they can take part in international competitions, training camps and for better training conditions. In this way the Dutch gymnasts will be able to prepare in peace and quiet on their job.
KNGU-Member of the Board Wil Uylenbroek says: “Our men will now have the chance to reach their goal. Never before in the last years we had so many talent as we have now. Therefore, a federation like the KNGU has to invest now”.
The Dutch NOC noticed the top results of the Dutch gymnasts. They also will support their gpal for Anaheim in a financial way.

Ambitious objectives for Dutch girls
This competition is the first one in a sequence of different teamcompetitions for the Dutch girls in the next few weeks.
In twoo weeks a complete different team will compete in Italy, where the Britisch team will also take part.

But some ilnesses and slight injuries did not make it possible for some gymnasts to reach their topform just now.
Everyone is looking forward to the Dutch girls and their performances in Anaheim, as they all remember their excellent results in Ghent (Belgium 2001), EC in Patras 2002 and the 2002 World Cups.
It will not be easy for Louter and his team tot fulfil those high expectations in the next weeks.