31. Oktober 2012
Chiasso, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
Swiss victory at the 29th Gander Memorial 2012

Many cheers from the audience in Chiasso were heard at the 29th Artur Gander-Memorials 2012 in Chiasso for the victory of  Giulia STEINGRUBER in the women's final. In this event with a new mode this year - including a preliminary round and a final - the Swiss gymnast and Olympic participant won in front of Italy's Carlotta FERLITO and Lisa Katharina HILL from Germany.

In the men's field Russia's Igor PACHOMENKO was the winner. He...

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31. Oktober 2012
Beijing, Sotchi
Artistic Gymnastics
OLYMPIC IDOL AWARD for Oksana Chusovitina ...... and her sensational remarks ...!

Just landed - and already on the way again
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The fact that the extraordinary gymnast Oksana CHUSOVITINA is a world-star can be seen even more in the rest of the World than in her new home country Germany.
After having won the Olympic silver medal in 2008 she thrilled more than 400 Million Chinese viewers in Beijing in a TV-show . It is not surprising that she now has received more honours at...

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26. Oktober 2012
Cancun, Mexico
Artistic Gymnastics
79th F.I.G. Congress: Bruni Grandi re-elected

At the 79th Congress of the International Gymnastics Federation F.I.G. in Cancun (MEX) Prof. Bruno GRANDI was re-elected with the mayority of 68 votes in the first ballot and thus the 78 years old Italian enters his fifth term of office....
On second place came the Russian banker Vassily TITOV (24 votes) and on third the former Romanian President of men's technical committee, Adrian STOICA (14 votes).After the vote, Prof. Grandi did not hide his satisfaction and addressed his first comments...

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20. Oktober 2012
Aarhus, Denmark
Artistic Gymnastics
9th EUROPEANS of TeamGym 2012 - FINAL DAY

After the opening on Wednesday,  October 17 and after the two qualifying days in the NCI Arena of the second largest city in Denmark, Aarhus, the final competitions of the 9th European Championships of  "TeamGym" 2012 take place.
As expected, sat down by the senior dominating Scandinavian nations:
Four of the six possible titles of these Europeans won hosts DENMARK.
Only in ...

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19. Oktober 2012
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
PRK-FEDERATION AND GYMNAST REINSTATED

Sanctioned for document falsification 
The Gymnastics Federation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PRK) and its gymnast, Ms Hong Su Jong, were reinstated by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) on October 5, 2012 at midnight after having served a two-year sanction. (* look at > GYMmedia News 2010, Oct 07 )
The FIG Disciplinary Commission had pronounced a suspension based on disciplinary proceedings lodged for violation of the age limit and false information provided...

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