28. January 2004
Pottsville, PA / USA
Artistic Gymnastics

The Gymnastic Training Center (PGTC) of Pottsville, Pennsylvania (USA) is the first American partner 2004, booking the world wide GYMmedia Eventservice in the Olympic year.

The Pottsville Gymnastic Center is the host again of one of the biggest international events of the USA for femal gymnasts:
'FRIENDSHIP CLASSICS' will held March 19 - 21 and from now on GYMmedia will report in co-operation with the GTC about all news and facts of this international event...

22. January 2004
Moutier / Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics


PROCEDURES STILL UNDER WAY...
Yesterday the International Gymnastics Federation pronounced in a press release, that the Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the CAS in Lausanne in the matter of Olympic Champion Gervasio Deferr, who tested positive for cannabis in the autumn 2002.
The Spanish Federation officially informed the FIG by mail on January 19.....

21. January 2004
Artistic Gymnastics

After their return from a Winter Camp in Austria, the Women’s Artistic British Senior National Squad are spending a week of training at the National Sports Centre in Lilleshall.
Beth Tweddle, the British 'prima', World and European medallist on A. Bars, is also in the gym together with Alice Green (Sapphire), Jessica Brough (Europa GC), Carol and Helen Galashan (Liverpool), Melanie Roberts (Liverpool), Rosalie Hutton (Pipers Vale), Imogen Cairns (The Academy), Rhian Pugh (Bristol Hawks), Samantha Bayley (Wiltshire)...

21. January 2004
Loughborough / Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics

John Atkinson was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Loughborough University for both outstanding services to the University and British Sport.
The Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University, Prof. David Wallace CBE, DI, FRS, FR Eng., has addressed the invitation on behalf of the Authorities of the University. The congregation will take place later in 2004.
John is obviously delighted, especially as the new National Analyses Centre and World Class Headquarters, in which he played a large part in securing, will...

21. January 2004
Derbyshire / Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics

At the FIG Congress 2002 in Athens (Greece) it was announced that Eileen Langsley (Gymnastics Photographer Extraordinaire) had been awarded with Honorary Member of the FIG.
This well deserved and exquisite award was also accompanied by an elegant Longines watch.
Due to personal health and family health problems, it was not possible to make the Award in 2003, but on Friday, 16th January John Atkinson (FIG TC President and EC Member) was able to make the Award on...

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