1. March 2004
Koncha Zaspa, Kiv / Ukraine
Artistic Gymnastics

Gym Family in deep Mourning...!
The day after the spring Ukrainian Cup finished, a tragic automobile accident has taken the life of Olympian and European Champion 2000, Alexander Beresch at Sunday evening. Returning from a visit to a friend's house near the national training centre at Koncha Zaspa at approximately 6 p.m., Beresch's car was hit as it pulled onto Kiev's Stolichnoe Shosse.
Also in the car was Sergei Vialtsev, who survived the wreck but is in intensive...

29. February 2004
Madeira / Portugal
Artistic Gymnastics

With a score of 53,550 points the Canadian gymnast Grant Golding wins the all-around competition of the '9th International Tournament Madeira Island'.

Second was the Belgian Gunther Cockhuyt. He got 52,650 in all-around and scored the highest points of the competition with 9,650 on pommel horse.
On third place came also a Canadian gymnast: Casey Sandy with a total of 52,600 points.....
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29. February 2004
New York/USA
Artistic Gymnastics

World all-around silver medalist Carly Patterson, and World all-around finalist Jason Gatson (both USA) earned all-around gold and $10,000 in prize money on Saturday by winning the all-around titles at the 2004 Visa American Cup at Madison Square Garden.
Patterson swept all four events, picking up an additional $1,000 per event, in earning her second consecutive Visa American Cup title. Patterson, bolstered by a 9.850 on beam and 9.837 on floor, finished with a 38.949.

28. February 2004
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics

One of the first guests, the Latvian delegation, just arrived Cottbus. On top the Olympic Champion from Sydney 2000 on floor, Igors Vichrows, but also his teammates Yevgeni Sapronenko and Eriks Revelinch.
All these guests of the Tournament of Masters are old friends here, because they made their first international events as young boys in history here at the traditional 'GWG-Cup for Talents, a worldwide wellknown competition for the best European talents of artistic gymnastics. This tournament...

28. February 2004
Cottbus / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics

World Cup as an economical Factor !
The managements of the top hotels in Cottbus are very happy this year about the situation one week before: They are sell off already!!
More than 170 participants and about 2,000 accomodations.... that's a doubble new record in the long history of this European tournament.
So this world cup is a real economical factor now in the area of Lausitz, an area with a lot of gravely economical problems! This...

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