23. March 2004
Nijmegen / Netherlands
Artistic Gymnastics
Van de Leur Not at Europeans and Olympics

Cetate Online Service pronounced, that Verona van de Leur (NED) will not be going to the Olympic Games in Athens (GRE) this summer.
Van de Leur (18), who has been dealing with an ankle injury for over a year now, does not feel fit enough to take part in the competition against Spain this weekend. Participation in this event is necessary to qualify for the European Championships in Amsterdam (NED). The European Championships are, in turn, a qualification for...

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22. March 2004
British Gymnastics Federation
Artistic Gymnastics
British Men’s European Team for Lubliana

British Gymnastics are delighted to announce the Team selected to take part in the 26th European Championships in Lubliana, Slovenia, from 15th to 18th April 2004.
In view of the above results and the injuries to Kanukai Jackson, James Evans and Mark Freeman British Gymnastics have taken the decision not to enter a full Senior team in Lubliana....

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21. March 2004
Pottsville, PA / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Friendship Classic in Pottsville

Winners of the 'FRIENDSHIP CLASSIC 2004', held this weekend in Pottsville, PA./USA were Gymnasts from Russia and Ukraine in the the junior and senior all-around and event titles.
Ukraine's Olga Scherbatykh won the senior all-around over Russian Polina Miller, who fell off balance beam. Sherbatykh won beam and floor exercise, Miller the other two events. Third was American Grace Taylor of Aiken, South Carolina.
Svetlana Klyukina (RUS) won the junior all-around over teammate Anna Grudko. Canadian Leslie Mak...

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18. March 2004
Athens/ Greece
Artistic Gymnastics
PRE OLYMPICS: Artistic gymnastics, men s all-around final

Japanese victory in the men’s all-around final

Japan’s Kensuke Murata presented the most stable performance today at the Pre-Olympic test events in the Olympic Hall in Athens. He won the all-around with the score of 54.499 in front of Maxim Deviatovski (56.011) and Yang, Tae Young from Korea (55.698)…

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18. March 2004
Athens / Greece
Artistic Gymnastics
PRE OLYMPICS: Team competition women s artistic gymnastics

Russia wins the team event

Compared to their performance in the qualification Russia had improved today and this brought them the victory (111.970) in front of China (110.460) and Spain (109.322).

Results Team Final

The results in yesterday's qualification were different:
A strong Chinese team won this qualification (148.258) in front of Russia (145.058) and Spain (144.295).

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