18. May 2004
Ulan Bator / Mongolia
Artistic Gymnastics
PEGASES captures Asia

PEGASES in Ulan Bator
Also in Mongolia now young talents as well as the elite gymnasts can use the modern vaulting table 'PEGASES'.
After the premiere of this new apparatus at the 2001 World Champs in Ghent until now there was no opportunity for the Gymnastics Federation of Mongolia to receive the gift of the F.I.G. and the Dutch company Janssen-Fritsen. Although they didn't need to pay for the apparatus the transport costs nonetheless would have been too...

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18. May 2004
Suzhou / China
Artistic Gymnastics
Chinese Trials and National Champs

Xinhua pronounced, that China has named a 26 strong gymnastics squad for the upcoming Athens Olympic Game.
The interim lineup, consisting of 11 men and 15 women, will finally be reduced to six men and six women sometime after the ongoing Olympic trial, slated for 2004, May 14-17....

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17. May 2004
Nijmegen / Niederlande
Artistic Gymnastics
Loes Linders switches to De Hazekamp

During the last weekend it was published that the Dutch all-around juniorr champion 2003, Loes Linders, has decided to switch to a different club. She will from now on train at the gymnastics center 'GTV de Hazenkamp' with the coaches Boris Orlov and Esther Heijnen.
Further information will be given during a press conference on Wednesday, May 19th 2004 in the training center of Nijmegen.

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15. May 2004
Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
British Gymnastics informed about next Highlights

Three key pointers ahead
Baga: -- Three months to go to the 2004 Athens Olympic Games - three very important Internationals for the European's No. FIVE British Women’s Team left:
· ESP vs GBR in Seville- 22-23 May
· GBR vs ROM in Ipswich- 29-30 May
· GBR vs RUS in Liverpool- 26-27 June
On the website of British Gymnastics National Coach Zoltan Jordanov speaks about the preparation of his Team.... >...

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6. May 2004
Tokyo / Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
NHK Cup 2004 - Japanese OLympic Qualification

The NHK Cup is the most prestigious gymnastics competition held in Japan.There were 18 men and 18 women competing; three events for men and threeevents for women ran simultaneously.
Last weekend Isao Yoneda was the best gymnast of these events, followed by Hiroyuki Tomita and Hisashi Mizutori.
In women's category Manami Ishizaka won in front of Kyoko Oshima and Miki Uemura. Top 4 gymnasts after the four days of trials will go to the Olympics automatically. The...

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