3. October 2003
New York/USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Madison Square Garden To Host 2004 Visa American Cup

NEW YORK - U.S. medal winners from the 2003 World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim will challenge top international stars for all-around titles and a prize purse of $45,000 when the Visa American Cup returns to New York City's Madison Square Garden at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 28, 2004, pronounced US Gymnastics Federation.
The Visa American Cup is annually one of the most prestigious international competitions on the gymnastics calendar...

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21. September 2003
Cottbus/Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
XVIII. International GWG-Cup for Juniors

Winner of the Juniors Category (age groups 15 - 18) of the XVIII. International GWG-Cup in Cottbus / Germany is the local heroe Philipp Boy, member of the German national Juniors Team, with a score of 52,950. On second place came Roman Gisi from the Swiss centre of NKL Liestal. Third was the German Matthias Fahrig from SV Halle.
93 Gymnasts from 14 European countries and from the USA are participate in Cottbus.
First winner of the first...

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19. September 2003
Moutier/Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
The IOC and Women in Sport: Ludmila Turicheva Recognized!

fig-info:-- Ludmila Turicheva, the legendary Olympic All-Around champion in Munich 1972, has been awarded the “Women in Sport” Trophy by the International Olympic Committee in recognition of her lifelong contributions to sports.

Ludmila Turicheva, born in Grozny in 1952, made her debut in Gymnastics at the age of 7. She became champion of the Soviet Union at 12, and team champion at 16 at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico.
Persevering in her accomplishments, she became World...

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16. September 2003
Yokohama/Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
Germany s Fabian Hambuechen most successful in Yokohama

The German all-around champions Fabian Hambuechen and the Australian Monette Russo won three gold medals each in the apparatus finals at the JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL, held in Yokohama / Japan. Hambuechen won floor exercise, parallel bars, and high bar, and finished second on vault. David Sender (USA), third all-around on Sunday, won both still rings and vault.
Hitoshi Aoyama (JPN) won the host country's only gold of the competition with his victory on pommel horse.
Monette Russo...

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2. September 2003
Nijmegen / Netherlands
Artistic Gymnastics
Verona van de Leur changes the Club and the Coach

The Dutch gym star Verona van de Leur pronounced, that she will change the club: From Wednesday, September 3rd on van de Leur start to train at the gymnastics center 'De Hazekamp' in Nijmegen (Netherlands).
So Van de Leur is changing from Dutch national coach Frank Louter and from the club 'Pro Patria' in Zoetemeer, to the Russian Boris Orlov and the choreographer Esther Heijden in Nijmegen
Tomorro, Wednesday, September the 3rd will heold a press conference at...

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