3. September 2004
Calgary, Toronto / Canada
Artistic Gymnastics
Canadian medallists welcomed home as heroes

Kyle Shewfelt (CAN), the first Canadian to win an artistic gymnastics medal when he took the gold in the floor exercise at the Olympics in Athens, promised to do his bit to advance sports in Canada by acting as a role model.
'For me, I was lucky on the day that I was able to put it all together,' Shewfelt said after the civic celebration where he was presented with a Calgary Flames jersey and a new street sign...

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2. September 2004
Hamburg / Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Preview: International Alsterpokal 2004

This weekend on 3/4 September 2004 the Verband für Turnen und Freizeit Hamburg, VTF, Germany, arranges an international tournament in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics in the Sports Hall Wandsbek with top-class athletes.
The well established 'International Alsterpokal' has developed to the gymnastic highlight of the northern part of Germany and welcomes teams from four continents: Africa, America, Australia/New Zealand and Europe....

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2. September 2004
Bucharest/ Romania
Artistic Gymnastics
Romania s big-income earners

At the end of last week Romania's prime minister Adrian Nastase handed over the price money to the highly successful gymnasts of his country in Bucharest.
The big-income earner was the most successful gymnast Catalina Ponor with her 3 gold medals - team, beam, floor. Monica Rosu became Olympic Champion on vault, Daniela Sofronie won silver on floor and Alexandra Eremia bronze on beam.

In the men's field Marian Dragulescu won silver on floor and bronze...

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30. August 2004
Athens, Seoul
Artistic Gymnastics
South Korea raises objection at the Int. Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS)

South Korea protests- FIG mediates - IOC maintains a low profile

WIth a one-week delay the leaders of the South Korean delegation have now addressed to the International Court of Arbitration for Sports CAS. They demand the gold-medal in the gymnastics all-around final for Yang Tae Young.
With this raising of an objection the Korean delegation wants to prevent a decision of the judges which according to them was obviously wrong...

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28. August 2004
Olymic city Athens
Artistic Gymnastics
Grandi aggravates judging scandal

The US Gymnastics Federatian has refered to a letter from FIG- president Bruno Grandi as 'outrageous request'.
In the letter Grandi advised the Olympic all-around winner Paul Hamm 'for reasons of fairness' to hand over his gold medal to the 3rd- ranked Yang, Tae Young from South Korea...

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