3. October 2006
Kienbaum/Berlin, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
US Junior National in the legendary Kienbaum Camp

Seven of the all together 14 members of the male national juniors team of USA visited the legendary German training camp in Kienbaum, nearby Berlin.
At this place the former GDR teams prepared for their international successes, like the last Olympic team silver medal behind the golden Soviet team in Seoul 1988.
These grounds are a super and modern training camp now for a lot of sports disciplines on a very high standard and it is also...

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1. October 2006
Maribor / Slovenia
Artistic Gymnastics
Final Day of World Cup in Maribor

This weekend in Maribor - the home town of the Olympic legend Leon STUKELJ - took place the 39th SALAMUNOV MEMORIAL 2006 in a status of a World Cup (b) event....

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30. September 2006
Madrid / Spain
Artistic Gymnastics
Friedly Meets in Spain - Preparations for the Worlds...

Saturday, September 30, the Spanish national teams of artistic gymnastics welcome national squads in preparation for the coming World Championships:

Spanish women lining up against Romanian national team in the Pavilion Multipurpose of Caceres (Western Spain).

Spanish men win their triple meet in the facilities of C.S.D in Madrid. in front of Belarus and Portugal.
Best of all-around was Rafael MARTINEZ in a good constitution again after injury, followed by Dmitri SAVITZKY (BLR)...

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30. September 2006
Lilleshall / Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
Friendly Meet: Great Britain vs Switzerland

The Great Britain women's artistic gymnastics team continued to impress with a confidence boosting International victory over an ever-improving Switzerland Team at Lilleshall NSC.
The British Team finished with a grand total of 226.100 compared to the Swiss Teams 212.200 points.
Britain’s top gymnasts Beth Tweddle (City of Liverpool GC) did her preparations for the World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark (14-21 Nov) no harm with a wining display, scoring 59.950 points. ...

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29. September 2006
Moscow / Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
Sofia MURATOVA passed away....

The former member of successful Soviet national teams in the Fifties and Sixties of the last century, Sofia MURATOVA - born 1929 in Leningrad - died this week in her hometown Moscow. The two-time Olympic all-around medallist won seven Olympic and five world championship medals from 1954 to 1960. Together with her famous husband Valentin Muratov they were one of the most decorated married couples in gymnastics, having won a combined 12 Olympic and 11 world championship medals. Muratov, 78,...

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