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October 19, 1948
18 Aug 2008
Twenty-five federations participated in the 27th Congress and General Assembly of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique in London (GBR).
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September 6, 1992
16 Aug 2008
It was party time for Russian trampoliner Alexandre Moskalenko. He had just taken two world titles in Auckland (NZL), the first in individual, the second in synchro.
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November 18, 2006
15 Aug 2008
On that day, the 22nd Aeon Cup opened in the City of Mie (JPN), a Rhythmic Gymnastics Club competition esthablished in Japan since 1984 by Hidenori Futagi and named "Aeon Cup".
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May 27, 1995
12 Aug 2008
The elite of the Soviet Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team fell in line, a model team facing the judges of the USSR championships. Today, their names are etched in the legend of worldwide gymnastics.
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November 22, 1992
10 Aug 2008
The Olympic year was drawing to a close for Rhythmic gymnasts at the discipline’s 16th world championships in Brussels (BEL). Only months prior to that event, in Barcelona (ESP), Alexandra Timochenko (UKR) was crowned Olympic champion.
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A heartwarming story
10 Aug 2008
The story is a beautiful one! Because of the generosity of a passionate gymnastics fan, young Uzbekistani gymnast Luiza Galiulina will be participating in the Beijing Olympic Games sporting a brand new leotard.
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October 23, 1974 at 7.40pm
06 Aug 2008
The Men's Team Competitions of the 18th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Varna (BUL) were in full swing. Japanese and Soviet formations were neck and neck.
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August 21, 2001 at 8.05pm
05 Aug 2008
6,000 spectators at the Akita Sky Dome, in the capital city of the Akita Prefecture in Northern Japan, gave a heartfelt standing ovation to two gymnasts, exceptional trampoline champions Anna Dogonadze (GER) and Irina Karavaeva (RUS).
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July 19, 1952 at 9.30pm
04 Aug 2008
Just as the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Helsinki (FIN) drew to a close, gymnastic competitions got underway with the first participation of a Soviet Team in the history of the Olympic Games.
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1896 - 2008
04 Aug 2008
It's July of 1881. Visionaries of gymnastics pen the first words in the History of Gymnastics. The International Federation is created. Founder Nicolas Cupérus is a contemporary of Pierre de Coubertin, the man who would modernise the Olympic Games.
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August 2, 1992 at 9.45pm
04 Aug 2008
The 20 year-old Belarusian gymnast takes his fourth Gold medal of the day at the Apparatus Finals of the Games of the 25th Olympiad.
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