Category: OTHER SPORTS
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First Pairs Gold to Ukraine: Women’s Pairs Finals
LAKE BUENA VISTA (USA), FIG Office, April 18, 2012: Womens Pairs Finals, 2010 World women’s pairs champions Anastasiya Melnychenko and Katarzyna Sytnikova of Ukraine successfully defended their title as the medal round of the 2012 World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships got underway Wednesday evening in Lake Buena Vista (USA). The now two-time World gold medallists didn’t…
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First Place Means First Place for Brazilian Teenage Star
By Ian Marshall : April 18, 2012: A first career Junior Boys’ Singles title on the ITTF Junior Circuit means that Hugo CALDERANO moves into first place on the ITTF Junior Circuit Boys’ Standings. The 15 year old Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro won the Junior Boys’ Singles event at the Argentina Junior and Cadet…
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Acro Worlds qualifications complete! Qualifications
LAKE BUENA VISTA (USA), FIG Office, April 17, 2012: Team Russia won the first gold medal awarded at the 2012 World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships Tuesday, earning the highest number of points based on team rankings after the qualifying round in Lake Buena Vista (USA). Countries earned 22 points for each first place finish in qualification,…
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John Quirk (USA), equestrian journalist, breeder, novelist and publisher, passed away
Lausanne (SUI), 17 April 2012: John Quirk was a man of many talents. He was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and flew fighter jets on and off the navy carriers, before starting an automotive engineering business in Detroit, the then epicentre of car manufacturing. At the same time, he wrote best-selling novels…
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Japan 2019 will be a Rugby World Cup for All Asia
Dublin-Ireland, April 17, 2012: Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan will be a tournament for all of Asia to be proud of and celebrate, according to IRB Council Member and General Manager of the Japan Rugby 2019 (JR 2019) Organising Body, Koji Tokumasu. Speaking in Manila at the start of the Rugby World Cup 2015…
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Russians in front halfway through qualifying in Lake Buena Vista
LAKE BUENA VISTA (USA), FIG Office, April 17, 2012: Russian acrobatic gymnasts ruled three of the five disciplines Monday during the first day of qualifying at the 23rd Acrobatic World Championships at Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex’s HP Field House. Going into the second and final day of qualifications, Russian acrobats are…
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Success at the Fourth Attempt for Hungarian; Europeans Book Olympic Places
By Ian Marshall, April 17, 2012: Hungary’s Adam PATTANYTUS and Italy’s TAN Wenling clinched the two final places available in the respective men’s and women’s events at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament, which concluded in Luxembourg on Sunday 15th April 2012 (Europeans Book Olympic). In the crucial contests Adam PATTANTYUS beat Turkey’s Bora VANG (11-4,…
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TONIOLI wins second Archery World Cup event-Compound Women Individual
Shanghai-China, April 15, 2012: The first World Cup of the year has ended in Shanghai with the four compound individual medal matches. On the female side, the mixed team world champion 2011 Marcella TONIOLI (ITA) defeated the reigning individual world champion Albina LOGINOVA (RUS) in the gold final. The Italian clinched her second World Cup…
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The French mixed double prevents an American hat-trick
Shanghai – China, April 15, 2012: The Riverside Boulevard in Shanghai on the east bank of Huangpu River welcomed the final matches of the Archery World Cup Stage taking place in Shanghai for the second time today. The world’s top nation in compound, USA, entered the three team gold matches as the favourite. The American…
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Archery World Cup 2012: The two top athletes confirm supremacy
Shanghai – China, April 15, 2012: The recurve division’s competition at the Archery World Cup 2012 Stage 1 in Shanghai has ended with the four individual medal matches. On the men’s side Brady ELLISON (USA) was again a cut above the competition. He clinched a straightforward victory over Dmytro HRACHOV (UKR). In the women’s event…