World Cup Series Concludes

The 2009 World Cup series drew to close at the DTB Cup in Stuttgart on November 14. China dominated the event finals, taking four gold medals but Russia and the Netherlands were the most successful countries in the final World Cup rankings.

The men's competition offered some truly world class gymnast...

Hambüchen Returns to Competition

Less than a month after tearing a ligament in his foot during podium training at the World Championships, Germany's Fabian Hambüchen is set to return to competition. The 22-year-old plans on competing on pommel horse, rings and high bar at a Bundesliga meet on 7 November. Hambüchen represents KTV St...

Break for Brinker

Anja Brinker (Germany) is facing a break in training of three months after an operation on her foot. The 18-year-old recently underwent surgery to remove a heel spur in her left foot, the same operation she  had in her right foot in 2008. Brinker won the bronze medal on uneven bars at this year's Eu...

López, Kuksenkov win Blume Memorial

Barcelona – Jessica López (Venezuela) and Mykola Kuksenkov (Ukraine) won the Blume Memorial All Around competition this Saturday. The event, which was part of the World Cup circuit last year, returned to its origins with an All Around competition. Being so close to World Championships, the participation ...

Horton disappointed

Jonathan Horton told reporters he was "disappointed" with his showing in Tuesday's preliminary competition. "I'm not really worried but I can do much better than I did", he said after the second subdivision. "I'm not going to say it was an uncharacteristic fall on pommel horse since that tends to ha...