The government seems to have major hopes attached to archery, boxing and shooting - increasing their budget by almost 100 percent. ...
04:48 PM, Mar 01, 2013
London: It's a clean sweep for Russia in rhythmic gymnastics, just as it's been at the last three Olympics. The Russians won their fourth straight Olympic gold medal in the group event on Sunday, easily beating Belarus. With Evgeniya Kanaeva winning the individual all-around on Saturday, Russia has now won both rhythmic titles at every Olympics since the 2000 Sydney Games. The Russians didn't even bother waiting for the final...
08:21 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: After posting four interactive Olympic doodles is a row, Google is again back to static. The London 2012 rhythmic gymnastics doodle posted by Google on Saturday is a non-interactive doodle, and does not let you play and score. The doodle has a gymnast with her ribbon that swirls to form the two Os of the Google logo. Today's doodle is the sixteenth doodle posted by Google during the...
11:37 AM, Aug 11, 2012
21-year old Francesca Jones of Great Britain finished at a disappointing 24th place as she missed out on the final of the individual all-round event of Rhythmic gymnastics. Jones held the last spot, finishing with a total of 94.625 after 23.900 and 21.975 with the ribbon and clubs respectively. She was following on from Friday's hoop (24.200) and ball (24.550) routines. This was Jones' first Olympics which ended on a...
08:38 AM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: After four back-to-back interactive avatars, the Google is going back to static for the London 2012 rhythmic gymnastics doodle on Saturday. Rhythmic gymnastics is one of the two female-only sports in the Olympics. The other is synchronised swimming - that Google celebrated in its 10th London 2012 doodle on August 5. After the constant tippity tap of the keyboards, the weekend will be relatively silent and graceful with...
05:13 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Deng Linlin won another gymnastics gold medal for China on Tuesday, beating her teammate, Sui Lu, in the beam. It was China's second gold of the day, following Feng Zhe's title on parallel bars. Aly Raisman, who missed a medal in the all-around because she was on the short end of the tiebreak rules, was initially fourth. But she questioned her score and judges revised it, giving her an...
09:46 PM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Epke Zonderland's acrobatic high bar routine earned him an equally lofty prize: an Olympic gold medal. The gold was the first by a Dutch man in artistic gymnastics, and only the second for the country. The other? A gold by the women's team back in 1928. When Zonderland saw his mark of 16.533 " a number not usually seen outside the vault " he pointed at the scoreboard. The...
09:35 PM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Aliya Mustafina gave Russia its first gold medal in gymnastics in London while Brazil and Australia " finally " each won their second golds overall on Monday at the Olympics. Just 18 months after seriously injuring her knee and putting her chances for London at risk, Mustafina won the title on uneven bars Monday. It gave the 2010 world champion a full set of medals, following her silver in...
10:21 PM, Aug 06, 2012
London: Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti from Brazil on Monday created a sensation when he won the gold medal bettering China's reigning champion in the men's rings final competition at the London Olympics. Zanetti had never won a major title before he scored 15.900 to beat Chen Yibing, who scored 15.800. Italy's Matteo Morandi won bronze with a 15.733 score. Russia's Aleksandr Balandin and Denis Ablyazin both came close to a medal...
08:42 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: Continuing its trend of posting a new sport-specific doodle everyday during the London Olympics 2012, Google has today replaced its usual Google logo on the homepage with the London 2012 Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings doodle. Here are the top 10 interesting facts about the doodle and the London 2012 Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings event that you should know: 1. The Olympics Google doodle for London 2012 Artistic Gymnastics...
11:58 AM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Olympics Google doodle for London 2012 Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings shows a mustachioed gymnast performing. The two Os of the Google logo are formed by the rings. The London 2012 Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings doodle is the fifth Google doodle this Olympics. On Monday the doodle on the Google home page showed two fencers fighting against each other using bladed weapons. The letter 'L' in Google was...
12:51 AM, Jul 31, 2012
London: When there's gold to be had, don't ever doubt the Chinese. When it comes to silver and bronze, it can get tricky. It did at men's gymnastics on Monday. The Chinese won their second straight Olympic title and third in four games, making anyone who wrote them off after a dismal performance in qualifying look silly. Their score of 275.997 points was more than four points better than Japan,...
12:46 AM, Jul 31, 2012
The Tananka family from Japan is hoping of a good show in gymnastics at the upcoming Olympics. ...
08:41 PM, Jul 05, 2012
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The latest frenzy in news circles has been the state of sports affairs in the country. Well, in our country sports seems to be defined ...
11:10 AM, Sep 01, 2011
Coaches say this is affecting the performance of the gymnasts. ...
09:19 AM, Jan 18, 2010
Commonwealth Games is scheduled from October 3 to 14. ...
12:17 PM, Dec 11, 2009
Indian-origin US gymnast Raj Bhavsar won a bronze at Beijing Olympics. ...
11:53 PM, Jun 04, 2009
Allegations have been rife that China broke the rules by fielding gymnasts who will not turn 16 this year. ...
03:27 PM, Aug 24, 2008
Russia bounced back after a mistake-marred qualification round with a polished performance in two routines. ...
12:35 PM, Aug 24, 2008
It has been alleged that China broke rules by fielding gymnasts who will not turn 16 this year as required under the sport's rules. ...
12:04 PM, Aug 23, 2008
