23/07 19:08 The Scotsman
Meadowbank scheme 'will cripple gymnastics'
THE future of gymnastics in Edinburgh faces being "crippled" by plans to demolish and rebuild Meadowbank Stadium, it was claimed today. Hundreds of children and adults train at the dilapidated stadium, but fears have been raised that a prolonged period of closure will see the popularity of the sport wane.

23/07 17:31 Macclesfield Express
Jenni's off to Beijing
KINGS Girls Division pupil Jennifer Pinches has been rewarded for her best year yet with an invitation to Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. To add to her Junior English and British Schools All Around titles Jenni, from Whaley Bridge, won the Junior British Bars competition last month and is currently ranked...

23/07 14:05 Daily Record
Young star Daniel Keatings is first Scots gymnast to take part in Olympics
WITH its leaps, somersaults and gravity-defying turns, gymnastics is always a hit with spectators at the Olympics - and this year Scots will have their own golden boy to cheer on.

23/07 03:34 DunstableToday
Sport Jumping Jacks are just so flash Trampolinists are jumping for joy
A family of trampolinists are launching a bouncing club in Bedford this summer in a bid to teach children more about the sport.Dedicated coach John Mitchell, 42, and wife Rosy, of Beverley Crescent, Bedford, launched the only trampoline club in the town - Bedford Flyers - more than eight years ago.

22/07 04:48 The Scotsman
Team GB take 31 Scots to Olympics
SPORTSCOTLAND announced yesterday that 31 Scots will head to Beijing for the Olympic Games next month, while another 15 competitors from these shores will be in the Chinese city in September for the Paralympic Games.

21/07 16:10 Midhurst and Petworth Observer
Medals galore for Southbourne gym stars
Southbourne Gymnastics Club's gymnasts have had success in two competitions â� �� winning four gold, seven silver and three bronze medals. At Uckfield, where almost 300 gymnasts competed, Chloe Wileman won gold and Freya Chandler won silver in the year 2002 age group and Caitlyn Odin won bronze in the...

21/07 16:01 Tiscali
South Korea's Yang fears jinx, not Hamm
SEOUL (Reuters) - Yang Tae-young is more worried about the challenge from the Chinese gymnasts at the Beijing Olympics than he is about Paul Hamm, the American who beat him to the all-round gold medal in Athens due to a judging error.

21/07 14:26 Gazette Live
Gymnasts tumble to success
INGLEBY Gymnastics Club has only been running for four years and have already achieved success at regional competitions. Their recent success was at the Regional Acrobatics and Tumbling Gymnastics Team Competition held at South Tyneside on June 29.

21/07 10:00 Rte News
Defending champion Hamm recovers in time for Games
17:57 Olympic all-round champion Paul Hamm confirmed his place in the US gymnastics team for the Beijing Games on Saturday after proving he had recovered from a broken right hand, officials said.

20/07 00:59 Scotland on Sunday Online
Eastern promise SMILING broadly, Tan Jai En recalls that when he was young he was, as he puts it, "a bit of a naughty child". Then again, perhaps "naughty" is too strong. "I had lots of energy," he clarifies, still smiling, as he will continu
Tan was eight years old and at school near his home in Yunnan in the south of China when some talent-spotters paid a visit. They were searching for recruits for their martial-arts school, and in the trials that followed, Tan and a girl in his class excelled.