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Toronto's Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs won Canada's first medal in women's competition at the world gymnastics championships Saturday. Hopfner-Hibbs won the bronze medal in the eight-woman beam final with a score of 15.475 points. Iryna Krasnianska of the Ukraine won gold with 15.575 points and Sandra Raluca Izbasa of Romania was second at 15.500. Hopfner-Hibbs, 17, was the first Canadian female gymnast to reach an event final at a world championship since 1999. Meanwhile, the Chinese added to their pile of ...

Olympic champion Kyle Shewfelt of Calgary overcame a nagging Achilles injury to capture a bronze medal in the floor event at the world gymnastics championships Friday. Marian Dragulescu of Romania won the gold with 16.250 points while Diego Hypolito of Brazil took the silver with a score of 16.150. Shewfelt, whose routine didn't have as high a degree of difficulty as either Dragulescu or Hypolito, relied on his trademark clean ...

Yang Wei extended China's dominance at the world gymnastics championships Thursday, winning the gold medal in the men's all-around to go with his country's earlier victories in both team events. Yang, a runner-up at the Sydney Olympics and at the 2003 worlds in Anaheim, gave China its third gold medal in three competitions so far this week. Defending champion Hiroyuki Tomita of Japan finished with 93.175 points, 1.225 behind Yang, ...

The Chinese women pulled off a stunner Wednesday, getting a second straight great performance from Zhang Nan and Pang Panpan to win their first world gymnastics title and give their country a sweep of the team gold. The men won Tuesday. Not a bad way to set the stage with 22 months until the Olympics in Beijing. Although the men's win could have been expected, this one certainly wasn't. ``Before ...

Canada posted its best-ever result while China made it clear they're back, winning the men's team event at the world gymnastics championship Tuesday with a comeback sparked by Yang Wei. In seventh place out of eight teams after an atrocious opening two rotations, China was nearly perfect down the stretch, save for a meaningless fall on the last high bar routine. The team that won worlds in 1999 and 2003 ...

With a surprising fifth-place showing in the qualifying round, the Canadian men's team will end up with its best result at a world gymnastics championships regardless of how it does in the finals Tuesday. Eight teams advanced, and Canada's best previous result in the men's team event was ninth in 2003. ``This takes us to another level internationally,'' said elated Gymnastics Canada CEO Jean-Paul Caron. ``To place fifth in the ...

The Canadians put the new gymnastics replay system to the test Saturday, and will get to pay ... and pay ... and pay for the privilege. Canada's team filed three protests at the end of its qualifying round at the world championships, an action that led to a 15-minute huddle around the replay screen, with technical committee president Adrian Stoica holding court. One of the inquiries was upheld, the other two were rejected. Because the International Gymnastics ...

Sparked by a judging debacle at the Athens Olympics and helped by some of the best technology in sports, the International Gymnastics Federation is using a new pay-as-you-go replay system at world championships that can break down every routine, frame by frame. Competition starts Saturday with men's team qualifying. When the first disagreement arises, teams will start paying. It will cost US$300 to file the first protest, $500 for the ...

A former coach at an elite gymnastics academy was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Christopher Wagoner was accused of fondling and raping the girl in 2002 and 2003, when he was her coach. He pleaded guilty to two felony counts of sexual assault. Each charge carries a 15-year penalty, which he will serve concurrently. The girl's family filed a ...

A Belarusian gymnast who tested positive for a banned diuretic this year has been temporarily suspended, pending further investigation by international gymnastics officials. Nadejda Vyzotskaya could be given anything from a warning to a two-year ban by the International Gymnastics Federation. But the FIG's disciplinary commission said Friday it wants to see a report by its medical commission before making a decision, now expected in mid-November. Vyzotskaya, who turned 18 ...