Japan 2011 Statement
Hidenori Futagi, president of the Japan Gymnastic Association, says the 2011 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships will take place in Tokyo.
A letter he posted on the organizing committee’s website says: "We do believe that we will host the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo successfully and hope to turn grief and sorrow of Japanese people into energy and courage."
The event is scheduled for Oct. 7 through 16 at Tokyo’s Metropolitan Gymnasium.
On March 11, an earthquake in Japan triggered a tsunami and left thousands dead. Recovery efforts are still underway.
"I would like to express cordial gratitude to Gymnastics Family all over the world for sending us a lot of messages of sympathy at this time" Futagi said.
New Teammates, Same Result for Top Female Curler
It’s déjà vu for double Olympic champion Anette Norberg.
A year after edging Canada in the final end at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the Swedish skip did the same Sunday in the gold medal match of the women’s curling world championships in Esbjerg, Denmark.
The 7-5 nail-biter left Norberg with her third world title but her first with new teammates Cecilia Östlund, Sara Carlsson and Lotta Lennartsson.
China beat the host country 10-9 to take bronze, and Henriette Løvar of Norway took home the Frances Brodie Award for her good sportsmanship throughout the weeklong world champs.
The men’s edition is slated for April 2-10 in Regina, a hotbed of curling as well as the capital of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. World championships for mixed doubles as well as seniors will follow April 15-24 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out this week’s edition of Tuesday Talk for a Q&A with World Curling Federation president Kate Caithness.
Australia Bests Great Britain at Track Cycling Champs
London 2012’s track cycling competition is poised for quite a showdown after this weekend’s changing of the guard.
Australia tallied a total of 11 medals, eight of them gold, as the world championships came to a close Sunday in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
The result comes as a shakeup to cycling’s pecking order after Great Britain won seven of the 10 events at the Beijing Olympics.
Two of Team GB’s strongest medal hopes across any sport – four-time gold medalist Chris Hoy and sprint sensation Victoria Pendleton – each gave up a world championship title to Australian cyclists during the weeklong competition.
Britain captured only one gold, three silver and five bronze medals in all, but the bulk of them came within the 10 track cycling events on the Olympic program for London 2012. Australia won six of its eight golds in those events.
Apeldoorn marked one of the last big tests for riders before the London Summer Games. Melbourne will host the 2012 worlds next April at Hisense Arena.
Pentathlon Moves Cairo Event
The ongoing political instability in Egypt prompted the International Modern Pentathlon Union, UIPM, to move an event from Cairo.
A statement posted on the federation’s website says Moscow will now host the 2011 Senior World Championships from Sept. 1 to 7.
"UIPM is very thankful to the Russian Modern Pentathlon Federation and to Russian Sport in general with who we have always had a good relationship." UIPM President Klaus Schormann said in the statement.
"It is a great honor and joy for Russia to welcome the UIPM family, one year before the Olympic Games" says Russian Modern Pentathlon President Vyacheslav Aminov. "We are faithful to our tradition and to all the great champions we had until now in this great sport."
At the 2010 championships, Russians topped the medal tally with two golds, a silver and a bronze medal.
Three Olympic qualification spots will be awarded at the event.
Volleyball Newsletter
Monday saw the first edition of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) electronic newsletter.
Intended to complement the federation’s two print publications, the newsletter will be delivered each Monday morning, Swiss time. For comparison: World Volley News is published monthly, and VolleyWorld is a bi-monthly magazine.
"A list of the FIVB website's top stories, news and headlines along with a list of forthcoming international tournaments will feature every week to ensure that you are kept fully up to date with all the news in the FIVB community" is how the federation describes the new newsletter.
To register to receive the newsletter, contact the FIVB Press Department at press@fivb.org.
Written by Ed Hula III and Matthew Grayson.
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