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“Sports › Gymnastics world champion Uchimura to join Konami” plus 1 more

“Sports › Gymnastics world champion Uchimura to join Konami” plus 1 more

Sports › Gymnastics world champion Uchimura to join Konami

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:40 PM PST

TOKYO —

Gymnast Kohei Uchimura, winner of the men's individual all-around title at two consecutive world championships, will join the Konami group this spring, Konami Sports & Life Co announced Wednesday. Another Japan team member at last year's championships, Koji Yamamuro, 21, will also join Konami after graduating from Nippon Sport Science University together with Uchimura, 22, in March, it said.

The pair will be employed by Konami, whose business interests include sports and leisure, electronic entertainment and gaming, and compete for its corporate gymnastics team. Having earlier considered enrolling in graduate school, Uchimura decided to enter a new training environment while preparing for the 2012 London Olympic Games, where he is expected to be in the running for individual and team gold medals.

Half of the six members of Japan's men's team at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam belong to Konami.

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SCOOP: Wushu, sepak takraw, gymnastics featured in Friday session

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 02:02 PM PST

By U.S. News Agency / Asian

Preparations being undertaken by the National Sports Associations in gymnastics, wushu and sepak takraw will be tackled Friday in the SCOOP Sa Kamayan weekly session at the Kamayan Restaurant-Padre Faura, Ermita, Manila.

Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) president Cynthia Carreon, Juan Camacho of Wushu Federation of the Philippines (WFP) and Mario Tanchangco of the Sepak Takraw Association of the Philippines (STAP) will be gracing Friday's edition of the weekly forum to apprise members of the Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines (SCOOP) their respective year-round programs in regards to international competitions they are committed to participate in, including the November Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in Jakarta.

Also appearing as guests in the public service forum, sponsored by TV5, Mang Inasal and FILA Sportswear, is basketball mentor Ricky Dandan, who will guide the University of the Philippines' fighting Maroons in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) cage war starting this year.

The session, which starts at 11 a.m., will be aired live over DZAR, 1026 in the AM dial, in the sports segment of its "Lingkod Bayan" program and over TV5 and UNTV in a delayed basis at 6 p.m.

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