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Sports › World gymnastics champ Kohei Uchimura out of American Cup Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:02 PM PST INDIANAPOLIS — The American Cup is down to one world champion after an inflamed shoulder forced two-time men's champ Kohei Uchimura out of next week's meet.   Uchimura was bothered by the injury at the world gymnastics championships last autumn, though the Olympic silver medalist from Japan still won his second straight title, finishing more than two points ahead of Germany's Philipp Boy. Injuries also will keep China's Jiang Yuyuan, silver medalist in the women's all-around at worlds, and Lu Bo from competing at the March 5 meet in Jacksonville, Florida.   Samuel Hunter of Britain and Cyril Tommasone of France will replace Uchimura and Lu. Hannah Whelan replaced Jiang, and British teammate Nicole Hibbert will compete in place of Germany's Elisabeth Seitz, who also withdrew.   Despite the withdrawals, the American Cup still has possibly the strongest lineup outside the world championships. Russia's Aliya Mustafina, who won another gold and three silvers in addition to the all-around title at worlds, headlines the women's field. Six of the top eight men at worlds are competing, including Boy and bronze medalist and two-time U.S. champion Jonathan Horton.   The American Cup is the first of four all-around events in gymnastics' World Cup series. Past winners include Olympic champions Nadia Comaneci, Mary Lou Retton, Paul Hamm and Nastia Liukin. Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs.

MCD adopts new sports policy; to groom selected students Posted: 24 Feb 2011 06:50 AM PST New Delhi, Feb 24 (PTI) Aiming high for tiny tots in its primary schools, the MCD has adopted a new sports policy under which selected students will be groomed for various disciplines like judo, karate, swimming, gymnastics and chess. The policy got a nod from the MCD House meeting this week, officials said. The civic body has over nine lakh students in its primary schools and it was felt that a proper policy for training them will brighten their chances in sub-junior competitions, they said, adding that the right kind of training can also prepare them for international sub-junior sports meets. "At least 10 students from MCD schools for each stream of sports such as judo, karate, boxing, taekwondo, swimming, gymnastics and chess be selected through school-level competitions who may be provided coaching by professionals to groom them for national and international sub-junior groups," the policy says. These disciplines have been chosen as they require less expenses for infrastructure. While the corporation has some sports centres and swimming pools, it will need more qualified coaches to implement the ambitious plan. The corporation also plans to provide Rs 1,000 per month allowance and food supplements to the selected students. "The MCD students who get 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in national sub- junior competitions will be awarded incentive money for Rs 20,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively," it says. The civic body has allocated Rs one crore for starting the scheme in 2011-12 financial year. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs.

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