The Romanian women 's gymnastics team won five medals at this year 's European Gymnastics Championship in Clermont-Ferrand, France, besting Russia and France
Романскиот женски гимнастичарски тим освои пет медали на овогодинешното Европско првенство во гимнастика во Клермонт- Феранд, Франција, победувајќи ги Русија и Франција
This is because athletic culture in Serbia-Montenegro is geared mainly towards collective ball sports, while individual disciplines such as swimming, athletics and gymnastics tend to be overlooked
Astakhova became interested in artistic gymnastics at age 13, after she had watched the gymnastics championships in Donetsk, where their family moved a short time before.
The town is a tourist destination, best known for its vineyards, historic town centre, superb 11th-century castle and associations with Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (founder of modern gymnastics).
Despite leaving university without a degree, he studied mathematics and trained as a teacher, eventually teaching mathematics, physics, botany and gymnastics.