The 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships to Premiere Worldwide on WCSN.com Beginning November 24

The 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships to Premiere Worldwide on WCSN.com Beginning November 24

Prominent Olympians Providing Live Coverage Commentary

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- World Championship Sports Network (WCSN), the new sports network devoted to presenting athletes and international sports federation competitions from around the world, will offer live and taped coverage of the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastic Championships from Melbourne, Australia on WCSN.com beginning Thursday, Nov. 24.

For the first time ever, artistic gymnastics fans worldwide will be able to watch unprecedented live event coverage, plus on-demand archived footage and broadcast highlights at WCSN.com. Commentary will be provided exclusively for WCSN by two-time Olympic champion Bart Conner, five-time Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comaneci, and Olympians Tasha Schwikert and Blaine Wilson.

For $9.95, fans will be able to watch the live coverage from Melbourne Nov. 24 through Nov. 27. Fans can also purchase the 2005 Gymnastics World Championships Pass for $14.95 to gain access to archived footage of the 2005 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in addition to live coverage of the 2005 Artistic World Championships. Fans interested in pre-registering for the webcast can sign up at the WCSN website, www.wcsn.com. The webcast will also be available for viewing from an archive one hour after it has aired.

"Since our launch in August, WCSN has committed itself to provide enhanced opportunities to see major international sports competitions on television and online worldwide," said Claude Ruibal, CEO and co-founder of WCSN. "We are extremely proud to broadcast the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships to fans around the world."

Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines on different apparatuses. For women, this includes the vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor. Men's artistic gymnastics include floor exercises, the pommel horse, still rings, the vault, parallel and horizontal bars. Competitors are judged out of a maximum of ten points depending on the fulfillment of difficulty requirements and perfection of movements.

The live event schedule:

Thursday, November 24, 2005
Men's All-Around Competition 4:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. ET

Friday, November 25, 2005
Women's All-Around Competition 4:30 - 6:30 a.m. ET

Saturday, November 26, 2005
Apparatus Finals 11:00 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. ET

Sunday, November 27, 2005
Apparatus Finals 11:00 p.m. - 2:30 a.m. ET

WCSN is partnering with MLB Advanced Media to stream the coverage.

Source: World Championship Sports Network

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