Almost 3 months before her 92nd birthday, the former FIG gymnastics expert and international referee Margot DIETZ passed away peacefully in Potsdam yesterday (February 14)! At the side of the former German (GDR) federation coach and later president of the Technical Committee Women's Gymnastics of the World Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Ellen Berger, she did analysis work and worked as an international judge for many years.
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In view of the terrible earthquake catastrophe in Turkey and Syria and its traumatic consequences, the Turkish Gymnastics Federation as host of the European Gymnastics Championships planned for April 11 - 16 has not yet made any official decisions.
First of all, the national training camps for juniors and the preparation camps for elite athletes planned for February, were cancelled internally in Turkey.
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Great Britain's multiple medallist at World and European Championships, 23-year-old Elissa Rebecca Louise "Ellie" DOWNIE has announced her retirement from top-level sport. Ellie retires as one of Britain's most successful gymnasts. She won 12 medals at World and European Championships in her career and represented the British Gymnastics team to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
2017 was arguably Ellie's best year; a year in which she became a major all-around champion - another first for Great Britain. This happened at...
Yesterday (2023, January 09) Hungary's 5-time Olympic gymnastics champion, Agnes KELETI, celebrated her 102nd birthday and remains the oldest Olympic champion in the world. However, this fact does not mean much to her. "You have to love life and always look on the bright side," she said in a press interview, that was her general attitude to life! Without it, Keleti would probably not have come this far in life. High-ranking representatives of Hungarian sport and the National Olympic Committee...
The team of the European Gymnastics Service GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL finishes one of its most successful year and starts now into the 26th year of establishing of this GYMnews label! All our business partners, clients and customers - without those engagement the development of such a gym news system were impossible, and all useres and friends of gymnastics from nearly 100 countries day by day.
Our hearts go out especially to the people of Ukraine and to all...