* f i g - report-: In a first for the International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.), this past weekend's World Cup competitions in Acrobatic & Artistic Gymnastics in Varna (BUL) were held concurrently in the same arena, with Saturday and Sunday's finals showcasing first one discipline, then the other.
The idea of combining the disciplines on the World Cup level has not been tried until now and the Varna World Cup represents a first for both disciplines.
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A strong contingent of Central and South American gymnasts flip into the spotlight at this weekend's São Paulo World Challenge Cup in Brazil, the only 2015 FIG World Challenge Cup to be held on the South American continent. Gymnasts from 14 countries -- eight of them Central or South American - have registered to take part in the fourth FIG World Challenge Cup of the 2015 season. The competition will be especially important for the Brazilian team, which carries high hopes for...
The Japanese National Championchps 2015 took place this last weekend of April in Zokyo. That were also the first national trials in preparation of the world championships in Glasgow. The second national trials will held May 14, three weeks later, at the NHK Cup.
On the program were two all-around events on two consecutive days. Three gymnasts then exceeded the 90-point mark of the all-around...
The British Olympic Association (BOA) yesterday announced the 153 athletes selected to represent Team GB at this summer’s inaugural European Games in Baku.
Team GB will compete across 13 sports and 19 disciplines at Baku 2015, as 50 European nations come together for the continent’s first ever major multi-sport event that takes place from June 12th – 28th this year.
The British Gymnastics Federation will represented in the disciplines of men’s and women’s artistic, trampoline, aerobic and acrobatic...
60 years after the first European Championships for men (1955, Frankfurt / Main), the European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) leads the 37th European Championships for Men by the last, every two years, now in its 6th times as a so-called Individual Championships, it means without team competition.
* On Friday Oleg VERNIAIEV (21) from Ukraine, the bronze medalist two years ago won, as expected, the European all-around title. He beat the defending ECh champion (Moscow 2013) Russia's ...