World Parallel Bars champion Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) and Spanish star Roxana Popa (ESP) were the big winners at the Joaquin Blume Memorial, held this past weekend in Barcelona (ESP). Popa, the current Spanish national champion, captured second first major international All-around title at Blume, hitting the top scores of the meet on Vault (14.800), Uneven Bars (14.900) and Floor Exercise (14.400) to post 57.100 in the All-around. Poland's Marta Pihan-Kulesza was the only gymnast to break into the 14s on...
* f i g press--: The 80th FIG Congress and General Assembly took place October 29-30 in Tashkent. Some 250 delegates, represented 78 national federations, have accepted FIG President Bruno Grandi's invitation to attend in Uzbekistan. The event marked the first time in the history of the Uzbek Gymnastics Federation that it had welcomed authorities of the FIG. The Congress and General Assembly had been highly anticipated by the Federation's President, Ms. Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, who is also her country's representative...
Just one day before the opening of the 2014 F.I.G. Congress in the Uzbek capital Tashkent, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has determined the official equipment supplier of the gymnastics disciplines of the Games of XXXI. Olympiad in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro:
Just as last in Beijing in 2008 received the prestigious German equipment manufacturer "SPIETH Gymnastics" from Altbach in Stuttgart, (artistic gymnastics) and the global brand "Eurotramp" from Weilheim Teck (trampolining) the surcharge. For rhythmic...
If Canadian organizers get the green light from the international gymnastics federation (FIG), one of the world’s major sports events will be coming to Montreal in 2017. Gymnastics Canada has delivered its bid for the 2017 artistic gymnastics world championships and is expecting to hear the outcome later this month after meetings of the international federation in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Canada is hoping to receive provisional approval from FIG conditional upon a positive site visit in November or December. The 2017...
One of the world’s greatest gymnasts Li Xiaopeng has been named the newest Ambassador for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. He said: “This is a great honour. I would like to thank the Laureus Academy for putting their faith in me.” Li Xiaopeng, who won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships, was inducted into the Laureus Family by fellow gymnast and Laureus World Sports Academy Member Alexey Nemov, during a visit to interact with Special Olympics athletes...