11. April 2014
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Artistic Gymnastics
13th Asian Artistic Gymnastics Junior Championships 2014

The Uzbekistan's capital’s Gymnastics Palace is to host April 7-14, 2014, the 13th Junior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships. This continental championship is the only qualifying start of the season for the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
19 federations were present in the boys team finals, all-around final and individual qualifications competed in 3 subdivisions and the spectators stay until the end of the third subdivision to know the final results with the success of Japanese...

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5. April 2014
Berlin, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
British Juniors win at Berlin's 19. International Junior Team Cup 2014

After a marathon competition since Saturday morning 9.30 clock and after three subdivisions at a record participation of 31 teams representing 22 nations at the 19th International Junior Team Cup 2014  in the German capital Berlin  - 12 hours later was this the the result:
After 2011 there is the second time a victory of a BRITISH Junior Team with 247.400 points, followed by BELGIUM (243.750) and the boys from JAPAN (242.759).
Behind of the...

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5. April 2014
Tokio, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
Uchimura wins World Cup Final, Hambuechen and Purvis were the total winners

Saturday, April 5 in Tokio it was the expected slugfest of Giants:
Again, invincible, the exceptional athlete Kohei UCHIMURA unveiled the all-around dream score of 92.898 (!), but on the heels was Germany's World champion's bronze medalist Fabian HAMBUECHEN, the only other gymnasts in the competition who broke through the 90-point barrier with a score of 90, 231 points and ranked second and the Japanese World's vice-champion Ryohei KATO (89.397) referred to 3rd place.
Because...

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3. April 2014
Calgary, Canada
Artistic Gymnastics
Great Honor for Canadian Gymnast Kyle Shewfelt

Kyle SHEWFELT (CAN) is among a stellar group of golden athletes announced as 2014 Canada's Olympic Hall of Fame Inductees.
The three-time Olympian, Kyle Shewfelt made a historic breakthrough at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens when he won gold on floor exercise for Canada’s first ever Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics. Shewfelt nearly added a second medal on vault, but missed out on the bronze in a controversial judging decision. Kyle Shewfelt's Olympic gold medal...

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2. April 2014
China
Artistic Gymnastics
Chinese Shang Chunsong with a new element on floor

The Chinese gymnast SHANG, Chunsong  is rumored to have a quad twisting layout included in her floor routine. A few days ago, a video emerged on Youtube of Shang performing a 3 1/2 twisting layout on floor.
If Shang successfully competed this quad twist at the next World Championships, the skill will bear her name in the Code of Points.
* Remembering: Last year, Kenzo Shirai from Japan became the first athlete of the world to perform...

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