13. März 2014
Cottbus, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
2014 1st Challence Cup of Artistic Gymnastics in Cottbus

At this March weekend also Europe starts into the international season 2014 with the first of altogether six Challence Cups, the "Tournament of Masters" in Cottbus. Next week will follow the 7th Challenge Cup in Doha (QAT) already. In April will held the Challenge events Ljubljana (SLO) and Osiek (CRO). Just before the Europeans Portugal will organice his first Challenge Cup in Anadia and the 2014 circuit will finish in August in Ghent, Belgium (* look to our...

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7. März 2014
Kiev, Ukraine
Artistic Gymnastics
2014 Stella Zakharova Cup postponed ...

The F.I.G. informed, that the 2014 Intern. Stella Zakharova Cup, an international Artistic Gymnastics tournament held annually in Kiev (UKR), has been postponed.
Originally planned for March 29 – 30, 2014, the event has been re-scheduled new to take place April 26 – 27, due to ongoing political unrest in the country.

The organisers of the international event decided to postpone the competition “in order to prepare and hold the […] Stella Zakharova Cup 2014...

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3. März 2014
Dubai / Cottbus
Artistic Gymnastics
Ronny Ziesmer - first World Cup again as an active Athlet in Dubai

While his ex-team mate Fabian Hambüchen completed his Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in the United States in Greensboro (N.C.) on last weekend, also launched the Cottbus disabled athlete and former German all-around national champion Ronny ZIESMER - in his 10th year after his accident in the run-up to Olympic Games (Athens 2004) - the first time as an active player at a World Cup event again:
As a member of his "Brandenburg Prevention and Rehabilitation Sports...

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2. März 2014
Greensboro, N.C./USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Elizabeth Price and Sam Mikulak won the American Cup

Sam Mikulak (USA; Corona del Mar, Calif./University of Michigan, and Elizabeth Price (USA;of Coopersburg, Pa./Parkettes National Training Center), won the all-around titles at the 2014 AT&T American Cup at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum Complex. In the men’s competition, Mikulak earned a 90.098 to take the title followed by Japan’s Shogo Nonomura at 88.965. Great Britain’s Daniel Purvis was third at 88.899.
For the women, Price won her first AT&T American Cup title with a total of...

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2. März 2014
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
Jani Tanskanen re-elected!

* f i g --: The incumbent President of the Athletes' Commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), Jani TANSKANEN from Finland, was re-elected unanimously for another term. It was thus decided by the delegated gymnasts from the six competition disciplines, who met at FIG Headquarters, on 1st March 2014. 39 year old, Jani Tanskanen, 1997 world champion on Horizontal Bar, began his second term at the head of this Commission, a position which also allows him to sit,...

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