28. April 2020
Amsterdam, NED
Artistic Gymnastics
"HIJ STAAT!" - Holland celebrates its Epke Zonderland and its TV-reporter again

"HIJ STAAT! Ik Sta!
Ik ga helemaal uit mijn dak!"

- ... legendary outcry in Flemish by Holland's TV gymnastics expert Hans van ZETTEN, when the "Flying Dutchman" Epke ZONDERLAND cleared his Olympic high bar exercise in 2012 in London: "HE STANDS! I stand too! I'm going crazy ... .!
- this emotional outcry went through the Netherlands on August 7, 2012 and the whole world celebrated the first Olympic men's gymnastics medal...

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19. April 2020
Freiburg, GER
Artistic Gymnastics
Former German national coach Dieter Hofmann paassed away

Just five weeks after his 79th birthday, Dieter HO F M A N N, the former German gymnastics coach of the GDR men's Olympic silver team from Seoul in 1988, died on the night of April 18 to19, 2020. He was just skiing before in Switzerland when he was torn from the middle of his active life when he was diagnosed with a COVID19 infection in Germany. For over three weeks, the doctors fought for his life in the...

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4. April 2020
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG: Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the upcoming events

* f i g ---: The postponement of the Olympic Games to July 2021 gives the FIG a wider window to reorganise the Gymnastics event calendar, especially regarding the remaining qualifying events for Tokyo 2020 that had been deferred or cancelled.  ► FIG - Overview

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2. April 2020
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG supports The World Games postponement to July 2022

* fig -press--: The FIG welcomes the decision of the International World Games Association (IWGA) to hold The World Games in Birmingham, United States, in July 2022 instead of 2021. Following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the IWGA and the Birmingham Organising Committee have agreed to reschedule the 11th edition of The World Games, which will now take place from 07 to 17 July 2022. ► WORLD GAMES 2022
The FIG fully supports...

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30. März 2020
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG welcomes new dates set for Tokyo Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee have announced today that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo will be held from 23rd July to 8th August 2021. Following this announcement, FIG President Morinari Watanabe said: "We thank the IOC, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan for quickly setting the new dates for the Olympic Games. We can also be proud of the solidarity shown by all...

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