28. Juli 2021
Tokyo, JPN
Artistic Gymnastics
Simone Biles: "Mental head problems..."!

One day after her surprising termination of her competition in the team final, Simone BILES (USA) today also announced her withdrawal from the individual all-around final on Thursday tomorrow.
"It's crap when you have to fight the problems in your own head," said the 24-year-old four-time Olympic champion, explaining her mental problems.
In the all-around final she will to...

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24. Juli 2021
Tokyo, JPN
Artistic Gymnastics
*PREVIEW: 2020 Olympic Games - Artistic Gymnastics

♦♦ TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES

196 gymnasts compete in Artistic Gymnastics, from July 24 up to August 03, at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo (JPN).
The numbers include nine Olympic gold medallists from Games reaching as far back as 1992, as well as five gymnasts, who have been crowned champions at the Youth Olympic Games.
The oldest in the competition, Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) and...

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10. Juli 2021
Italy
Artistic Gymnastics
Italy was the last nation to nominate its Olympic team

The Italian Gymnastics Federation was the last to name its women’s Olympic team, announcing on Monday – the IOC’s deadline for finalizing team submissions – that Alice D’Amato, Asia D’Amato, Martina Maggio, and Giorgia Villa would be the four set to represent Italy in Tokyo, joining Vanessa Ferrari, who had previously won a nominative berth via the apparatus world cup series.

→ The Italian men finished 13th in qualifications at Worlds 2019 in Stuttgart, missing a team spot...

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28. Juni 2021
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG confirmed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games qualifiers of Artistic Gymnastics

* fig - info--: Following the Continental Championships and the Apparatus World Cup series in Artistic Gymnastics that concluded with the postponed event in Doha (QAT), the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) officially confirmed the lists of gymnasts and National Olympic Committees (NOC) who have earned quota places for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
* The lists have been published on the 2020 Olympic Games event calendar page under "Event Files" on the FIG website.
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10. Juni 2021
Russia
Artistic Gymnastics
2021 Russian Cup

The 2021 Russian Cup of artistic gymnastics serves as one of the selection stages for the Tokyo Olympics. The main contenders for the Olympic teams were more or less known in advance and Russia even sent the projected teams to Euros to test them (with Kirill Prokopev replacing injured Artur Dalaloyan last minute). In the all-around final on Thursday, June 10, the reigning European champion  Nikita Nagorny won gold, Alexander Kartsev won silver, and Nikita Ignatyev won bronze. David...

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