17. Mai 2015
Oklahoma City, USA
Artistic Gymnastics

Five  personalities of the international gymnastics - outstanding on their respective individual way - have been honored this weekend by the "International Gymnastics Hall of Fame" (IGHOF) in Oklahoma City, who have each achieved great things for themselves in a special way:
For the first time in addition to the two former world stars of artistic gymnastics Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS) and Valeri Belenki (AZE / CIS / GER) in 19th IGHOF-honoring a latitude or senior...

17. Mai 2015
Tokyo, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics

Also the 54th NHK Trophy 205 was an event of great national importance in the year of World championships, because it was national trialsof qualifications for this highlight. Once again Kohei UCHIMURA dominated this competition at will; overall twice all-around had to be completed during the weekend. Uchimura scored at the end of these two days 184,250 points, followed by "Konami" club colleague Yusuke TANAKA with 181,325 points and Ryohei KATO ("Juntendo") with 179,850 points. At the parallel...

16. Mai 2015
Australia
Artistic Gymnastics

Australia's finest female gymnast, 2010 world floor champion Lauren MITCHELL, has shelved retirement plans to chase a third Olympic Games appearance next year in Rio. Mitchell (23) had planned to finish after 2014, only for her planned world championship finale to be scuttled by twin ankle injuries just two days before competition.
That not being the ideal note to end on, the West Australian resumed full training a month ago in preparation for next week's 2015 Australian Gymnastics Championships at Hisense Arena....

15. Mai 2015
Oklahoma City, USA
Artistic Gymnastics

After nearly 20 hours of her journey yesterday from Halle, flying from the German capital Berlin with a stopover in Chicago, the world's oldest active artistic gymnast, Johanna QUAAS, now arrived in Oklahoma City safely and was warmly welcomed at the local airport by representatives of the "International Gymnastics Hall of Fame" (IGHOF).
Anyone familiar with the dynamic lady in her 90th year of live is absolutely not surprised that she naturally led one of its...

15. Mai 2015
Des Moines, IA / USA
Artistic Gymnastics

... A look at the talent system in the USA:
>> The U.S. Junior Olympic National Championships is one of the national championships of USA Gymnastics, the sport’s national governing body in the United States. Many Junior Olympic champions have gone on to make the U.S. National Team and represent the United States in international competition and/or to compete in collegiate gymnastics. Many of the country’s top gymnasts are former participants in the Junior Olympic program,

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