Many countries and regions are facing the problem of rapidly increasing social security costs due to an ageing society. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) set up the "Ageing Society Working Team" in 2022 with the aim of proving that social security costs can be reduced if older people practice gymnastics.
The 53^rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships will be held in Jakarta in October this year. On this occasion, the FIG, in collaboration with the Indonesian Government,...

Nearly two decades, the first German Olympic gymnastics champion in reunited Germany, Andreas WECKER - who is celebrating his 55^th birthday today - has been in a completely different life. At his third Olympic Games in 1996, he won Olympic gold in Atlanta after he had caused a sensation at the top of the world for almost a decade: At the age of 18, he won Olympic team silver with the...