15. März 2023
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
Oleg Verniaiev's suspension reduced by two years

Oleg Verniaiev, a 2016 Olympic gymnastics champion for Ukraine, had a four-year doping ban reduced to two years, making him eligible to compete immediately. The 29 years old Ukrainian athlete was tested positive for meldonium 2020, August 26,  and was provisionally banned November 5 of that year before a four-year ban was handed down on July 12, 2021, backdated to November 5, 2020.
Verniaiev appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which halved it after...

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14. März 2023
Aarau, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
Swiss ECh Teams nominated ...

The Swiss Gymnastics Federation (STV) announced its European Championships line-up for the Continental Championships in Artistic Gymnastics taking place in Antalya, Turkey, in mid-April. The men's team consists of Luca Giubellini, Moreno Kratter, Florian Langenegger, Noe Seifert, Taha Serhani and Eddy Yusof, who have set themselves a minimum target of 13th place and thus a successful World Championships qualification.
The Swiss women are also aiming for this WCh qualification result with the newcomers Lena Bickel, Caterina Cereghetti and Martina...

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3. März 2023
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG Executive Committee reaffirms measures against Russia and Belarus

* F I G --:  At its first meeting of the year in Lausanne on 1-2 March 2023, the FIG Executive Committee decided to confirm the measures in force against athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus that were taken last year due to the conflict in Ukraine.
Unfortunately, the conflict in Ukraine, which started just over a year ago, is still going on. Considering the exceptional circumstances related to this conflict, the FIG Executive Committee has decided, based...

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15. Februar 2023
Potsdam, GER
Artistic Gymnastics
International Gymnastics Expert Margot Dietz passed away

Almost 3 months before her 92nd birthday, the former FIG gymnastics expert and international referee Margot DIETZ passed away peacefully in Potsdam yesterday (February 14)! At the side of the former German (GDR) federation coach and later president of the Technical Committee Women's Gymnastics of the World Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Ellen Berger, she did analysis work and worked as an international judge for many years.
Above all,...

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8. Februar 2023
Antalya, TUR
Artistic Gymnastics
European Gymnastics Championships 2023 in Turkey ...?

In view of the terrible earthquake catastrophe in Turkey and Syria and its traumatic consequences, the Turkish Gymnastics Federation as host of the European Gymnastics Championships planned for April 11 - 16 has not yet made any official decisions.
First of all, the national training camps for juniors and the preparation camps for elite athletes planned for February, were cancelled internally in Turkey.
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According to the...

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