28. August 2011
Goeppingen, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
Philipp Boy and Elisabeth Seitz - best gymnasts at German Nationals

Elisabeth Seitz (Mannheim) and Philipp Boy (Cottbus) won the all-around titles Saturday at the German championships in Göppingen and on Sunday each two titles at the apparatus and so they were the most successful gymnasts of the 2011 German Nationals.
BOY — runner-up at the 2010 Worlds and champion at this year's Europeans — topped defending champion Marcel Nguyen by nearly 2 points, 89.850-87.950. Russian-German veteran Eugen (Yevgeny) Spiridonov was third with 85.350.
SEITZ topped 2008...

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26. August 2011
Onesti, Rumänien
Artistic Gymnastics
Beam World Champion Ana Porgras with her third Romanian All-around Title

At the same time like the  German Nationals  the 2011 Romanian Championships of artistic gymnastics take place in the "Nadia Comanesi Hall" of Onesti (ROU).

On Friday the first title in all-around went to the world champion on beam, to Ana PORGRAS, scoring 58,650 points, followed by Amelia RACEA (58,250) and Raluca HAIDU (57,625).

The competition continues Saturday with the men's team and all-around.
World champion Marian Dragulescu is set to make his...

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20. August 2011
Saint Paul, Minn. / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
2011 US. VISA National Championships: Wieber and Leyva

Jordyn Wieber lived up to the hype and then some, winning her first title at the 2011 U.S. Artistic Gymnastics Championships in a rout Saturday night. Wieber finished with 121.30 points, 6.15 points ahead of McKayla Maroney. The 16-year-old from DeWitt, Mich., also finished with the highest scores on floor exercise and uneven bars.
Danell Leyva, who won his first U.S. title Friday night, was named to the American squad for the world gymnastics championships...

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16. August 2011
Shenzhen, China
Artistic Gymnastics
26th UNIVERSIADE: Artistic Gymnastics Events

The Japanese women jumped from behind to take the gold medal Saturday at the 2011 26th University Games in Shenzhen, China. The Japanese squad of Yuma Imanishi, Yu Minobe, Keiko Mukumoto, Kyoko Oshima and Mai Yamagishi outscored Ukraine, 165.200-164.600. Russia won the bronze (162.150), while defending champion China fielded two individual gymnasts only.
One of them - XIAO, Kangjun -  won the all-around final.

On Sunday the Japanese men joined their female compatriots...

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5. August 2011
Frankfurt, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
2011 ISHPES Congress

The "International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport" (ISHPES) arranges its 2011 ISHPES Congress in Frankfurt on the Main, Germany, from August 8-12, 2011.
The Congress will be organized by Gertrud Pfister and Annette Hofmann together with the Deutsche Turner-Bund (DTB)...:

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