The 19^th ASIAN GAMES (2023, September 23 - 8 October 08) in Hangzhou, China, which were postponed due to the Corona Pandemic, will now take place without Russian and Belarusian participation.
According to an IOC statement, the idea of "including a planned number of about 500 athletes" from these two countries "had been studied but was not feasible for technical reasons", although the "Olympic Council of Asia" (OCA) had spoken out in favour of this at its general...

USA Gymnastics Queen Simone BILES - who else!

At the US Gymnastics Championships 2023 in San Jose, California, Simone BILES-OWENS already scored the highest points on three of the four apparatuses on the first day of the women's competition at the SAP Center, topped the all-around list with an unbelievable 59.300 points and thus exceeded her top result earlier this month at the US Classics in Chicago by 0.2 points.
To confirm this,...